Snake45

Started on one of my now-famous Snake-Fu "rescues" of a glue bomb '65 Ford. The paint looked savable with a light polish (Wright's Silver Cream cut with water). It quickly became apparent that the paint was VERY thin and wouldn't stand up to it. So into the Purple Pond it went. I'll have to repaint it. Thing is, I don't want to put a great deal of effort into the paint job on this glue bomb of a car that isn't a particular favorite. Black primer is out because I already have another couple black primer projects in the works. So it looks like I've got three possibilities: *Gray primer *Rustoleum Cobalt Blue Metallic. Cheap, I have it on hand, and it goes on without drama and polishes out pretty easily. *Rustoleum Charcoal Gray Metallic. From same line as the Cobalt Blue. Have never used it but hope it behaves as well. A nice graphite gray color. I'm going for a '70s street cruiser vibe, so factory originality isn't a factor.

Yah, it was Farmers and yah, they were all funny ONCE. They get progressively less funny with each of hundreds of re-viewings. To be fair, Farmers isn't as bad about this as Liberty, who are just THE WORST for repetition.

Great color, great finish, exceptionally clean build. VERY well done and model on!

I cannot stand those stupid Liberty Mutual Ads. I never thought I'd ever see ads that made me miss Flo and her idiot friends, but these do. And the stupid lizard is almost charming by comparison.

Or maybe they didn't want to put up with rivet-counters complaining about "accuracy."

I know the Monogram one was a slot car (K&B). Not sure about AMT.

There's a cheap 1/25 '66 Chevelle diecast available (Welly? Maisto? I forget who made it) that IMHO looks better than either the Monogram or the Lindberg.

Probably mainly a molding issue, but the other two factors might play a part as well. I've seen this in other kits, but not as often and as prominently as in the Monogram '66 Malibu and '65 Vette coupe. I tried to correct mine, gave up when I got it this far. Going further would have meant making a new windshield.

I'll be following too. Will be interesting to see how you fix the caved-in roof. Drive on!

Interesting and imaginative solution to the far-too-small headlights of this wretched old kit. Again, VERY well done and model on!

Was just reviewing the early posts. Evidently the build started Sep 15 and will end March 15. Still plenty of time. I've got a couple other things to finish up before I can start on the Riv, but am really looking forward to getting started. Was just looking at an Under Glass Meyers Manx and realized, I could/should do one of those too. I had one almost finished in late 1968 and then it got tragically destroyed. I'd like to build another one exactly the same way except for the paint. The first one I did in Testor green metalflake. This time around I'll do it in Krylon Sparkle Green, which is a bit lighter but still plenty "metalflaky."

Not a fan of that textured paint, but otherwise you did an excellent job on this kit. In fact, you're reminding me I need to build one of these! Well done and model on!

Very, VERY nice! I wrestled one of these old turds to the ground last year and made it my witch, so I can definitely appreciate what a nice job you did here. Well done and model on!

Fabulous, thanks so much! The PM system doesn't work for me so email me and we'll set up the particulars: SnakeACP45 at AOL dot com Thanks again!

Sweet Vette, Gramps!

Very very nice! I award you the Black Belt in Snake-Fu! The M2 Camaros are nice. I have three of them--an orange Z/28, a black RS, and a flat blue "Sunoco" thing which I haven't gotten to yet. I saw the yellow Zs at Walmart some month back but passed because I built the Revell kit almost exactly the same way. Only difference was I used slot wheels on it (Anson Sprints?) to match the CARS magazine test car from 1969.

Fabulous! I might even have some of the stock '69 engine parts--it looks like at some point I pilfered the block and SOHC goodies for some other project, but I think I still have the stock carb, air cleaner, valve covers, and intake and exhaust manifolds. It'll be fun to see how well they fit! I have at least one of these Resto Rod kits in the Snakepit. I even have a can of Ford Engine Blue-ish Krylon! I KNEW there was some reason I liked you!

Wow, even I wouldn't have tackled that one! Well done and model on--we can't wait to see what you could accomplish with a good starting point!

Huh. By strange coincidence, I'm working on a '69 Galaxie that has no engine. I wonder if this "mystery engine" would be close enough to fill in?

Didn't the early V8 Novas have front-sump pans?

Got all the foil work done on the '69 Galaxie I'm doing for BOYD. This comprised the four side marker lights (the other trim I'm doing in Deco Paint Premium Silver Leaf), and it took me an hour and a half because I had to mask around them all to keep the foil stickum off the paint.

Mine hasn't even had blank VHS tapes for at least five or six years. I've been buying prerecorded old movie tapes at flea markets and yard sales and recycling them. I scored 6 or 7 on Labor Day weekend and it made my day!

I bought some (craft acrylic) blue paint today to use on the interior of my replica Riviera. Gonna brush it on, just the way I did it in 1966!

Yah, that looks more like it. Now I just need to find one of those. Thanks!

Again I challenge: Tell me the chemical that you can put on a rag and rub on red plastic, and the rag will be turned red to any degree at all but the plastic will not be damaged, crazed, frosted, or fogged in any way. I'm still waiting to learn what it is.