StevenGuthmiller

Nice find Michael! Especially the '60 Fury! That one is getting more difficult to find every day. Steve

Right now I'm using mostly Scale Finishes "base coat" lacquers. I use MCW paints on occasion when they have the color that I am looking for. The trade off between the two is that Scale Finishes carries nearly every color for a huge number of cars, so most colors are readily available. My opinion is that MCW's metallic paints have a more "in scale" metallic finish than Scale Finishes, but their color palette is not as wide ranging. But both are excellent paints! The '64 Grand Prix above is "Sunfire Red" from Scale Finishes. The '67 Ford is "Lime Gold" from MCW. I didn't see 1971 Oldsmobile "Saturn Gold" on MCW's website, but Scale Finishes does carry it. Steve

Thank you David! Steve

I thought that this might be a tough one for anyone who is not an ardent Coen brothers fan. The movie was the 1984 directorial debut of the Coen brothers and the first feature film for Joel Coens wife, Francis McDormand. called "Blood Simple". If you haven't seen it, check it out. Steve

Kelly's Heroes. Steve

That's really all that you can do. Every builder has their own painting process. You'll just have to take what advice that you can and develop your own system. Steve

Here's one from probably the funniest scene in this movie. "Well, f*ck all y'all! I'm goin' home!" "Now, I watched my wife work all day gettin' 30 bags together for you ungrateful sons-o-b*tches, and all I can hear is criticize, criticize, criticize!" "From now on, don't ask me or mine for nothin'!" Steve

Yes sir! I'll wait for your guess on the second one. Steve

Here's an exchange from a movie by the same folks as the above quotes, but a little more obscure. I haven't seen this one in some time, but always liked it. I should probably offer a prize for this one! Let's see if anyone remembers it. "You know, a friend of mine a while back broke his hand and put it in a cast. The very next day, he falls, protects his bad hand, and he breaks his good one! So he breaks it too, you know. So, now he's got two busted flippers. So, I says to him, "Creighton" I says, "I hope your wife really loves you, because for the next five weeks, you can't even wipe your own God d*mn *ss!" "That's the test, ain't it? Test of true love." Steve

An exchange from another of my old favorites. Q: "Do you have any disgruntled employees?" A: "Hell, they're all disgruntled. I ain't runnin' no d*mn daisy farm! My motto is, do it my way or watch your butt!" Q: "Do you think any of them could've done it?" A: " Oh don't make me laugh! without my say so, they wouldn't p*ss with their pants on fire!" Steve

It seems that we have the same tastes in movies! Another one that I have seen multiple times. "Scarface". "look at the pelicans. Fly pelican!" Steve

Here's a couple of great lines from one that I just watched again this evening. "I have not yet begun to defile myself." "It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds." "I'm your huckleberry." Steve

It is easy for someone who has seen "the Godfather" as many times as I have!! "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli". Steve

Yes, they did. These are more perfect examples. They also did the '61 and '62 Fords. Steve

Personally, I almost never sand between coats of primer. As David mentioned above, I do all of my body prep then shoot a light coat of primer to check for areas that might need more work. If all is good, I shoot several more light coats of primer allowing at least a couple of hours of cure time between each. As long as there is no dust or other blemishes between coats, I don't sand. Then it's just a matter of doing the same with the color and clear coats. Rather than spend a lot of time sanding between every coat of primer, paint and clear, I prefer to use that time polishing the final clear coat. To this point it has worked very well for me. I rarely wind up stripping a body for a repaint. Keep in mind that I use automotive lacquers almost entirely. The type of paint that you use will make a big difference on the techniques that you should use to achieve the best results. I admit that my method of using as many as 5 coats each of primer, paint and clear is unorthodox among modelers, but it is a process that I have developed over nearly 50 years of building and it rarely fails me. Steve

I thought that this was going to be an easy one. The answer is Warren Beatty in "Bugsy". Steve

I think you're thinking too much. Steve

Correct, but we're talking about an 8 year old kid here. Steve

Not all of the models out there are top of the line models. There are quite a few lower end kits that have been produced in recent years. ( the AMT '62 Belair and Moubius '61 Catalina and Ventura kits are just a couple of examples). Even some of the older kits were not the top of the line. I'm pretty certain that this was done to avoid wheel base changes so that existing kit chassis could be shared between kits. A couple of examples would be the original and modern AMT 1958 Edsel Pacer kits, and some of the Johan and AMT Olds 88 kits. AMT also produced Buick Invictas in place of the top of the line Electra in some years. I'm sure that there are many others, but these just come to mind. I agree that there are not a lot of base models, but the model companies are interested primarily in what sells. A 1960 Ford Fairlane 4 door sedan may have been Ford's bread and butter in 1960, but I'm pretty certain that compared to a Starliner or Sunliner, it probably wouldn't have been very popular among modelers. Steve

Correct. This has been true since the dawn of the plastic model car kit. One example that I know of is the AMT 1958 Pontiac Bonneville. The "hash mark" vent trim on the lower front quarter panel was apparently taken from the original GM drawings. As a consequence, the model had 5 trim pieces, while the 1:1 ultimately ended up with only 4. Another mistake on the same model was the "Pontiac" block lettering on the hood and trunk lid. The 1:1 Bonneville wound up with "Bonneville" lettering in it's place. Steve

Here's another from one of my favorite movies. Hint, Christian Bale stars. "P-51 Mustang. Cadillac of the sky!" Steve

No guesses? Steve

Unforgiven. Steve

Easy one here. Just finished watching this classic again this weekend. "Twenty Dwarves took turns doing hand stands on the carpet". Steve

Agreed. Duplicolor, like most lacquers, dries well enough to handle within a matter of minutes. Remove the tape as soon as it's able to be safely handled. Steve