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    Paint Booths & Safe Ventilation?

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted · Edited by oldman23

    I have a large paint booth with a well sealed Plexiglas door. the only problem with it is it's outside. We are now into the low 100's to the high's around 120 outside.

    The question I have is:

    I build my models in 70 degree temp. Would it mess up the paint if I prepped the parts and mixed the paint then take them out and spray them and bring them back in right away? :unsure:

    Would you please EMAIL me at ernie-p@cox.net with any comment or ideas. I do not have access to a computer on a regular basis.

    door windows,,,working crank

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted

    Give credit where it is due. I just logged onto this thread and Yes Bill's window works great . Bill is the person that helped me develop my working windows for a hard top. I spent allot of time emailing Bill with Questions and sending him pictures and copying his Track and rase. I Modified mine to meet my needs as I'm sure allot of you will do the same after seeing Bill's and the rest of the great guys who have tried this and succeded

    Ernie

    oldman23

    Strada Sports

    in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed

    Posted

    I always thought kevin was a good guy. I've ordered quite allot of parts from him over the past few years and i've always been satisfied with the orders and I usually received them in 4 to 5 days unless he was real busy or the parts where not in stock but he always let you know.

    I ordered parts from him on June 15th 2012 and still haven't received them. I did manage to get a hold of Kevin by phone and he told me he would check on my order and email me back. He never has. He stated to me he had to get a REAL JOB because they couldn't make it with the store orders being down.

    If you call his number listed on the site 636-696-2867 it will reing then says memory full.

    So he isn't answering calls and he isn't answering Emails and he isn't shipping orders

    HUMMM!!!! sounds like he's just working his REAL JOB now and not running the store.

    But what about our money,,, Well if you paid him through PayPal you only have 45 days from the date of transaction to file a dispute to either get your parts or your money refunded.

    Looking for a Model Cars magazine

    in Model Building Questions and Answers

    Posted · Edited by oldman23

    I might have asked before but I'll ask again anyway.

    I'm looking for the Magazine that featured Randy Derr's

    Orange A.J. Foyt ASA Camaro.

    If you know what magazine it is in Please let me Know.

    Also If you can part with your copy I'll trade for it.

    If anyone knows if that issue is available from Model Cars Please let me know that also,

    since there website does not have any back issues posted. B)

    Please E-Mail me directly because I'm seldom on the site anymore. ernie-p@cox.net

    The REAL Wild Child 65 Ford Falcon FX is for sale!

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Everyone I sent Joe an email and asked him point blank

    At 07:22 PM 11/17/2010, you wrote:

    Hi Joe are you really selling Her?

    Ernie

    Here is his reply

    No, not really. Joe Bortz who has a huge collection
    posted that. I set a huge reserve so it would not sell. I really have no interest in selling the car but I let Joe toss it out there to test the market.

    Joe

    The REAL Wild Child 65 Ford Falcon FX is for sale!

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    The front axle was twisted. These photos were taken during the restoration process.

    The axle was bent from all the wheelie stands so it was pulled and sent out and straightened.

    I'm currently building 2 Identical Falcons along with the trailer and the 66 Ford F-100 that pulled The Wild Child For Joe Germann.

    I have close to 500 photos of the car and I am building these as detailed replicas of the 1:1 car. When complete I will have over 2000 hours in the project. I've seen the Wild Child up close and in person. You just have no Idea of the power of a SOHC motor until you hear it run. Did you see the pictures showing the 3 1/2 inch collectors coming off the headers? That is sweet

    I need help with 427 SOHC

    in WIP: Drag Racing Models

    Posted

    Thank You Everybody

    I knew there had to be at least one decent motor out there some where. Ok I have the one out of the 68 Shelby GT500 now I just need one more.

    In 1969 I ordered a 70 Torino Cobra with the 429 in it I was determined to have a Hemi since my dad had SOHC 427 in his 65 Galaxie

    He had bought the car with the intentions to race it. He bought the motor from Holman Moody and to make a long story short I got my Torino In April of 70 and my dad drove his Galaxy every day He never raced it and after he got sick he sold the car and motor to a guy in Inkster Mich. that wanted the motor for his boat. I blew the motor on the Torino and traded it even up to a dealership for a 69 GTO. He never asked and I never mentioned the motor was blown. He called me a few days later and was unusually very upset for some reason.

