Marc Weller

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the comments.

Pretty much out of the box AMT '59 El Camino. One of my all time favorite kits. Createx water based candies and pearls with a HOK 2K clear top coat. The "new and improved" Bare Metal foil is aptly named !!! I'm no lover of foiling but this stuff is way easier to use.

Yeah, you’ve got me thinking my next build will be rolling on Drag Stars 😀 !!

Paul, I really enjoyed talking to you at GSL. Your ‘29 roadster was one of my favorite entries at the show.

Greatly appreciated !!

Great seeing you Tim and thanks for the coverage.

Len, you wouldn’t happen to have contest results?

Great minds think alike !!! Beautiful work David.

Looks like I finished this one on schedule. My only remaining task is to safely transport it to the Salt Lake City Sheraton on Friday morning. Hope to see some of you there !

So far this thing is coming together without a hitch. Fingers crossed for making my deadline with any surprises !!

You know, there is nothing like getting encouragement from one of your heroes !! Thank you Tim. You are truly model car royalty and I hope I get to see you in Salt Lake. Meanwhile check out my just finished aluminum door panels.

It's coming together. Managed to shoot the 2K clear without fisheyes. Motor is mostly done. I cast those rear tires from the front tire of the AMT Watson Roadster kit. My all time favorite model car tire !! Fronts are Attempt I . Looks like I'll make my deadline !!

I've competed in three previous GSLMCC's. My first effort was back in the 80's and I managed a 3rd place in the drag category. My second two attempts were less successful, let's just say I was not even in the ballpark. Since this may be the last GSLMCC I've decided to attend with the goal of building something that at least won't be an embarrassment when placed on the table with all of those amazing models !! I've been a fan of Mickey Thompson since I was a kid and I've had the opportunity to see the Attempt 1 and Challenger 1 LSR cars in person as both had residencies at the nearby NHRA Motorsports Museum. I'm particularly intrigued by the little Tempest motors used in the Attempt 1 and at some point had the brainstorm of using the Attempt 1 drivetrain in a '29 roadster. I used Scalefinishes Marina Blue for my base coat. I'm still waiting for dry weather to shoot my clear. To replicate a Dow 7 finish on my wheels I used Scalefinishes antique gold for a base coat followed by Tamiya clear yellow. I'm pretty happy with the results. The awesome bomber seat is from Highlight Models in Finland. I machined the magneto from aluminum rod. The cap is machined from Lindberg '34 pickup sprue which is a darn good match for the Vertex plastic. I enjoy wiring 4 cylinder models twice as much as I do V-8's !! See you in Salt Lake.

Thanks everybody for your kind remarks. Gonna get to work on the next one!

Moving this one over to Under Glass !!!

Thanks everybody. I plan on being done by tomorrow. I haven’t put this much into a project for years.

It’s not done but my to do list is getting shorter!!!

Finished polishing the clear and hanging the doors.

Here's the east coast style insert on my '29. Please try to ignore the girl

Glad you asked. I came up with this years ago. I modified one of the needles on my Pasche airbrush so it would spatter consistently. I also use a low air pressure setting. Step one, spatter white lacquer primer to get the texture, then spatter light grey enamel, then spatter slightly darker grey enamel, then finally super light dusting of chrome silver enamel. That's it. Looks like a bare casting.

Chopping more common in the west, channelling in the east would be the main thing. Square roll bars another detail. I put an expanded metal insert in the deuce shell in my ‘29 roadster and when I drove it over to Pomona a number of people commented that it was an east coast thing.

Making progress. Motor just needs fuel lines and linkage, body now has color. Getting there but it is gonna be tight for 11/5

Wow !! I left a message with House of Kolor and they called me back almost immediately. They recommend prepping the body with Spray Away glass cleaner and shooting an initial extremely light tack coat before trying t get the gloss to flow. I confess to being a little heavy handed with my initial coats so maybe this is my problem. Also watched a YouTube about repairing fisheyes but, to tell the truth, I subscribe to the old adage that the enemy of good is better !!

Thanks Carl. Unfortunately I have been plagued with fisheyes but I am just going to lower my standards rather than start all over again on painting the body. I have had this problem on my last three builds. Using HOK urethane show clear over Createx water based sealers and candies. I'm gonna give Createx a call but I'm sure they are just going to have me call HOK !!!!