R. Thorne

Nothing crazy there. Beautiful.

Outstanding.

Car Craft was my favorite magazine at that time and I remember seeing that cutaway of Prock & Howell (shoot, that issue is probably buried in the garage). Did you have a big block chevy sourced for this build back then? What type of trans? The wheels look great. Thanks for posting and good luck.

I was referring to these photos and the black lines I see there. Guess that is on the original car and not the restored one.

Perhaps a bit presumptuous of me , but, wouldn’t the fuel lines be black to mimic the original ones . Back then “regular” hydraulic lines where commonly available and used, weren’t they?

Richard, what kit are the fenders on the roadster from? Or are they scratch built? I am attempting to make some.

Use thinned, cheap, craft paint and apply with small brush. Clean up with water. No more paint smudge worries. Been there, done that.

On Steve’s YouTube channel (there are 2 parts) , some fascinating details about Revell’s 1/4 scale model kit. Must see for car guys.

Being also from Southern Indiana, our forecast is 60-65 this weekend and sunny. The humidity level is also critical. More conducive to good results. After saying that, I have painted in today’s conditions and not had any problems, but painting is so BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH picky that I would not do it again. Thankfully, my paint booth negates all those worries now.

Man, you do good work. I especially like the tach drive, radiator cap, master cylinder cap (what kind of paint?). Need to move the top radiator hose clamp closer to the radiator?

Your tips always make me think about how to build better models. Thanks so much.

A stick shift mopar bracket car? Lol. Excellent electrical and wiring work. Too late to stick some other slicks on? A lot of effort here on making it right. What tach and bolt heads for shoulder harness?

Excellent thinking, Greg. For those too “challenged”for this procedure, Dspaie offers bladeless pliars for this application.

You will wonder how you got by without the handheld mixer. A word of caution. Some paints (like modelmaster metalizer), are quite thin and will “climb” up the side of the bottle and leak out (ask me how I know). Solution? Put your thumb and forefinger on the shaft to regulate the speed ( might take a little practice).

Outstanding job. Thank you.

I like using them instead of brushes to paint small parts and touch ups. Easier and no brush clean up. I have 3 different sizes. I also use them to apply Bondene to hold windshields in, but they do have a tendency to dissolve after repeated use.

More good ideas from John, Peter, and Mike. Thank you for taking the time to reply. That is what makes this forum great.

Excellent advice, Alan.

Thank you, gentlemen, for your suggestions. I will act on your advice, Rick, and thank you.

Yes, that’s akinteractive’s name for a paint strainer for the paint cup on an airbrush. It is listed as 21mm diameter (.827”). I would like to have one for my Paasche H (.750” inside diameter)., but don’t see anything available. Anybody know of anything that would fit the Paasche H or an alternative handy way of straining the paint as you pour it in the cup?

Sometimes, “learning experiences” can be brutal, not to mention, demoralizing. Too neat a project to give up on, though. I assume you will have to cut the hood out? Good fortune to you.

I posted in general section about a month ago. Oddly, not that many people were impressed with the show and, some, incredibly, berated it for kit bashing old kits. Geez, like we don’t all steal parts from other kits that we have. I thought it was a great show and I don’t know how you cannot like Steve and his encyclopedic brain.

Geez. My original reply specified “period correct”. I am well aware of SEGA and other organizations that have “modern “ gassers. He responded he didn’t care about being “period correct”. Great. Some do. My original comments remain historically true, as others have also stated. I am done.

I guess I shouldn’t have said they weren’t around back then. They may have been in business (probably in the “roundy round” field). They certainly were not used on any gassers, stockers, a/fx, funny cars, super stockers, etc., (pie crust or not) in the sixties and probably seventies rarely. I doubt you can show me any pictures of Hoosiers on those cars in that time frame.

By the way, if you’re building a “period correct” gasser, Hoosiers weren’t around back then. Think M&H Racemasters, Caslers, Bucron, or possibly Goodyear’s.