StevenGuthmiller

An air brush produces much less in the area of toxic fumes. No propellant which is where the majority of them come from. Steve

I disassemble mine after every session, but then again, I use a single action siphon feed Badger. I remove the tip, take out the needle & trigger & then clean the needle, tip & clean out the body with a Q-tip & one of those dental brushes that you use between your teeth with airbrush cleaner. Takes me longer to clean out the jar & siphon than it does to clean the brush. Steve

Didn't realize that I needed permission. Steve

I agree. Takes me no more than 5 minutes to thoroughly clean my air brush after each use. Steve

Planning on building all of those? Better get started! Steve

Now that's sweet! Some how, I never really thought this kit could look this good. Great job Emmanuel! Someday, I need to get going on my convertible. Steve

Already too complicated for me. But I'll keep it in mind. Using my Fotki account will require less thought. Steve

Won't work with this style of fan spray nozzle. Believe me, I've tried. Steve

As far as I know, MCW still packages all of their spray paints in a can with a fan spray nozzle. I haven't bought a spray can from them for many years but they used to package in cans exactly like the old Duplicolor touch up paints. The tall skinny cans. Now, Duplicolor no longer uses those cans, so I'm not positive what MCW is using. Might be worth contacting them to find out. By the way, MCW is now offering any color you want in a spray can, at additional cost of course. Steve By the way, I agree with you 100%. Absolutely hate the round spray tips! You would think that everyone would use the fan spray tip. It is so superior it's ridiculous! Too expensive I guess. Although a can of Duplicolor paint with a good nozzle doesn't cost any more than a can of Testors or Tamiya with a crappy one.

I think you may have a little of the same outlook as I do. Sometimes the color will actually dictate the next build. A lot of the time, I'll see a color & know instantly where I'm going to use it, & if it's something I really like, it may bump a given project to the front of the line. Other kits may sit for years before I can decide on a color for it. Steve

I started buying these Maisto diecast motorcycles for my son years ago when I was in my hardcore riding days. Must have bought him at least a couple dozen cruisers from Harley Davidson to Yamaha & all sorts of customs. Not really sure of the scale, but they look pretty close to 1/25th & the detail isn't bad. Not sure if they sell a lot of these anymore, but they used to have dozens of different models. Steve

Ok, after clicking on the "share" icon, the "share 1 photo to" box pops up with the "BBCode" highlighted & the text highlighted in the box. Then what? Doesn't seem to be anything to click on to copy it & when I come back to this forum, I can't paste anything. Steve

I just got the obligatory "apology" email from them a few minutes ago. They're even offering a free "photo mouse pad" as a gift for my inconvenience. Here's an idea for a free gift. Keep the site working! Steve

Inform us of the process. I monkeyed around for an hour one day trying to figure out how to use it to no avail. If it's more complicated than "copy & paste", don't bother. I won't use it. Steve

Thanks Scott, I appreciate that. I'm considering bringing this one to the NNL North show next year. Just so I have something to display on the muscle car table. Steve

I have a Flickr account as well. I've just never found Flickr particularly useful for the type of activity that we use photo hosting sites. I have yet to find an easy way to post a photo from Flickr to a forum like this. Steve

Terrific! If you hurry, you might be able to use it for 20 minutes! Steve

I guess I'm just a pup as well! I'll turn 54 in about a month. Steve

That's funny Walter! I had a friend in high school that had a dark green '69 Road Runner that we affectionately called the "Army Truck". Before that, he owned an orange '70 Plymouth Satellite that we liked to refer to as "The Great Pumpkin"! Later, it became the "Combine" after he rolled it into a field and took out a half an acre of some poor farmers soy beans! As you can tell, he endured a little "razzing" on occasion! Steve

Valid points Emmanuel. The tires are probably not the best choice for a car of this vintage. These being the AMT "parts pack" Firestones, they are more designed to go on an early to mid 60s full size car. Something a little "lower profile", & possibly with a narrower white wall, would have looked more appropriate on a car from this period. Unfortunately, nice white walls are not real easy to come by, & these were what I had. As far as the head lights go, when I sent the batch of parts for replating that this grille was included in, I drilled out all of the other head light buckets, but left these. If you would see one of these MPC '69 Coronet grilles close up, you would understand why. Drilling out the headlights would have left virtually nothing. The surrounding buckets would have been so fragile that a break at some point would have been all but inevitable. So, I hollowed out the buckets the best I could without going too deep & compromising the integrity of the entire grille. The lenses could have been set a little deeper but I was afraid of destroying a not easily replaceable grille. Steve

Lookin' good Bill! Kind of gets me pumped to get going on my '64 Grand Prix. Steve

I won't be moving or transferring anything. I have a Photobucket account, a Fotki account, & I keep all of my photos on my hard drive. If I need to add anything to my Fotki account, it will just come from my hard drive. I may "try" to use Photobucket on occasion, but I think I'm going to focus my activity on Fotki from now on. I'm just really tired of dealing with all of Photobucket's issues. Steve

Here's a couple more pics. Just need to test out how it goes with Fotki being as I'm about done dealing with Photobucket! Steve

Thanks Bill. I try not to get too worried about little inaccuracies. As a matter of fact, it's highly unlikely that I'll change anything at this point. My focus is on the next project now. Steve

Anybody else just about ready to give Photobucket the "heave ho"? I've just about had all that I can take! Every time I go to the site to try to manage my folders it's just a nightmare! Occasionally, it freezes up my whole computer. The rest of the time it just takes forever to get anything done. Not sure why I waste my time with this inferior pile of dung! I think it's about time to switch all of my activity to Fotki. Steve