Snake45

Much as I love Corvettes and know about them (at least the early ones), I've never driven one, and have only ridden in one once--about a '92 or '93 C4. It was uncomfortable/awkward to get in and out of, but once inside, was pretty much okay. Couple years ago my neighbor had his beautiful Marina Blue '67 Roadster with optional hard top pulled out of his garage for a very rare day in the sun (I've only seen it out of the garage twice in 25 years) and I asked if I could sit in it just to see what access was like. To my amazement, getting in or out of it was almost exactly like getting in or out of my beloved old '69 Camaros.

The engine in the oft-reissued AMT '66 Mustang HT might provide some useful base/low-line details (valve covers, manifold, etc.).

Had probably 10-12 hours in this one, as I scribed out the door lines. The chassis was also a gluebomby mess that needed some un-typical repairs. I've done over 40 of these "rescues" now (not full rebuilds, just Snake-Fu improvements to a builtup with "good bones" to start with) and they're all different. I guess the least time I have in one is about 3-4 hours and the most around 20. Most fall somewhere in the 6-12 hour range. For comparison, I figure on spending at least 40 hours building up a new kit from out of the box.

There really is, isn't there? Doesn't happen all the time but sometimes when it does, it's just magic. Others turn out to be styrene sirens who lure you in and then lie to you.

Thanks Michelle! Thanks Pappy!

Those wheels/tires look PERFECT on that! Drive on!

He first showed up on my radar in Catch-22, too. He did many appearances on Letterman. I always thought he was kind of annoying on there, but now think that might have been a schtick that he and Dave were doing.

I got a good price on several Revell '67 Corvette roadsters at the local toy show last year. I don't like the shape of that body, but the kit is a parts mine. I've been parting one out. So far I've helped other modelers with the wheels and tires, front bumper/grille, decals, windshield wipers, and I think maybe the seats. I'll probably be using the engine in a build very soon, and the exhaust will definitely find a home on something sooner or later. Oh, and I'll cut the "stinger" off the hood and use it on something else, too.

This what I'm thinking, too.

You can watch the whole current season to date either on your PC or laptop at Discovery.com, or you can download the free Discovery ap on a mobile device. The episodes have commercials but that's not a dealbreaker for FREE.

I've been using an Optivisor for years now. At first I only needed it for ultradetail work, but as the years have passed, I now need it for virtually all my modeling. I can relate to those of you who said you tried one and didn't like it. I didn't either at first. There is a definite learning curve involved as your eyes and brain have to get used to a new way of processing visual information. It can be quite disorienting. But after a while it becomes quite natural. I couldn't keep modeling without one.

Pretty clean looking. Model on!

Giving double meaning to the term "box stock."

Very nice, they both look good! I bought one of these in the AMT box back in the '80s or '90s and had it out and put it away in disgust as hideous and unbuildable several times. Last year after doing several 1/24 '60s Ferrari diecasts, I decided, "F it, I'm gonna squirt that backbirth with Model Master Italian Red and Snake-slap it together and toss it on the shelf." So I went looking for it in the Snakepit where it SHOULD have been and it was nowhere to be found, nor anywhere else either. Near as I can figger, about 20 years ago I took a big box of "junk" kits--mostly 1/72 and 1/48 airplanes, but a few cars too--to a club meeting and tried to sell them off CHEAP. Looks like that one sold--prolly for $2 or $5 or some trivial sum. Anyway, yours look good! Model on!

What I'd do at this point is just drive on and finish it off in that primer, which doesn't look bad at all. If your luck changes or your painting skills improve in the future, you can always go back and repaint it right over that primer. You've already murdered out the chrome so it will be a consistent look, and possibly a very cool one. Drive on!

Famous magician Penn Jillette is about 6-6 (when I met him, he was way on the far side of 300, the largest human being I've ever personally been around in my life, though he's lost weight now) and drives a Mini. I have NO idea why Mini is not paying him a fortune to be their spokesman.

Very, VERY nice, and you know how much I like both C2s and rescue/rebuilds. VERY well done and model on!

