TarheelRick

Going to be a fun build to watch.. Gotta love that refueling setup.

On this particular car, yes I am. I have used it before and did not have these issues. I am thinning with a mixture of Windex and 91% isopropyl alcohol. I will be going by WalMart today after a doctor appointment and will check on the tea strainer and some pantyhose. That is going to be so embarrassing, I already get strange looks at the nail polish display.

Another option is to get the model really wet, put it into a zip lock bag, and place it into the freezer at least overnight. If the glue is not too heavy this will work sometimes. You probably need to get used to the idea, you will be doing some bodywork repair of some of those glue joints.

That's an idea I had not thought of. Sort of thought it may be too open and would let some chunks through. Also wonder how the tea will taste later.

Just tried to spray some acrylic paints and every few passes I would have to stop and tear my airbrush apart and clean it. Now i am a bit slow and it took me four times doing this before I finally decided there may be something wrong with the paint. I had thinned it to three drops off the stir stick, skim milk viscosity. Used my jig-saw shaker and stirred it with a coffee stirrer for at least a minute. When I poured it out of the airbrush bottle, at the bottom it appeared as if it has curdled and was quite lumpy. AHA, the cause of my airbrush jams! Now my question is how do you all filter your paint to prevent such catastrophes? I bought some of those filters like you use for house paint, but I cannot get my paint mixture to properly drain through. Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.

It was an enjoyable show, picked up a lot of bits and pieces from the vendors.

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Alright, Donk NASCAR unidentifiable bodied "stock" cars.

Yep, very nice weathering job. I have not built this kit yet. I had one, traded it off for something else. Had another and sold it. Bought another one; something about this kit keeps drawing me back. Maybe I will build this one sometime.

I really enjoy looking through these builds and I pick up bits and pieces on most of them to help me in my builds. One thing I have noticed is, on quite a few builds with coil spring rear suspensions many of them are missing the panhard bar. A four-link is really cool and a nice looking training arm setup looks good, but neither of these will prevent the chassis from swaying side to side without a panhard bar. Not trying to be a rivet counter or super critical, just a thought.

Ace this is an excellent tutorial. Where might one purchase the double-end countersunk bits? One suggestion I have is for the color of the exhaust tips; black suggests the car is running a bit rich. They should be a bit more gray.

As they said, that is one beautiful build. Something about it, with the big tires, and the slope of the top and rump, it has a British look to it. Can't really place it.

X2. The '65 Chevelle Malibu SS is my grail car, both 1:1 and scale. If I ever win the lottery WILL own another one.

Except for the wheels and tires it is almost a perfect match to one my cousin owned back in the late 70's. Very nice job on the build.

A similar irk I have is with the 2019 Ford Ranger 10 speed transmission. I do not own one, can't see paying on the high side of $35K for a four cylinder 10 speed. In my thoughts this transmission will be constantly shifting to maintain a set speed on undulating terrain. I used to ride a 10-speed bicycle and I know I did a lot of shifting on hilly roads. The dealer (of course) assured me they were very dependable. But in my limited mechanical thought, anything that has to move internal parts that much will wear out sooner than later.

That is one mighty fine looking short tracker. Lots of obstacles to overcome, and you beat all of them. I have one I am building into an independent front end for a Fox bodied Mustang. Right now it is on the way back burner.

Are you talking about an industrial type bead blaster or a home-style? What type blasting medium did you use?

This has been a joy watching come together. When I saw you putting the head gasket on it brought back some memories. The first forum I ever joined (now long defunct, thank GOD) I posted a question on what I could use for a head gasket on a 389 Pontiac. The almighty guru of that forum (has posted on this one and has written articles for both mags) ranted and railed about they would never be seen, was a waste of time, and of course his faithful minions joined in. I never pursued the matter any further. Good to see you have gone past the "absurd" and show it can be done.

This completed kit is the only survivor I have from my first childhood in modeling. I built it as a S&M fuel-injected racer although I painted mine silver. It is in the process of being restored to a Day-2 stock. I still have the headers and the cheater slicks. I have replaced both bumpers and the hood with Modelhaus pieces. Got to figure out how to get the kink out of the left front fender. That came up after I stripped it, repainted the body, and put it in the dehydrator.

Good looking work. Now the fun begins: slather on the putty, sand, repeat.

As the others have said you really turned this sow's ear into a silk purse. The flames look good, maybe if they had been one or two shades lighter so they would be more pronounced may have worked better. Or another possibility is to outline them with a contrasting color, a real fine red line would work. Either way this is one beautiful build.

I know it was done by almost everyone, but then on the early stock/super-stock the tail down nose attitude was the ultimate. Then the tail high nose down was vogue for awhile. All this being said, I never could understand now the outside color of a tube could effect the efficiency of the inside of that tube.

Love those fat-fendered Fords. Looking good. That injected SBC from the Nomad kit is a nice piece. I used it in my AMT Willys pickup.

Not a bad propaganda piece for the Chevelle and GM. But I sort of doubt that was a big block Fairlane, the GT did come with a 289.

t Looks a whole lot like a Matchbox toy or maybe an AWB MB. IMLameO the proportions are all wrong.