bobss396

Very nicely done. This was the car that Coo Coo won the 100-mile Daytona qualifying race in. He was the only driver that did not make a fuel stop. NASCAR had a canary over it... the next year the twin races were 125 miles. I have a Savinos MC I started a while back and the decal sheet... hmmm...

This is the 413 in my current Mercury rebuild. I have done nothing to the engine, it was already decently build with wires added to it.

My brother built the Buick a few years back. He narrowed the kit tires and they looked a lot better.

I started in 1960 or 1961. Of course I never had much money even to buy more than a 10 cent bottle of paint. Tried using thread for wires, looked awful. We had no real tools, certainly not small drills or a pin vise. When mom was not hone, we would use the gas stove, old knives or metal skewers to do real surgery. My dad had a sanding drum we used on his drill press to radius wheel wells. Gasser were cool even back then. My older brother had a Zona razor saw, he never let us use it.

Craft stores have all sorts of neat stuff. How about wrapping some fine silver-colored band material around them, glue on the back side. No paint required. Maybe some very fine silver wire would work too.

Soft Scrub is good. I use a scrubby sponge and it cuts the grime. Real tough spots, I'll use lacquer thinner on a rag. I have to do this myself, I'm getting ready to re-caulk my upstairs tub.

We have a local who flips horrendous cars. One of his gems was in a friend's shop to be inspected. The RF rotor was down to just the hub portion. The actual disc part was gone. The caliper was still in place, but had a piece of wood instead of brake pads in it.

All the same from what I have seen of the line.

I'm "restoring" an OG 1949 Mercury now that has the 413 in it. It does build up nicely.

Wasn't the Mopar engine in the AMT '49 Mercury a 413?

I curb scraped one of my Mustang wheels and decided to fix it, ala DIY. I took the wheel/tire off the car and started with 320 grit on a DA sander. Then 400 followed by wet sanding with 600. Nice and smooth, 95% of the scrape was gone. I used TS gloss black, no primer. I masked off the tire and gave it 2 coats. Going on year 2 with the fix and it looks good.

I built one as a kid... as a junker. I hope they made some improvements to the fit issues.

I have some vintage kits I've picked up in recent years at decent prices. I got a small box 1957 T-Bird, a 1949 Merc at shows for $50 each. 100% complete. Locally I got a pair of 1962 Ford Galaxie ragtops for $110. One was missing the top, found it on eBay. The boxes are in good shape. I have a few OG issues 1932 Ford AMT kits, one ran me $25. It boils down to being in the right place at the right time. I always check garage sales, antique stores, thrift stores.

The son runs the tire business, the dad Don was at the 2023 NNL East and had some cards to hand out. With so many other tire/wheel sources out there, they are no longer the only game in town. Although their whitewall tires and slicks were hard to beat.

Burbank Hobbies offered to send out notifications when they are in. Nothing about a pre order. Try Model Roundup.

Meh... I make a habit of rarely checking my emails. It is a PTSD thing from my working days. I'd rather wait until my NF stops working, then get them on the phone.

Can the Alclad be handled after? I used Spaz Stix chrome and it couldn't be handled much. I bought the Revell stuff, still haven't used it. Think it was around $31 on eBay. Maybe from Burbank Hobbies.

I shoot either lacquer or acrylic-lacquers, so I go with automotive grade primers or good hobby primers only. Not cheap, but no drama with them. Almost everything goes into the dehydrator. Primer takes 1.5 to 2 hours to sand between coats, color coats 2 to 3 hours. Putty work, I give it an hour before I can sand it.

I built one many years back..it had an outhouse door for the front bumper.

I really dig garage dioramas. As a kid, my mom worked in a department store and would bring home heavy coat boxes that were white. The top and bottoms were usable. We would cut out 1 or 2 sides and have at it. I was about 12 at the time. Cut out windows, make frames from construction paper. A-frame engine hoists were a cinch. I really should get one going, it would have to fit into an 11" x 17" bankers box for storage.

One more of Ivan sitting with me.

One club member has a 2WD kit open and will bring it to the next meeting, so I will find out in a few weeks.

Sure beats the Racers Wedge with the 4 wheels. I've seen some converted to 2 wheels.

Can the 2WD Moebius truck chassis be swapped into it? I'd like to build a 2WD version. Or what would be the best kit just to swap the bed and wrecker parts into?

I have shot it over white primer with success.