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Revell 1968 Chevelle SS396. New Pics after wet-sand/polish/wax.
atomicholiday replied to Dragonhawk1066's topic in Model Cars
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On the Salt and Sand
atomicholiday replied to Terry Jessee's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
Those are really cool. Love seeing kits that you rarely see built. -
Help in disassembly of a built model
atomicholiday replied to slusher's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Some good advice up there. The only thing I’ll add is don’t force it. It’s been my experience that if you try to separate parts by force, the plastic will almost always break in an area you don’t want, and the glue joint will hold strong. I’ve ruined a couple of glue bombs through impatience. -
Great build! Those colors work perfect together.
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Crazy, wild, Box art designs
atomicholiday replied to H.A.K's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Must be the Generic brand. -
Wow, that really looks awesome. Nice work!
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That looks great! Nice to see one of these built.
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RTS 'Cuda Show Car Discovered !
atomicholiday replied to 1972coronet's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Someone on here needs to build one of these. How cool would that be! -
Beautiful build.
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Finally got to the store to pick up some alcohol. Party time!! Oh wait, not that kind… I soaked the body in 91% isopropyl alcohol for about 15 minutes and then scrubbed it with a toothbrush. The results were amazing. The old paint brushed off with very little effort. *Good tip for future reference: to remove Testors Extreme Lacquer, use 91% isopropyl alcohol. Job done! And the best part? Most of the primer stayed on the body and the body filler is almost totally unaffected! I was really dreading having to redo all the body work. So this one is back on track (sort of). Next steps - hit it with a very light coat of primer, scuff it, and repaint. That’s gonna have to wait a while though. Our warm weather from the last couple of weeks is gone. It actually snowed again (!) the last two days in a row. Indiana weather. What can you do? It’s actually holding me up on a number of projects, not the least of which is getting my boat ready to go in the water. Thanks for following along!
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Nunu Audi R8 Red Bull
atomicholiday replied to Paul Waymouth's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
That looks awesome. Really impressive decal work. That must have taken some time. -
Kit bashed 1:32 Jungle Jim '74 Vega Funny Car
atomicholiday replied to magicmustang's topic in Drag Racing
Sweet build! I really like these little 1/32 funny cars. Need to pick some up. -
Magnifying Lenses for Myopic Folks
atomicholiday replied to 1972coronet's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Side note to this subject. Don’t know if this is true for everyone or not. I have tremors pretty bad. I find that the magnification actually seems to “scale down” the shaking. I still shake, but it seems more controlled for some reason, allowing me to still do some fairly detailed work with the glasses on. -
Magnifying Lenses for Myopic Folks
atomicholiday replied to 1972coronet's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Hey do you happen to have a link to those? I was trying to find a pair with higher magnification than 3x on Amazon and couldn’t. -
Magnifying Lenses for Myopic Folks
atomicholiday replied to 1972coronet's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
What has worked for me is a pair of 3x reading glasses. Best thing to happen to my model building skills in years! I also recently picked up an optivisor from Harbor Freight for around $10. Pretty good piece of kit for the money. -
My first reaction was it would be pretty ugly. But what I see in those pics really works somehow! Fascinating build!
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That is gorgeous. I want one of these kits so bad I can taste it…
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I’ll have to check that out next time I’m there. Thanks for the tip!
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Thanks man! I started working on the rear suspension parts first. This may have been why I shelved it originally. These parts are all pretty delicate and a bit brittle, and I found three of the pieces broken. One of the lower control arms was broken off and both upper control arms were broken. Starting with the uppers first, I plugged the holes in the frame, and then drilled .033” holes through the plugs. Then I drilled holes in both upper control arm supports. Once this was done, I cut pieces of rod from a paper clip and inserted the pieces into each upper support post. The steel rod should be much stronger than the original design. This was then all glued together and allowed to fully dry. Next, I glued the broken lower control arm back on. There isn’t much land there for glue to hold, so after it’s cured I’ll probably put a bead of ca glue around the seams for support. It’ll be in an area that won’t easily be seen anyway.
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I’m a big fan of their semi-gloss black. And I’ve got great results with gloss black too. Had best luck with no primer at all. Test it first though. I had it wrinkle on one occasion, on an old Tamiya kit. That was over primer. I don’t remember what type it was. May have been my fault too, as I sprayed it pretty heavy that time.