Jeff Johnston

With or without using the tremolo it won't likely stay in tune. Its just really a pile of junk which is why they don't call it a Stratocaster... The Squire bullet my daughter has stays in tune reasonably well, and the neck tends to stay in place. I had a Fender squire years ago that gave me fits in so much as it was never in tune. For not a lot more you can get up into the Fender Squire Affinity. Also Epiphone, Peavy and Ibanez has some reasonably nice starter guitars. If you have a Guitar center nearby go check some out as there are a lot of inexpensive options way better than the Starcaster.

I have a coat of primer on this and all the door jambs built. I have top re-prime a few places that burned through with my primer sanding. Later today I hope to shoot a couple coats of 1966 Ford Emberglo paint.

ooh that's one of the nicest T-bolts I've seen yet !

Andy. One suggestion. That Starcaster from Best buy is a hunk of junk. I know you are a new Guitarist, and I fully believe you or your parents should not pay a lot of money for a guitar until you really know your into it... Having said that, the Fender Squire Bullet is a much better piece for about the same money. You have to go to Guitar center or your local Music store who sells Fender guitars. The Squire bullet is about 120 dollars and really is a better guitar than the Starcaster at Best Buy. You will be much happier with it. As far as having the money for guitars, you will someday..I did not buy them all at once after all They were acquired over many years. look here http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-Bullet-Strat-with-Tremolo-104494315-i1385540.gc Jeff

I also play and have several Guitars. Both my kids play too. Between is there are 9 guitars in this house ! Most impressive to me is that at your age you want to learn to play Rush. That's great ! My son likes the good ole stuff too...He has a real nice used Gibson SG that's his baby. JJ

interesting though I think I'll stick with the blade

Easy. 1967 Ford Galaxie Hardtop. I have one but I'd like to have 10 lol

it depends but my average is 3 months. That's building maybe 2 evenings per week for a few hours a sitting.

Thanks guys. Kelson no build issues at all. One thing I did was leave the inserts out of the wheels backs. I did this so that the wheels sat higher inside the wheel well. If I had not done that it would have say too high. Otherwise the kit just falls together like many of the monogram kits of that era.

I love the engine detail !

I had one of these...back in 86. I planned to build a replica of mine, which I partially did...Mine had white seats and no t-top. But for whatever reason I did a close enough. The wheels are the same was was on mine, as well as the decals. It wasn't a Smokey and the Bandit version, but did have the gold on the rally wheels like this one does.

Looks great to me. We're always our own worst critics. The model looks great !

This is such a nice build. Inspires me to do better on my own next time. Very impressive !!

Wow your first model ? You are one talented guy ! Very nicely done. Also on a side topic I saw your name and it made my smile because i have a very good friend in NY City with the same name. He's from Portugal though (actually he is from NJ..his parents were form Portugal ).

Love it ! I already decided this is my birthday present to myself...mine willbe legend lime even though I know they don;t come in that color. Can't wait.

very nicely done !

I thought it was a real car the first time I looked. WOW so realistic...very clean build. I have a 67 Couple and a bottle of the same color for a someday project. Looking at this makes me want o build mine too ! Very nice indeed !

what car ?

boy I'd love to see a step by step on how you did that...even if I read it in the magazine. Great stuff man...love the yellow one too

this just proves that its the little details that make the big difference. Very nice work and I love the extra detail.

I had to go in and check off some boxes too and all is good now.

patience is a virtue seek it if you can often found in women, and seldom found in man. (an old poem told to me from an old 80 year old golfing friend many years ago, talking about my rushing my golf swing LOL)

Is the car really called a Tata ? Oh man, I just want to see Tata Dealer so I can walk into the showroom and say hey, nice Tata's LOL Oh I love 3rd grade Humor LOL Actually if you look at he site they make everything from a Smart like car to a minivan, to an SUV, to a Hauler-tractor, to a city bus.

MJ.... Buddy...how the hack have you been ? You always have that rare cool stuff !!! Nice model as always MJ. Miss chatting with you and hanging out w/ you at NNL east. How many 67 Galaxies do you have stockpiled now ? LOL hahaha

THUD... LOL. That's sick dude....very nice.