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Yup, I I built one of those when I was a kid too. Wish I had one now. Cool model. Thanks for sharing!

That looks great!

Those are really cool. Love seeing kits that you rarely see built.

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.

Must be the Generic brand.

Wow, that really looks awesome. Nice work!

That looks great! Nice to see one of these built.

Someone on here needs to build one of these. How cool would that be!

Beautiful build.

I actually found one of those Transtar kits in a thrift store recently. Box was a little rough but the parts are still in bags. I’m not a big rig guy but I couldn’t pass it up. Might build it with a car hauler someday…

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!

That looks awesome. Really impressive decal work. That must have taken some time.

Sweet build! I really like these little 1/32 funny cars. Need to pick some up.

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.

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.

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.

Thanks much for the offer. But these are 1/24. I remember building the 1/32 Stampede funny car when I was a kid. Loved that thing!

My first reaction was it would be pretty ugly. But what I see in those pics really works somehow! Fascinating build!

That is gorgeous. I want one of these kits so bad I can taste it…

I’ll have to check that out next time I’m there. Thanks for the tip!

I did something very similar. When I turned 16 I threw away all but two of my old built ups and about 90% of my unbuilt kits. If it wasn’t related to cars, girls, or alcohol, I wasn’t interested at that time. Still kicking myself for that move.

Stunning build. This is about my absolute favorite race car ever. I used to have the Revell 1/8 lotus 72d, but sold it years ago. Really regret that decision.

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.

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.