Old idea; been done.

Maybe it means it doesn't turn at all.

From what I've seen, worst thing about this kit is the grossly overexaggerated fake "vent" lines in the doors. If you can either live with or fix those, you should have it made.

I bought this off ebay about 2008 at a price that was high-ish at the time but would be considered a steal today. It was fairly complete, but the body had kind of a bad surface finish that took me MANY hours of polishing to shine up. I'd always wanted one of these Craftsmans, molded in that beautiful emerald green. Here's the WIP thread, where I detail the polish job, and interior and chassis painting: I did most of this work around 2010, and then I got a bad case of Dreading the Foiling and it sat on the Shelf of Doom until earlier this year when I dusted it off for the latest Bring Out Your Dead build round. The foilwork turned out to be not as bad as I'd feared, and only took a couple hours. Completion was all downhill from there. Finally, after more than 50 years of wanting a green Craftsman '66 Skylark on my shelf, I have one! Thanks for looking and, as always, Model on, everyone!

The Lovely Mrs. Snake has a 2015 or '16 Honda Civic. I'm only 5'10", but when I drive it, I have to have the driver's seat almost all the way back and down and sometimes my head still hits the roof depending on how I sit.

I'm not a big fan of '65 Galaxie—have always thought the '66 was a much better looking car in every way—and have never owned this kit, or even much wanted to. But at last month's local toy show, something about this builtup just spoke to me. Maybe it was the stance, maybe it was the clean, unpainted body, maybe it was the fact that it came with very usable wheels and tires and I wouldn't have to scrounge those up. Whatever, it followed me home for just $5. The vendor told me he'd owned a '65 Galaxie with a “light green two tone” interior, so I thought it would be fun to do that to match pics I found on the net. I had some Krylon Italian Olive on hand, and bought some darker green acrylic craft paint for the second shade. But the Krylon turned out to be much darker than the cap led me to believe, and I ended up just leaving the whole interior in that, with some black and Silver Sharpie minor detailing. White plastic is always problematic to polish. It's rare to find white styrene that's real opaque and doesn't look immediately like plastic. On this one, you could see the “shadow” of your finger through the plastic in ambient light. I tried something new and sprayed the inside of the body, hood, and trunk lid with four coats of a good flat white primer. Now you can't see your finger “shadow” through the body in ambient light, but you still can if you hold it up directly to a light source. The outer white plastic polished up quite nicely. Does it look like good white paint now? No, but it's a big improvement—about like the difference between skim milk and whole milk. (I don't know if you can see the difference in the Before and After pics or not.) The rest was pretty standard Snake-Fu: Silver Sharpie trim, detail the grille and taillights, polish out the glass, and so forth. Not a perfect model, but a lot of fun and a decent shelf-sitter for $5 and maybe 10-12 hours of effort. Thanks for looking and, as always, comments welcome. Model on, all!

Doesn't look bad at all! And would look even better if you can get the headlights straightened out, which should be easily do-able. Well done and drive on!

Another great race night last night! JJ is now 3-0 against Ryan Martin. Oh tell me he's not in Ryan's head now! "Chase is a race" kinda turns every race into a poker game. Or, perhaps more accurately, a game of Rock-Scissors-Paper: *Sit beats Jump *Jump beats Fair Start (or at least is a big advantage) *Fair Start beats Sit Loved the race between Axman and Kye Kelly. I've seen Axman get caught sleeping at the light a couple times, but not this week. What a leave! Also like watching Big Chief eat Kye's lunch. Chief seems to be on a roll. Tricia seems to be on the way up. Poor Precious doesn't seem to be able to get it together in Kaiser Roll. Beginning to think JJ will pull that car and put her in Heifer. Daddy Dave seems to be having problems. Don't think he'll be a contender at the top. Ryan seems to be on a steady march to the top, but at some point he'll have to go through JJ to get there. I'm not seeing Chucky or Johnny Quick staying in the top part of the Top 10. Also not seeing Birdman or Chuck getting into the Top 10 at this point--they just don't have the time.