bobss396

I ran into body-fit issues. The cowl and hood needed clearance to get around the distributor and breather. Also the paint was flawed badly. This is the first time struggling with the Extreme Lacquers. Yesterday I sanded the bad areas on the body all the way to 2400 grit. This time the paint looks great. I'm not going with clear. Decals are next.

I built a '40 Ford and a '52 Chevy Pyro as a kid. Bodies were multi part, tires molded from whatever color the body was.

Look into gluing tabs to the bumper if it can't be pinned. You may need to add a location feature inside the body.

Mourning Dove and Grackle at the Bird Buddy. 80abb181-2032-43e4-9ce2-d52fdd34421f.mp4 5f7bd06b-b65c-4c37-b999-f7d70b18eb5c.mp4

61 F and about 71% humidity. I may try some paint work today. I really like the cooler mornings to do my garden work.

Nice, looks great. My club is doing them as a theme build for our November contest. I believe that there are about 10 being built.

I find that all the local parts stores have the same exact line up in Duplicolor paint stock. Plum Crazy, not a chance by me.

I still carry a big mortgage and have 3 car payments. The Mustang will likely be paid off sooner, the next earliest one will be paid in 2 years. My credit card debt is less than $1000, for some dental work. Once that goes i can pay down the cars at $500 a month. I'll be playing my usual games tonight, it would be nice to be filthy rich instead of being just filthy.

I had always liked to make things as a kid. Bike projects, models, science projects in school. In grade school there was a separate book section, all from the same publisher. All about captains of industry. Henry Ford, Walter P. Chrysler, the Wrights, Eli Whitney and so on. The Wrights interested me. They made sleds (the Wright Flyer) and bicycles. The book mentioned them making up scale drawings, if it was right on paper, the final project would be right as well. I started drawing things on graph paper with pencil and ruler. It was in HS when I took "mechanical drawing". I still have my portfolio from 10th grade if my projects. In college, there was no CAD for us in 1973. We used drafting boards and were even graded on our printing. CAD was available around 1981 when I went back at night. Computer Vision, which crashed more than it worked. Then the blue-screen Auto CAD with the task bar. I still have a V12 book around, it was even a chore to define your paper space. Autocad got better with it being icon-based. We had a version for Windows 3 .1 using pirated floppy discs that we used on a 386 PC at work. This was around 1994, I had my formal CAD training at work soon after

I just turned 70, my girlfriend will be 71 soon, she is finally retiring. Our health is good, we are active. I need to do some trust work sooner than later. I'd like to see my kids retain the house. If they want to sell it, fine. You can dream TOO big with a ton of money. I'd be happy with a 2nd house, do some traveling and get a good cat sitter.

I knew of a couple that hit something like a $3 million state lottery. They sold the rights for something like $300k when it all settled. After 18 months, they lived in the same apartment, had the same cars and were .. BACK TO WORK! They blew it all partying.

Made macaroni salad and a batch of hot salsa yesterday. The garden is still making Sriracha peppers and plum tomatoes.

65 F with 98% RH. Sticky very early on. Yesterday was about the same, the pool got up to 73.

Another one in my Bird Buddy.... 472482e4-222d-485c-9eae-b64393591654.mp4

I'm using a Mopar touch up paint, the actual plum crazy. I find it on eBay.

Imagine this... start a model company that builds what you are into. No 3D stuff. Good old styrene. I'd have a couple of lines of stock cars, old school modifieds, Saturday night special street stocks and late models.

Definitely go wit-pro. I'd sell or give away everything I have... less the cat and model stuff. Take care of family and my good friends forever. Double down on a big garage, obscenely big. It should have lots of lifts and tools galore. And a big CNC machine shop to play in. Hire some really good help. Restore a few old cars. I'd have a couple of houses in the area, possibly one with an ocean view in Montauk.

Looking sharp. I have one too, but it will get out of hand, as usual. I was thinking of a '57 conversion. A shortened bed, 3D engine, etc. I envy those who build box stock-ish.

I joined. My issue is I work off my phone and making photos small enough isn't easy. The format is similar to the old Rsndy Ayers forum.

A decent shot of my eBay solar pool lights.

62 F, RH of 71%. I might shoot some clear later on. Pool had some branches and leaves in it. Picked up bigger branches off the lawn. Today should break 80. Yesterday morning the pool was 66, later in the day it was 72. A big drop from 83 a few days ago. I just may close it up early. Towards late September stuff from the oak trees fall into it.

More Bird/Squirrel Buddy Activity. The squirrels keep rotating the platform. They take mighty leaps off the deck rail. 472482e4-222d-485c-9eae-b64393591654.mp4 9d2ddd88-5566-40c8-b226-63cf55a22ece.mp4 d198eb04-d86b-42fb-a8c9-360b00efc753.mp4

58 F and less humid. We did get some wind from Erin that blew stuff out of the trees. My pool is a mess. Overall it feels more like October than August. Went down to the ocean yesterday morning, no swimming of course. The surf was wicked. The pictures really don't capture it. VID_20250821_090333_251.mp4

For the Jag style rear, try VCG Resins. It is often sold out, shoot Josh an email if you are interested. Juan4you had some front & rears on his eBay site, but he's not selling right now.

Ive been gravitating towards either Mr. Hobby brand clears or real auto body clears. SEM makes one i like. Tamiya TS-13 is hard to beat.