MrBuick

Great looking Nomad! I've always thought the '56's were the best looking Tri-Fives.

I did a bit of spray testing on a junk body I have...I was testing Rustoleum Clear to see if it'd be viable to use since I can get a large can of it for like $3, but figured this would also be a good time to show a comparison of flat black vs. flat black with a gloss clear. That's the same flat black on the roof as on the front clip, with 3 coats of clear.

I've got a few car bodies that I'm planning on using to hone my painting skills and maybe just use for color testing. My question is, does repetitive paint stripping weaken the body in any way? In the end, it's not a big deal because they're junk bodies, but if it'll do something to the plastic that will make paint results less than desirable I'd like to know. I use break fluid as stripper.

Usually anywhere the person who installed it decided to put it, but the two most common areas are in the fuel tank, or along the frame rails. Typically, with an electric fuel pump you want to keep it as far away from heat as possible to minimize pump failure. The "best" place is in the fuel tank because the fuel helps keep it cool, but it's more common for people to put it on the frame rails if they aren't using a fuel cell or didn't modify the existing tank.

Very very very cool! I've been meaning to pick up a Hornet kit for a while now, but still haven't...I'm about to jump over and order one now after viewing this.

Yeah, it should.

I'm not a huge fan of many of Foose's builds. I don't care that he modifies (or "ruins" as some of you put it) certain cars, but most of his modifications simply aren't in my taste. I sometimes like bigger wheels on muscle cars, but I kind of draw the line at 18"...any bigger and I think they look ridiculous. I can appreciate a two-tone paint job, but I'm not usually big on it on cars that were never two-tone from the factory, and I'm not really into the really deep gloss paint. That being said, the work he does is absolutely amazing...simply the fact that he was able to design it and make it work. As far as the Revell-Foose cars, most of them are able to be built stock, if I'm not mistaken...the Coronet, the Charger, the Firebird and the Impala's can all be built stock if desired, no? I don't see the partnership making/losing a significant amount of money for Revell either way, but I'm sure fans of his builds are fairly likely to buy two of some of the kits to build one stock and one "Foose'd."

29....didn't pick up the hobby until I was almost 27. I built a few snap kits and a glue kit or two when I was a kit, but I never did any painting...all my glue bombs were left whatever color the stuff was molded in. Still, I wish I would have held onto those kits (my parents threw them out after I left them in their attic for like 5 years)...I've paid good money to get a few of those kits that I remember from my youth so I could try and do them right (well, at least right-er!).

Same principal as a 1:1...you should never leave wax on paint and let it dry. It can be usually buffed out and fixed on a real car, but it's not a good idea to leave it on there.

Nice...I'm not the least bit into lowriders but I can't pass up a Buick...looking forward to seeing where you go with this one.

Okay, thanks! Spring Cleaning season is upon us...I'll have to keep my eyes open at some garage sales.

I get irked with stuff on YouTube sometimes, like how everyone seems to think they need to have "opening video's" and such, especially when they last 45+ seconds. That being said, the content is free and people are nice enough to take time out of their lives to provide video tutorials for the rest of us, so it's a small, small (free) price to pay, and it's easy-enough to skip forward to what I want.

So, question...what is the point in using the dehydrator? Does it simply speed up cure time, or are there other advantages?

Anyone have or have a source on a 70 Torino GT grille with the headlights showing? I haven't had much luck in my searches so my hope is low but figured I'd ask here to see if some hobby veterans have any leads.

Motor is looking great. I like the stock flat hood a lot...personally that's what I'd use, but if you want to do something different, I think a cowl hood would go well with the pro-touring look...if you don't want to bother with making one yourself, you can get a resin one on ebay for about $10 shipped. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Resin-Cowl-Hood-for-70-1-2-Camaro-AMT-1-25-New-/121329352654?hash=item1c3fcaffce:g:9vwAAOxyYANTXcpk

Are you using Testors tube glue? If so, that may be part of the problem because if you're applying it directly from the tube it's harder to control and easy to use too much. Try squeezing some onto a scrap piece of cardboard and applying it to the model with a toothpick, or get some different, liquid glue. Testors makes some that comes in a triangle bottle with a precision applicator that's easy to use and Tamiya makes a nice liquid that comes in a little bottle that you can apply with a toothpick. If you're already using one of those, just practice applying a very small amount...a little goes a very long way. When I got into the hobby about 2 and a half years ago, I bought a 1oz tube of Testors Liquid Cement. I've built quite a few models with it, and it's just now getting a little low, but there's probably still enough for a few more models.

Very nice build, great job!

You could try a different bath...I've just started using Brake Fluid with good results, but I don't know if that'd work for you. I would probably try polishing it and maybe giving it a bath in Pledge with Future and see what happens.

Yep, me too...the way I look at it is, it's only money. I can make money, but I can't make some of the parts I need.

This is gonna be a sweet build! Love the wheel/tire combination, and the paint looks great!

Personally I think it's great that people do this. Just yesterday (or maybe the day before) a fellow user was able to find a bench seat for a project he's working on without having to buy an entire kit. He's in the UK, so I'm sure shipping costs from the US make purchasing an entire kit run $40+ if he can't find one in the EU. As for what people charge, I don't think it's really anyone's place to complain. Everything in this world is worth what someone else is willing to pay...if there are people who are willing to shell out $25-$30 for a truck bed, then the seller is perfectly justified in asking for that much because obviously there's a market out there at those prices. Just as with a retail store, they're selling stuff to make a profit, not do people favors. I've bought stuff over the years that I was fully aware was probably not "worth" what I ended up paying, but it had become worth it to me, because it was something I wanted and had been looking at for a long time...sometimes the seller is just waiting for "that person" to come along...nothing wrong with that. Plus, if they list it 10 times and it never sells because nobody's willing to pay that much for that piece, then they're the one with something "on the shelf" instead of money in the bank, and they'll eventually figure out they probably need to lower the price.

Ah, the sound of a 60's V8 through good exhaust can't be beaten. There are a few new cars that sound okay with aftermarket exhaust, but nothing compares to that "muscle car" era sound!

My current DD is a '91 Explorer while I do some suspension work on the '73 Apollo...I bought the Explorer in 2004 for $3k with 63k miles on it to use in the winter when we get snow. I've ended up using it a lot more than I originally intended...it's now got 212k miles and still running strong. All I've ever done to it is maintenance and normal stuff that you expect to do on a 25 year old vehicle (most recent thing I did was a lower intake manifold gasket...$40 in gaskets and about 3 hours of work and it was back on the road)...it still starts every time and passes broken down "new" cars on the side of the highway every week. It goes to prove, a cars reliability is at least as much dependent on good upkeep as it is on manufacturing defects.

Now THAT'D be fun to ride in!

I can spend less money buying an old car and modernizing it than I can buying a brand-new appliance, but I can respect where you're coming from...I'm the type that'll be passing by a gas station and if I see a cool classic car at the pump will stop and talk to the guy...I've done it probably hundreds of times and never came across someone who didn't want to talk. I've been on cross-country trips in old, carbureted, non-modernized cars and been broken down on the road several times, but that was part of the fun of the trip (I don't have a wife to nag me or kids to worry about). And heck, the best thing about a SBC350 is you can fix it with anything you find lying on the side of the road.