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I had that ElCamino camper kit and the Mako shark ones as a kid...cool to see them again.
Indeed it was. I'd really like to find another El Camino with the camper shell. I have a local car model contest/swap meet coming up in May, perhaps I'll get lucky.
That Cougar ll was a pretty tough kit.
Agreed. I had forgotten all about it until looking through all the instruction sheets this morning. The box is jammed full of all sort of sheets, cars, armor, ships, aircraft and monsters (Aurora); fun stuff indeed.
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Looks excellent. I just received the same kit, and am anxious to get on with it.
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I picked this up last night. Just a drop dead gorgeous kit.
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Very cool stuff, guys, and the engine information is great to have. I may or may not (probably not), add hinges.
I just received this yesterday, 40% off at Hobby Lobby, but I won't touch it until after this one is complete. .
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Not really sure if this belongs here or not, but here goes. I just last night brought this box of old instruction sheets home from storage, remnants of my youth. It's utterly fascinating to browse through them and recall the tremendous joy I got out of building each and every kit.
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After snatching a box of old instruction sheets from my storage area, I was able to identify the origins of this car. It's the AMT Funny Car Mustang-GT, released way back in the 60's. Oddly enough, this very same car is available again now; just saw them on feebay. (I think I'll be buying another!)
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OK, I'll be on the watch for that. Thanks, Matt.
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Good thing I ordered another. All three of the kits above the new boxing, are missing the bodies. I have no earthly idea where they may have gotten to.
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After becoming re-involved with some automotive modeling lately, I snatched this from Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon. Not bad at all, for what appears, and is reported to be, a pretty decent kit.
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Kevin, first your a luckily one to still have have the kit from 40 years ago that you had started! I only have one of my built builds from 40 years ago. Your truck build is looking good so far and looking forward to see your progress. Have you decided on any colors?
It's a kick for me too, I can tell you that. To finish this after starting it all those years ago, will be totally cool. As to color, no decision has been made yet, but probably one form or another of blue (my favorite color) or orange/black.
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Interesting. While doing some Google searches for engine shots, white came up frequently. Thanks, fellas.
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Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's drive for intimacy by 90%,...It's called a Wedding Cake.
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I'm a big fan of the L-1011, and have them in 1:200, 1:144, and one in 1:100 scale.
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Saw a jacked-up Avalanche with at least two-million-candlepower lights on the roof and the bullbars coming up the road towards us this evening on the bus.
He turned them off quickly after seeing us. Then he pulled onto a different road and switched em back on.
Idjut.
Hankook makes orange tires.
I had no idea, Miles. Seems strange to me, but to each his own I guess.
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Nice to see this old Pete getting the attention it deserves. Model Master RAF Interior Green (2062) makes a close match to Detroit Green.
I've yet to nail down a specific color or colors yet, but it probably won't be anything stock.
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Not really. It is a "snap together" kit which if you look in big rig area, makes a great looking truck.
Yep, it looks as if a great representation can be made straight out of the box. I just bought the sister rig, the Kenworth W900, and I hear it's also pretty decent.
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Yes, that is the way I usually do it in the shop, but I didn't find a quick video of that method, and it's still kinda difficult to do on a 1/8 inch circle.
That sounds like a good, simple approach. Maybe just draw circles on a piece of clear plastic, using a fine-line Sharpie and a circle template like the one above.
Probably almost impossible, but a useful bit of information nonetheless, for those that may be contemplating finding centers on larger circles, for whatever reason.
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Two ways I can think of; print concentric circles on a piece of clear decal paper, use the decal on a clear thin plastic sheet, align your piece under the clear sheet, then mark center with a sharpened needle in a pin vise.
A variation of the method posted above, is draw four arcs, location is irrelevant, as long as origin is on the circle and the radius is longer than half the diameter, connect the lines at the intersections, and that's the center.
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Boyd's has some nice colors, but after I went to acryllic lacquer, I never looked back. I hope one day someone gets the color chips and reproduces the entire Boyd's line in lacquer.
That would make me very happy.
I've considered some of the Tamiya synthetics, just haven't committed yet.
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Kevin, the Boyds series of paints offered a nice range of colors, some of which were kind of unique. As has been pointed out, they are enamels, but if you get to the place where you can spring for an airbrush, you'll find that reducing these with lacquer thinner will help resolve the orange peel and drying time issues.
There are also any number of articles about using food dehydrators to cure paint more quickly, and in one case I saw where a modeler had basically built a box with a 40-watt bulb & used that to speed up the drying process.
Grab 'em & try 'em out!
Actually, I already have two Paasche, two Badger, and one Iwata, so I'm OK in that department.
Everyone's given you some good info on the Boyd's colors Kevin, if you can get 'em cheap, buy 'em up! I would suggest you spring for a dehydrator just for those paints though, they take much longer than normal Testors enamels to cure, 3-6 weeks depending on how many coats you lay down. Once cured though, they're gorgeous colors!
Yea, a lot of the WWI aircraft builders use them (actually a hot box) for quick drying oil paints. I've considered building a hot box of my own, as I dabble with the occasional WWI biplane myself, but just haven't gotten to it yet.
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I had no idea that it didn't tilt. That makes my life easier though, doesn't it. I'm just hoping for a decent finish, and something to set on a shelf. If I'm able to pull that off, I'll be a happy camper. As important as anything, will be to complete a 40 year old project,... that'll make my day.
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First off I woke up on this side of the dirt and had a fairly good day despite it being busy. Then got to come home to my family and spend some time with them. In short..............I'm well pleased.
That's always a plus.
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At my house, it's cold and windy inside.
Where's the "like' button when you need one?
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What irritated me today is the fact that I have but one day left to clear out a storage locker, and the temperatures here have dropped into the single digits. Throw in some relentless winds, and you have a recipe for annoying.
CO2 / Nitrogen for tank for airbrushing
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About 500-600 psi is standard I believe. Normally when I trade my old tank for a refill, 600 psi is about the max I've seen.