tbill

that looks fantastic so far!

I originally went in the first time looking for metal signs for my garage, then noticed the 'magic' isle of plastic fantastic I think I have been there once a week since, lol.

him, ' honey, look at our new caddy!' her, 'gee honey, we can hardly afford the twins and that new ranch house we bought, plus, didn't the Jones' just get one of these in pink?' or........ 'hey baby, how you doin?'

Ya, I know, I am like a kid waiting on Christmas, but I can't help it! And I have a plan, sorta... but still can't wait for the packages to show up!! In transit currently are as follows [all AMT/Round 2] GMC Astro 95 Texaco tanker Chevy Titan 90 White Road Boss Fruehauf flat bed Peerless log trailer Fruehauf dry goods van Texaco chrome tanker Kenworth K123 Fruehauf post trailer Peterbilt cab over Tanker trailer [CCR transport I think] in the 'stash' already are, White freightliner dual drive Livestock trailer [original, had forever] Revell Peterbilt 359 conventional. Will try to post a pic of all the goods once I get them all 'home' Plan to pick up some paint/tools/etc. this weekend. Once the shopping is done, I'll carve out a spot in the house to set up shop, it also helps that one of my kids is looking to move out on her own, so that'll free up a room I can dedicate to building Winter is not going to be so bad this year

Thanks for the tips guys, probably going to order/pick up some basic supplies this coming weekend. James, I mentioned it in my intro thread, but I'll say it again, thanks for pointing me over here from the H.A.M.B, this is a great place.

thanks again for the welcome, and James, thanks much for directing me here, great place!

thanks for the welcome, been doing a lot of reading here, lot of great stuff!

Hi all, have a few simple questions on some stuff. Just getting back into doing models and as such, I need to aquire all the odds and ends to actually build them [i.e. paint etc.]. I suppose my biggest question is, what're you all using for masking material? I'm familiar with liquid mask, and fine line tape [been using this stuff on r/c truck bodies], but, those bodies are relatively smooth [i.e. no deep body lines or 'rivets' to contend with], so what's the best stuff to use to eliminate bleed thru? [hope that makes sense]. Also, what paints do you prefer to use? I see there are quite a few options out there now between brands and type of paint. Any advice on materials will be greatly welcomed. I lost my mind and ordered several rigs and trailers in order to keep me busy this winter, so now I need to equip the shop as it were to be ready to go when the cold hits. thanks again, ~tom

hi all, have not built a model in a long time....a long time, but have decided to plunge back in with both feet. I got started off at a young age doing snap together funny cars [circa '74], and as I grew up progressed to glue, paint, spray paint, then seemed to have the usual blow them up phase, then back to make them pretty and keep them displayed. Then I got a little older, and gave them all away when I moved out of 'home' [sure wish I had kept them all], then had kids and such, so the hobby went by the wayside for other things. Well, it's time to get back to it , I have decided to go the big rig route this time around, sort of a tribute to my late grandfather [he sold GMC rigs for years]. I can remember him building some rigs and trailers and I have an AMT livestock trailer that was his in my attic, un built, so I thought it was about time to get back into it. I've already ordered about a dozen trucks and trailers, so I'll be busy this winter looking forward to learning from you all, ~tbill