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Wow, Tom, what a bummer. I will go to almost any lenghts to avoid using the USPS.

Hooligans, inglorious hooligans. Jason, what a great story! How old were you? " I can't take full credit for the idea, I had 3 much older brothers.. they put a LOT of ideas in my head .. then left me alone to try them ... Ah yes, the 'receptacle' of ideas. Joe, Those are some creative ideas. I like the garage door thing. I had two older cousins that I ran with. They were also much larger than I was. We did the flame thrower thing Harry talked about 'inside' the house on at least one occasion. That progressed into tying a rag soaked in some kind of fuel onto a large stick, lighting it, and , then stooting a large can of hairspray into it. Talk about flame thrower! I digress, back to the models! Maybe there should be a demolition segment added to some model car shows, graded for 'creative methods of destruction. Just a passing thought.

Thanks Dan, I see your point. Actually I think it looks kind of cool, great barn too! I'll forge ahead.

Mike, thanks for the words of encouragement! I'm not quitting, I've come this far, so I'm sticking it out. What I need is a body to practice on and I think I have one that will work. Do you paint outside? 'cause we both live in parts of the country where the weather is less than ideal much of the time for painting outside. We are brothers in paint.

Cool build Ryan!

Bob, Since you can re-paint it without tearing it up, I think a brighter color will really bring this thing to life, that's actually the first thing I thouight of when I saw the dark color. Maybe something in the primary color spectrum: red, yellow, green, etc,.... Orange is actually the complimentary color for blue, so it would work with anything that's blue on the car that you wanted to leave, plus , it would go with the gray seats! Just some thoughts,..........Nice work though, and the paint job itself looks beautiful. BTW, I just got some of that liquid tape, glad you like it.

Dan, from the moment you said: " then put the content of about 3 shotgun shells worth of black powder in it, wrapped in a baggie with duct tape" I was laughing my A.. off! What a great story, I too know the feeling of " success! Ah yes, one of the best feelings of boyhood indeed. Hmmmmm,.......... I'm still laughing when I read, " I wasn't even a suspect" Whoooooo! What a great story man!

I think this pretty much nails it. And great ideas for models they should be producing if they want to survive. A killer Continental coupe, killer Town Car, and ok, if you insist, a Premier (great name) CSUV. But, those ideas should have been put into place several years ago for it to pay off now. Doesn't really look good for Lincoln.

I never had any 1/8 stuff back then. Probably a good thing.

Very Cool Bill! Very cool indeed. What a great imagination you posses.

Thanks Brian. I'll have to try them and see. For the money I thought I should at least try them.

I LOVE IT! Harry, I actually thought of this thread a couple of months ago but was not sure how it would be recieved, KAAAAAABANG! Then when I saw your first post in the ' How have you melted yours' thread and I knew it was go time. The street I grew up on intersected with a really busy street, we lived right on the corner of this intersection. So, my cousin (one of my main partners in crime) and I took one of my cars down to this manhole cover that was right on the corner and covered the model with glue, light it up, then ran back upstairs to my bedroom window and looked out. It started out slowly, but , just kept getting higher, and, higher! This was at night! That thing was blazing 3-4ft high in the night sky! We were giddy with laughter. Luckily my parents who had company/relatives over never saw it because this thing burned for like 15-20 minutes! We went out the next morning and cleaned up the evidence.

Well, I got it 'cause it was cheap, $2.50 a can. Maybe the 'super fine' stuff at least will be good. Bill, thanks for the valued info and for following my posts/threads, I need all the help I can get! Actually, I'm getting pretty close on the '41 Willy's Street Rod. It should be finished shortly. I also have A '68 GTO Street Machine and now '71 Duster on the bench. You think if I started a 'forth' kit it might help my progress?

Thanks Roger for the info on the Plastikote. Art, thanks for taking the time to write such an in-depth response, it has not gone unheeded. In general, thanks to all who have responded to/followed this thread.

My local HL has had a bunch of Model Master/Testors paints on clearence for $2.50 a can so I won't need any paint for a while Besides the Model Master paints I got several cans of Model Master lacquer primers that came in three different varieties. I got; 1) Model Master, 'Custom Lacquer System' primer Gray & White 2) Model Master, 'sandable primer' Gray & White 3) Model Master 'Super Fine' primer Gray & White Is this good/bad stuff? How does it compare to 'automotive' lacquer primer(s)? Thanks!

Thanks you guys, looks like I'll be using primer on all my stuff hereafter. The bubbles aren't so bad that with a little sanding they'll be gone and I can apply a second coat of Model Master gloss black this time. I just did a search and I can get Plastikote here; Which one of their primers do I want to get? They list several, one is for plastic, is that the one to get? Thanks.

When I was a kid (9-12) after a model had set on my dresser for a couple of months, sometimes , I would get this uncontrollable urge to destroy it. I would get my BB gun and take them out and set them on the top of the slide on our swing set and target practice would commence. Other times I would use fire crackers. And a couple of times I poured glue all over them and set them on fire. Man I had some fun doing this. (This thread was inspired by another thread that is currently running, but, I thought I would get straight to the point.)

