StevenGuthmiller

It's a french sauce containing shallots, white wine, beef "demi -glace" Dijon mustard and butter. It's pronounced "Sauce Roh-bare". Steve

The base is just a thin slice of .5 mm plastic tubing that was then hit with the Molotow pen. The lens was then cut from a slightly longer piece of .4mm plastic rod, the edges were lightly sanded to create a softer edge, it was painted a flat light tan color and then glued into the center of the bezel. Easy peasy! Steve

I almost never add a dome light unless it's included in the kit. This was just sort of an after thought, and I thought it turned out nicely for just cutting 2 pieces of plastic. Steve

Tonight we had sirloins with "Sauce Robert" and potato gratin. Steve

The glass, rear view mirror and sun visors are installed. Now it's ready for the interior and chassis. This will likely be the last post and final pictures before this build makes it's way to "Under Glass". A big thank you to everyone who helped and commented on this project. Steve

Well Dennis, because of your suggestion, I went ahead a whipped up a pair of sun visors from some plastic stock. Now I guess I have run out of parts to make and detail, and therefore excuses, to not beginning final assembly. Steve

That's often the deciding factor, isn't it! Steve

Flocking is on it's way out. Embossing powder is very quickly becoming the choice of an ever increasing number of builders. It's inexpensive, easy to use and comes in a vast array of colors. I've even begun using it for hood insulation. Although this is one area where flocking may actually look better than embossing powder. Steve

We haven't seen a temperature above the freezing mark in over 3 months here!!! It has been almost 2 months since we have had a day without a below zero temp! Steve

Thanks guys! I'll most likely skip the sun visors Dennis. They'll probably just get in the way of glass installation, but I'll see. I suppose that I could add them after the glass is in. I really didn't do much extra on the inside of the top anyway. Most of the foil is just "wrap around" from the outside that has been trimmed up a little and touched up with Molotow pen. The headliner is just a coat of flat tan paint. The dome light was just an after thought that popped up when I decided to remove the runner between the front and back glass. It took about five minutes to make by cutting a thin ring of plastic tubing for the bezel and a piece of plastic rod for the lens and just painting them. Steve

Doing the hood insulation required just a tiny bit of masking! Steve

A couple of years ago I toured the house where the movie "Hush, hush, Sweet Charlotte" with Bette Davis was filmed. Not Sci-Fi either, but pretty cool none the less. Steve

Last night I made linguine with an Italian sausage and sun dried tomato cream sauce. Steve

Steve

A few more details finished and ready for final assembly. The glass has been polished and tinted. I found a mirror from the '68 Mustang kit and pinned it for installation. The antenna is done. Had to fabricate a rectangular base for this one. Dome light? Why not! Steve

Sorry guys. You can't improve on the original! Steve

Oooo, I forgot about "The Thing"! I liked that one too! Steve

The Moebius '55/'56 Chryslers have nice ones, provided that you use some better tires than what are supplied in the kits. I used a set of the Moebius wheels with some AMT Firestone Deluxe tires on my '60 Imperial. Steve

Another one that I liked was "Cloverfield". Steve

Thanks guys! Drat! You have discovered my plan! I'm sure it will be there Dennis. This is only the second new build that I will have completed since the last show! Steve

I have an easier suggestion rather than showering before hand, painting naked, trying to spray in an entirely closed booth with hand holes, etc. How about switching to a different clear that doesn't take so long to cure? Steve

One of my favorites was the remake of War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. Others include: All of the Mad Max movies. The original Alien. The original Planet of the Apes. 2001, A Space Odyssey. Some more recent ones include The Martian and District 9. Steve

I use automotive clear lacquer and I polish it out with "Micro Mesh" polishing pads and Novus polishes. I doubt very highly that you will have any issues with polishing your 2k clear with this system. As a matter of fact, the harder your clear coat is, the better. It will insure that you will not polish through the clear coat to the paint. DO NOT use a Dremel for polishing!!! Steve

If the dust particles you speak of are colorless, just let the clear cure and polish them out. Every model can benefit from a good polishing in my opinion anyway. I use as many as 5 coats of clear on my builds and inevitably will get some dust in the paint at some point, but after polishing, in nearly every circumstance, you would never know that the dust was ever there. Steve

I agree 100%. Not only would I not run anything through my air brush that can't be cleaned out with lacquer thinner, but I would never buy an air brush that you basically can't shoot lacquer through. Pretty much useless in my opinion. Steve