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  1. ChrisBcritter
    If it's not too late, you could try this image; it's a bit sharper: I used it for my '40 Ford pickup.
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    If you need a smaller one, look for an A-frame tow bar - a few kits have them including the '62 Bel Air "Northwind" and the '64 Ford Modified Stocker.
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    Boy, I hope these models were saved - they look like 1/3 or 1/4 scale, along with the gas station: The Mustang's a bit out of proportion, but the Fury and Caprice look spot-on!
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    Four lenses done. It's a slow process but it seems to work - and it should be a big help for models that have chrome taillights you want to replace with red ('65 Belvedere, '60 Ranchero). I also dabbed a couple Monogram '40 Ford pickup chrome taillights on their lens areas - two thin coats applied with a straight pin - and they came out nice. (I'll add photos soon.)
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    Good ones, Ellen - do you know where they were located?
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    After some more trial and error, late last night I came up with ONE perfect non-sticky, non-mushy little transparent red '58 Ford taillight lens. I did it by curing thin layers, a couple drops at a time, about a minute of UV light per layer. One down, three to go.
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    Got the flashlight today; seems to work a bit better - I'm giving the layers about 30 seconds each of steady light and it's solidifying harder. Trying to cast '58 Ford taillight units and each try comes out better. I think headlight lenses should work OK; still trying with the red-dyed stuff.
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    A step forward, a step back - it solidified fine clear, but I added two drops of red dye to a small amount (maybe 1/4 tsp.) of AlumiUV and it's a lot tougher getting it to harden. (One drop might have been OK.) Thin layers seem to work better; also I'm getting a multi-LED UV flashlight to see if that helps - but it's been bouncing around the USPS in Chicago for the last few days, and the eBay seller sent me this whiny email about why I haven't sent feedback yet...
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    Real pretty Caddy, Bob! From what I understand, putting one of these together was one step above scratchbuilding.
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    Thanks Aurf! They don't look much like the old IMC tires; the lettering is way larger and the tread is different. I have a Testors issue of this kit missing the tires; I should inventory it and see if anything else is missing.
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    That is really sharp, Gerald! Now I'm getting the urge to build mine... maybe with a Revell Orange Crate body to get the chopped top and opening doors?
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    Looking forward to seeing this one built! Will you be going with an injected nailhead Buick? The Jo-Han '61 and '62 Olds F-85 kits should have the firewall/radiator wall you need, if you have a junker available.
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    What tires come with this issue? I notice the Lindberg LRW doesn't use the old IMC Goodyears; does this have them?
  14. ChrisBcritter
    Dodge Daytona, minus a hood (another hot day in Thousand Palms?) ETA: The McCormick auction in Palm Springs starts this Friday; this one isn't on the sale list but some very nice cars show up in town around that weekend.
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    And there we have it; the longbed pickup will be where I'll finally put that Open Road camper. As for the Nova, looking forward to seeing the finished product but I do wish the gasser was a '62-'63, since the Rat Packer was a '65 (and I've put a bunch of work into one taking it back to stock). As for other future versions: wagon, wagon, wagon!
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    The AlumiUV arrived today, so I dabbed some into a mold, hit it with the little UV light from the Bondic, and... and... (insert six minutes of commercials here ) ...Works like a charm! Solidified nice and clear in a few seconds. To me, it might have a slightly thicker viscosity than Bondic, but not by much. Looks like this may be just the ticket for casting up a lot of small parts for a way better price per ounce than Bondic or LazerBond. It should work with the Alumilite red and orange dye, since the Bondic did. Happy modeling!
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    AMT '63 Nova wagon Craftsman kit. Had a tan one as a kid, and two ivory ones now. Reegs, I met the guy in your avatar, Lou Cutell, and asked him about that movie (Mars Invades Puerto Rico). He said he was just glad the $600 check he was paid for it cleared the bank!
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    Casey, did you find those at Model Empire? I spotted a couple of those rims in the wheel box last Sunday. Funny, I've never seen that interior molded in red before - I've had two whole kits and an interior that were all molded in white. I may have a spare set of front buckets and a dash for it; let me know if you need them and I'll go look.
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    I'd qualify that by saying "the best one in the U.S.A." And probably the only one. So Tulio, what's the market for these like in Brazil? Would this sell for the equivalent of $30k where you are?
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    Bill, I mean, Bill, have you ever measured the Revellogram '60 roof/glass for fit on any of the old AMT bodies? I'm wondering if it would work on a '59 Pontiac.
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    Bump... guess I'll be the guinea pig here; ordered a bottle and we'll see what happens.
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    ^^^ LET'S START WITH THE SMELL THAT COMES WAFTING BACK TO THE DRIVER... Anyhoo, that was the last we saw of the original '58 Edsel. Say what you want about it being primitive, but it got several details right that the new kit messed up (the shape of the rear cove, the curve of the front fender trim, thickness of the taillight bezels, angle of the A-pillars, and the shape of the front wheel wells).
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    Nope, busy this weekend. Yugoing? Maybe that Maverick/Comet mentioned on another thread?
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    It would probably be more successful nowadays if they called it a "post-apocalyptic/Mad Max" version!
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    I sprayed a whole chassis in Tamiya semi-gloss black, masked the frame with Micro Liquid Mask and hit it again with Tamiya Matt Black. Found to my chagrin that the "matt" black was identical to the semi-gloss, so I hit it with a coat of Testor's Flat Black. That worked, but I had a devil of a time removing the liquid mask with two coats of paint on it.
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