    Ernie

    I need help with 427 SOHC

    in WIP: Drag Racing Models

    Posted

    Has any of you built a 427 SOHC motor that the heads front cover and block actually fit together?

    If so please let me know what kit it is from and how you managed it.

    I have 5 SOHC motors and they are all model king re-pops of AMT kits and nothing mates up.

    In Fact I have two identical kits with different front covers. One is textured and one is smooth. Both of them are out of the Daddy Warbucks A/FX Mustang.

    Please email me with any help you may have. I spend most of my time at the Hospital getting Chemo treatments and I can at least get E-Mail on my cell phone. I gotta get a laptop

    Thanks

    Ernie P

    ernie-p@cox.net.

    Tool for trimming chrome foil

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted

    Hi Harry, Hi Curt,

    I have arthritis in my finger joints and holding the knife is hard to do for me.

    I came up with this because I have a hard time controlling the pressure through the knife handle and by getting close to the tip as I can I feel I have more control over the blade. It has worked out quite well for me although some

    of you guys that have talent wouldn't find much use in this.

    By aligning the blade up with the tabs on the wire nut I know when the blade is straight and I can hold it close without applying pressure and using just my thumb and forefinger to control the blade and make my cuts.

    Thanks for the questions.

    I hope I answered them

    Tool for trimming chrome foil

    in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials

    Posted

    Hi everyone

    I know that when you trim your bare metal foil you like to hold the blade as close as you can in

    order to control it better.

    Allot of modelers just hold the #11 blade with their fingers, I did it that way for years. But my fingers always got tired and sore.

    I came up with a better way to hold the blade so your fingers don't get sore and you have better control and feel.

    I use some yellow wire nuts for 12 Gauge wire, the kind with the tabs on them.

    1st__ Take an old #11 blade mounted in a knife and insert it into the wire nut.

    Twist the knife counterclockwise to remove the metal Heli-coil that is used

    for the thread inside the wire nut

    2nd__ Insert a new blade into the wire nut as far as it will go ( just like you do in your blade handle)

    3rd__ pack the wire nut full of silly putty or handy Tac,

    Either blue or yellow they both work good

    Make sure your blade is centered in the wire nut

    4th__ Set it aside to harden a bit. Your all done.

    Caution: When your blade is dull use a pair of pliers and pull out the old blade, not your fingers. OUCH!

    Pull out the silly putty and put a new bade in and put the silly putty back in.

    knife1.jpg

    knife3-1.jpg

    Does the roll cage look too big?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Thank you Gentlemen,

    I would move the cage back but unfortunately that is where it belongs.

    wildchild_12.jpg

    As far as the NHRA rules in 1965 they did not give a dimension all it said was it must have a roll bar. So the Ford Dealer this car raced for put in a 1 1/2" roll bar.

    I Thank all of you for your input now I'll take it all apart sand it and glue it together properly. It's all assembled with Elmer's White Glue.

    Ernie

    Does the roll cage look too big?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted · Edited by oldman23

    Hi Everyone

    Does the roll cage in this photo look too big ?

    I used 1.9 mm rod and that comes out to .0748 or 1 3/4" in 1:1

    I used .060 first but it looked like a twig instead of a roll cage.

    The car is supposed to have 1 1/2" tubing for the cage but in scale it looks too small to me.

    What is the Norm?

    Can anybody tell me.

    It's been at least 15 years since I built my last roll cage and it was for a Nascar Winston Cup car not a drag strip car.

    I had a 1:1 55 Chevy Gasser when I was young and I know it had a 1 3/4" main support and a 1 1/2" down rod and that was it.

    Please help I'm half blind and confused it's been a bad day.

    Somehow I got super glue on my eyelash and it dried shut and I had a hard time cutting it open. Now I don't have any Eyelashes on my right eye.

    How Stupid Is That?biggrin.gif

    Thanks Everybody

    Ernie P

    ROLLCAGE.jpg

    Truck Batteries

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

    Posted

    Hi
    I'm looking for 4 or more 1/25th scale truck batteries if you could point me in the right direction
    I sure would appreciate it.
    they don't have to match the picture exactly just so they are close.     smile.gif


    WC-Ernie-truckbattery.jpg

    If you have some you are willing to part with I'll be glad to trade parts or dead Presidents or whatever you need
    Thanks Ernie

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