Speedfreak

One of the niciest rust jobs I've seen. Looks great!

Nice build. Very cool subject.

Nice work, love the T-Bolts!

Thanks John and Dave, yes I think thickness is at least part of the problem here. I'm de-chroming the exhaust tips for the kit now. So when they are ready I've got some Model Master acrylic gray primer that I'll try as a base coat. I'll let you know how that comes out. Next time I'm at the hobby store I'll pick-up some Tamiya stuff. Appreciate the help fellas.

I would have to agree with Ray on the color of the hoods. Otherwise, it looks like you put a lot of work into these builds.

Hey thanks for the responses, Casey and Ray. I stirred the paint well, at least I thought so, 3-5 minutes with a popcycle stick thing. Made sure there was no heavy stuff on the bottom of bottle etc,. Here's what I 'didn't' do: I didnt primer the parts. And I 'did' put it on thick, thick enough to cover in one coat, so maybe that's the reason, can't think of anything else. Oh ya, Casey, the paint is new.

Sounds like a good way to do this. I'll incorporate this into my future builds, thanks! Bob, and Casey.

Great looking builds, there's a '61-62 Catalina in my future builds list, oh ya.

I've been working on the suspension for a '41 Willys Streed rod kit and it's taking FOREVER for the paint on the parts to dry. For example: I used Model Master Chrome (enamel/bottle) on the rear control arms, that I painted 7-10 days ago and the surface on these parts is still kind of sticky/gummy after they've been held for a few minutes, resulting in the surface dulling. How long does it take for this stuff (kind word) to dry? And, is the fact that I used brush/bottle paint part of the problem? Thanks.

One, of the irritents I'm having during my long learning curve back into modeling is having to remove the paint from places where things join together. I'm thinking in the future of masking off the little places where I know things will be joined together. I'd like to here what other people do to get around this potential problem, thanks.

Ok, I got it done. Sort of like what Casey said. Just the pains of not having built anything for 15yrs I guess, but I love it anyway! On to the Ferrari! (kidding). Thanks for the tips fellas.

Nice job on the hat.

That is awsome Jurgen, the history alone is cool and the build is great! Thanks for sharing the photos!

Cool Car! And nice build.

I still remember the first time I saw a 409 Chevy sitting in the parking lot , '62 with my Dad on the way in to an A's game 'before' they were in Oakland. Now there's some history! Even as an eight year old I knew that cars purpose was not to go pick-up milk at the grocer, menacing it was. Beautiful build!

Really GREAT looking model Didier! The engine is amazing! Looks like it's ready to fire up! Thanks for sharing, seeing a build like this keeps me inspired.

I'll try just dropping the parts onto the frame and see if they just fall into place.

LOLOL! Thanks man! And thanks for the reply, so far the pin thing seems like the way out, plus I've never done that kind of thing before so it would be a starting point for later builds.

Nice car Mark!

Hello everyone. This is my first build in like 15yrs so,....... here's the problem; At present I have the trailing arms attached to the rear axle. The instructions show the upper part of the springs attach to this little nub on the upper-rear of the trailing arms, and the other end goes in a hole in the frame. But there is nothing to hold them in place so you know that it will be lined-up, so that when you set the whole assembly in place it will be correct. I have thought of driling a hole in the trailing arm where the nub (or whatever it's called) is and then putting a small pin in the upper part of the spring(s) to hold things in proper alignment so the whole assembly can be attached to the frame. Because otherwise it's just guess work and a potentially maddening mess. As many '41 Willys Street Rods as I've seen built on this forum it seems that others have encountered this problem with success, just wanted to see what others have done. Dr. Cranky if you're in town give me a shout because this is one your favorite kits, so you must have a method for getting around this mess! LOL. Heres a PDF of the instructions so people can see what I'm talking about, hope that helps, thanks! http://www.revell.de/manual/85-2371_41_WILLYS_STREET_ROD.PDF

Nice looking car! Any issues with the kit during assembly?

Beautiful truck! Thanks for posting!

Nice truck! Love the '55-56 Fords. The bed looks good!

No advice but was just wondering if you made any progress?

Thanks for the replies fella's! I'll do some video search to see how to go about the straining.