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That one seems oddly specific ?

Wait - so is this acrylic you’re taking about or enamels, or both? Got me nervous about my big enamel paint collection now...

I’d really like it if hot rod pickups were allowed in the section with the other hot rods rather than in the forum with minivans and off road stuff and SUVs and whatever else

Not limited to models, but this whole thing with the extreme camber. I guess it’s up to other people what they do with their cars, but having the wheels sitting with 45 degrees doesn’t look cool to me. It’s the opposite of hot rodding or tuning a car to improve it. That said, it’s up to people what they do with their cars, and long as they’re having fun that’s the main thing ?‍♂️ Model wise, it DOES seem a shame to me when someone has a bunch of detail parts and aluminum stuff but the paint is awful or there’s seam lines and ejector pin marks and stuff...but as long as they’re having fun! Ditto painting parts on the sprue - how do you even know they’ll fit together right?! BUT, to each their own And finally, the fact that Testors only sells their excellent gloss enamel in a little tiny bottle. C’mon guys - sell a gallon jug of it so I don’t keep having to order 20 jars at a time now I’ve fallen in love with it and use it all the time ??

Thank God for stripper (singular)!

Looks great so far! This looks like a nice kit!

Looks great Tom! Nice savin’ ???

First job is to do some cleanup on the fenders and frame and get them nice and smooth: Those ejector pin marks inside the front fenders wouldn’t be visible when the wheels are on anyway and they were a pain to clean up...but I know they’re there so they had to go. Somewhat related, but I wonder why GM gets their name on the trademark info on the bottom of the floor? Meanwhile, I got the engine prepped and added a little detail to the 39 Ford trans (mainly the inspection cover that’s missing from the top) and scratchbuilt a couple of little pieces that I’ll add later. I also added a little detail to the sides of the block to stop it looking so slab-sided and to better replicate the 1:1 engine: That color is the one I’ll be using for the body too - it’s Createx Sky Blue with Testor’s gloss clear enamel over the top. I’ll shoot the trans with some sort of steel color I think when the paint makes dry enough to mask it and add some micro bolts and doodads to match the real thing. More soon!

My wife picked up the Round 2 Mod Rod kit for me a few months ago, and I built a traditional lakes racer with one of the bodies - which left me a bunch of parts left to do a second build! This kit includes a few, but not all, of the parts to build an Ala Kart so this will use some of those distinctive parts (the custom bed, primarily) and whatever else is left in the box to build a pretty little roadster pick up! A quick mock-up to see how it sits out of the box: I’m going for a light baby blue paint job, using the kit’s Red Ram engine, those nice chrome steelies with the pad printed tires and I’m thinking a tan interior...I had a Jaguar once in light blue with tan leather and I always liked how they looked together! Not too much progress yet, but I’ve had this thing in primer for a few months and I figured if I made a thread I’ll have to start making some progress on it ? More soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Love that little T! Nice build!

I’d pay that, sure! What car IS that on the flag anyway? It’s cool!

I’ve been picking up expired surgical blades on eBay - they’re no good for medical procedures, but brand new in the packet and the only ‘expired’ thing about them is presumably the guarantee that they’re properly sterilised still. They’re usually really cheap!

I like a really sharp scalpel blade, held at an angle to the tire so it slices it off cleanly, and a LITTLE lacquer thinner rubbed over the surface with a q-tip to smooth it out afterwards

I really like that subtle two-tone custom paint!

Oh, that’s really cool! I’ll have to pick up a can of that - thank you!

Grill looks great! Could I ask what the ‘Walmart German Carpet’ is - I couldn’t work out what that was, but I like the result you got!

Oh, interesting! Do you happen to have a pic of one? (I figure that kind of advanced parts knowledge often comes from having said part on one’s bench at the time, or close-by anyway... ?)

A few of this week’s sights from around Brooklyn:

That’s really helpful! Thank you everyone! I appreciate the pics too, Bill! I did some research, but without knowing exactly what you’re looking for it can be an uphill struggle...

That’s really helpful!! Does it look like any particular manufacturer’s part to you, or is it one of those ‘looks roughly right’ Monogram parts that they used to come up with way back then?

I just saw on Instagram that someone is making 3D printed versions of these in scale

Do I have to? ?? That rear view isn’t bad, but it’s kind of a mish-mash in that first pic, for me. Looks skilfully done though, I’ll give them that!

Doing some research here...is this transmission (from the T’rantula kit) based on a real design? The engine is a 427 SOHC, but no idea what the trans is meant to represent, if anything...any ideas anyone?

It seems, even as big as the aftermarket is I keep coming up with pieces that I wish I could manufacture myself if only I had the tools. Current project that I’ve been mulling for a few weeks is a Ford SOHC engine for T’rantula dragster...and my stupid imagination came up with the idea of a lathe’d aluminum trans for it to replace the kit’s plastic part so now I’ve got to at least see if anyone could make one - or something close to it in shape (I realise those ribs and lumps and bumps won’t be possible without a LOT more work): Does anyone know of anyone who does that kind of work, or would be interested in doing it themselves? I’d be curious to know what it would end up costing, by the time material costs, labor and postage were accumulated up Thanks in advance for any leads!

So Bill, revisiting this (incredibly useful) topic as I start work on another one of these engines...how do you rate the 3D printed version that you picked up compared to the kitbashed version you were working on? I can’t decide between doing a kitbash as you’ve done or just getting the version from Shapeways - I’d be really interested to hear your opinion!