Roadrunner

I like what I see so far, and I loved that movie.

Engine looks awesome. Reminds me of the engine in my Cougar that I changed the front oil seal on last spring; all greasy and stained.

Nice! What class. I like it a lot.

Still playing with the carriages. Believe it or don't, I spent a considerable amount of time on this one side today. What I started with: Currently: Currently (with cannons):

Thanks, fellas. I intend to be much more patient from now on.

After my painting troubles of the recent past, I'm heading off in a new direction with the MPC AMX. We'll see if I can now mess up a third one. Color wil be Testors Mythical Maroon, and I believe will be totally appropriate for this car, appearance wise.

Very nice indeed, Dave. I may just have to chase down a set, as I'll ultimately be doing several gassers.

If any of these cars will be offered as a stock version, but with the modified parts, that would be cool with me, as I'm not a fan of the Foose designs, at all.

None of the above. I feel no love at all for fender-less cars of this sort, even though I've seen some that were very nicely done. I'm not saying I'll never do a model of one, but it's highly unlikely.

No problem at all, Ben and you're absolutely right, I'll be much more careful in the future, that's for certain. The color is Testors Mystic Emerald lacquer. I hear ya', Ray. If i hadn't just done more or less the same stupid thing on my '32 Vicky, I wouldn't feel quite so bad. I have every intention of taking at least one finished car to our regional here in September, and I had really hoped this would be the one.

Good news, bad news, (mostly bad). Once again, impatience has gotten the better of me. Yesterday I touched up some areas with the base color, but instead of waiting 24 hours, sprayed clear coat after only one hour, turning some of the green into sagging goo. Also, I wet sanded some of the green before clear coat, but instead of reapplying more green, sprayed CC on top, trapping the sanding marks beneath. That's twice I've done that now, and I will not do it a third time. The good news, if you want to call it that, is that the green/clear coat combo, has marvelous potential. I guess I'll strip this one too, if I can, or grab another kit.

Angle ring flange now securely glued to deck plates, and skip weld added, as well as the weld for the side extension plates.

Me too. It's very similar to the Pactra paint I used all those years ago, and the reason it was specifically chosen. Tomorrow it gets clear coats, then Wednesday is,... polishing time!

OK, thanks, and I shall.

I decided earlier not to do this, but now I've changed my mind (again) and have decided to make the tops of the leveling legs sloped, as seems the most typical in all the photos that I have. Not the best photo, but I think it conveys the intent.

Good question, Fred, and I have no idea, though I believe it's a DOHC.

Thanks, Andy. I was actually thinking along the lines of "Route 66" or similar, if I add decals at all. Cool decals might really make her pop though.

You've got way more patience than I have.

My angle ring flange is now complete. Still needs some "tweaking", but fit appears to be OK.

OK, primer revealed no flaws (none that I could see anyway), so the green goes on. A couple of bits of crud in the paint (as usual for me), so I'll wet sand those out, and touch-up here and there, as well as adding more to rocker areas, (I always shoot the rocker areas too light).

Thanks for the input, fellas. I saw both blue and black when I did a Google on the engine, so had no idea which was correct. By any chance, was this model based upon a particular real car? If so, I'd love to find some photos. If it's just a generic model, that's OK too, as I won't be building by the box art anyway.

Just beautiful. Real nice job, and a great looking style.

Question: instructions call for engine block and heads to be black. I thought blue would be more appropriate (427), any idea which is technically correct?

I could stand it no longer; today I prepped the body for paint, so tomorrow i primer, and if all is good, start shooting color coats. It'll be Testors Mystic Emerald, a beautiful color that closely mimics the color of the first one I built, nearly 45 years ago, here.

I received the kit yesterday, and am very anxious to make a start of it.