redneckrigger

I used to use green masking paper. But just before I closed my 1:1 body shop, I started using blue coated masking paper. It is poly coated and works great, MUCH better than the green paper, and still use it on my model builds. I also use green and blue masking tape. Whenever I don't want to risk the tape being too sticky, I drag the piece of tape between my fingers to lessen the tackiness. This is an old painter's trick to ensure that when you remove the tape it doesn't remove what's under it. I also use regular automotive pinstriping tape for fine edges on a two tone job. It works VERY well. I never liked using poly or plastic masking material except to cover areas against overspray. I always found that if it got paint onto it, it would flake off when unmasking. Then, because of static charge, the flakes would want to stick to the fresh paint job. Had a few high pucker factor moments until I learned NOT to use poly anywhere near the actual paint.

I just found this.....................WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your garage has the "look" of a real 1:1 shop. Every time I look at the photos, I see another detail that I missed. Fantastic, simply fantastic!

Greg, great build, and welcome to one of the most rewarding hobbies there is! Build at your pace, develop your skills, (that already look great), and learn from some of the best people you will EVER have the pleasure of knowing. ENJOY!

Those snap kits, in their original issue, can bring some pretty big dollars. One reason is the Cat 3406 engines that came in them, if I remember correctly. They still build up VERY nice as seen above.

Wow.................these ALL are great builds!

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Don't sweat it......................family and job first, then the fun stuff. And when you DO get to working on it again, it will be all the sweeter!

Very nice work on that engine!!!!!

Here it is just mocked up on the incomplete chassis. Also did the correct panel lines as can be seen on the drivers side in front of the door and on the rocker panel, done on both sides of the cab. This is the original issue DM600 as the follow on issues SOMEWHERE along the line they modified the hood so they could use the same cab as the DM800, as can be seen in the photo of the Rubber Duck issue, also shown without the panel lines.

Hey Tom, there's an idea for your next NNL.........a Barn Find class. Just for survivors! By the way, this past NNL East was the first show I'd been to since the '80's in Toledo. You and your people did a SUPERB job. Can't wait until next year!

AL of the builds in this forum bring back great memories. Keep 'em coming!!!!!

Thanks, had to so it would be big enough for a 1/25th scale operator!

Thanks to all for the great words....................my work isn't the greatest to be seen by FAR, but like most, as long as it pleases us, it's good to go!

Nice builds too...........LOVE the Verdoro Green Firebird! Used to have a soft spot for Pontiacs.............but THAT is another story for another day!

Yup, spot on.....................a '72 clip on a '69 body. And absolutely NO idea what color that was! My brother and I built his '71 GTO. It had the 455 HO in it and the M22 trans. It was a fire breathing beast! We put 12.5:1 pistons and the lumpiest cam you could find in it. Danged thing lasted about a week, until he t-boned a '66 Rambler with it. The car still lives on though. A friend put a LeMans nose on it, and a 350 engine, and it hibernates in his barn. Put the 455 into a 2WD pulling truck, and it STILL runs! The '66 is still around too, but the owner painted it black. 389 Tri Power and even has the red plastic fender liners. Still beautiful though!

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These all date from the mid to late 70's. I used to be one who would try to replicate a 1:1 car. The brown GTO was my kid brothers, the '66 GTO a friend I worked with, the AMX my wife's cousin's, and the rest just builds of cars I had seen. They are still with me after three moves and all these years, and after a change of interest to heavy trucks.

Love the build so far...............and black to boot! That is superb!

Wow.........that is s superb project you have going! AND, one I am interested in as I just acquired a KFS kit of this truck. Can't wait to get all of the bits for it. Yours looks like a WINNER!

ROPS is the Roll Over Protection System, or the rollbar over the top of the cab. I don't blame night shift for me.....................it is a severe case of CRS...........(Can't Remember Stuff.......polite version)!

I have enough projects sitting waiting to last me the rest of my life!

THAT is a superb question! This is SUPPOSED to be Mack code 804 green. Back when I used to paint 1:1 trucks, we had an R600 and a DM600 steel nose of that color in our fleet. Every time I got paint for them, it was a SLIGHTLY different shade. Seems that this color has MANY different offsets to it, and is about impossible to match, at least in my experience. In fact when I bought the paint for this build, my local paint shop couldn't even find the code. SO.............I found a color chip, and matched it to the closest of my ability to an available paint. My paint supplier is a PPG shop, and I use acrylic enamels. This green is actually a GM code, number 3255, PPG Shop Line Enamels. I still have all of my old codes, but apparently, those formulas are less and less available in enamels today. Since I left the 1:1 painting world back in 1998, most of my old codes are not good any more, so now it is just look WAY WAY WAY back into my memory to remember the color and try to match to an existing chip!

Looking VERY nice! Had an '85 GMC K3500 Sierra Classic big block with the single rear wheels that I bought new and beat to death. Had great dreams to redo it, and I got as far as gathering all new OEM sheet metal fenders, doors, hood, complete box, even a new cab, wheels, tires, lift kit, a crate 502, new interior and LOADS of other bits and pieces. But, I just ran out of steam and sadly, sold it when I moved. BUT, your build is getting me to start gathering pieces again, although in 1/25th scale! Takes up a lot less room too! Keep the photos coming! Thanks for the incentive! GREAT WORK!!!

Very nice! Looks like you've been building forever!