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Looks pretty good by my standards.? A little black wash on the grill would help it stand out.

I went to clear coat my ‘64 Impala (yesterday actually) and lightly shot a bit of low pressure compressed air over the trunk to blow the minor dust particles off. I wound up blowing the chevy emblem decal to smithereens!? Luckily, I haven’t applied the identical front one yet, so I can copy it.

Haha! The place where we bought this also had a bottle of “ I just #*$& in the woods” hand sanitizer. I wish I had grabbed it also as it would have been a hilarious gag gift for a Buddy of mine.? I really like the LP paints. They spray beautifully. The flares are from the Revell Jeep Wrangler Rubicon kit. I just widened them a little.

I just picked up some new CA glues and some accelerator to go with it, and a couple paints I am low on.?

Thanks. It is just glossy photo paper. The lower quality image on the right is coated on the left half with Tamiya X-22 clear and on the right half with Model Master clear parts cement & window maker. The clear parts cement seems to have reacted slightly with the ink. I think I will use the X-22, or possibly use the panel supplied if I can get it looking better.

I’ve managed to print a fairly decent picture on my inkjet printer of the Jeepster instrument panel. I printed it on regular paper and also on glossy photo paper. What would be the best thing to coat this with to keep it from fading or losing color? Thanks, Greg.

Ouch! I hope the little Guy’s alright. I remember when I was just a wee tyke that I could open the doors and drawers on my parent’s buffet hutch and climb up to see what was on top of it. Well one day my little brother decided he would join me...and our combined weight tipped the whole thing over on top of us. I can’t recall if we got a spanking or not?.

What a heck of an idea! ?Thanks.

Tall skinny bottles! I spilled my micro sol this morning.? I have spilled my zip kicker previously. Why can’t they put stuff in bottles that won’t tip easily? I’ve never spilt any of my Tamiya paints.

Nice find!

Very nicely done! That is a photo etch grill I Imagine? What paint is that on the interior? Thanks, Greg.

Does it at least have the small block V-8 in it.?

I finished putting foil on the ‘64 Impala. I glued the fender flares on the Jeepster and re-worked the tailgate for a better fit. I also started on a Revell ‘29 Model A. It looks like the A will go together real easy! Toughest part is deciding which way to build it and what colour to paint it.

Does the CA or the accelerator ever go bad? Sometimes even with the kicker things don’t want to stick (mainly when I am glueing sprue onto items to be painted). I am wondering if the stuff I have is light sensitive since it’s in a brown bottle. I would like to transfer it into an empty Tamiya paint jar since I have tipped this bottle over once and nearly done it a couple other times.

Wow! I passed over this thread before because I’m not really into race vehicles, but I must say Francis....You certainly have my attention now! This thread is both exhilarating and depressing at the same time. And to think I was blown away by that plastic grill you made.? Your work is as close to perfection that I have seen here or anywhere else.

How about dividing it into decades? In the completed section there could be “Pre-1930”, ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s etc. Just a thought, and as said...google search works pretty good for finding specific vehicles. P.S. I try to be as descriptive as possible in my titles. I have never used tags, but now that I know how I will.

You’ve been working on it for 25 years? It is coming along very nicely!? I love the color.

Looking good! I’ve done one of these, it is a nice kit.

Nicely done.

Beautiful!?

I have grandiose plans to cut it up and cast it possibly after fixing some issues. I have another that I am currently working on. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/156181-‘54-willys-pu/

I made the rear window smaller like the earlier trucks had and smoothed the back of the cab. I also made a jig to get the Milliput contoured close to what I want.

Saw this today. Looks to be in pretty good shape.

2-13/16” scale inches would equal 70-7/16” in 1:1. Almost a six foot stretch! I never would have thought that pile of plastic was salvageable.....but WOW, nice work.

I’ve got the chassis pretty much done. This was my first attempt at building a complete exhaust system.? Heck, first attempt at everything! It took me about three tries and a few sticks of .080” styrene to get the exhaust to where I can live with it. I ditched the Hemi engine and replaced it with a Buick 350 and turbo 400 transmission (the earlier C-101 Jeepsters had a Buick V6 and TH400 trans, and the 350 is a popular swap in the 1:1 world). This engine is actually a 430 from the AMT ‘69 Riviera that I re-worked a bit to resemble the smaller block since no Buick kit came with a 350. The resin roof from Olson Brothers arrived a while back too and looks better than the half-cab roof I think.