my80malibu

The Interior is painted a Gunmetal grey, I agree its a little dark I have considered respraying it in Aluminum. Body color is going to be Lemon Twist Yellow. I painted the wheel back's white (I remember this while growing up in the early seventies and have always liked it) . I still have a way to go this is such a fun car to build, Very basic but cool at the same time. Thanks for looking Gabriel.

Let me what you think of it

Gregg you have freind ,regular, Ohana,near what is like a rating system.My question how does it work? Are we all working to Grand POOBAH status? Gabriel

Excellent work, Is that a revell kit? Gabriel.

I had a 80 malibu coupe Too! It was an old police admin car real good runner, & had 60.000 miles when I bought it I put Centerline wheeels on it and drove it for four years.

I have decent Luck with Castrol Super clean. (AKA the purple pond) Its a Concrete Floor cleaner sold at Automotive stores and places like Walmart, or ACE hardware. If the glue is somewhat fresh it works really Fast if the glue is Older I have had it take up to a week and sometime the plastic Can become a slightly Brittle On a scale of 1 to 10 its an 8.75 It also Strip's Chrome. hope this helps Gabriel

That looks great. I have built that kit once before, They sure are Cool. I really like the Color and the detail painting on the Blower Case.

My advice Harry would be too search out, An Older good condition Unimat Combo jewelers lathe. You can find these with many Accessories most of the time, For a better Price than a Sherline which would'nt be a combo and cost several hundred dollars more. Doing this would Allow you time to fine tune your Machining Skills, And if you find that if you want to jump to a higher level the unimat does have a good resale value. Sherline looks great but if you dont use it very much, Its just wasting money that you could use on your hobby. Whatever you decide Remember one thing Be careful when using the machine and wearing a Necktie!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gabriel.

I have had this same problem Abe. I switched over to the Testors brand. It has been very good to me. Gabriel

Oh very good start I like opening door's Gabriel

I have been watching since you started the project, Your attention to detail is Awesome and the entire project is just so well done. The only Problem I see is maybe with the Header's, They look a little thick on the inside diameter. It could be the picture, But they may just need to be reamed out some.IMHO Thanks, Gabriel.

Sorry for the loss of your Freind, He was a very Talented builder.

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Hi MR BIGGS, I would like to build a copy of this spray booth &. I have some questions,1st what did you use for a fan? I have a range hood assembly, Which might work for me. 2nd what are the exact dimensions, At the top in the picture it appears to be slanted inward at the top?. I Would really appreciate anty help you could give me on this. thanks, Gabriel.

Last week 5/31/08, I picked up the April Issue of MCM. It had newly Arrived, Was this a scheduling error or was it due to the computer crash? I was expecting the may/june issue to be there. I will be Patient the magazine is worth the wait, Although I would still Appreciate a heads-up if you could announce the release date.And by the way the LHS I deal with is HobbyTown in Gilbert Az. Thanks for reading your biggest magazine fan Gabriel.

We had a Paint related Tutorial at our last Model Car Contest By John Pattison he made his own paint masks out of the thicker style of paper that come's in his junk Mail like the ones the credit card companies send

I am not a subscriber I prefer to get my magazine at the local hobby shop"It's a real good excuse to hang out there". this would be helpful because a few times they have sold out rather quickly.

Check competition resin for the hood scoop part #crc-137 at www.compresins.com

what is it exactly that you need in the PE set maybe it can be from another source ?

I used the Blue on my Merc, I thought the Flake used in it was a little large. I just sprayed the clear on it today, it looks great. I am very pleased with it and would recommend it, Its a good alternative to some of the other paints I have tried.

Actually it was only a test I have one that I want to use but could'nt figure out how to reduce it so I just picked one from the bank and posted it sorry for all the TROUBLE :huh:I didnt think it took because I looked at my post & it was'nt there I will remove it ASAP.

I would agree that the 442 chassis is a good choice.

I have several bodies that I have painted in the project stage the problem is now that I want to apply the clear they craze some of these paint s are automotive types and some are laquers from testors and tamiya I am using duplicolor acrylic enamel clear and acrylic laquer clear and have had the same problem with both types I really could use some advice on this.

I have seen some really good ones and would like to learn how they are posted ?