StevenGuthmiller

It's pretty easy to become disgusted with the whole prospect of voting and just drop out. I've been voting in my state for at least the past 30 years and I can't remember the last time one of my candidates won. At some point it becomes pointless and a waste of time when your state has become completely over run by the opposing party. At that point, it becomes your only option to move somewhere else if you want to see things run the way that you feel they should be. "Vote with your feet", as they say. Steve

It only has to "look" like it will work! Steve

Thanks Keith! That's not likely. I don't have to basically scratch build the entire engine compartment on this one! Steve

Thanks Nick. I spent a good portion of the afternoon messing it up building an air cleaner for my '68 Olds 442. Steve

My wife got a couple of these chairs along with a couple of desks for the kids many years ago when Winona State college in Rochester MN closed up one of their dorms and were selling all of the furniture really cheap. Those dorms are now part of Methodist Hospital. The chair is kind of a PITA, but I haven't been able to bring myself to spend the money on a proper office chair. Steve

Added some brackets for the vacuum diaphragms and got it in primer tonight. Steve

I was contemplating what I wanted to do with the air cleaner on this build, and well, as usual, things snowballed on me a little. I will be using a Fireball Rochester Quadrajet carb for this build and wanted to be able to display it if wanted with a removable air cleaner. My first thought was that being as I had a couple of the Olds dual snorkel air cleaners, it might be nice to cut them up and combine the two to make it nicer to paint the base black and leave the top chrome. Well, I could just glue the lid onto the base once it was painted, but where's the fun in that? I decided that it might be really cool to detail the inside of the air cleaner as well. It took me a good portion of the afternoon, but I'm increasingly finding that I really enjoy playing with things like this occasionally. Here is what I did. I started by hollowing out the first air cleaner body. Next, a piece of styrene sheet was added to the bottom and a hole was cut out to fit over the carb and accept whatever interior detailing I decided to do. While in the process of grinding and sanding the base, it became necessary to remove the original vacuum diaphragms, so the snorkels were drilled out to fit new ones. The new diaphragms were just cut and shaped from styrene rod and inserted into the holes. Next, the lid was cut from the second air cleaner and thinned. I just kind of fell on the interior detail when I stumbled across a wheel hub from the AMT 1949 Ford kit that looked like it might work with a little refinement. It was drilled, ground, filed and sanded into submission until it fit acceptably over the carb and into the air cleaner body. Finally, the air cleaner element was modified from the open element air cleaner from the AMT "Old Pro" '72 Nova kit. It was drilled out and filed and sanded to fit the body. I think it will be kind of fun to have a removable air cleaner with a separate lid and air cleaner element to afford different options for display. Especially since I will have some wonderful air cleaner decals provided by Bob Spedding to proudly display as well! Thanks again Bob!! Steve

That one I'm not sure of. Scale Finishes and MCW have oodles of production factory colors, but I haven't looked for anything like this. Steve

Well, this thread was finally the inspiration that I needed to spend a couple of hours cleaning the shop. Now I'm ready to go to work! Steve

Yeah, right? Steve

R&R Resins did cast a convertible years ago, but I'm sure that they are pretty much extinct today. Fantastic looking car! I would love to see a new kit of this car someday, but short of someone doing a 3-D printed version, I know that the possibility is virtually zero. Steve

Here Tom. This should make you feel better. This mess started back in April when I started my '65 Fury build. I suppose that I should have cleaned it up before starting my current project, but I didn't want to interrupt the flow of the creative juices! Steve

For me, it's never an all or nothing thing. I can be just as happy building a fully detailed model with a bunch of scratch building as I can building a simple curbside. That's part of what makes building such a joy. There are no rules. Steve

What make and year is the color? I'm certain that Scale Finishes or even possibly MCW will have it. Scale Finishes will definitely have it, in lacquer and enamel. Steve

I like that! Now I feel better. Steve

Hey!! How did you get into my house?!!! Steve

Just my 2 cents, but why not buy a relatively inexpensive "pancake" compressor. They can be used for a lot of things other than just airbrushing. Then while you're at it, get a decent air brush. All you need to do is keep it clean, and it will last you the rest of your life! Play with it for a while, and before you know it, you'll be giving up on the spray cans. For the cost of a dozen cans of Tamiya primer and spray paint, you can buy a nice air brush. Steve

I look at it this way. The kit makers could really care less if someone is casting a copy of a 50 year old kit, or parts of it, when these kits will almost certainly never be released again. Does the creator of the AMT 1958 Ford Fairlane 500, ( who is likely dead by now) really give a hoot that Modelhaus was copying their kit? Probably not. Nobody is casting direct copies of the Revell 1968 Chevelle. On the other hand, when someone like Paul Hettick puts countless hours into a resin creation that has never been done in plastic, have the right to be pissed off when someone buys one of his creations that he is currently selling and copies it directly? I think that's reasonable. I can't say who the original caster who created this '58 sedan delivery is, but it is still a slippery slope in my view. The optics are not good. Steve

Too bad they didn't do a better job of creating the interior for the '55 Pontiac. You might be able to do something with the door panels and seats, but the dash is an utter disaster! Steve

There is a bit of a difference in recreating long gone original kit parts and copying bodies or parts that are still available from the original designer. I'm not saying that it is right or wrong, but I could understand how the individual who created the body and is currently offering them would be a little T'd off if someone was casting copies of their creation. Steve

A lot of the original promos had clear plastic, but still no interiors that I have ever seen. The interior supplied with my re-popped kit is pure white, but it is resin. Steve

Yeah, I think in the interest of appearances, I would not offer to sell any of these. I suppose if you're casting them for your own use, it's not much different than re-casting other parts, but personally, I wouldn't want to be the guy who is plagiarizing other peoples work for profit. Just my opinion. Steve

The only issue might be dealing with the door handle recesses. The original one would need to be filled, or cut out and moved forward. Then one would need to be added for the rear door. If it weren't for these modifications, it would be a fairly simple transformation. As it sits, I would probably build it as is rather than take on these mods, especially if you're not really comfortable attempting them. Likewise, it appears that the chrome window frames should be added to make it look like a true sedan regardless of whether it's built as a 2 door or 4 door. Steve

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Doesn't Jimmy Flintstone still offer this one? Or are you copying the Flintstone body? Flintstone '58 Sedan Delivery Steve