Brendan

I use a Pasche VL. Relatively inexpensive compared to some of the other brands. They don't have a tendency to break and or clog up. Easy to clean and can be dissassembled and assembled rather easily. It's a good all round airbrush. You can do pretty much anything with it. Parts are relatively easy to get. I've used Badger in the past but I'm not a big fan of their airbrushes. The best airbrush in my opinion is Iwata. I would love to own one. I used to use my friends and never had any problems with it. When I used to sell airbrushes, we always told people to stay away from Aztec. People who bought them would either return them or have major problems with them.

I have a nice 11 1/2 X 12 room with homemade wraparound benching and spray booth with an oven range hood. It's not very clean right now...haven't cleaned it properly in about 3 months. Here's some pictures of my work area.

Got the body taped up for the red paint to be applied but had a little accident on the way. For some odd reason, I've been either dropping things or hurting myself. This time I hurt the model, but was able to fix it rather quickly. Body waiting for paint. When I dropped the kit, it landed on the back end. Broke off one of the end pieces. Glued it back up with some super glue and then used some Tamiya putty, sanded it, and put a coat of white primer down. I'm not too worried because it's going to be black and a decal is going to fit over that section.

If I remember it correctly, in one of the Dukes of Hazzards episodes, they did turn it into a monster truck. So it's a replica. It's a neat idea. I like what you've done.

After you spray, turn your can upsidedown and give it a quick spray to clear the nozzle. If the nozzles are still clogged, soak them in lacquer and use a small needle to clean out the hole. I live in Oregon and we get cold and very warm weather with a lot of humidity. The easiest way is that if you're using spray cans, warm them up in warm water. Shake the cans for several minutes and then warm them up again. Then you should be able to spray. Also keep the plastic or whatever you're spraying in a warm place too. And then after you're done spraying, put it in a warm place to let it cure. By putting the paint in warm water you increase the air pressure in the can which helps atomize the paint finer when you spray. This is what works for me whenever I spray with cans.

Yes I did know. A friend of mine had the Tamiya RC car that we used to play with. Wish they would have come out with a model of it.

That would have been neat if Porsche would have raced that 959 more. But I doubt they could afford it. At the time that car was one of the most expensive cars in the world. I would hate to see the bill if they were racing it full time and crashing it. They did race the 959 at Le Mans though. I have a video of it racing on the straight at Le Mans and going 200+ mph. One of the tires popped and the car ended up in a bad crash. The motor for that car was out of the 962 Porsches.

The engine is a 4-cylinder turbo. You can hear the turbo chirp when he goes around a slow corner. He had a hard time trying to get back up to speed since the turbo was not spun up. Very cool little video. Thanks for sharing.

I built one of these kits. It didn't turn out too good. Love to see what you do to the kit. Are you going to post anything on the GTP Corvette? If you need information, I have some on that car. Just need to dig it out.

Awesome job on the kit. Maybe we can get Gregg to do a writeup for the magazine. Hint...hint.

Nicely done kit. Always liked the Martini paint scheme. What color did you used on the exhaust and the bracket?

I got very little work done. I was able to get the rims, tire, and brake assembly together. Also finished the seat and the seatbelts of the kit. Got the first two coats of white down on the body. The rest of time I've spent cutting the windows out of the vacform plastic. I had a little accident with the dremel tool and took a hunk out of my finger. Hope to get more done on the kit soon. I would like to get it done for the NNL West in March. Fingers crossed.

I don't think there should be any problem using that clear over the Testor's paint. But to be sure, I always do a test piece. As for the primers, any good grade automotive primer would work. I like Plasti-coat (sp) and Duplicolor sandable primers. Usually you can get that at any automotive supply store. Let us know if you have any problems with that paint. I'm sure people would like to know.

I do touchups on people's cars like scratches and putting bondo on and matching up paints. I also used to paint my goalie helmets for hockey before I injured my knee. I also did it for friends as well.

Should be, I believe, in the $120 range, which is not bad for a curbside kit.

From what I've seen of the kit, it's pretty spot on. I used to love watching this car race at Laguna Seca. Small little four cylinder truck motor with a turbo on it. It would beat everybody with twin turbo V-8's and V-12's. The only issue that I heard of on the kit was they had to redo the back end. Gurney's team wanted the vents on the back redone. And I think that's what held them up. I have two kits on order for me.

I do the same thing that Raul does. Find a dash that I like, take pictures of it, reduce it and print it. There are some decal manufacturers out there that do have decals of gauges. But I don't know them off the top of my head. Maybe try a company like VRM. They do a lot of vintage racing decals and I do know they some sheets that have gauges in them.

These kits are really neat. I don't know how you do that body work. I have a hard enough time just trying to put a bump on a car. The finish of your cars is also excellent. Next one you need to do is to get one of the big 7 liter Corvette V-8 motors. And make a truck with that. Maybe doing a racing theme version.

Just talked with Mark from MS Hobbies. The Toyota Eagle MkIII will be coming out in the next couple of months. I've seen the mockup at last year's NNL West and it looks really good. He is taking preorders. This kit will definitely go fast. He has Dan Gurney's backing for doing this kit. It's going to be 1/24 scale resin curbside kit. You can contact Mark with questions at his site. There's a picture of the built up kit on the site. This is exciting news for sports car fans. One of my all time favorite cars. http://www.mshobbies.com/servlet/StoreFront

That's what I figured may have happened when it cracked. If I'm uncertain about the decals, I usually will put Future over the top and then put a urethane or another type of clear over the top of that. Let me know when you start this kit. I'd like to hear your opinion on it too. So far it's better than the last Studio 27 kit that I've done.

The names sound familiar. I know I've met some of them, but I'm terrible with names. Good with faces. Many people know me from working at D and J Hobbies in Campbell. I usually set up near Hossein's models at the NNLWest. I'm sure we'll meet up.

Got some work done on the kit. Having to do a lot of puttying around the front fenders. There's a rather large gap on one of the fenders to the chassis that needs to be filled. Here's what I have done so far. Rims painted Alclad Polished Aluminum. Exhaust tips and fuel inlet painted different shades of Alclad. Steering wheel attached to the dash. Steering wheel had many photoetch pieces added to it to make it more correct. The steering wheel is one of the major downsides on this kit. Body with primer with areas sanded down that needed to be fixed and filled in. Still working on the front at this point to get it to my satisfaction. More updates coming.

Hossain and I are pretty good friends. We usually end up hanging out at the NNLWest. He always does really good bikes. Do you know if he found the 1/12 scale Super Seven he has been looking for? I've been trying to keep an eye out for one. My main issues with the CF decals is that they don't always look right on models. They seem out of scale to me, especially on this kit that I'm doing. Since it is black on black weave of carbon fiber, it is hardly even noticeable even with pictures of it. But I'll see what happens. If I don't like the paint, I'll put the carbon fiber on.

Thanks for showing me this build. It was cool all the way up to the clear coat. I wouldn't want to even guess how many hours he had into that kit. Do you know if he was able to fix it? This does make me nervous in doing it in CF decal. I've had the same thing happen to me on big projects. I was going to try tricks with some paint and see if I can get a good result with it. If I don't, I'll go to the CF decal.

Very cool pine car. I've seen some other people do Formula 1 cars before. It's a unique way of showing off the car. Also very nice work on the Hasegawa kit. I have one of those sitting around somewhere. Just need to find it. I know the body is done, but not much else.