Bills72sj

I am going to consider myself fortunate as I only have 2 genre of interests. Muscle car era cars (+/- a few years before and after) and American semis. I have 98% of what I intend to build. My build ratio is about 20%. I am still young enough that I MIGHT actually get most of them built. However the purchase compulsion is VERY hard to resist. The fist pic is the wife's view. The 2nd is only HALF of what is in the cabinet. The 3rd is the builts at the end of 2018.

OOOOOH! Power tools.....

Due limited budget and space My duplicates are probably less than 5% (Except for 68,69,70 Chargers)

Nice stash!!! The 68 R/T the 66 Bonnie and the 69 GP are a some of the last few I am looking for.

It might be long enough for a 63-76 'Vette, If the front wall to where ramp starts down hill is 5-5/8" or longer it will work.

I am a little late to the fan club meeting but, very nice build of one of my favorite subjects.

in the chamber

Well the 3 on the bench are not getting done this year. So, here is my completed builds from a very abbreviated modeling year. I spent EVERY weekend from Memorial day to Labor day prepping and painting my house. Some of you know how hard it is for us detail oriented people to tackle such a project with so much surface area!

I have a fine wire wheel about 5/8" dia that mounts in my dremel. It cleans up my files lickity split.

Curt, I remember that there was no groove to "guide" the knife when trimming the BMF. If I had a Molotow chrome pen, I would have used that instead. I am glad to inspire you. Any links/pics of you progress?

Spent yesterday and today making a tail light bar from scratch. I had so trial and error but I think the result will be good in the end. The pis show my inspiration and materials used. I will share an update once I get it painted and assembled.

Awesome work. So where is the museum that you are sending the too? lol.

I love the rims on the Chevelle. That Olds is really sweet. I pray you have a better life next year

Awesome work. The color on the Vette is gorgeous. The one I want you to send me is the Cyclone (lol). I dream of having one of those on my shelf.

Nice builds. Thank you for sharing.

Very nice work. I like the Elco.

It looks like you have a beautifully productive year.

Very high quality results. Your painting and detailing are top notch. Your eye for proper stance is SPOT ON! (The Chevelle is my favorite)

BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH! Those are SWEEET!!!!!

i love your work. Your choice of backgrounds and photography skills are top notch too.

Cool trailer(s). Reasonable prices. I simply have too many kits to build already.

Hmmm. Pro street Monte. I'll be following.

I am a fellow "Rattle can" modeler. In spite of building off and on for 50 years I am still a painting rookie. I have always sprayed Testors straight onto the plastic. I don't mind removing flashing but I have no patience for sanding and have basically never done putty. Doing a mist coat is a 50-50 proposition. There will be differing opinions on this but in my experience, it contributes to orange peel. I have often sprit and sprayed to 100% coverage on the first and often only coat. Have I had issues? Yes, transparent paints do not like this method. The paint will run away from any ridges leaving them the plastic color. With solid paints I often get away with it. Humidity is a key factor. If you want gloss, spray when the humidity is 40% or below. Higher humidity will make your glossy finish coat "blush" rendering it with a matte finish. Orange peel is present on most of my models due to spraying mostly enamels. I live with it. Though brushed on Future (acrylic) after decals and BMF but before the window glass will definitely improve the gloss. I have a bunch of Tamiya paints but have not sprayed very much of it. When hobby paints jumped way up in price, the economics of alternate sources of paints drove me to the Krylon and Duplicolor paints as you get much more for your money. Stay away from the Krylon "Fusion" paints. They are hot solvents and if you are not please with the results, the plastic will never be the same. If I plan on spraying a transparent color, It really needs a base coat. White paint or primer or sometimes metallic silver will improve your chances of a bright color. One of my failures is Testors Plum Crazy Purple. No primer, grey plastic and way too many coats made for a very dark purple result. NOT the beautiful medium metallic purple I was hoping for. Another near miss was Medium metallic red Duplicolor over Krylon white primer. The primer stuck to the plastic but the paint is marginally adhered to the primer. The color and finish came out beautiful but was very easily chipped off during final assembly. The only thing that saved it was multiple coats of Future. Now that I finally have a paint booth, I will eventually step up to getting an airbrush because the results the skilled modellers are getting is where I want to be.

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What! No RPG launchers!!!!!