StevenGuthmiller

Me too! I think most of them are still good. But I believe that most of the nozzles are plugged up! Steve

We all get lucky occasionally! Steve

I started out with a pretty smooth pain job this time, so polishing was a fairly easy task. Got the polishing all finished & replicated the polished aluminum roof panels by sanding some foil before application. Now the arduous task of foiling this monster can begin! Steve

I suppose. This one looks like they threw the steak onto a dirty plate from the other side of the kitchen! No offense again, but I've never been a fan of Outback. But everybody has his own thing. Around here in recent years, the big steak house chain has been Texas Roadhouse. My son is the kitchen manager of the store in Grand Forks North Dakota and the place is filled to the rafters every night! Not my favorite restaurant either, but steak houses are surely very popular. Steve

It's one of those details that I just can't seem to avoid anymore. It just gnaws at me if I don't do it. I remember seeing a really nice '63 Ford at a show recently that was exceptionally well done. But being displayed with the hood open, the first thing that jumped out at me were the screw posts. Since then, I do it on every old annual style kit that I build that has an engine. Steve

let me know how much & how to order when they're ready! I could always use a few sets. Using a set of Moebius Chrysler wires right now for my '60 Imperial project. Steve

No offense Deuces, but that has got to be one of the sloppiest looking restaurant platings that I have ever seen! Steve

I think maybe some of us are missing the point of this thread. At least I believe that the OP meant "just out of reach". Not in another solar system! To me, "just out of reach" would probably be something worth in the neighborhood of $20,000.00. To others it may be a little more or less. $6,000,000.00 might not be within Bill Gates' reach!! Steve

There is a lot of similarity in the overall shape of the rear fender with the '61 Olds. Heavily smoothed down & minus the dual creases. The roof line is very evident in this example as well. A modified version of the hood peak showed up on the '61 Buick long before the '63 Vette, but I can see how they threw at least 3 similar features of the front end of this model into the front of the Corvette. Steve

Yes. You can order the same white walls available in some of the Moebius kits from many hobby suppliers like Model Roundup. Steve

This one seems to have a lot of 1961 Oldsmobile styling cues. The roof line is obviously 1961& the shape of the rear fender looks very '61 "Olds-ish" to me. Although the hood looks a little more '61 Buick. Steve

Spicy Orange Chicken. It was really good!! Steve

What else are you doing under the hood John? Hopefully getting rid of those screw posts? Also, you might want to address the tail lights. I think using a set of the custom bezels from the '63 Galaxie kit was a fairly convincing fix. Steve

I don't know. But if nobody tries, we will never know. I'm willing to be the canary in the coal mine. Steve

I've done them in several different ways. The one I've settled on is to drill out the old chrome lenses and then make molds for the lenses & buckets from existing lenses from mold putty. You can pick up the mold putty at Hobby Lobby or online. I use a set of the old smooth custom lenses from some kits molded in reverse for the buckets. Then you can do the lenses themselves a couple of different ways. Either use lenses with the "striations" molded on the outside or the inside pressed into the putty with the striations down. If you use lenses with the striations on the outside you will wind up with lenses that are duller in appearance than you may want. I prefer to use lenses with the detail on the inside of the lens & then just pile the Laser Bond into the mold giving you a bit of a domed surface. This will give you a shinier lens. I did this '62 Chrysler a little differently using aluminum tubing for the tub/rim construction, but you can see that the lenses are not as shiny as the lenses on the '63 Bonneville, which were done in reverse. Any way, it's a simple operation of just making a mold & then filling the mold with Laser Bond, zapping it with UV light for 10 seconds & you have instant lenses. I recently used this method using 2 part epoxy for a mold for the parking light lenses for a '63 Plymouth Fury as well. Steve

I'm buying. Could care less if there's any minor issues with proportions. There usually are. If you don't like it, fix it & possibly offer advice to those who care to follow suit. Or, leave it where you found it. Complaining solves nothing. (unless you're one of the people who complains to the mods about someone elses language) Steve

That's a bad one! I don't think that it would be possible to straighten that one out. Problem is that even if you get it flattened out again, you will likely wind up creating more warps in other areas. I would disassemble it, save all of the other parts, ditch the body & look for a good craftsman kit body. You can sometimes find just a good body on ebay for $20.00 or so. I see why this one only cost you $15.00. Steve

Yeah, that'll get you a job every time! Everybody loves to have someone with a horse manure attitude on the payroll! Is it any wonder that she's unemployed? Steve

You can make your own fairly easily with some mold putty & Laser Bond glue. Any size or shape that you want. Steve

You have already given yourself a clue for this one. Walkin' tall machine gun men. They spit on me in my home land. Gloria sent me pictures of my boy. Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death. My buddy's breathing his dyin' breath. Oh God please won't you help me make it through. Steve

Nice stuff Joe! Can never have too many 60s Mopars! Steve

Probably not a Bonneville. Most likely a Canadian Parisienne. Steve

I think that the Trumpeter kit is a prime example of trying to produce 2 different body configurations from one mold with minimal modification to the mold. AMT did the same thing with some of their very early kits. The '60 Buick Invicta comes to mind. They basically started with a convertible body & then just tried to plop a top on it without changing any of the convertibles dimensions. I think that AMT did ok with this method on the '60 Buick for the most part, (although it's obvious that the c-pillars are pretty rudimentary) but my guess is that this is why Trumpeter wound up with a short top & long tulip panel. Steve

AMT & MPC did nearly every full sized, 60's Pontiac kit that they ever produced with pretty nice 8 lug wheels. I would think that they should be pretty easy to find on ebay. I personally have probably a dozen or more kits that contain them. Steve

Lot's of primer & sealer. I can't remember ever having a ghosting problem. Most likely due to the fact that I'm not stingy with the primer. Steve