StevenGuthmiller

I'm not sure if this is absolutely true. As I recall from my own experiences as a very young modeler, I may have been excited when I initially opened the box to see a complicated kit with a ton of parts, but that excitement waned very quickly when I, as a novice, realized that it was "too" complicated for a newb. I nearly stopped building more than once over the years because of an overly complicated military or nautical kit that I lost interest in far before it could be finished. My guess is that many a prospective modeler was turned off to the hobby when they lost interest in a first kit that was more than they could handle. Simplicity can be a very good thing to start out a fledgling modeler..........If you can convince them to start simple. Steve

I have to agree to an extent. I can't tell any of these "super cars" apart anymore. They all look the same to me. Steve

Today I finished up the transmission, did a little scribing for added definition on the dash, added some defroster vents, and began some work on modifying the '62 Catalina steering wheel to more closely resemble the '64. Steve

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That is my thought as well. This is a major mess! I've never seen anything like this with MM enamel and lacquer thinner. Steve

Great results Tim! You can be proud of that one. Steve

It's nice to see that the caster included some inner front fender wells. That's one of the more time consuming changes to make on the original Johan kit when doing a chassis swap. I also see that he added a front bench seat. It will be interesting to see what the quality of those parts is like. Steve

That's all there is. These "I wish" arguments have become perennial subjects on all of the forums. It's wasted energy in my opinion. I love building, so that's what I'm going to focus my attention on. All of this other stuff is just noise. Steve

Using a MEK based liquid cement, you can work your way around a little bit at a time. Not exactly the same, but I used a similar technique for the intake hoses on my '68 442 project. Of course it's a little more time consuming with thicker plastic, but it's absolutely do-able. Steve

I understand, but the Hurst model was called a "Hurst 300". Your caption says "300 H", which is this car. Just thought that it would be worth clarifying. Steve

Pretty sad. It's hard for me to comprehend why anyone would want to steal a built model that you had no hand in creating. Takes a special kind of loser. Steve

The Slim Jim is ready for primer. Steve

Thanks Francis. It will be as close as it really needs to be I suppose. Steve

Looks great to me Tim! Personally, I would refer to that as "Knock yer eyeballs out red"! Great color! Steve

Exceptional work!! I do have to ask, were the Yenko stripes supposed to end in the center of the front wheel opening? Steve

My wife will be finishing up teaching the final semester with her nursing students next Tuesday. Just today she accepted a job with the state of North Dakota to begin COVID testing at sites throughout the state beginning next week Steve

I hear you. Last year at the NNL North show in Minnesota, as people were packing up after the show, one of the entrants knocked a model off of the table, and KABLOOEY!!!, parts scattered all over the floor! Lucky for the rest of us, it was his own model. Steve

Maybe. But that would come later. Thanks again for the Olds tranny Keith!! Couldn't do much of anything without that! Steve

And of course, not being able to leave well enough alone, I started adding a few more details to the tranny. Steve

Not being able to leave well enough alone, I added a few more things to the Pontiac auto. Probably still not done! Steve

I tried my hand at replicating a '64 Pontiac automatic transmission. Not a very accurate representation, but with so little available to work from, this was the best that I could come up with. Steve

Well, not exactly an exact replica of a '64 Pontiac "Slim Jim" automatic transmission, but thanks to Keith Buckner for the donation of the transmission from the Johan '62 Olds Cutlass, I think this is about as close as I'm going to get. Thanks again Keith!! Steve

I assume that by "H" you mean Hurst? The Chrysler 300 H letter car was produced in 1962. A little confusing, so you might want to clarify. Steve

He also now lists the decal for the '68 442 air cleaner. Something he didn't have a couple of months ago when I needed it! Steve

Okay guys, some of your comments have convinced me to revisit the hinge attachment question. I decided to try the channel technique instead. This should be somewhat more stable, and paint thickness should actually benefit the fit. As it sits now, the hinge slides into place extremely easily, a little paint on the hood and hinge should actually tighten up the fit a bit. As I worked on this, I thought about the fact that in the future, this technique could be streamlined considerably by using some inverted pieces of Plastistruct "L" channel for the hood pieces. The ideas sometimes evolve faster than I can keep up. Steve