Snake45

You need pics of me brushing on paint? It looks like MM TSA over the yellow-orange. It looks great. Will post pics when I get the next model done.

http://www.shoeswebsite.net/lp/apple-barrel-colors-2-oz-apricot-orange-paint/36502438/ But I paid 97c at Walmart (just checked my receipt).

If you use Testor/Model Master Turn Signal Amber, you know it needs a basecoat of some kind to look good, even on chrome. I've used flat white, yellow, and orange, depending mostly on what was handy at the moment. Now I've found something that's even better. Apple Barrel matte acrylic Apricot, #20764E. It brushed nicely, laid down on gloss enamel, and covered well. Turn Signal Amber then brushed right over it (when dry of course) no problem, and looks great. I think I paid 50c for it at Walmart (crafts section), and the 2-oz bottle should be a lifetime investment. Good stuff! ETA: I paid 97 cents, not 50.

I was in 7th grade and had been building model cars about a year. I remember seeing Miss Deal in the hobby shops (I remember hobby shops!) but never owned one back then. I bought one a few years ago just "because." I have little to zero interest in building it as-is but I'm pretty sure I can make SOMETHING cool out of it.

NEW kits? For the time being, I'll be happy if they can just keep the current lineup (or something like it) in production and distribution at current prices. Then, if they can pull off some reissues of things we haven't seen in a while, better yet. I'd be VERY surprised if we hear of any all-new kits from them for at least a couple of years. If ever. Another thing that might be possible is reboxing of some foreign kits to take advantage of the Revell name in the US. I guess we'll see.

Great save of a nice build, and it's the now semi-rare 500 to boot! Sweet! (Will Round 2 ever reissue the 500, yathink?)

Cool. I think I just bought one of those at Ollie's a couple months ago. Now I can do T-rods from AMT, MPC, Revell, Monogram, and Lindberg! Will be fun to compare them.

I was thinking more like '68 or '69, but if it says '67, I'd believe it.

Inspired by another member's current Monza build, I dug out an original MPC '77 (kit 1-7716) that I started back in the '80s. Was pleasantly surprised to find several desirable goodies in the box, including nice exhaust headers and side pipes, Keystone wheels, "fly eye" air cleaner, and a pre-'65 Corvette fuel injection setup. Came here to look for a review of the reissue to see if these parts were in the new one. Alas, it seems to be based on a different kit (AMT vs MPC). What a shame. On a related topic, I have a damaged '77 Monza promo I'm gonna try to restore. Haven't gotten into it yet but just judging from the bumpers (molded separately in black plastic), it looks like it might be a different model. Who had the promo contract that year, AMT or MPC? ETA: Just took another look at that distressed promo. It says 1976 on the plates, and I do believe it's of MPC origin.

If I were doing it, I'd paint and polish out all the gloss, then mask off the black and hit it with one coat of airbrushed Model Master Black Chrome Trim. I don't like masking over matte in cases like this, because masking stickum sticks more readily to matte paint than gloss and if you have to use "removal techniques" to get the goo off, you'll ruin the uniformity of the matte effect. Matte paints are also more easily scratched and so forth when handling. Another way to do it might be to do the black and the green as gloss, clearcoat and polish out the whole thing, and then mask off to hit the black area of the hood with an airbrushed coat of Testor Dullcote, or something of the sort. In other words, I like to do the matte LAST, not first, to avoid damage to the finish. But maybe that's just me.

I've never heard of this, but to be honest, it doesn't sound all that promising. I'd think anything you could fill will such a concoction would be better filled with superglue, or superglue gel. Don't forget that common alcohol dissolves Future immediately, so if you wipe down a ready-to-paint model on which you've used Future as a filler with rubbing alcohol (as I often do), it will wash right away.

I've been experimenting with some of the cheap craft acrylics at Walmart for interiors and such. Some of them seem to work pretty well. How well varies by color and brand, but at 50c to $2 a bottle, they're not expensive to experiment with.

Very nice! You are making me want to build one of these, which is one of my highest compliments.

I thought so, too. Whatever it is, it's different and therefore interesting!

Very few of the annual kits of the day had mirrors.

I couldn't resist buying one today. $20 for a knockoff Badger 150? If it sprays at all, it's worth that. Hellsbells, I paid $30 or $35 for my "cheapie" Badger 350 in the early '80s! (And I've gotten my money's worth out of it, too. Just used it about an hour ago.)

Hope this isn't too far off topic, but this morning at Walmart I saw a M2 diecast Datsun 510. Black. I'm certainly no expert on this things but it looked pretty good to me--kinda cute. I didn't have a ton of extra money today so I didn't get one, but might down the road.

Oh stop whining. It looks FINE. Model on!

If Revell disappears, what will I do? I guess I'll have to try to get by on the three or four hundred of their kits I have in my stash....

It looks like you're picking up the hang of this hobby very quickly. I think you'll be dazzling us with your work very, very soon! Model on!

Many--most?--model car windshields are simple curves and can be replaced with common flexible clear plastic or vinyl. Make a pattern from the broken one, cut it out, glue it in. Yes, the gluing-in will be a little more challenging than a molded kit part, but it can be done.

Fingernail polishing sticks work GREAT for me. Or Wright's Silver Cream.

I had a LOT of trouble in final assembly of that one--getting the chassis into the body. Maybe it was just me.

Wow! Looks like a copy of a Badger 150, which used to be a high-end airbrush. For $20, I think I'll get one of these myself and try it. Thanks!

The Revell snappers--'63 Corvettes, '70 Chevelle, '57 Chevy, '69 Camaro and others--go together pretty easy and look great when finished. For full kits, I can't think of any easier builds I've ever done than the Monogram 1/24 '70 GTX (now a Road Runner, I believe) and '70 Superbird. Completely drama-free builds, top to bottom and side to side.