old-hermit

Great job and some nice details. I like the tuck & roll under the dash.

This is what happens when you put an eighth scale model in a car and hit a pothole at 65 mph.

You definately haven't lost your touch Bryan. Good job and glad you're back at the bench.

GREAT SHOW !!!!!! I had a blast. Got togther with some old friends and made some new ones. Spent every dollar I had and wished I had more. Thank you to the SCMA and all involved for putting on a fantastic show. There were 498 models entered and EVERY ONE was worthy a trophy. Here are some pics, not every model, just some that I liked ... http://public.fotki.com/old-hermits-garage/shows/scma-upstate-10th-a/

I wish Holden would export this one to the US. I'd mortguage the house to buy one.

I love flea markets and yard sales. I picked up four assorted hemostats for a buck apiece Wednesday. They are great for holding small parts.

and lecherous old farts that still have a dollar at 2 AM to put in that G string !!!!! Great job Virg.

Excellent build for a box stock car.

I agree Wayne, it is one of the best. It has grown bigger every year and with three shows rolled up into one it has something for everybody. I'll be the big grouchy guy with a pony tail who spends most of the show out front on the smoking bench. Mike, heres an idea, tell your wife you're going to take a break and wander around. Then stash all the new goodies in the car before she notices. heh heh heh Here is a list of classes http://www.scmodeler...est_Classes.pdf

http://www.scmodeler...m/contests.html Saturday, May 19, 2012 Simpsonville Activity Center 310 West Curtis St. Simpsonville, SC For Contest and Vendor Info contact: Tod Heintzelman at (864) 363-0183 or todh60@hotmail.com

The floors in the real cars are wood so I figured why not. After cutting a piece of plywood to fit inside the body I soaked it in water and clamped it onto an old Deuce frame I use for mock ups. When it dries it will comform to the curve of the frame.

Yea a 331 Caddy would be cool. Closest thing I have are valve covers and an intake that I mastered to convert the Big Deuce Pontiac engine into an Olds Rocket. I don't know about the molds but a few of the bodies are still around. This is the 1/8 Merc I was talking about that I had the hub caps made for ...

You build it and I'll install it

I didn't want to make a drive shaft so I turned a simple torque tube on my lathe. A friend of mine made these beautiful turned aluminum Cadillac Sombrero hub caps (thanks Dave) for a 50 Merc build I started a few years ago and never finished. I thought they looked pretty cool so they are going on this one. The emblem is a decal another friend (thanks Rick) made for me. It's nice to have talented friends when you build in this scale. She's on her feet !!!!

Did y'all ever consider that Dave might really weld parts and not fake it ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO094tgdqcs

I noticed you have been using a lot of Renshape or similar material for machining. Is it dense enough to create a good finish or do you use a filler primer to make it smooth afterward ?

The South Carolina Modelers Assn has a chapter in Rock Hill about 25 miles south of Charlotte. Heres a link to info ... http://www.scmodelers.com/RockHill.html

First up, thanks guys for the comment's and compliments. I appreciate it That ain't gonna happen Ken. Since this is a post war car, I figure it's been repainted since leaving the factory (my story & I'm sticking to it ) It will get waxed and whatever it looks like is how it's gonna stay. I don't build to win trophys. I build to make myself happy and right now I'm pretty happy with it because I DON'T HAVE TO SAND IT !!!!!. I know selling isn't allowed on this board and I'm not selling them, but here is contact info for Jeff Palmer @ Retro Resin. You can contact him and go from there. He is easy to deal with and makes excellent 3-D and resin products in several scales. I highly recommend him. Tell him you saw my build on MCM and need more info. palmer@amtelecom.net http://members.fotki...izzler67/about/ http://www.shapeways...51%5Brows%5D=10 .

Thanks for the comments guys Bryan, long time no speak !!! Good to see you back at the bench. Ken, I sprayed the entire car with rattle can Krylon flat black then masked it and sprayed Krylon gloss black. I usually use Plasti-kote lacquer but my local store was out and I didn't want to wait another week for good weather. I got the overspray sanded out with a 2400 pad. Once it's waxed I hope it will look like polished leather, which it's supposed to be. The worst part of any build for me is paint. I am definately NOT a painter !!!!! I don't have the patience to do the prep work, or the finesse to lay down a smooth & even paint job. And have I ever mentioned I HATE SANDING !!!!! I finally have a chassis. The suspension was painted red for no other reason than I thought it looked cool. The next step is the interior and it will be the hardest part as it will be entirely real wood. I also have to scratch build some stock looking seats and a dash. Stay tuned, I'll be back .

Thanks for the comments guys. At least I know somebodys watching. heh heh heh. Although I wasn't quite ready I had a perfect day for painting so I took advantage of it. I masked off the leather part and had one little spot of bleed through where the tape didn't stick. I hope it can be sanded out. There is also a little orange peel but I'm happy. I'll give it a few days to gas out and wax it. You can see the spot in about the center of the roof where it bled through I don't know why but the paint wrinkled in a couple of spots on the grill shell. I'll sand it out and respray it later.

Depends on how bad I screw up the paint job. I made the rear shocks from plastruc & aluminum tube and painted them but I wanted something shiny for the front, so off to the lathe I don't have a mill but I bought an XY table for my big drill press. It works pretty good for small stuff. I used it to mill flat sides on the top & bottom for the bolts. Not perfect but I'm not a machinist by a long shot.

Thank you and yes, it will be shiny Thank you too. Here it is with a 1/25 body in front. After doing some research the inner roof frame was wood, so I took balsa and built one over the wire mesh. They used to make tires with white walls on both sides and I thought it would be neat to have them on this build. The new release of the Big T & Tub have two piece tires. A white, hard plastic inner that creates the white wall and a rubber tire. I took white liquid shoe polish and painted the white wall on the back of the rubber tire. This is what I used to create the white wall. It will take several coats to completly cover and is flexible when dry so it wont crack.

I want to thank everybody for their posts and compliments. If anything I do gives somebody help, inspiration or just some eye candy to look at it means a lot. It's been raining for two days and kinda dreary so not much is going on. I did get the radiator finished and a mock up done just to see for myself if it's going in the right direction. The 29 radiator as it comes from Big Jim is very nice but needs to be modified for different applications. I installed round tube for radiator hose attachment and anchors to the frame at the bottom. Also a filler neck and drain plug. Grill shell with wire mesh installed. I doubt you can see it in this pic but the Ford badge on top has very nice raised script letters. It comes cast this way from Big Jim. I gotta brag on him, he does excellent work. And finally a mock up just to see if it's going in the right direction. What do y'all think ? Be honest, I can take it.

I see a 93 Camaro with some bondo ...

I poured some resin in a small Dixie cup and let it cure. Then put it in my lathe and turned it down to simulate an oil resivoir style air cleaner. That's a 00.90 bolt & washer in the top. I think it turned out pretty good. I got side tracked thinking about the interior and had an idea. The roof on a stock A model is leather with a jute underlament and chicken wire holding it up. I took a piece of vinyl and used the back side to simulate the jute. Then cut brass mesh to fit over it. . I added some thin plastruc strips around the edges The little bottles of Testors paint do come in handy sometimes. ) I painted the mesh flat aluminum and have a finished underlayment