bill-e-boy

Looking good Bob. Paint came out nice and I like your method for the spark wire tubes. I have used brass tube in the past and it looks OK too A word of advice re the Tamiya X series of paint - colour sand it with all the grits down to a fine as you want and then let it gas out for a few more days before you hit with the polish. It is too soft if you don't wait for the gassing out process

Looking good Roger. Keep up the good work "But, it's annoying to think you're almost there and then realize you have to start over." - ain't this the truth. Its seems to to be every time you start kitbashing you come up against some wall that needs to be scaled or knocked down.

Excellent job of representing an iconic model car. I remember seeing a big Deuce for the first time. What a revelation and it was not even painted. I wanted one but still haven't got round to getting one yet and that was in the late 70's?

Kool Koops! Well done

Paint is looking good Bob With the BB Chev and the boat anchor (Y-Block) you would need to cut the firewall to get them in - OOPS! you have very nicely painted the coupe

Nice looking 48 fat fender Must be a real ex cop car complete with a bullet hole in the drivers side windscreen

This is my take on the re-issue of an old annual kit - Colour is Tamiya Gun Metal with a Light Gun Metal stripe - Slammed to the ground with big inch wheels - The bonnet scoop was changed as I wanted a scoop and after opening the hood up to fit the air cleaner the kit scoop was too small. Found a section of the belly of another kit that i tweaked to look like what I have now - No additional detailing added except for paint detail and BMF The original kit has separated exhausts bit all other chassis detail is very basic.

Kool - nailed it on all accounts

Great job on both kits Tim I have only recently got my hands on a sample so this and Zippi's built will give me some incentive to get one built - then I will need to fork out for some more but they are $80 NZ over here in the stores

Looks good Bob. I like the colour a lot too Gives me the incentive to build up the one I have

Looking good

I am back on deck. I just read Tim's comment above and feel chuffed that we as a group are leaders in the auto design field. I have just finished a fuzz buster quick-build so that I can say I have completed at least one model this year - damn we are half way through the year already. The paint job of the Pacific blue turned out OK I clear coated with Humbol super clear and had an oops that I sorted. Learn me for using an untried new airbrush which ended up having too big a nozzle. Well the Humbrol clear was taking it's time to set up and still is a little soft so I will need to be careful. I got the pickup bed wood done. Base coat of light brown with dark brown and black dry brushed to bring out the grain. This was all covered in Tamiya clear red and the wear strips foiled. Not a big fan of this batch of foil I have. I seem to remember when it was first on the market it was easier to apply and buffed up super shiny and stayed stuck down.

Got the body cleared and polished And the bare metal foil done and engine bay completed Next up is final assembly. I had a few issues as I expected there would be with an old kit such as this. The windscreen needed to be shortened about 4mm to fit, the chrome front and rear sheet metal fitment is a bit vague too But here it is all done Get some nice pix and then off to under glass Thanks for looking

An excellent job Roger. I like how the sweep of the headers matches the sweep of the cowl. Your eyes are just drawn to this feature. Top chop is spot on.

What a great bunch of Mopars - but then I am partial being a Mopar owner of long standing

Tip 1 should be adequate to spray large ares, such as a car's body. If this does not deliver sufficient paint, go up to Tip 3. Tip 5 would be overkill. LOL - Yup I found tip 3 too big for bodies

I found the 0.5 nozzle on my Paasche H put too much paint on. Have changed it to 0.3 nozzle but tried it since It is depenedant on paint thickness too - I tend to thin most of my paints at 1:1.5~2 (paint thinner ratio) and build up paint thickness with mist coats with a last wet coat

I got some a while back and broke a couple just opening the container Also got some 50x sets for back up These work a treat in my Unimat 3 mini lathe where normal small drill bits don't

I requested a replacement part #50 and got the clear parts tree instead. I had to wait about 3 months for mine to arrive Time request again

"I managed to get the two 4bbls under the hood." I was just following the instructions - which were bit vague. Anyway I ended up with something a bit different from stock While paint setting up I assembled the interior - nothing fancy as this is supposed to be a quick build And I installed the engine and exhausts and got it up on its wheels. The wheels took two attempts to get it right. The wheel base is a bit off and I moved the rear axle attachment point up a bit. I also moved the connection holes up as I want it slammed to the ground as much as I can Thanks for looking

The engine paint job looks nice This is a good kit. I built one years ago and seem to remember it gets a little tricky around final assembly time

Couldn't resist - started out life a a partly assembled glue bomb before I dealt to it

To help with filter life I stretch a double layer of those horrible cotton wipe down cloths that come on a roll. When it gets a bit grungy and looking like being blocked just replace it. You will get a lot longer life out of your filter. Also rattle cans clog the filters faster than airbrushing as there is a lot of paint coming out of rattle cans

Been slowly working on this but life has a habit of slowing things down Got the first part of the pant on - Tamiya Light Gunmetal lacquer Next step is to mask up for second colour. The mask is on both sides of the hood and runs into the engine bay. I used Tamiya 3mm fine line tape for the primary separation line to get a sharp edge and Tamiya masking tape for the fill in And after painting with Tamiya Gun Metal lacquer I am quite happy with the result - now to ready it for clear Thanks for looking

Looks good Bob. Your booth is a smidgeon wider than the one I made up a little while ago. The secret to keeping BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH out of the paint is to move the painted items to a covered container to cure the paint. I use an insulated metal box with a light bulb on a dimmer but a dehydrator is supposedly good too. The deal is to move the painted object straight from the booth to the curing chamber to minimise any dust settling onto the wet paint. I also made a front cover to go over the open side of the booth to minimise dust and BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH getting into the booth. My workshop is general purpose with work stuff happening (self employed industrial electrician), metal working and worst of all woodworking - I try try to do the dustiest stuff outside I see you have a Paasche H air brush - good choice. I have one of these amongst the others I have collected over the years and my general go to is a Badger 200 that I picked up about 20yrs ago Pix of my set up below shows booth on top with the hot box curing chamber below