Snake45

Thanks. I thought someone might have been reproing old bodies but this looks like he's selling NOS.

For what it's worth, those were exactly my guesses when looking at the pictures.

What was your source for this? I'd like to see what else they might have available.

Very interesting, thanks!

Very cool! What are the taillights from?

Casey, am I going crazy or did you post in Wanted last night looking for a couple sets of these wheels? But it's not there now.

I've heard complaints that the side trim "runs uphill" on the kit, but it doesn't seem to on this one. Somewhere I came into possession of a regular kit's soft up-top. It is NOT a drop on fit for this snapper, but I've been trying to tweak it to make it work.

Very nice, as we've come to expect from you! Well done and model on!

A Chevelle isn't B-O-P.

Sheryl Crow.

WHO ARE YOU, and what have you done with Cobraman?

Or, perhaps, a very poor kit car clone.

Disagree. Bad as the kit body is, this box art makes it look much, much worse. I'm restoring an old one (Aurora, I believe) right now. Truly restoring it as an old-school build. It's simply not worth trying to correct, as MUCH better kits are available and not that expensive.

Good, Bad, & Ugly? BTW, the quote might be a variation of another old adage: Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't. (I don't know the origin or date of it, but have been hearing it for a long time.)

Sigourney Weaver?

Fiery Orange is a nice color, but it's MUCH too flaky/sparkly for any kind of factory paint. Here it is over black primer.

That's a nice model! I see that Perry's Resin still has it listed at $55, which isn't a horrible price if such a nice model can be built from it.

With a little work, you could get there from the Revellogram '70 GSX.

They all look great. PIck one and I'll add you to the build list. GITTER DONE! Are you declaring your intention to GITTER DONE by the end of the year? If so, I'll add you to the list.

Very nice! I'm not normally a fan of "big wheels" but they kinda work on this! Well done and model on!

List corrected. Good luck with it!

This is the AMT snapper kit. It's molded in white with the interior molded in red and white. I removed all mold lines and polished the body and there is very little paint on the finished model—some in the interior, the black of the grille, and the red rims of the wheels. I did the fins of the wheel covers in red Sharpie and then rubbed it off the high spots—not perfect, but better than doing nothing and probably better than I could have done in paint, and it was quick, painless, and easy. The side trim, front emblem and windshield frame are kitchen foil and Micro Metal Foil Adhesive; other trim is Silver Sharpie. Biggest pain on this build was the panel lines. They're molded fairly wide but shallow. I scribed them all out but there still wasn't enough contrast, so I flowed a very thin wash of flat black acrylic into them, which proved to provide much, MUCH too contrast: I tried to get all the black out first with rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush, then by “power-washing” with pure alcohol in my airbrush turned up to 45 PSI and it still looked too dark. So I ran some medium gray in there—still too dark! Tried a very light gray—STILL too dark and prominent! I ended up filling all the panel gaps with acrylic flat white paint, which over the darker colors, finally looked about right, or close to it, or as close to it as I was gonna get. This would have been a real fun build if not for the panel line fiasco. I'm not a huge fan of the '53-'55 Vette and wouldn't have put the effort into building a full-detail kit of it, but I like the way it come out so much I'm thinking of making a series of unpainted, polished-white-plastic Corvette roadsters with red interiors. I have an AMT '59 on the bench and about half done, and an AMT '63 would be easy to do, as would an MPC '75. Might do a Revell '68, too. And then see what's available in C4 and later generation kits. So here it is; as always, comments welcome.

Testor Fiery Orange over a black primer comes very, very close to the old AMT Burnt Orange lacquer.

I've been playing with trying to make small parts like this for years, without resorting to liquid silicone and resiin. Molds can be made with common silicone caulk. The best I've found is Permatex black. The best results come from using several thin layers of the stuff, which of course requires several days of curing time. Lately I've been playing with Alumilite Mold Putty, which is easy and fast to use in small quantities (only mix what you need, no waste). $30 full price at Hobby Lobby but with your 40% off coupon you can be out the door for under $20 including tax. Good stuff! https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Clay-Molding-Sculpting/Casting/Mold-Putty/p/27710 For making the parts I like J-B Weld, which is also inexpensive and very easy to use, as the mixing ratio is 1:1 and it's not particularly critical. Nearly any good 12 or 24 hour cure epoxy works well, too. Don't use the 5-minute stuff.

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