Straightliner59

Beautifully done! Everything you do always looks just right.

I use the upside down/lacquer thinner approach. It works excellently!

Thank you, Ian. I really like the way it worked out, too. I can't for the life of me remember how I did it!? I may have used a gentle abrasive on a toothpick. I've since had limited success using small discs of polishing cloth, glued to the end of a tapered dowel. I have yet to duplicate this result. If I remember, or figure it out, it will be on here, for sure!

A couple of weeks ago, I posted that I had received some SMP decals for Super Stock Magazine's Project Six-Pack Roadrunner. I stated that I guess I'd need to find a '69 Roadrunner kit, for them. Fellow boarder "Rodent" messaged me for my mailing address. Yesterday, this arrived outside my door. Thank you, Steve! I greatly appreciate your kind gesture.

Coming along nicely, sir!

A couple of times, recently, just because I was checking Ebay frequently, I picked up kits that were freshly-posted with "Buy It Now" prices that I knew were lower than they'd go for, at auction. I just grabbed 'em, right away. Patience and diligence are important for getting a decent deal on vintage kits on Ebay.

I painted the cowl (finally). I've been dragging my feet, because I am not 100% sold on my cowl art, so I'm kicking other designs around. At any rate, I decided to go ahead and mask off the gold, and get the black shot on it. I only have so much space, anyway, so... I also printed the "Bushmaster" decals to represent the stamped lettering on the valve covers. I still need to apply the striping to the cowl, but, it'll need to cure a while, before I can apply any tape for the One-Shot. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, bud! I'm really happy with it, and paint isn't usually my strong suit.

You're killing it, Jim! Awesome!

I envy you, sir! Very nice!

Old printer paper boxes are great for bagging and storing kits that have had parts used, but still have all the major components--body, chassis, glass, grille, bumpers, etc... I have a larger, three-drawer plastic cabinets that has tires and wheels. It fits under one of the benches. I have a couple of others of similar size that have sorted parts in them. I have another of the benchtop drawer cabinets that I use for the best or most-interesting parts. I also have a lot of parts in old model boxes. Those are sorted by category, as well--you know, like "Okay. That's a chrome body part. That goes in this box." If I'm digging through them and find, say a Johan Comet or Hornet grille, bumper, etc. I'll pull them out and put them in with the "interesting parts".

I wonder if the idea of those bars was so that, at speed, the rider would lie down over the tank, and their arms would be, essentially, at their side, and not up/out in the airflow. I mean there is that photo of the guy on the bike at Bonneville, in a Speedo, with his legs and feet hanging straight out off the back of the bike--he looked like Superman, flying.

I hear ya'!

On foot? ? Yes, that is good to know!

That is really pretty! Nice work. The wheels look great!

Thank you, Ian. Glad you found it! If you do one, have fun with the injectors! I spent several efforts over many years, until I finally made a set of Enderles I was happy with. A Hilborn setup would be easier, but, for me, a classic Small Block junior fueler has to have an Enderle! None of the kit ones were any good. I even sprung for aftermarket ones--nope. I can tell you that I would enjoy watching that come together!

I love that car! I have the 1/64th scale diecast (I don't remember if it's Hot Wheels or JL). A sheet of Skip's decals would be nice to have, now. You could do a nice version of it with the Moebius kit and a little work.

Although I have revised this a tad, from what is pictured, this is the general design of the cowl art. I had kind of decided that I wanted a wolf in the design, but not much else. I was also inspired by the picture of a pretty young woman's face. While I've always preferred hard rock to any kind of pop, there's something I have always liked (a lot) Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf". It's catchy, for sure, but, I really like its overall sound, too--there's a rawness, to it. I digress...I manipulated the woman's picture into a stippled pen and ink sketch to (sort of) carry over the mottled, stippled aspect of the rest of the panels. I'm only using the red on the sheet as a guide, of sorts. When I tested this design on a gold-painted spoon, I decided it needed to be darker, so I redid the face in black. The spoon doesn't have the clear orange overcoat, either. The striping on the cowl will be painted, like the rest of the panels. Thanks for looking!

I ran into him at the races, when he was working with Mopar. Really nice guy.

Those lights are gorgeous. Excellent work!

Fan-tastic!

Arrived here in Colorado, today.

Thank you, Pierre! It's my best, so far, to be sure. I've never been a big fan of painting, so I had to push myself, for this one.?

Thanks, kindly! I haven't seen that model in over thirty years. I wish I could visit it, some day. You are taking this Badman (that's what it will always be, to me) to a completely new level. There's something special about these old Monogram kits, when they've been worked over. A lot of people don't think they're worth it, but I think they're wrong!? I love what you're doing, with this one!

What a beautiful piece of work, Ian. It must seem massive, even compared to a 1/16 scale dragster. I'm glad to have been an inspiration, to you. I appreciate that acknowledgement. What's next, sir??