Bucky

I started in '63 with a snap together '62 Studebaker Lark in 1/32 scale. Rubber band powered, no less! I was around 8 years old at the time. Fast forward a few years and I remember building the '63 Ford F-100 kit, painting it with a brush and a small bottle of Testors red enamel. I have given thought to building the current issue of the F-100 in the same fashion, along with another using my current methods. (Which may not be any better.) A lot of the models I built back then were unpainted, but they had enough Testors tube glue to be considered indestructible!!!

I saw a pic online this AM from Panama City Beach. Someone on an electric bicycle pulling someone else on snow skies (probably water skies) on the snow covered beach.

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Great looking Shelby! The color really helps it stand out. I always thought the '69-'70 Shelby looked better than the regular Mustang. The thing about the '69 and '70 being so similar is not much different than '68-'72 Corvettes, '67-'69 Barracuda and Dart, '71-'72 Chevelle, among others.

Fantastic weathering! Especially the Nova. Where did you get the Gladiator?

We ended up with about 4"-5" here in Leoma, TN. That's just north of the Alabama state line. It's slowly melting away now. 45° at the moment.

I once soaked a Jo-Han '62 Dodge in brake fluid for nearly two weeks to get the half mile thick yellow paint to come off. Luckily, the styrene wasn't damaged. At the time, I didn't know about Super Clean or Purple Power, and I couldn't get Easy Off to work for me. I've also used brake fluid on AMT styrene and Tamiya styrene with no ill effects. Nowadays, I use Super Clean exclusively.

I started building in the early 60's. Back then, I built by the box art, or just slapped together unpainted models. As I aged, I started building what I saw on the streets, TV, custom car shows. In the 90's, I started collecting the "other" model magazine. I had every issue from about '95 up to the demise. 1:1 car magazines helped fill up my hobby room, also. Nowadays, I tend to combine all methods, including internet searches, especially if I have a crazy idea that I've never seen in real life.

That looks mighty nice!

Did you foil each individual rib? It looks great! Those Cougar taillights would quite a while using that method, but would show very well. I'm working on a '67 Cougar myself, so I'm taking notes here.

It's a pretty cool looking sports car.

Every one of these is just simply gorgeous! All the paint looks immaculate. Assembly looks spot on. Very realistic builds. I need to figure out how you did the ghost flames on the Chevelle.

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Those are spectacular builds! I like the fact that they are all different from one another. I think maybe the Flintstone ride is my favorite!

A stunning Matador! Great color. The wood grain looks perfect!

A few Chrysler products way back when had floor mounted record players. I never actually saw one. I wonder how they kept the records from skipping on rough roads.

I never liked 4dr cars when I was a kid, but my first car when I turned 18 was a 1966 Dodge Coronet 4dr sedan. I kept it 6 months and traded it for a brand new 1974 Oldsmobile Omega S 2dr coupe. Since then I've owned several more 4dr sedans. Also, back in the day, just about any car painted green belonged in the scrap yard, as far as I was concerned. But, I ended up owning three different green cars, and even started to like a lot of the different shades of green that have been available down through the years.

I learned to drive in my Dad's 1959 Chevrolet BelAir. I was about 9 years old. I have owned a '69 Pontiac Bonneville, '72 Chrysler Newport, '77 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham, '90 Lincoln Town Car, '95 Lincoln Town Car, about 8 different full size pickups. I definitely feel more comfortable driving large vehicles. I've also owned several midsized cars from the 60's and '70's that are actually bigger than the so-called large cars of today. I currently own a 1968 Imperial Crown convertible. It's probably the smoothest riding car I've ever driven. I think once you become accustomed to driving the big cars, it doesn't even require a second thought.

You've stolen my method of madness! Or maybe I've stolen your method of madness! LoL

I recently had a similar problem with Duplicolor primer. The kit body had been prepped and primed about 4 to 5 years ago. A few weeks back, I masked the body with Tamiya tape and wax paper so I could paint the roof white. When I started removing the tape, several spots of the primer came off the body along with the tape. I am planning to use MCW lacquer on this project, so I'm interested in the outcome of this problem.

When I'm building factory stock, my biggest roadblock is deciding on color combinations. When I'm building a custom, on the other hand, it seems that sometimes everything is a roadblock.

Fabulous build! Much better in pearl white. I have a glue bomb of this kit that was never painted. If I can manage to disassemble it without disaster, I may borrow your paint scheme for the rebuild!

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Most of the vintage food around this house ends up in the dog bowl. He enjoyed some vintage spaghetti and meatballs today.

I always let enamel cure for at least two weeks. Lacquer, too, for that matter. I have used a dehydrator for enamel paint jobs, but left one in too long once and warped the body. One way you can keep from messing up a nice paint job is to paint a control piece along with the other parts at the same time. I would probably use a leftover part from the same kit. Then, when you think it's time for polishing, try it on the control piece first. If it doesn't take polishing well, then you'll know.