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Classy looking 300.
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I think your 57 looks outstanding! Great job on the two tone. There’s certainly a learning curve with some of the new products available when getting back into it after decades. I use both Molotow and BMF. I quite like BMF for almost all of the exterior stuff. Once I got the hang of the technique that works for me it became a breeze to use, but it took alot of trial and error. I use Molotow chrome for badges and script but I apply it with a sewing needle. A tedious process no doubt. Welcome back to the hobby and keep the great builds coming!
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Man, I don’t see a thing wrong with it.
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I love the classy, elegant lines of early 60s Buicks. This build captures them perfectly. I don’t think you could have chosen a better color combo. Superb build.
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Gorgeous build. Details, paint...everything. I think wire wheels look super sharp on her and I totally agree with you on the skirts.
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Glad you pulled this one back out and finished her up. Another fine looking build.
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Nice looking Chevelle. I love that color! Great choice.
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Great looking Roadrunner. Really nice paint job. Did you have any issues with the fit of the front glass? When I built this kit that and the decal around the hood scoop had me pulling my hair out.
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That is one sharp looking build! Love those Centerliners on this particular body style. I currently have a set mocked up for a 70 1/2 Camaro build but I’m not sure how I feel about them on it.
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That is a cold stunner!!
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That’s a couple of fine looking Super Bees. I really dig your diorama too.
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Dwayne, my version of “the purple pond” was a rectangular Rubbermaid container full of Castrol Super Clean. A few weeks ago while cleaning out my garage I found a gallon of it tucked away in the back of a cabinet. I remembered reading good things on this forum about how well it stripped paint without harming the styrene (DOT3 brake fluid is also very well regarded as a paint stripping agent.) As I recall, how well it would strip chrome plating from parts was vigorously debated on here. I’ve gotta say, from my single experience stripping model parts, the chrome put up less of a fight than did the paint. Once I decided upon the approach I want to take with this rebuild I tossed the bumpers and grille in with the other parts. After experimenting with successful results, I’ve dropped the 5 spoke wheels in for soak. I understand the sentiment of holding onto older/childhood builds. It was a conflicting decision to rebuild this one for sure. I guess, somewhere in my head, I rationalized my way around sentiment with the thought that it’s the exact same kit I built 30 years ago. To me, this hobby is as much about “the build” as it is about the finished product. If not more so, sometimes. And I do have a few built up kits from my teens tucked away, never to be mettled with. As always, thanks to all of you fine folks for looking and caring enough to comment.
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Joe, pm me. I may be able to help out a good bit on the desoto kit. I have one that is also a partial kit. No dash, steering wheel or interior at all and only one of the tires is missing, but the body is perfect. And the other parts you listed as missing in yours are there. I have no doubt we can work out a trade if you’re interested.
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2 1/2 days in the pond. Took the paint right off and stripped the chrome off the bumpers. A little needed boby work has been revealed, nothing major other than the taillight valence that I’ll have to perform some fabrication hoodoo upon. Finally, got some directional ideas for this build bouncing around in the ole noggin. More later.
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I miss the ease with which an older car could be worked on. You didn’t need a Masters in engineering with a Bachelors in computer science or some nine gajillion dollar specialized tool. I miss the leaded gas smelled. I miss the way a big block V8 sounded without being siphoned through a catalytic converter. But most of all, the two things I miss the most, are vent windows and having the dimmer switch in the floor.
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Thanks David. You’re comments are virtually the narrative of my stream of consciousness. ? I considered leaving it as is, but my affinity for those majestic 1970 B-bodies has me wanting to do it better justice than I did in my youth. I’m still not certain which direction I’ll take the rebuild or which direction the rebuild will take me. I only know that I want to do a better job and that I love a good challenge. Also, yep, it is from the BP era. LOL. Here’s hoping you are correct about the effectiveness of “the big soak.” ?
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Deconstructed. Used some Z-7 debonder. Worked really well on some parts, not well at all on others. Even 30 years ago I was a big fan of using 2 part epoxy for certain steps. I suspect those are the areas that rendered the debonding agent impotent. I think most of the parts can be salvaged. Gonna have to dig around for exhaust manifolds or maybe even headers. I tried some debonding alchemy of my own creation and reduced the manifolds to goo. Live and learn. Now it’s off to the purple pond. Dilly dilly!
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I originally built this Monogram GTX when I was about 12-13 years old. I recently recovered it and a few more from my pops’ basement a couple months ago. (Crazy. I found two model boxes full of instruction sheets; maybe 30 or more; and only 8 built up cars. Makes me wonder where the heck they all went.) I remember mixing the color using yellow, green and white of some sort and brush-painting it. I recall it so well because it was the last kit I built before my dad found me an Old ( with a capital O) airbrush at a garage sale. As a sidebar; by the time he and I got the airbrush to actually lay down an acceptable coat of paint the entire apparatus resembled a prison tattoo gun. While it was wildly frustrating to operate and a nightmare to clean (rubber bands, paper clips, ink pen springs and chewing gum don’t hold up to lacquer thinner well at all), I wish I still had it, too, for sentimental reasons. Luckily, I have the last model I built pre-airbrush and the first one (a 1970 Superbird that has been set aside for a later redo) that I actually painted with the aforementioned airbrush. Anywho, this is my first attempt at a redo (reclamation, restoration, salvation.....semantics, whatever) and my first WIP post. I cannot promise an action-packed, thrill-a-minute thread but I will post as I make progress. Any tips, tricks, suggestions, questions or comments are more than welcomed. Thanks for looking.
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Ollie's strike again
BeakDoc replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Bummer. Sorry for the false alarm. I suppose one might find a deal on die casts or Hot Wheels, etc, if one was into them. -
Ollie's strike again
BeakDoc replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
From the looks of the latest Ollie’s flyer, they bought $200M of Toys R Us’ inventory and it goes on sale at Ollie’s today (23AUG2018). Not sure if Toys R Us sold models, or if they did, what the selection was like, but it may be worth a trip to Ollie’s. Thought I’d pass it along. Model On. -
Great looking build. Such a fine looking automobile that MB designed. You certainly did it justice.
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1959 Cadillac Surfwagon - a teenager´s dreamcar...
BeakDoc replied to Koellefornia Kid's topic in Model Cars
That is an awesome build. I’ve been wanting to make a special project out of the Ecto1 myself, but a surf-wagon never crossed my mind. Great work! While Cologne may be waveless, it is a beautiful, wonderful city. When my wife and I last vacationed in Europe we fell in love with Cologne. In fact we scrapped our plans to visit Berlin just to stay in Cologne for a couple extra days. Spent an entire day at the Cathedral. What an amazing piece of architecture! Cheers. -
She turned out great, Jim! Awesome color and finish too. I had a devil of a time getting the hood to fit right on the ‘69 Barracuda I recently finished. Looks like you may have had the same dilemma.
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That is just flat-out cool. Now, if Round 2 would just cast the old auger-style wood splitter and a reproduction of my granddad’s old Case-Ingersol riding mower I’d be all in.