StevenGuthmiller

I have an AMT '69 GTX convertible with half of the top boot missing. I would really like to do another one of these '56s some day. Steve

Thanks John! Yeah, the Mopars from the 50s are woefully under represented today in the kit world. We have AMT to thank for the '57 300 & the '58 Plymouth, & now Mobius has given us the '55-'56 Chrysler 300s. That's about it! Don't you think it's about time Revell gave us a 50s Mopar? My vote is for a '55 Belvedere or a '56 Desoto! Steve

Nice Ludwig! Not one of the most attractive GTX body styles IMO, but it does grow on you! Steve

Thanks Sam! I always seem to get the panel lines a little darker than I would like them. I use a darker shade of the body color, or close to it, for the lines, but I wind up not taking "shadow" into account when I mix the paint. But, as my father used to say, "Good enough for the girls that I go with". Steve

Very possible TJ. I know a lot of these paint schemes look a little "funky" at first, but by the time it's all finished up, they look great! I just never would have dreamed of pink with red & black. I really love that red by the way! Steve

That's very kind of you Shaun! I'll feel a lot better when the paint work on the interior is done. I'm going to force myself to get some more done on it tonight! Steve

I really do like the red & black. I'm just not 100% sold on the pink interior. Steve

I think, if you're not real confident Steve, try the Sharpie idea on both the scripts & the firewall. They'll give you acceptable results. And if they don't turn out the way you want them, The Sharpie is removable. A little W-D40 will wipe it right off. Just don't try to paint over anything that you've used W-D40 on without a good cleaning in soap & water. Steve

Not from me. I find myself using the same brush for almost everything whether it's painting a chassis plate, or wires on a firewall. Most guys would consider what I use a real "club"! Steve

I can see how that would work. I think I'll try that on my next one. With each passing day, my hands get a little less steady. Steve

Yeah, it's not an easy task! I still just use a brush, a lot larger one than most guys probably use, but I have better luck with paint "flow" with a larger brush. If I have to stop every 1/8 inch to load more paint, I wind up with a mess! I just try to moderate the amount of paint I need to load onto the brush. Too little & you're stopping & starting. Too much & it runs all over. It's a balancing act! Steve

Depends on what I'm doing or how I want the finished product to look. In this case, I used gold foil. Steve

I'm with you! I think some combination of white & lavender would make a much nicer combo with this color. Although, if you're looking for something to tie in with the wheels, maybe white with gold accents would look nice. I think I'd stay away from tan. Steve

I'm sure retrofitting the '58s innards wouldn't be hard to do. Just not my style. As I've heard others say, the most likely reason that a lot of these old kits were more accurate in appearance than some of the newer ones, was the fact that Johan had access to the same plans that Plymouth did in 1959. Makes perfect sense to me. Thanks Ron! Steve

I don't see any reason why you can't BMF this model, except for the fact that by the time you've finished you may have knocked half of the parts off of it. Steve

Thank you guys! Still struggling with working up enough motivation to finish with the interior painting, but I did get a little more masking done last night. I'm setting myself the goal of having at least the paint work on it done before the weekend. That way I can get some more detailing on it done over the weekend. taking next Friday, June 5th, off from work, so I'll have a whole day to hopefully get some modeling done, uninterrupted! At least that's the plan. My wife may have other ideas on how I should spend a free day! Steve

Thanks Ludwig! Nope, exact same stuff you're using. Just have to make sure the trim you're putting it over is as smooth as possible. And even more important is how much you "burnish" it. I think a lot of guys make the mistake of just rubbing on it enough to make it conform to the shape of the trim. The more you rub on this stuff, & the harder, with a soft cotton cloth, the shinier it will get. If you think you've burnished it enough, do it some more! Steve

Thanks everybody! With any luck, I hope to have this one finished within the next couple of weeks. Seems to have been very slow going for the past couple of months. I need to focus on building a little more I guess. Steve

I don't know. Does anybody ever look at any ones gallery? I've never used mine. Steve

Just a few pics of the foiled & detailed body. I've been finishing up the details over the past few days. I think I've just been avoiding working on the interior! Can't avoid it anymore! Steve

That's what I thought too. Eventually I began to notice that the photos I was allowed to load onto the site were getting smaller & smaller until I ultimately was not able to post any photos anymore. Then I had to go back & delete photos to make room for new ones. As the moderators say, "This is not a photo hosting site". There is a limit to each members available space. Steve

Only problem with uploading directly from your files to the forum is that you have limited space available to you. After you've posted for a while, you'll find that you have to go back & begin deleting old posts to make room for new ones. A much bigger hassle than setting up a Photobucket account. Once you have a photo hosting site that you can use for posting photos from, you have unlimited space for postings, & much larger photos as well. Really, setting up a Photobucket, or like account is not difficult. If this 53 year old computer illiterate dunce can do it, anyone can! & yes, in my opinion, dump the Internet Explorer & get Firefox. I had problems right off the bat with IE with my new computer. Firefox took care of all of those issues. Steve

I have a flickr account as well as the other 2. Don't use it much, except for sharing photos with other flickr users. Steve

I don't see this as junk at all Tommy! Any time I see an intact, unpainted kit like this, I'm watching it very closely if it's something I'm interested in. Even with parts missing. Many times, parts can be found to complete. As long as the body is good & the necessary components are there, I'm all over it! Steve

I use them for a lot of things Tommy, including foiling. They work great for helping to snug down the foil. Then I usually get it really into the corners with a sharpened tooth pick. They also come in handy for burnishing the foil in tight spots, like the inside of vent windows. Steve