Roadrunner

While not a car, certainly a place to display a car; the first of several AMT cases arrived yesterday. I'm being very optimistic in assuming that I'll actually get a car model finished one of these days, and when I do, I don't want it to get filthy, as most of my painted bodies already have done.

My first thought exactly. Poor lighting doesn't help either. Nice looking Widow though.

Interesting suggestion, I'll give it a whirl. Thanks,

The '32 Phaeton has a real special place for me. One of my all time favorite models I built as a kid was the Phaeton (AMT I think), and I really regret no longer having it. I have since acquired another kit though, and as soon as I feel confident I can do it right, I'll start right on it.

OK, thanks. I guess (in retrospect) the better question would have been, "does anyone do a straight '70 roadrunner kit", but I see that there was one available.

Can this kit be built as a non-Superbird car?

Real nice. The rear end looks like a real car. Sweet.

I'm not real sure why, but I've just never been able to "get into" this car. I've seen some nice models done of it though. I'll look forward to your project. What color(s) have you chosen?

Thanks, fellas. It seems that no matter what I do, wet sanding with fresh clear water, clean polishing cloths, etc., I'm still getting tiny surface scratches, and I just can't figure out for the life of me why.

Very subtle and very classy, Steve. I like it.

Primer coat looks good, Joe. Nice clean work getting rid of all those pesky mold seams.

With the roof now polished out (I just couldn't resist), I think this one may just turn out OK after all.

In my ongoing effort to gather all of the components for a new PC that I'm building, my Enermax Coenus showed up yesterday. For a case within its price range, the reviews I've read, are almost entirely favorable.

Good to know if I ever decide to trick out the bottom of one of my car models. Since I anticipate the majority of my finished car models will just sit on shelves here, the bottoms will virtually never be seen. Assuming I can ever finish a car that I'm not embarrassed to take to a show, at least in the beginning, they'll all be done up as curbside examples.

Interesting stuff, John, so thanks for the info. While this may annoy some, I seldom (if ever) will worry about the underneath of the car, one way or the other, including even the engine.

I just went to add the '67 Hemi Charger to the list, but discovered it's already there, entered by me in fact. Oops!

Once again, thanks, fellas, your inputs are invaluable to me.

OK, good to know, though for the moment I'll be concentrating on the Revell Muscle series specifically.

Looks like the Revell kit is is then. I've started half seriously "collecting" the Revell Muscle boxings anyway, and the kit can still be found for a pretty good price, so that's the route I''ll take. Thanks very much for the replies, fellas. I rely heavily on you guys for solid information and opinions. Ron, are you sure that's not a real car? It looks great.

Second (and probably last) wet coat applied today. It may not look it, but this generally looks much better than before, at least in person it does. After some polishing, it should look really nifty, or at least I certainly hope so.

As the title suggests, I'd like to know which '67 Charger is recommended as being the better of the two; more accurate, better detailed, and like that.

Thank you very much, fellas, I really appreciate the inputs, it gives me a bit more confidence. I have high hopes for this one, but we'll just have to see where it goes, I guess.

And here we are, first gloss coat. Not perfect, but not too bad either, I think. Still a bit of orange peel issues, but I'm hoping the next coat(s) will correct that.

Real nice color on this.

I'm intending to do mine (it's not the -5A though, just the -5), as a Russian machine.