Harry Joy

There are at least three clubs in Memphis. Strange that Nashville doesn't have one.

My work areas are always very clean - I am neat by nature. But also, when I was building in my last apartment, I didn't have a true permanent work area. I did everything at the kitchen table, but I had friends over regularly enough I kept all my tools in small tackle boxes and worked on a large framed corkboard. It took me just minutes to get home from work and have everything clear. I painted in a spare bathroom then. In a house now, and married to a beautiful gal who loves my hobbies, but not any sort of mess, so my old habits have continued. I no longer use the board to pick up/clean up, and sit at my good sized metal office desk to model, but all the work is highly portable and easy to stow. Now I paint in the kitchen, at a bay window so I can open everything up and get fans blowing out.

I've been using Tamiya putty and CA. Been sculpting this for days now. Usually, if I have to use this much putty on a kit I might continue to putz with it a few days, then toss it in frustration. Or at least box it up until I've forgotten how much it bugged me, to pull out and try to finish. But this one is soooo close to complete, I cannot do it (and my wife would kill me - she's a slave driver, I tell ya). I've extended putty and glue down most of the right front quarter trying to keep the lines clean, but every other corner of the body has putty too. When I began test fitting body parts, I saw the looming issue, but there was no way to prevent this. That front assembly simply doesn't match. So more kudos to your modeling!

I like the color choice!

I like this quite a lot!

Very well done!

A Mustang II coupe would be nice too! (Someone kindly linked to a resin one for me a while back, but I can't spare the coin for that at the moment - maybe after Christmas.)

I've never been a console gamer. I briefly flirted with PC gaming in the early Naughts. Ever since my mid-teens, I've been a table-top gamer. I started with Avalon Hill wargames, and graduated to D&D in high school. Played for a while, then gave it all up. After my short period gaming on my PC, I decided to try to look up some of the guys I played D&D with in the early '80s, and re-upped with them. Spent most of the last 15 years table-top RPGing again. The game is currently on hiatus, due to a little DM burnout. Plus he's out promoting a new book he's written.

Man, there are a lot more pics in the OP than when I first posted. I am building the same car now, from a different kitting. Took me a while to get the engine sit right, and now deep in the build, it's still making me crazy. Fitting the nose of the car now, and good lord, how did you get yours so clean?

Man, I'd love to get my hands on some of those. I got an AMT 1962 Thunderbird today.

I believe my father still had his Ford Falcon when I was born, so probably that. The first car I have strong memories of is our 1970 Pontiac LeMans.

Haven't heard of that. When I need that sort of masking, I use Blu-Tack, the stuff 3M sells for hanging posters.

Wow, very nice. Same kit is sitting on my bench right now, awaiting body work and paint. I went with a light gray interior with dark gray additions, and I think yours looks light years better than what I chose. This is going to be my first go at a kit with Duplicolor as a finish coat, and yours give me something to aim for! Nicely done!

Not sure if that constitutes a touchdown or not. It's under review. We'll have to see what the guys in New York say.

Tall gal.

Most of my stash is fairly recently bought, but I thought I'd mixed it up pretty good. Until I made a list. I've apparently got a Chevy addiction that did not manifest until I re-started buying car kits. Mostly 66-69. Lot's of Impalas. Also did not realize how much Pontiac and Olds spoke to me.

The Chris Isaak - Roy Orbison comparison is apt. But Orbison is more rock than billy. Same with Buddy Holly.

They aren't. I really like them, in fact I love Buddy Holly, but they aren't rockabilly. Asking me to explain it is like trying to explain why Jethro Tull isn't heavy metal. Who is? Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers, early Conway Twitty, Stray Cats, Eddie Cochrane, Ronnie Hawkins (BEST EVER!), Gene Vincent, Billy Riley, Johnny Burnette, Wanda Jackson, and so on. Many modern artists and many classic artists have dabbled in rockabilly. Heck, so did my number one all time favorite group. the Beatles. But that doesn't make them a rockabilly band.

I have this Iwata, and a Revolution BR too. I love them, and have paired them with an Iwata compressor. They shoot beautifully, and break down and clean easily, and are problem free. The only negative is that while they are problem free, it is inevitable that needles eventually get damaged. Replacing the needles in my Iwata's is easy from a mechanical point of view, but it can be a pain getting replacement needles. The supply of Iwata needles in the US tends to dry up now and then. I'll hit a number of known, reputable dealers, and find nothing in stock anywhere. I love my Iwatas and would not trade them for anything, but when I am in need of a needle, and see the ones I require at a shop - I'll order more than one. My experience with Paasche is minimal.

Why, yes - I do like rockabilly. Quite a lot. It's part of the total package where I'm from. And I like Chris Isaak and Buddy Holly a lot too, but neither are remotely rockabilly.

Like both above, regardless of what kind of paint I'm shooting, if I'm going to take a break of more than 15 or 30 minutes, I'll clear out the brush with a little of the appropriate thinner for the paint I'm using at the time. It's not a big deal.

Sweet!

Saw the kit on the shelf at my local hobby shop today. Was tempted to pick it up just to share pics, but I already have one Challenger in the pile to build.