LOL! Maybe the age of the painter? Donn, I did shake the can for over two minutes prior to going out into the garage, but , once in the garage and painting I was not shaking it as much as I normally would between parts. Ron, the parts I painted today were prepped years ago and in a baggy (closed) that was kept in the model box inside another larger box. And I'm sure I washed them after sanding/prepping. Tom, Yes, it could be the Testors, seems like pretty crude paint, but it's probably something I'm doing, or , not doing. Carl, As I stated above I shook the paint well prior to painting, but , during the actual painting process itself not so much. The garage door was open a little more than half way. I don't think I was putting on too much paint, funny thing is, the one part that i did put a fairly heavy coat on (after panic set in) does not really have any bubbles. I do seem to have a problem with 'light' coats though. Because it always looks like to me that imperfections are beginning and I panick and proceed to apply a heavier coat. Ray, Washed, yes; Prime, no; Paint heated with tap water; I do have a problem with 'light' coats, as stated above I always think something is going wrong when I apply light coats, or, attempt to apply light coats. Bill, Yes, plain 'ol Testors enamel. Yikes! Nick, Glad things are going well for you, send me some of that luck will you? AWWWWWWWWWWW! Andy, The paint was brand new, just bought it today at local HL. Ok, here's possible problems, jees,.......... 1) Paint not shaken enough while/during painting process. 2) Nozzle too close/far away; I'm holding the can 6-8" away from object, sometimes maybe 8-10". 3) Too much paint; That has been a problem for me in the past, things start to look bad and I panick and start shooting heavy to cover up, which only turns into more/worse problems, today though only one part painted heavy and 'that' part,...ya, it looks like it has too much paint. 4) Take Ativan prior to painting, or , something more organic, Wait! What's this doing in here! 4) No primer; I did not prime the parts I painted today. But, I've never really used primer, ever. 'Sometimes' I do nowdays, at least on the bodies I do I'm always afraid I'll loose detail! 5) Paint itself; Testors. Ok, there it is. The chorus and first verse of 'Rattle Can Blues. My sincere thanks to those who have responded so far. Someday I'll be better at this. Gene (the bean) Ahart

Today I decided to paint some of the suspension/chassis parts for a '71 Duster I started years ago. The weather was close to perfect, 61 degrees, 21% humidity (that's unheard of around here!), moderate winds 10-20mph. Ya, the wind was a little strong but I was painting in my garage. So, I get everything mounted for painting, warm the paint in water (3oz. Testors gloss black), get all my stuff ready and proceed to the garage for what I'm hoping will be a successful experience. (I even got a respirator today!) I leave the garage door open half-way for ventilation and put on my gloves and respirator and head to the middle of the garage so I am away from any potenial wind gusts and I'm under a sky light in the roof for good vision. I grab the first part and start to spray, it looks good! Nice and shiney black! No runs! Just a light coat, but, it covered well so I'm thinking that will be enough. Grab the second part, same results. On my way back for the third part I decide to look at the first part to see how it's doing, (have the paint grimlins desended on my modeling world again?) and there they are! BUBBLES! AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! My heart sinks, WAIT! Maybe they're bolt heads I didn't notice! YES! It's black paint, hard to see details/shadows etc,.. Look closely,..............bubbles. I'm quiting! That's it! I can't paint! Too much money invested, must continue Grab third part and pray for miracle, paint gods don't hate me, do they? Change distance of nozzle from part, get closer, more paint, that's it! No! Wait! Not that! Sure disaster! Go slow, smooth flow, pray for proper distance. Third part looks good, pray some more. Second part now has bubbles appearing, never mind that! Keep going, (LOL) bubbles sometimes shrink! YES! They'll all disappear gassing out! How is this happening? Will I ever know? Some of the parts don't look too bad, only minute bubbles. Go back inside, think about why I persist. Read more about painting on MCM. Get some help Maybe there will be some answers. The respirator worked very well. Cheers.

Thanks Casey.

Thanks Blazz, I painted the body 15yrs ago! LOL! (It's been in the box that long, ya think the paint has gassed out?) Nothing I'm gonna do about that now.

Looks good Alan! The blue works well.

Robert, thanks for the pic/info on the lathe. I know it's a little early but have you got any ideas for a color scheme yet? The '56 Ford body is so cool I can't wait to see it in color.

The only thing that could really 'revive' the Lincoln brand at this point would be for them to come up with something 'original' that 'truely' competes with what Cadillac has done in the sport/luxury catagory, and they need to hit it out of the park to make it work. Ford though seems to be playing it safe these days so I don't look for this to happen. Lincoln exists in name only, no real 'brand' ID.

Thanks Casey! Ya, I really like the white/black Mopar interiors from this era too. And, since I already have the body painted 'Panther Pink' (going to use the black stripes on the sides) it should look good together. Casey, if the 'upper' door section and 'kick panels' are black, would not the 'lower' door section be black as well? Do you know about the 'drive shaft' color? Seems silly to me that it would have come from the factory 'body color. Thanks for the info!