Ulf

Hello Alan Fantastic build, nice to know who built it. I just like many others saw the latest episode of Model Car Muse on Saturday morning and saw once again this amazing diorama, a couple of button presses and my iPad had a new background image 🙂 Does anyone know if there is a list of the cars in the diorama, who built these and maybe even something written about the building ? Finally, your roadster is really amazing and that it is so nice after all these years.

Assuming you are working with white primer or painting without primer on white plastic, you can try painting the cables black first and wiping off excess paint with a cotton swab or brush dampened in Tamiya Lacquer Thinner before painting with the body color. When the paint has dried, the black shines through and it is enough to paint a little black gently on the cables. I sometimes fill in the door gaps with black or gray or a darker shade before painting the body. try Google ”pre shading”.

So hot and humid that I'm inside tinkering with parts for future projects.

Great build and very generous of you to share with us how you did it.

Building AMT classic 32s is a stable subculture on forums and Facebook groups, Round2 should see the intangible value in this and reissue these.

AMT 1963 Ford pickup, box art is lets say it don’t give the car a chance but the kit is super.

Circumstances have led me to have several projects started but now the conditions are better and the plan is model building day and evening. Many thanks to NOBLNG for the tutorial how to make window cranks and door handles.

Yes yes yes, I have to wake up this build. This tread is wonderful, Thanks !

There is actually an ounce of truth deep down in history that justifies a reasonable stash, I remember the 1990's when I could only buy AMT 49 Ford, Mercurys and GMC step side at the local hobby shop, the rest were obscure Revell and Monogram. Today with Round2, Moebius and new kits from Revell the situation is different but the trauma is there deep down.

Great build, I like the stock stearingwheel, heritage and history !

Plumbing truck, stylish to drive a near-classic.

Nice build, After the owen cleaner, Tamiya lacquer thinner take the undercoat away over nigth. I put a chromed part from Round2 directly into Tamiya's lacquer thinner and after 18 hours I just had to brush it lightly with a toothbrush and the chrome flakes flew like light snowflakes. Now I will skip the mess with my decanted oven cleaner as long as the crome part fit in the thinnerjar. I have stripped old Monogram and new Round2 overnight and even a couple of nights without problems but you should probably test with a piece of the sprue to be sure.

Manual gearboxes are making a comeback, at least in sports cars. See also the YouTube movie with the interview with Christian von Koenigsegg. YouTube's translation will help you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMPTxmI2_t0 I myself damaged my clutch foot so badly this winter that it is over with manual transmission, the Boxster is sold and now the desire to drive a car is actually much less.

Boxster, any generation.

Rarely have you heard a car manufacturer speak so relaxed and openly without filters, YouTube's translation function will help you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMPTxmI2_t0