bobss396

That K member on the Revell kit, I find it too restricting. I have a coupe in the works (BACK IN THE BOX...) and will be making something simpler for it.

Ever see the movie "PC U"? I think that was the name. One student was doing a thesis on that at any given time, there will be a movie on TV with either Hackman or Michael Caine starring in it. I recently watched The Conversation from around 1974.

Chassis source? Wow is all I got...

I'm using Scale Motorsports 1/20 Scale belt hardware. Easier to see and work with. I like a good-sized hole in the attaching points, .020" is pretty good since PE is a pain to open the holes on. Belt material... I never was able to get the fancy ribbon material to work. I scavenge flat gift-ribbon material, light colored preferred so it can be "painted" with markers. At the $ store, I bought a roll of light blue curling ribbon. I run it over a steel scale to knock down most of the texture. This is my current go-to belt material

Are you going to use/make a water pump riser? As it is, the fan will not even be close to the radiator center.

I lose stuff all the time. Especially one-off parts I have made. Right after I make the replacement... the original shows up!

I still wash 3D printed parts before prime, etc. I have had issues with primer not covering some recesses in things like wheels. A warm water soak with some dishwashing soap is all I do, a little scrub with an old tooth brush too.

Funny.. I dropped an xacto knife last week. I was wearing flip flops. I didn't even look, picked up the knife and went back to work. Then I noticed that my foot was sliding in the flip flop, and I'm on a blood thinner. The flip flop was full of blood, I had nicked my middle toe. I left a trail of blood across my kitchen floor on the way to the sink. Washed it all off... wrap the foot in a paper towel... back to work.

Send me a message, I can take a shot of the back if you want. What do you have to trade? Nothing big, or I'll just send them to you.

Hmmm... I just may go. We have an IPMS show in late March. Mainly military but I'll ask around about Mosquitocon.

That is amazing. I just picked up a '37 Ford pickup and my plans are to graft a '36 nose onto it. We have the technology...

I like using 1/24 scale engines in 1/25 cars, if there is plenty of room. It fills the engine bay more betterer IMO.

I liked working with the low side body trucks. It was easier to reach in when at a wreck site with cops breathing down my neck. Part of being on the wreck-roster was that we had to pick up the broken parts and sweep up the glass, etc.

I have a set I have to dig out and I'll post pictures. I forget if they are resin or are from a kit. I have had them for years. Edit: I have a set of these that are resin, will need the usual clean up thing.

I have a bunch of Motors Manuals, the oldest is from 1939. I have never bought a new one, either someone gives them to me or I find them at garage sales. When I did work on my 1964 Olds 88, it sure was a handy reference.

I may give the acrylic lacquer a try. I used a Krylon acrylic clear... the can was fairly new but I had problems with it. I've been using a body shop 1K clear, Model Master Extreme Lacquer clear (great with their paints), a Mr. Hobby product from Hobby Lobby and of course Tamiya TS-13.

It looks like it should work. You certainly have enough to last a while. I used the silks recently. To attach the rear panel on an old MPC stock car.

The printed engine was a bad fit and I didn't want to start cutting up the chassis. I'll post more, but I have gone back to the kit engine... I made the crappy kit headers work. The next one... if I ever do one again... will be using .062" solder for headers. I have 2 of these cars in work, since they are very similar. The other is a Southern Stocker Buick.

This is the stuff I mentioned. Sally Hansen is another brand.

I went to the 1994 Arca race at Daytona, it was a good race. I catch some on TV now and then, like Milwaukee. At the end there may have been something like 8 cars on the lead lap. The talent of the drivers varies quite a bit. FS1 had it on the other day, I was doing something and missed it. I'll look for it again.

That's a new one for me. It has to be worth a mint.

I was in NYC for a job writing car manuals in 1980, incidentally the same day that John Lennon was killed. I even stopped by the Dakota on the way to 57th street. I did well at the interview, but turned down the offer. I later found out that it was for the Haynes line of books. I bought one for a Caprice I had, one of the worst car books I have ever seen. It had random junk in it, like an exploded view of a 1964 Impala tailgate with no text to back it up anywhere.

1970 Eldorado i saw on Saturday. It was extremely clean looking.

I have some 1982-ish stock cars with dull chrome, it some cases it actually looks good. It does come off easily just rubbing with a paper towel. Drop the parts in bleach, the "chrome" vanishes in seconds.