Straightliner59

I was gonna say the same!

I guess I'll need one of the BRE Datsun pickups. I've been wanting the pickup, and the BRE livery will go along with my 240Z and 510 kits.

My only real beef with Rustoleum is dry time. Probably because I use Krylon, and have, for fifty years. Krylon dries very quickly. If I mask with Parafilm, I can accomplsh a two-tone paint job in a day, with Krylon. The only times i've had any problem with Krylon, it was self-inflicted! Anyway, that isn't relevant to the thread, I suppose. Rustoleum does have some very nice colors. Next time i need to use some, I may decant, and cut it with lacquer thinner, and see hw that behaves. I agree with David, about the vitriol some of those FB guys like to spew over a model that doesn't even belong to them! There are a lot of those loudmouths whom I have never seen anything built by, too, yet they talk down about guys who've been building, forever.

Except for a bit of touchup, although it isn't a perfect replica of the one above, the pooch pouch is done! Not too bad, I reckon. I used kitchen parchment soaked in diluted white glue, for the main part of the assembly. The straps are my typical wine bottle foil, as are the lap belts. The mesh carrier is a tiny bit of a bag that must have come from some long-ago wedding. It appears to be one of those they put rice or bird seed in. I dry brushed the mesh withsome Humbrol off-white naval color. Thanks for looking!

A pretty-much perfect rendition! Beautiful work!

Thank you, sir!

Oh, they will!😂 You'll be happy you did them, though!

The battery is completed. I'm currently working on the doggie harness. This oughtta' be interesting!😄It needs to be there, to personalize the model. Also, I am thinking of trying something with the engine cover. Thnks for looking!

Chains are off to a roaring start, Brian! They look great!

Those guys, back then were always machining stuff to make it suit their needs. I figure that since we modelers dont have any way to test the actual practicality of something, all we really need is plausibility!

Thanks, Mark! Looking forward to seeing that! Thanks, Brian. Both of the air filter assemblies are in my display case, currently. Hmmm...they'd work out, nicely for a Porsche-powered Bug. The clearance could likely be found, there.

I discovered that the air cleaners were too tall for the engine cover to shut. I remembered watching Doug Whyte building his Monogram 904 for the 24 Hour Build, one year, and topping the carbs with screens he punched and domed. I had tried it with woven screen, but didn't care for the result, so, I went with this auto-trans screen. Not too shabby, and the lid will close, now! Next, I dealt with the battery. I found a kit battery (because it already fit, just needing a bit of cleanup, I opted to use it, rather than scratch one), then cleaned it up and added the top details from Evergreen strip. The terminal posts are .030 fly-tying wire (lead free, of course!😀). I made the terminals from 1mm aluminum tube. Cables are from a roll of something I bought, online. I made the tray from flashing, the hold-down post from a .023" brad, and the hold-down "strap" from wire. I was determined to use at least one wing nut, on this thing, so, here we are! Thanks for looking!

Looks beautiful! The screens worked out, very nicely!

No doubt! That's what they're made for, for sure. I use them all the time in the mill and lathe. I bought a ton of them, in lots of 50, most of them resharpened Kyoceras.

Yes! I've become a big fan of beeswax for bits, saws, etc. It's surprising, the difference it makes.