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added a little paint to the parking lot

Started the foundation it needs a little more plaster then smoothing and painting. Then I will do the door and window frames and the door. Also I glued up the paving stones to a base. I am going to sand them level then paint for now they are just placed on the base to mock it up. One of them cracked but I decided to go with it cracked anyway as that does happen to concrete slabs

While the foundation and pavement slabs are drying I gave the building a coat of primer and them dry brushed in white. Next up is a wash to tone it down a little

Since I found these two kits use different wall heights I decided to go in two directions First up using just parts of the smaller one I am building a backdrop for photographing my 1:35 motorcycles. I am going to pour some plaster slabs to represent a concrete foundation and parking lot but essentially it will just be the two corners shown Eventually I will buy a few more of the other kits and make a motorcycle dealership from them

I always liked the Phillips Berlina sort of s 540K coupe

I know some of the small resin casting companies sell bodies labeled “1972 Ford XXX” or “1953 Chevy XXX”. do they need permission from Ford or Chevy to use the name Ford or Chevy when advertising the model or is it they are just small enough no one cares ?

Looks good

This should give you an idea of the size. Paint is one coat MM lacquer Mystic Emerald. This will be a full WLA Civilian with skirted fenders

Is the kit a 73? Looks just like mine did except mine was black, no decals, and had a 455SD. Also had the snowflake wheels

I might add the brake lines and fuel lines but for now it is finished

I just turned 57 last weekend so back when I was 18 this would have been a 11 year old rusty car about what we could afford. My brother had a 67 Chevelle with SS emblems added (forgot where we got them) and the starter was bad. You either parked on a hill and popped the clutch rolling it down or crawled underneath and tapped with a hammer to get it to start. Different car, same rust, but you have the look down perfect for getting a six pack or two after work and parking out behind the restaurant where we all parked, they had a dirt road and dirt parking lot, open the trunk so the stereo would sound louder, and all stand around having a few. I love all the super cars on this site, the rods, and vintage stockers, but this build just hits the memory spot.

almost done with this one will post the final pics soon meanwhile I used a spare front fender as I have a few of them to try making skirts for a full civilian WL. Shapes a little off so i didn't finish sand it smooth before applying the green but you get the idea what color the next one will be. I completed it enough to know how to do the actual one

Sharp build really nice?

I like it this is probably my favorite build in a while it just seems so much like what I remember me and my friends having. Every time I look at it it brings back a memory The only thing missing is the Pioneer speakers on the rear shelf ?

I usually don’t like Lamborghini’s too angular and modern looking but this one is an exception beautiful car

I was thinking of using a 1/35 kit one to make a 34 Ford in the same scale as the motorcycles I do. I thought the most visible change would be the grill yes it is a GAZ M-1

So I bought a Molotow pen to do some chrome trim with little things. Do I apply to bare plastic, primer'd plastic, or over gloss paint. And is it compatible with different paints like lacquer and enamel?

Think the second would pass as a 1934 Ford?

Is this the Man from UNCLE car? I just bought the entire series on DVD and am halfway through season 1

Fun stuff my brother had one looked just like that repainted in red back about 1980 looks good

I wouldn’t call this a Pocher kit but a scratchbuild with some Pocher parts but whatever you call it it is just phenomenal work sheer artistry

I was going to cast some resin parts for my little motorcycles. What do you that cast smaller parts use for mold making and casting resin? If possible I want to avoid the need for vacuum chambers

Personally I'd just use them and leave the hood open to show off what you did under it but I also seem to remember a few late sixties junkers where I needed to prop the hood open with an old broomstick. For some reason I didn't trust them to stay open when my head was under them so if you want to go that route it would fit also

Definitely something you couldn't do today I could imagine going ten feet down the road and being pulled over. Times were different back then the drinking age was 18 and once or twice I remember getting pulled over where the cops just sent us home after we had been bar hopping up in Massachusetts (we lived in Connecticut). Basically they took two drunk 19 year olds and pointed us to the highway to get out of their state. It makes me cringe thinking about it now

Interiors too clean. Should be some squashed down McDonald's bags and a few empty beer cans and bottles kicking around the back floor. Least that's how I remember them from the later 70's. My first car was a yellow 1972 Cadillac Calais and I remember we used to take the labels from the Budweiser bottles that had floated loose in the cooler and line them up on the fenders like kill markings on a WWII fighter plane. Had both front fenders and the rear quarter panels covered at one point. Just kidding about the interior I love what you did with this one