midnightsteele

Well before I attempted to bend the plastic, I knew I would have to trim a little so it would match up to the filler panel behind where the bumper will go under the grill. I wanted to try the hot tap water tip first and work my way up in case that didn't work. During the trimming process....... I will be gluing it back in place after the trim, let it sit until tomorrow and in the meantime do another section if the build. Grrrrrrrrrrrr

I have a slight alignment problem on my 65 Chevy truck. You will notice in the two pictures the differences in the angles on the front of the fenders. Although the fender on the drivers side is correct, the one on the passengers side is pretty much a final product. I know "what" I need to do, I just don't know "how". The lower left needs to be heated and bent inwards to the grill section to match the other side. How do I do this without damaging anything else? I can take more pictures if needed. Passengers side is the first picture and drivers side is the second... and as always thank you.

Thanks guys for the tips and critiques. Admittedly I didn't research the chassis issue. I went off the instructions. Although my future builds won't be so stock specific, I do enjoy one that is as close as possible sometimes. I am doing a 65 Chevy pickup now and it needs to be correct on several things like the chassis. I will do a little more research before I fire up the paint. James

What a detailed engine! How did you make the spark plug/distributor boots? James

Guess I should have mentioned what kind of putty I'm using. Using Bondo spot and glazing. Cool looking car BTW. JAMES

Sorry bout the sideways pics. Not sure why that happened... James

My first attempt at actual upholstery.

If you know from the begining that you will need to putty some areas, do you go ahead and start filling or start with a base of primer like you would on a 1:1? I have started the Revell 1965 Chevy Stepside and right off, the cab and hood will need putty to fill seams between glued pieces. James

This one will be for my Ag dept. annual "Aggie Day" fundraiser. The truck will be Testors Star Spangled Banner Blue (trying to get close to the FFA colors) with the FFA crest on the doors. The truck will be reasonably close to stock meaning no drops or suspension upgrades. Most of the people that attend this function are older farmers and i want to try and produce a piece they would most likely appreciate the most. I will "attempt" to scratch build a bumper pull single horse horse trailer. It will be auctioned off during the event. I am going to try and use some of the things I have seen on here such as solder wire for exhaust, spark plug wires, and actual fabric on the seat. I welcome any and all comments and suggestions.

Thanks for the tips slusher. I will incorporate them in my next build. I could use the same paint I use on the body but put a dull coat over it so I retain the color match? James

Ha! Those old clod hoppers ought to be thrown away they been on the porch so long. I should have been so lucky to be wearing those but oh no I had to be wearing my flip-flops so my feet looked like they had been touched by Midas!

Thanks. I wasn't too fond of the color to begin with but its the color car she had. Now that I'm almost done, it kind of grew on me... James

Yeah I learned a valuable lesson today. First time out of the shoot. Next time I'm just going to let them steep for a couple hours. I was just going off the advice of one of the videos I watched that said if you shake it a little every 15 minutes or so it would speed up the process. I'm just going to try a little more patience lol James

The paint was Krylon gold. This incident happened after I transferred the paint from the rattle can to the open bottle. I taped a bendy straw to the spray nozzle and used cellophane to cover the top of the bottle. I stopped when my bottle was half full. I let it sit for about 15 minutes while I occupied my time trying to smoke a cigarette and chasing my weenie dog around the front yard because he didn't want to go back in the house. When I picked up my half full bottle of gold and gently shook it, it literally shot out of my hand and straight into the other half bottle of Krylon flat black I was also decanting. That one, once struck by the bottle of gold, also wanted to go projectile lol. Luckily neither of them hit the bottle of primer I had sitting. After two and a half hours, the primer was good to go and is now closed. It was quite the hoodoo and my landlord (lives right next door mind you) is going to be upset to say the least. I will have to paint the whole porch and part of the front of the house. Tomorrow I'm gonna do it again lol...

This is my second in 15+ years so she ain't very pretty. The first one was a 1970 1/2 Camaro that's not too good enough to show. I welcome constructive critism. I still need to get the door handles on. One got cut in half while trimming it. I used the wrong type blade (curved). Im looming for some that will work if you have any. Some areas I know I need to improve on include but are not limited to: trimming flash, conducting mockups for proper fit meant as you will see in the stance and front valance, and better glue for the rear view mirror (picked up some today). I also need to get some BMF. I got some of the testors brand but the stuff I didn't want to stick wouldn't come off... I also have pretty Sharkey hands these days so I need to figure a way around it as you will see behind the transmission on the undercarriage. Its not near as good as some I've seen on here but I'm getting my practice in. This one is for my mom. She used to have a 69 but this was the only one I could get at the time.

Lol that's what I been doing but I want one of those glassy classy paint jobs like these pros in here get.

OK I didn't type blah blah blah but didn't use swear words either. Strange... I checked the third bottle. Shook it in the yard and nooooooo issues. I will be retrying the other ones now. Total steep time was about two and a half hours.

I used the bendy straw method. This happened after the paint sat in the secondary container for 15 minutes. I had no issues getting the paint from the rattle can into the secondary containers. None at all. After the paint sat for 15 minutes, I gently shook the open container and that's when they spewed. I actually only shook one. When it started spinning like a loose rogue oxygen cylinder, it knocked the other one over. Quite an experience I must say. It hasn't deterred me from doing it again but I'm not touching them for about three hours the next time. Yes I left the containers open after transferring from the rattle can as per instructions. I just have BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH luck lol

I am new to the decanting process but it sounded like a pretty simple task. I did my research and followed the instructions of a few videos and how-to's. Shake the bottle a little every fifteen or so minutes to aid in the decanting process they said. These bottles were only half full. Luckily I had enough common sense to make sure they weren't in direct line of fire of my face and I had eye pro on. If its important enough to do, its important enough to wait it out. Just let them sit...

I got I figured out. Thanx... James

If someone has a reference picture of what the gearbox is supposed to look like, I would sooooo appreciate it. I should have some pics of my build on the workbench threads soon. Having some technical difficulties at the moment... Thanks in advance. James

Ah. Must be the lighting making it look a little lighter.

What color green is that? Looks kind of like the synergy green on the new CAMARO. A friend wants me to do one that color but the parts house wants almost 50 bucks for a 1/4 pint!

Hey everyone. I'm James from Louisiana. I've been stalking the forums for about two weeks now and I've got to say... y'all have some incredible models in here and a huge amount of talent! I am almost finished with a 1970 1/2 CAMARO. I used to be heavy into models when I was in my teens and had probably 20+ in my room. The last one I did was for my then father in law. Think it was a 69 Shelby Stang. That was probably 15+ years ago. I retired at 40 this year and decided to retrace some of my childhood while my hands still work. With the CAMARO almost compete I'm now moving onto the Special Edition 1968 Charger for my Mom. She used to have a 1969 but Hobby Lobby didn't have one. I'll try to get some pics posted as soon as I can figure out how. Happy modeling! James