bobss396

I am a total crack 'ho for anything tow truck/car carrier related. It would be cool if someone just issued a complete bed. So far any resin or 3D printed ones I have bought and or looked at are not up to my standards.

I have one I put away 20 years ago, converted it to a tow truck. I had issues like you did with getting the roof to look decent. I will call the engine very well detailed for something that comes out of a kit. I recently dug it up again, it will be back in work soon.

I sometimes leave material for little tabs when I am making up "glass". This gives a bond surface away from what will be visible. Some plastics bend better than others. I'm now using something from Hobby Lobby that is .015" thick and will hold a bend. I just unwrapped a new dress shirt and of course saved the pins (great for shifters) and the little clear plastic part that supports the collar.

I used to have lathe access at work until 2005, I had a buddy with a Hardinge at his shop I could also use. He would run me things on one of his big CNC lathes at times. He would take my CAD drawings/files and make a hard task easy. I am at the point where I NEED a small lathe soon.

I hoard up any wheel-backs that I come across, they come in handy for adapting odd wheels on a build. On the one-piece wheels, I saw off that "factory" nub or cut it way down.

I have used the clear pearl (TS-65) over white primer with success. The effect is the same in the end.

I started using paper clips and staples, which are not even close to being round items. Then onto floral wire which is strong enough and cheap. I use a lot of .093" Evergreen tubing that has an .048" hole thru it. I can use plastic or brass rod to make strong joints. In general my go-to metal items are 1/32" and 3/64" brass rod. I have a few lengths of .031" stainless steel pins that come in handy. Most used lengths are 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4".

Me and my brother had ZZ Top worthy beards for a while, everyone in the family HATED them including wives and girlfriends. What to do... grow it LONGER... When I got a real job in 1981 I cut it shorter by a lot. My brother needed to go to court about something, his was gone. Now I trim it with a #1 or #2 guide on a Wahl trimmer.

Anything that needs strength I will pin it in place. I drill holes while things are in the raw plastic state, pin one side with brass rod, aluminum tubing or stainless steel pins (1/32"). Then I use as little CA glue as possible. I rarely ever scrape paint off anything.

I like the scoop. I have (yet another stalled project..) and I grafted a scoop from a '66-ish T-Bird onto a Mercury hood. That comes with a chrome piece for the front of the scoop that sets it off.

Watch with photo-copying a decal sheet, with my printer the scale is a little off. Put a scale in with whatever you are copying so you can check it.

Stalled project from 2014.... those are rookie numbers! Seriously, the car looks great. I could build for a solid 3 years if I unearthed all of my stalled projects. I have some going back to 2000.

Citadel is one my local hobby shop carries, the shop owner says that the figure-guys like them. I found Vallejo acrylics at Hobby Lobby, so far I got a black and silver to start with, they were $3.99 each. Online at eBay they are $6-8.

I was there yesterday, no '30 as well. They serve up the SOS it appears.

I'm going to give them a go, thanks.

We were supposed to see Betts at a show out in Montauk NY some years back, the show was canceled by the time we got out there. No internet that far back. We found out later that he was too inebriated to perform.

A step in the right direction, thanks. I will look that up. Are they reputable to do business with?

I have been using Tamiya acrylics to to small detail painting. I have a bunch of their clears, also the X22 which I use mostly as an adhesive and some blacks and silvers. I will give the Vallejo line a try. Anything I paint is very small, everything else gets sprayed. I use the clears over TS-30 Silver Leaf on things like steering wheels, fans, shift knobs, side marker lights.

I just ordered a set of these from VCG Resins for my GMC wrecker. I got them with the case. https://www.vcgresins.com/shop/p/jerry-cans

I build a lot of the old MPC modified kits and the kit coil-overs are not cutting it. I have made up my own and it is very labor intensive. I use real springs from McMaster Carr. I really should get a small lathe for myself. That would be a good long-term solution. I have a full sized Bridgeport mill in my garage. VCG resins used to make shocks, they are a little on the fragile side. I have a set I'm going to try to adapt. Does anyone know of a source? It would be a big help to me and others. Thanks.

Very well done, a lot of scratch building there.

That is excellent, looks like a real stock car. Very obscure too. Questions: What paint was used, what did you use for the tire stripes? Are those the decals that come with the PPP tires?

I like it, those combo kits were excellent to build.

I like it, has great proportions. The AMT hoods need a lot of fitting to have them sit right. I have added plastic to the sides of a couple I did.

One of my favorite cars of all time. That looks sharp in red and the interior goes well with it. I had around 4 real ones some years back. I have a resin Biscayne body I picked up a while ago, maybe the time is NOW.