Can-Con

Gee Michael, that kinda sounds like you're blaming me specifically for the problems, the same ones that have been experienced by many other members for weeks now. ["When in fact it could be that you are entirely at fault and clueless as to how to fix it"] , , BTW, I changes absolutely nothing on my computer in months, it was working fine on this site up until Friday. If I had responded like that to you I bet you would have awarded me a special point for it. ? Did I not say it was as much our problem as it is on your side? ["the problems are as much on your end as ours"] But, hey, you have a great day. I'm gonna go and work on a model car now. ?

That's exactly the response I was expecting. Seems I've hit a nerve. My point is, the problems are as much on your end as ours, you as much as admit that in that post. " It is looking like we may need to do a major software update, that will add, remove, relocate many functions and will probably change the overall look of the forum. How happy is everyone going to be when that happens?" ,, well, if the board is then working properly for everyone then I would expect everyone using it would be quite happy.

I'd normally just give that a "like" Steve but I no longer can so I'll just say,, ???

Exactly the same a happened to me. I did try clearing my cache but it didn't help, in fact, after doing that I had the pleasure of having to sign back in to everything I ever joined, including this forum and redoing settings on pages that needed it originally. A huge pain in the but for nothing. Funny that all our computers work normally on every other site we go to but it's our computers that have a problem, not this site.?

Here's the pic they used,, and a link to the web page they took it from,, https://www.classic.com/veh/1967-chevrolet-c10-pickup-ce147a126447-4VREPd4/

This is the one I expected when Steve G. said there would be a kit not seen since the late '70s. I wonder if they're going to run with the chrome wheels or do them separate, molded in gold plastic like the original? , , And I do hope they do the decals in metallic gold with the custom hood decal that was in the original. But, of course, I don't need another myself.

If you mean the red truck in the pic above, that's a short bed, David. A '67 [no side markers] with a custom front bumper and a custom seat, wheels, shaved emblems and scripts and probably more. Probably just a place holder pic for the show.

Don't know what you did but I can only open the first page of "unread content" now. Always worked fine before.

Yea, it's quite old. One thing I think would be of use would be in scale carbon fiber print dip. That would be so much easier then cutting and fitting separate pieces of decal on complicated shapes for the carbon fiber look.

Seems to me this is exactly what the OP was asking about, Peter. From the original post, , "Is anyone familiar with a process called "hydrodipping" (maybe "hydro dipping")? I've seen a (very) few videos where people have used a film that lies on top of water, dipped whatever item they plan to color slowly though the film that is floating - and the pattern of the film is transferred to the object. Seems there might be some application for our hobby, but I've not actually seen this in person - so I don't know how think the film is, etc. "

, , , and fix the roof. There's just something wrong with the side windows but I just can't put my finger on it. Looks like the door windows dip down too far at the back and the opera windows look too narrow maybe???

No, they stopped at '69. A '70 kit would need a whole new body as the sheetmetal is completely different from the doors back from a '66-'69 as well as the back window.

Sounds like your doing everything right. This happens to me all the time too. You have to be careful not to get anything between the paper and the paint your polishing. Or sometimes a bit of grit from the paper comes free and makes scratches. Also, are you sanding in a different direction with each grit? that helps. When it happens to me I just start over with the finest grit that will get rid of the scratches and continue on.

That's what I was thinking.

Not the same. I just checked those 3 kits. , kinda, I have the '72 cvt which I assume has the same wheels as the '71 hardtop. Anyway, the AMT wheels are deepest , '82 are shallowest and the '72's are in between.

What about the Revell '71 442 kits? those look pretty good to me.

OK, I'm reading a lot about "licensing rights" , , BUT, , Does Okey actually have any licensing rights to the likeness and names of the cars from the car companies or does he just have licensing rights to the "JoHan" name? Anyone know that for sure?

Also there would be unending complaining about the quality and detail [read lack there of] of the kit. "This is supposed to be a new kit, [ why did they put out a kit with no detail in this day and age?] [ why doesn't it have clear headlights?] [ why doesn't it have a proper engine, this engine is just a blob!] [ place any other complaint you've heard about a reissue here] " You've all seen it before. If a new kit isn't 100% up to "modern standards" it will be torn apart on social media.

Pat, I've thought about doing that interior on one of my AMC builds. What I'd suggest is painting the whole thing in the lighter blue first. Masking off the denim sections and lightly dry-spraying the darker blue alternating with a lighter shade of blue then the first one. Just very light, dry mist coats building up the effect. I'd do this a couple times ending with the dark blue. I haven't tried it yet but I think it could be quite convincing looking.

Well, I got the suspension where I want it. Almost ready to start painting the frame. I'm going with a 409 in this one. Added motor mounts to it so it fits up right where the original small block was. Had to relieve the floor and firewall a bit to clear the 4 speed tranny. Cleaned up the body some. straitened out the creases on the front fenders. They're quite bad as molded.

A couple pics with the paint polished out and mocked up with wheels and tires. The Buick wheels are from a '68 Riviera kit. They're some of the most accurate representations of this wheel. The red lines were just to see how they'd look with the color. I only have the two right now but I think I have a few more. Just a matter of finding them. LOL The interior parts were sprayed black when I got the car but doubt they'll stay black.

Well, you obviously like the show a lot more than I do. ? Just asking as you've built all those other "phantom" versions and the Z is mentioned in the history of making the show.

Looks great. You did that old kit justice. They've started showing the reruns on Vision TV here in Canada, been watching them. And, yea, I don't think he would have driven that car with the top on very much. LOL?

Being the owner of a 3rd gen Trans Am, the show makes me cringe, even though I loved it when it was originally on TV. Great job on this "what if" version. That I like. BTW, are you going to do a Datsun Z-car version? That was what the producers originally wanted to use as KITT but ended up with the Trans Ams.

Even though I was the guy who sent that idea in to "tips and tricks" in the old Scale Auto Magazine I don't do it anymore. But here's one of my first spoon tests though, March 29, 2005. I am amazed how it caught on since then.