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I have seen some of his old "masters" recently over on eBay, not cheap either.

I like the wheels and tires, who made them?

I have a bunch of the AMT and Monogram kits. An outlet store had the Monogram kits for $1.97... 40 will fill a shopping cart. I blew out a bunch on eBay some years back. I'm down to maybe a dozen and 6 of the AMT kits.

Where I have had carbs hidden by an air cleaner, I have used a simple square block made from styrene stock. Paint it silver of gold, add a little plumbing and it was done. Sort of on the style of a Predator piece.

Ivan about 3 months old. He soon graduated to 24-pack beer boxes.

I have old stalled builds languishing in boxes for 20 years. I just took one out of hibernation. Fit quality is something I struggle with. Now I go through the assembly in the primer state, before I get to the finish paint and have little options. I look at the glass closely. I fit the interior tub less the dash to see if the tub hits the glass. Then pop the dash in, try it again. I also make positive mounting interfaces for almost any major part, so they go back together the same way all through the build. I make sure that the interior tub sits the same. I make up hidden features to aid this. Chassis to the body, I do the same thing. Everything is pinned with 1/32" brass rod or small dowel pins. Plastic rod works too.

I have been using Bondo 1-part filler from Ace Hardware. I use so little that most sands off after it cures.

I believe it has something to do with the recent formulation of the bigger cans. I have used the older small cans I have had around... no blush even at low temperatures. I did a '62 Ford back in the spring with one of their red pearls. I shot it outside in about 50-degrees, low humidity. Instant blush as soon as I came inside. I let it dry and scuffed it up, wet sanded with a DM 2400 cloth to break down most of the blush. I gave it another coat, in my warm laundry room... again... blush. I let that dry for a day and color sanded it from 1500 to around 3600 grit DM cloths. I followed that up with clear lacquer, SEM 1K HS clear, P/N 40903. That was the answer.

I save unused kit headlights. I have sanded off the texture and used that as covers. When I worked for a living, I was going past the punch press scrap bin, I found a bunch of round blanks that measures around .270", perfect for old NASCAR builds.

I'm doing a white build right now. It is something I started years ago. I have lately been using Tamiya Fine Surface Primer, I have white and gray. Another I fould at Hobby Lobby is Mr. Surfacer 1000 in gray, P/N B-519Y. These cans spray very well and leaves a very smooth finish, highly recommended. I have used these under car lacquers with no problems. Tamiya white should be no problem.

The old Maxx Rat Chevelle from Revell had a decent set. I also have bought a slew of resin ones over the years. But the new 3D printed ones are the bee's knees in comparison. VCG Resins has some nice ones. Look around on eBay, I have seen some nice 3D printed ones there.

I agree with Mark. Maybe it wasn't cured completely. I had some tires from MCW in an old build I had in a box. They were fine when I put them on, they have sat for about 15 years and I found them to be sticky when I opened the box recently.

Thanks for the replies, just as I suspected. I have maybe a dozen cans around, new. Their Orion Silver was a great base spray. I just cracked open a can of their Nova Orange metallic.

I have a bunch of AMT versions. Some of the custom parts vary, but the stock-build options are there. I have the OG version from 1961 (?), another from around 1965, the Dick Tracy one too. I may have more in my stash.

My '49 Ford was shot at the NNL East, I have to look for the issue locally. I hope the car is in there.

The first is Chloe, we lost her to cancer last April. This cat was more human than most people I know. The little guy is Ivan, about 1.5 years old in the picture, he is now 7. He came to us as a feral rescue at about 6 weeks old.

I saw him at Westbury NY around 1983 or so, He put on a great act.

I would substitute their Aleve stash with Viagra.

I have a couple that come into my yard to snack on clover. I used to have more, but the fox keeps their numbers down.

We just lost former LIARS president Rich Argus a couple of weeks back, he had been in declining health for a while. He was exposed to Agent Orange during his Vietnam War deployment. Rich was known for his dioramas and was working on some recently on his good days. At the past NNL East I had learned that we lost Barry Fadden from the Classic Plastic NH club and Tommy Kortman from NJ.

The show is on for November 2023, in Freeport NY, same date, 2nd Saturday in November. Check the LIARS site for updates. Vendors are being contacted, trophies are on order. There have been some personnel changes in the club as of late, all for the better. The 2022 show was canceled at the last minute due to concerns that there were not enough people to put on the show. This was done outside of a club meeting and a vote was not taken. https://www.liarsmodelcarbuilders.com/

Very nice build. I finished one early this year, got way too carried away. I have to post some pictures of it. I relocated the engine back, cut out the X cross member and moved that too. I ditched the coil overs and made my own, again, way out of hand. I didn't like how the body sides curled at the bottom, made taking the body off and on a chore. I cut the sides at the door handle level, grafted on straighter-sides from a Craftsman truck kit.

I was going thru my Black Gold spray can collection and was looking for more online. They used to be in Arlington TX, the owner would come up to the NNL East with a good selection of paint and powders. I cannot find any sign of them using a general web search. I know they may have been bought up by Valspar. Does anyone know if the paints are still around? Thanks

I like it. What did you use for seat belts? I struggle with them, but feel they are essential for realism. I picked up some 1/20 Scale Motorsports kits, easier than the smaller ones and still looks in-scale.

Yeah, it was bad for a while. I came very close to leaving the club. The club changed the meeting venue for 2022 and it didn't work out. We found ourselves locked out a couple of times for the monthly meetings. 2023, we are back in the Blue Point location, the 1st meeting went very well. Details for the fall show are being hashed out and we are on for sure. Some key members have yet to return, we have a few new members that joined last year. I have been part of the crew that set up for the show in the past and it doesn't take too many to get it done. The core that did that, I'm one of the few remaining. We dig up others to help, my girl friend helped at a couple of them. So I hope y'all can make it this year.