bobss396

One of the worst kits of all time. I struggled with one as a kid (red truck on boxart), then the blue boxart one around 1994. That one almost got completed. One guy in my club bought a glue-bomb of one for 50¢ at a garage sale... missing parts. He is hell bent on building it. I told him I would GIVE him an AMT '53 truck kit.

I like it, sort of like the trans-kits to turn T-Birds into '49 Fords.

We have a local tool vendor that attends shows. I always stop by his display, maybe this is the same guy you mentioned.

I have been using Hobby Lobby CA glues, man do they set up fast, like zero time to position aluminum to plastic, an instant bond with aluminum to aluminum. The Loctite gel, gives me more time. Like I have said, I pin almost anything that needs to be strong. I use plastic rod for low-strength, brass and stainless steel and even aluminum tubing for high-strength. In the past I have used pieces of paper clips. Floral wire is real cheap too. I should look into UV cements. We used them at work on acrylic boxes (for environmental testing) and that set up real fast.

I use as little filler as possible. A trip into the dehydrator dries it fast, no shrinkage after that. I give it like 20 minutes and then I sand it. I just did a hood on a stock car build that needed a little help.

Thanks, I will try FB later on. Edit: No dice, sent you a message with my email. I appreciate it.

Eh, accuracy is over rated. The y-block was a remnant from my '56 Ford figure-8 car. I still have the built up Buick engine to use on another Trophy Series build, maybe a '36 Ford.

Model Master Extreme Lacquer Mystic Emerald. I have one spot on a back fender I may have to deal with. The rest of the clear coat went on smoothly.

I just found this. I'm building one. Have the Fremont decals. I was thinking the model master dark blue lacquer.

They ran odd-ish cars on the Winston West stock car circuit back then. I would not be surprised to see a GP there.

One problem, I'm not on FB...

I have a bunch of these Chevelle kits, I agree on using another chassis or at least front-clipping one. Benny also ran the newer slope-nose version IIRC.

I have a couple here, and some I got for parts. They were good for stealing the wide-5 wheels out of.

I'm digging this big time. I use a lot of brass in my work, a lot of 1/32" and 3/64" rod. I have also come across lengths of .020" brass wire. I had been using little brass nails that are .020". sometimes I use the heads. I found some that are a .050" diameter in a craft store. McMaster Carr used to carry a line of brass dowel pins, I can get stainless steel ones in 1/32" and smaller too. I need to get into soldering brass. I used to do it at work, mainly with a Prestolite torch and a hot plate.

I don't have a new catalog of his, neglected to pick up one at the NNL East. Someone used to post one on a Fotki account.

Thanks. The 2nd coat looks even better. The 1st had a few light spots in it. I'll scuff any bumps off it with #3200 grit and go with the MM clear later today. I did a similar engine swap on another '40 using a NASCAR 351, again, the trick is to use the kit transmission.

Running into little snags here and there. But working them out. I had a resin hood scoop around and the carb stuck up quite a bit. Why not use it? Also got pieces in place to locate hood pins. I'm trying to focus on just 3 builds... see how long that lasts.

More of the little ladies. They are 5 months old today.

Put some Model Master Lacquer on the '40. This is the 1st pass. Will do some color sanding and onto the next coat.

Sweet little cat, I can see she is full of trouble... I wouldn't have it any other way. I lost one in 2022 after 10 years, she needed to be re-homed and we took her in. I never had a talker like her before.

Over the years I have built about 10 of the AMT ones. I have 2 in the works now, one is in the paint stage. I really like them over the newer Revell kits. I built 2 a few years ago, a Revell and an AMT I showed together at shows.

I'm going to eventually want a couple as well. Pretty odd that someone or more have not come up with one yet. They are popular as bracket cars as well as stock cars.

Some guy in my club just built one, as a vintage wrecker. I regret not snapping a picture of it at the last meeting. If I can find a link to it, I will post it.

More accomplished this week. Got the bumpers painted with TS-42 light gunmetal. Made aluminum headlight covers. Exhaust is roughed out. Fuel filler is a printed Ron Coon item. Engine is installed. Cage is still loose but fits easily.

This is the higher-end of insanity, really digging all the scratch building and realistic chassis weathering.