89AKurt

First time I saw this WIP. I choose #2 wheels. I love that your are using a "collectible" Johan kit!

I figured out what to do with the steel pins. The rear axle, drilled deeper, front I cut about 3/16" off. It was friction fit, two fingers held the backing plate and a thumbnail pushed them in. I can't see a kid getting this part done without breaking the front axle. Brake lines are done. Used a generic diagram, which showed some sort of balancing valves and a "APV" inline, simple blocks of plastic. Also made T fittings from plastic, didn't go nuts with shaping or adding p-e nuts. Some touch-up paint still needs to be done. "Plug wire" for the flex lines, wire insulation for the transition to thin solder wire. This is the first time I ever did so much for the brakes.

Oh that's what the 3 dots are! Great job on the sidewalls, with the curve of the tire no less. I was planning to grind down the wheel center so it won't grind the steel pin. Thanks for the reply.

Missed the memorial.

Carl, I always appreciated you leaving encouraging comments, and playing my game! Sorry your MS is getting worse, and what I would think is the fear of all model builders, losing vision. Prayers. ?

Piled Higher & Deeper

Looking really good so far! Very interesting subject, to say the least. Were they known as the plumber's nightmare?

Nice job on those! I'm building the kit at the moment, making it as difficult as possible. ? I noticed the blue dots. You paint the white walls? Also noticed the brace rods over the engine. How did you glue the wheels on the brake drums, seems like no positive connection.

Female Body Inspectors. ?

I just couldn't toss the nitrous mounts, so modified them. Made a polished aluminum plate angle to cover the latch. Could have done sheet plastic, but I *had to* do this. Dash got the gauges, and two teeny tiny toggle switches. Picked the eyeball decal for the shift knob. I find it amusing there is a 4 speed shift pattern decal, when it's an automatic 700R4. There are 2 decals that I have no clue what they are for, toothpick is pointing to them. Are they for the horn button? Something I learned from looking at photos of real cars, the bottom gauge is oval, and the left hole is actually the ignition switch. Added the speedometer and combo gauge. Replicas & Miniatures of MD photo-etch rings added, used clear paint for that, a drop in the center of the gauge, worked around to the ring. I have used up my toggle switches, hope they are still available. From what I can tell, not the Wizard of "O"s. Sprayed the Pactra fluorescent yellow, managed to not screw it up. ? The seats and door panels are painted. Airbrushed Model Master leather with a little flat black added. Never tried this technique before. A tutorial I saw used acrylics, several colors including umber, which I am not an artist and don't have hundreds of colors to use, and a sponge. A favorite color of mine is an Afrika Korps military color, added different ratios for about two layers, finished with straight leather. Bounty paper towel was used, trick is not to use too much because fibers come off. Mixed on the yogurt aluminum, added drops of thinner. Airbrushed a light coat of Deft clear varnish. Wanted to get the tire/wheels done. Airbrushed gloss black again, I know that's the thing to do, not semi-gloss. Used Softscrub cleaner and a toothbrush to dull the tires. Brushed battleship grey in the treads, at first thinned but the treads were still glossy, so straight from the bottle. The chrome rings fit tight in the wheels, don't need glue, that gets high marks from me for Revell. Next thing to research, do the hubcaps have colors in the design? The instructions say to glue on the steering column in one of the first steps, which is just stupid. Question for who have built this, what is with the steel pins for the brake drums? I want to drill the front deeper, but think it will break through the hub (or worse break the whole thing). Could drill the rear deeper since the axle is there. It's a shame the nicely detailed drums are going to be hidden by the wheels.

Amazing workmanship! Love the slot wheels, just because I have them on my real pickup.

cheerleaders are overrated

Yesterday I saw this Corvette, that a Gulstrand race car? Don't know if it's a replica.

Where do I start? I love taking junk and repurposing it. Last fall I built a firewood shed, had scavenged the corrugated metal from an old garage, man..... that was about 30 years ago, and that had to be ..... old. The solar light is mounted on a chopped up bed frame corner. Inside, the hose is hanging on a ceiling fan motor housing.

Sargent in arms threw up his arms.

to sucker clueless

Still cooling off from the paint debacle, but today (Saturday) I cleaned up the mess. That Testors paint wouldn't come completely off on the body, so wet-sanded it. In the meantime, painted over the green with the Model Master clear purple shift, which must one of the rarest colors they produced. To add some interest, painted Dullcote on the chassis. When I get to the leather, the paint should be cured. Worked last night until 1:00 AM, assembling the chassis. After doing the brake lines, the engine will be installed, then I can do the plug wires. The paint screwup allowed me to correct the nitrous bottle installation, need to make new mounts. Turned the battery 90º. One more thing to do on the trunk floor before paint. Made one nitrous solenoid, l think the fuel line gets one too. MSD ignition decal is on a box. Made a paper mockup for the new latch. Here is the latch. Took about 8 times of gluing in place, then needing to tweak it. When it was perfect, super glue with baking soda dumped on it, holds in place where two holes in the spring are. The license plate will be glued into the steel tube.

My OCD couldn't handle the trunk latch, the wire was too flexible, allowing the lid to pop up, and wouldn't latch when closing unless I tweaked the wire, so I removed the offender. Made a new spring latch from newspaper printing plate. Much happier. ? Need to process pictures before posting....... ?️

Yea, and the Alpina wheels too. ?

Just because I have this kit plus detail parts, I will be lurking.

Sorry I have to ask, will it have lots of rust? ? I was just looking at Texas 3D Customs, he has a turbo Porsche 4 cylinder engine, and I have the Gunze Sangyo '56 Oval Window. But I have too many projects as it is. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Is to be or not to is, question that is not being asked.

with a chainsaw

I'm mechanically challenged, so I don't know what I'm looking at, other than incredible craftsmanship. That brake disk with interesting caliper, why does it look like the outside is missing?

Thank you! I added the nitrous plumbing tonight, but not worth taking a picture. After doing research to figure out what parts I need for the nitrous system, found that the bottle placement is not a good idea, so will be revising that. And I thought all there would be is a line from bottle to carbs, but I see there are two regulators involved. So I will doing a bunch of faking. ? Committed to the main color, since I have a bunch of this green from my '69 Chevy pickup project. I noticed that street rods at the last Roadster show are trending towards "dirty" tones instead of vivid bright pearl metal flake wowzer colors. Still trying to get the disaster paint off the body, so I painted the frame because there is a bunch of work to do, and the interior so I can try the leather technique I saw recently.