Snake45

I have six or eight different "glues" on my bench at all times. For clear parts, my go-to is Tacky Glue, a high-grade white glue, available at Walmart or any crafts store. I last bought a tube of Testor orange tube glue in the '70s, just in case I ever needed it. It remains unopened. I can't think of ANYTHING that it would be the preferred solution for.

This is Model Master Arctic Blue (still available in Testor "little bottles") over a medium gray primer.

Finally got around to researching it. Seems to be a 2014 or 2015 (I found it listed/advertised both ways.) My other two "new" Camaros are green and metallic gray, and I have them listed as 2017s, so this one is new/different for me. Yay!

That doesn't bother me in the least. Never has, never will.

I've seen your work improve in the last year or two.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix): An anthology of several Western stories. There are a few light moments but all things considered not a "happy" movie. Only one of the stories has what I'd call a "happy ending." Kinda interesting, but I don't think I'd watch it again. Dunkirk (HBOMax): This is also NOT a happy-fun feel-good movie. Desperation is in every frame. I can't recall a single light moment in the whole thing. A good movie, but not a fun one by any means.

Oh NOW you offer, when it's in sight of the finish line! Thanks for the kind words. This project has been a real experience. I hope to do a nice PS '66 Nova I have in mind eventually, but it's not on my immediate Build List, and it's certainly not THIS car. If I'd had any idea how much work this thing would be, I'd have never dragged it home from the local toy show. But when I looked in the box, it SEEMED like a quick, easy GITTER DONE Snake-Slap project. I saw that the wheels and tires were missing (no big deal), dunno if I noticed the missing engine. The body was there and undamaged and the hood was present and painted the same color. The paint looked good--not great, but certainly workable/fixable. All the body chrome parts were there, many of them still on the sprue. The interior was complete and built. The front and back glass were there--I didn't notice that the windshield was cracked, nor that the backlight had a couple of glue boogers on it. It looked like I could squirt the interior and chassis with some matte black, Silver-Sharpie the window trim, mount the windows, bumpers, etc., and have the whole hot mess on my shelf in just two or three hours. I didn't notice that the entire rear suspension was missing till I took a good look at it when I got it home. Nor of course did I notice the missing front spindle. Then I took a good look at the paint and the sides weren't nearly as smooth as the upper surfaces. And then I saw the windshield was cracked. Back into its cardboard crypt it went and was promptly forgotten for several months. At some point I got to watching all the back episodes of Memphis Street Outlaws on demand, and got jacked up by Zip Tie and Heifer and Molly Gully's purple Ugly Duck Nova, and got to wondering if I could actually DO something with this backbirth. I dug it out and had another look. Not too long after that, I discovered the Rustoleum Clear Lacquer at Walmart and decided that JunkNova would be the perfect test vehicle for the stuff (if the lacquer had melted the whole body into a puddle, I wouldn't have been out much in terms of either effort or emotion at that point). It worked beyond my wildest expectations, and looking at a shiny, nicely polished paint job was the turning point in the whole project. At that point I decided to drive on and GITTER DONE!

I'm planning to do that on one, too. The problem is that the side trim covers up the lower "vent" recess in the forward fender, as shown on your buddy's car. Only thing I can figger to do to get that is to grind an old Xacto blade down into a narrow "chisel" and cut and scrape it out--very carefully. If it doesn't work, I'll prolly just fill in the upper vent, too, as it'll be a "day two" cruiser so small mods would be okay.

Question for mods: I thought I posted a post here a couple days ago. It's not here now. Did I just forget to hit the Submit button (as I do about twice a week), or was it deleted? Asking before I post it again.

Could be worse. Coulda been like old Lindberg and make you wind the motor too.

Same here, knock wood and pray the power stays on. I hope to have Projekt Junknova and the Fireball 500 rescue finished by the end of next week.

If you have a little skill, you can make it yourself from this kit. Grab one of the AWB funny car kits, chop the windshield frame off the stock ragtop body, and alter the wheelbase (an easy enough modification).

You can buy the same thing at any Walmart as Tacky Glue in the crafts section. Way cheaper, too.

Looking good! There's one more trick in that body. If you cut about 1/8" off the bottom edge of the front inner fenders, you get an instant front lowering/rake job that looks great. (Right out of the box, the front end sits a little high.) Drive on!

I was "imprinted" at a young age by a '65 4-4-2 with, I think, a BBC in it in one of the first Car Craft magazine Street Freaks articles.

Would be great to see Round 2 tool up a new Sedan Delivery body and then reissue this one.

Thanks for the preview. The only way this could be better is if it were a hardtop. (I'm not a fan of droptops.) I have all the original stock parts of an annual hardtop, and procured a resin body to use with them. I also got a repro of the original bulged hood. My plan is to use those parts to build up a nice stocker, and then a second chassis with a wild BBC or something of the sort to use with the bulged hood as an early '70s street freak. Not sure yet if I'll buy one of these, or if I'll wait to see if they do a hardtop. But I'm still very glad to see it back, and to see all the enthusiasm being shown for it.

I'd spray the black, mask it off, reprime for the body color, then paint the body color.

Most model car glass is only simple-curved, and doesn't even need a mold or forming. Make a pattern, cut your plastic, and glue it in place. You'll probably need to securely tape it in place while the glue dries. If it flat, though (as are many backlights), you don't even need that.

Having read Showboat, I was looking for the Ivo car, which as you say isn't there.

Due to the way the coupe body is set up, this will probably be more involved/difficult than you might think. Good luck with it and keep us posted!

Went to my HL for the first time in four or five months. All model kits are 40% off, but their stock was way down; many, MANY empty slots. Ended up buying a Revell '29 Ford, even though I already have 3 of the first issue. Will be interesting to see the SBC in the new issue.

I just checked it. Couldn't find them anywhere, including all the unsorted Revell folders at the top.

If you have the spray can, why not just spray it from the can?

Take all the time you want. I'm done with this discussion, and with hijacking ModelcarJR's nice build. Model on!