Rbray47

Someday, I'd like to build another garage diorama. I just dont have the room (plus I have a bunch of idiot cats) I guess when I get my 1:1 garage built, I'll dedicate some shelf space for one.

I like where this is going.

My Jeep has a pressure switch under the seat. It got unplugged on day one.

No pics yet, but I just watched Furt Road again, so I'll probably have some progress later.

Good start. I've had 4 or 5 over the years. The only one I completed (that came out right) was the older issue molded in yellow. I polished the plastic and left it yellow. The old guy who bought it refused to believe it wasn't the red one with paint applied.

Yep. 300+ hp Aurora V8s.

I would show mine, but I think everyone reading this knows what a kitchen table looks like lol My wife and I downsized our life about 6 years ago. I was on a model building hiatus and it never occurred to me that I would eventually need another work area. Tiny house, not much room.

Tamiya flat and semi gloss black, aluminum, and metallic gray, plus Testor's Steel. I also always keep Testors Dark Cherry spray because it's about my favorite color they make.

Thanks, guys. I ran into a bit of a snag. My truck was Electric Red. I dont know which hobby spray would be a match for it. Plus, I haven't been successful with the oil pan. Also, the kit has bucket seats with a center console. I'll have to figure out how to remove it from the kits bucket. Mine had the center cushion thing that folded up and down.

Love it!

Oooh... I like that a lot. I have one somewhere. It's my oldest surviving build.

Are they really the same? Or did they just bring back the names? I ask because after seeing this thread, I googled 'Testor's Jade Green Metal Flake' and on each image the caps looked like a medium green instead of dark like it used to be. When I was a kid, that was my favorite color by them. I painted dozens of cars with it.

This kit arrived yesterday from ebay. The original plan is to build a replica of the truck I once owned. Mine however, had the 2.3 engine. So far, I've stripped the chrome from the wheels, painted them Tamiya gloss aluminum, and mocked up the chassis. A couple of weeks ago, I started to build a 2.3 to go in it. Mostly going from memory, I think I'm getting pretty close. If anyone has any critiques, please let me know as I'd like to get it correct as possible. I started with the block from a glue bomb Courier. The coil packs, as well as the upper and lower intake are completely scratchbuilt. The exhaust manifold is a modified junk box item. The valve cover started as a bbc piece that was shortened and smoothed out. The oil pan will not work. I haven't figured that one out yet, but I'm working on it. All of the pulleys and accessories came from the parts box, not sure what they came from. They're all attached accept the idlers. The belt will be masking tape. My truck didnt have yellow plug wires, but that's all I have. Routing all 8 was a chore.

Thanks for the compliments. @espo I actually painted it on my truck's tailgate.

Hmm. I never would have noticed. I only have the older version in maroon.

First one completed this year. I painted it about 2 years ago with Testors GM Dark Cherry over the kit's black plastic. I live on top of a small mountain, and it's usually very windy in winter. So I went to my dad's house while he wasn't home and sprayed it in his garage lol Built out if the box except for the Cragar-looking wheels from a Revell GTO and parts box valve covers.

Finished this Dodge 330 yesterday. Its rained here for more than a week straight. I paint outside, so any new project will have to wait until the humidity goes down. This dodge was started (and nearly finished) 3 years ago, but one of our cats got hold of it. Several things were broken and the paint on the hood was messed up. I managed to fix everything and somewhat clean the hood up.

I tried to remove a scratch on a chrome bumper with Novus once. It took the chrome off.

Beautiful build

Only pic right now. I think it's Light Gunmetal.

I have a couple, I'll try to get pics.

I'm looking for contest pics that are stored online somewhere (like fotki) that I may browse. Reason being, I'm on a nostalgia kick lately. I'm trying to recreate some of my past builds that have been lost to time. I used to frequent contests throughout Kentucky from about 1996 to 2006. Someone (hopefully) took pics. I've found a few on fotki, but most of them were blurry when clicked upon. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nice build. I have several of those kits waiting.

Thanks! The paint is Testors metallic blue (I forget which one) over Tamiya aluminum.

Awesome build. I like it a lot in red. Most people do them in blue or white.