CrazyGirl

we lost another great from my generation , Mr Richie Havens , R.I.P. Mr Havens

Wow Derick I am amazed you still breath air !!!! but I am gonna do it , i'll get a vari speed and an Irwin clamp and mount it under the bench BB's and that idea is Not a good combo at all !!

SIMPLE PAINT SHAKER

I think a mini paint shaker would be cool that way no paint is wasted

Fred what is that color , I totally love that and have the perfect car for that color

Elixir nano is the only guitar strings I use , problem with solder you wont get a crisp straight line but I have made battery connectors with it

yesterday I was at the hairdresser , ok so I have a few gray hairs , anyway while I was there I saw this tape they use on hair pieces , a double sided tape and it's mega thin and extra mega sticky and I thought , this is perfect for attaching the guitar string trim and sure enough , it's perfect

I used .010 coated guitar string , and it's a coated string so it wont rust , looks like chrome trim

the interior looks so real , so real in fact it's a seat I would not sit in ( cooties )

I hope paint shows up today , I am at a standstill but I made the insert for the dash from .010 styrene and BMF the way I am going to attach the wire to the styrene will pull it tighter and bring the wire joint tight also and look a lot neater than the pic , and I hope that the photo-etch kit has the Corvette emblem I removed from the dash , if not oh well , oh and I need a better camera too , uggggggggg

seeing a build thread on a Tamiya 66 Beetle made me dig out a few old pics of the last Beetle I had back in 1990 , I was driving home from work and I pass a house with a bug for sale , so I stop and take a look , the paint was faded and the running boards and bumpers were bad but the interior was 200% mint , like new , so I had to knock on the door , oh the car had 26,000 miles on it , anyway this old guy was asking , get this , 125 dollars for it and the car was bone dry , no rust or rot , just bad bumpers , so I had a friend at a VW dealership and got a killer deal on parts , new bumpers , running boards door handles hub caps and a few other things , total cost if I recall for all the stuff was 150 dollars ,, so my brother and I spent the weekend repainting the car , material cost for that was 55 dollars , anyway on Monday when the car was finished I took it to the market and when I came out there was a guy waiting and he wanted this car and I didn't want to sell , ( I think he was connected cause he made me an offer I could not refuse ) $3,500.00 ,, stupid me sold it

real cool and impressive build Bill

I love love love bugs , cool build , what scale is it ,, I may have to get one now !

I see a real cool truck , but I don't see a model !!

interesting pic , I have never seen the center console in full chrome , wonder if it was an option , or is this aftermarket maybe

ok finally something on the bench , on the dash I am removing all the molded gauges and switches and using wire and aluminum , ( lathe next week ) oh except for the radio on the passenger side I have the trim molding done and the ring made , need to make the center out of brass and alclad that or BMF , not sure yet and epoxy that to the ring , now I think I have a cool way to glue this stuff in place and if it works I'll tell how I did it , honest comments welcome , no sugar coating please , now to remove the gauges and switches

amazing work on this build , blows my miond

love the car and love the interior , can you tell me more about the dye you used on the interior !!!

I so love these father daughter builds and she has reason to be proud and the color is killer !!

real men have no fear of pink

Cool Alfa Bill !! ,,,,,,,,, today is show and tell , got some stuff to show , and waiting on a bunch of stuff to get here , got 11 cars coming and a bunch of paint and photo-etch stuff and wire and hose

thanks Geoff ,, I didn't think it would be a lot of money , I just watched what I want to cast on youtube , I can buy a donor kit cheaper but it would be fun to cast the part I want , and yes a bigger workbench, a water proof one, thanks for that also Joe

can anyone tell me every thing I need to buy to cast resin parts , Thanks

there is a company SC something with other letters in the name ( I should have saved it) they have nice holley carbs anyone know what company this is , or who makes the very best holley 4 barrel carb , I want to get a bakers dozen Thanks

heyyyyy that's cheating , making that at work , and a pro job , this stuff should be made on the kitchen table and filling the kitchen with sawdust