Joe Handley

I had been thinking Tamiya, Model Master, ot Testors lacquers too, the compatability possibilities do kinda scare me though.

I was going to try Future, but couldn't figure out what it looked like and it appeared as though the HyVee I was in didn't carry it.

I picked one up one of the '62 Catalina customs last night and plan on leaving it in the box stock White Pearl panels over Metallic Red base, but it needs a really good, shiny clear to make it pop, any recommendations as to what the stock paint might be compatable with? Not like it hasn't had time to gas out and should be very well cured by this point.

Those never were, in any form.

Unfortunetly that kind of wheel and tire combo like what's on that SuperDuty is one of the newer trends. Then in some areas, they build the trucks with less lift in the back than the front so that it looks like it's got a full load and sagging under the weight, to me it looks stupid (my Cherokee has airshocks to keep it from looking that way since they tend to sag on their own), but what do I know.

Well, had a Dr's appointment before work this morning and swelling in and wound on my leg is improving, plus I'm down 25lbs from my heaviest!

I checked the Dekalb HL and my Dad and Sister checked the Dekalb Michaels today, negatory on both of those places, but Brian's Hobby also on Rt 23 in Dekalb has a few. Don't have the money for one at full price right now (did pick up those AMT L60's though!), so I'll probably go back next weekend for one.

Same here, I've used them on lexan R/C bodies for years, especially after Testors stupidly pulled the Pactra paint line for a while. When I was still with HobbyTown, we sold a decent amount of those paints for the Pinwood Derby kids too.

I like that paint job alot more than the Barris movie car paint. Was there any special trimming needed to get the Duster chassis to fit?

Wow, that is a rare sight!

I kinda,want to do something like this with, but with a Revell '69 Daytona for the main body, their '68 Charger for the fender and quarter extensions, and a couple ACR Viper kits for the chassis..........sofar I only have the '68 Charger kit

I still need to find one, but Ialso want to get a set the AMT L60's to put on all 4 corners like Dad did on the 1:1 he and Mom had.

Generally, I don't, I'm waiting on the FE-3x version og the Hurst-Olds Cutlass kit, just bought the Foose Caddy kit a couple weeks ago, if somebody would follow the R/C market and make a version of the XJ Cherokee like my family has owned 5 of, I'd buy a case of them, if not more.

Honestly, I'd be happy with more modern cars, even if they were models of cars built in tne 22 years since I graduated high school!

I had a magazine with an article on it, but it's buried the the storage area I have models stashed in, but everything is buried behind stuff that belong to my Dad and Sister to the point I can barely get in the locker........amazing looking car and I'm kinda surprised there isn't a resin body for this.

The only thing that REALLY scares me on my 200 is the cam drive and timing systems, the VVTi parts in particular!

That's why I bought the lifetime extended warranty for my 200 when I got it 5.5 years ago, if any old car problems arise, take it to the dealer with a $100 bill and let them get dirty and frustrated on the non basic stuff. That said, one dead transaxle past the 100k where the factory warranty drops out will pay for that extrended warranty!

Agreed, my Cherokee is that way where the only colors that deviate from the green or flat black is the lighting, wheels (Aluminum, but now corroded), and badging (dull silver). If I ever get tp redo it, I'd like to stick with a natural or painted aluminum/hyper silver finish on the rims, swap the front parking lights out for aftermarket clear lenses to match the pre '97 models, the more chrome like badging off the new KL Cherokee Limited, and the chromed grill and headlight trim off the 2001 XJ Limiteds and maybe even see if it's possible to fit the older pre '97 chromed bumpers with the post '96 bumper caps and maybe even the chromed pre '97 door handles.

I tend to agree, especially if the wheels aren't some sort of steel rim, stylized or basic looking. Oddly enough, I do really like these rwo all blacked out for some odd reason........

Now I do like the chrome there, it's not overdone, remember, GM also built these........

That is all my Kid Sister's work, she saw it on line. She had ordered a cake, but when things looked dire Thursday, she cancelled the order, which is fine, since Mom can't eat right now anyway.

It's Mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary today, at one point this week, we didn't think Mom was going to make it, but she did!

Usually if it says Snap-Tite on the box.

I just ignore them most of the time, although every now and then I overhear something that makes me chuckle from one of the little "news clip" things Speedway plays.

Nothing current, Little Sister found some pictures of cars our parents owned while digging for pictures to use for their 50th wedding anniversary this weekend. Including the '70 Charger R/T they bought new, the '76 Dodge pickups Dad (the black one with the white topper) and Grandma and Grampa bought new around the time I was born, our '78 Chevy Beauville Van on Daytona Beach was well as in our driveway here in West Chicago and me in my "first car" not long after we moved back here from Iowa (well for them it was back here, anyway).