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I will take one shot at raising the roof a hair as per Richards suggestion. If it doesn't work the first try, I will live with it as is. Since I already snapped the driver's side, I am first reinforcing the vent windows with some .040 half round. It will not be noticeable after it is painted. The wife didn't like the color, and I must say I am not that impressed either. But... with a coat of Testors transparent red on top it looks much nicer!

Is anyone a member of the scalemotorcars forum? I have tried to register, but keep getting a "you must pass the human verification" message. I think the "recaptcha" feature is blocking me? I have tried sending two e-mails to them, but have gotten no response. If anyone is a member, could you please PM the moderators to check it? Thanks in advance! Greg http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/forum.php

Wow! fabulous job Guy! I have trouble pulling off a single color paint job.

Arrrg!!! SIGH !!!

One trick I use on our Go-Kart builds is to use two pieces of angle leg to leg, welded to the cross member in his case. One could easily glue two pieces of angle to the models brake backing plate to make a "C" channel of any I.D.

Nicely done! I think it is harder to get a realistic looking weathering job than a show-car shine.

I know Spaz Stix makes a clear surface pre -prep #90050. I don't know if it would work on resin?

Could you tie it down to the dehydrator grate with braided fishing line or string?

I see what you mean. I heated it slightly with a hair dryer and promptly snapped the vent window divider. I think I moved it slightly so it is barely noticeable. The hot water trick would undoubtedly work better with a more uniform heated area...but I didn't want to mess up the paint!

That is not the primer, that is the Vallejo black-red. It came out waay flatter than I expected! That is it on the right hand spoon with Testors Gloss Coat on top. The LH spoon is the burnt red that I was also considering, but I thought it looked too much like primer. I just gave it a light sanding with #3000... seems to sand OK. I think if I can do a decent job of foiling the bumpers and trim, it will really make the paint pop!

I think it looks sexy! I will pass though, as we have only maybe 0.5 seconds worth of straight road without a pothole.

My wife just got her guitar re-strung and I asked her to save the old strings. I read on here that some guys use the solid strings and hypodermic tubing for radio antennas. I noticed that the wrapping around the other strings can be removed to make very tiny springs as well.

Very nice! I love the story as much as the model!

That would be this one. The T-handle is a separate piece.

Got a couple coats of paint on it. Trying Vallejo black red. It looks nicer with a gloss coat over it, but I can't get the picture to load.

Thanks for the tip, but I'm not dunking my thumbs in boiling water! I'm OK with the flat roof... I didn't even know it was till you mentioned it.

should be able to get the same results with brass rod? or aluminum tig rod maybe?

Lots of nice cars in Two Lane Blacktop! http://imcdb.org/movie_67893-Two-Lane-Blacktop.html

Thanks, it made it into the purple pond twice before this. I masked the gauges and the front of the glove box with micro-mask before spraying the black. Then I primed the bare guage faces with Tamiya white primer, then used black panel line accent. Tamiya flat red for the needles and Molotow for the bezels. Dashes always give me trouble. I wish all kits came with guage decals.

Absolutely beautiful!

I have been on a Corvette kick lately. I picked up an AMT '53 today. I am currently working on a Revell 1960, an AMT '62 and this 1965 Stingray. This is the first time that I have attempted to pin anything and I must say... It is definitely the way to go! The front bumper only has two tiny factory mounting points and the rear bumper is precariously mounted on a little ridge. The side mirrors had absolutely no locating points at all. I don't like the blacked out bumpers, so I am going to try to foil them.

Oops, forgot to load the pic.

Picked these two up at the flea market today. Both kits are complete!

I have not built one myself, but here's a few I dug up on here. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/112609-amt-60-chevy-fleetside/ http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/99083-60-chevy-pickup-purple-nurple/ http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/139361-amt-60-chevy-pick-up/

COOL! looking real good so far!