Mothersworry

Just finished this one. Built from an early Johan kit, started it about 10 years ago, painted it and put it away fer some reason. All metal finishes are Alclad, replaced the slicks with resin pieces.

Amt double kit of recent issue, pretty much outta the box. Chrome wuz kinda rough, lotsa parting lines and flash, most of the chrome parts were stripped, cleaned up and refinished with Alclad.

I like it.

Nicely done.

The "screws" on the rear wheels are "dots" of silver paint. To create the "screws" I use what I believe to be called a stylus, it is a sculpting tool used in working clay. They are available in various sizes at most craft stores. I dip the tool in sum paint and simply "dot" to create perfectly round screws or rivets. Takes sum practice to get the right touch but it's better than using a brush.

Thank you fer yer comment. Yes, they are 2 piece injection molded plastic tires front and rear. Nuthin fancy here, just fit the tire halves together as cleanly as possible using liquid cement, using the softened plastic of the joint as a filler by squeezing the parts together. Once the glue dries I work the seams with various files and folded sandpaper. Then I apply Duplicolor high build primer over the the seams and work the primer sanding and re-priming as necessary until the tire is ready fer paint. Depending on the kind of tire I mix various blacks, Grey's and charcoal colors to get a realistic finish. I much prefer hard resin or plastic tires to the vinyl tires that we've had in kits fer decades. To me, a correct finish on the tires is just as important as a correct finish on the body or engine.

Lindberg Dodge kit built outta the box with aftermarket decals. As delivered the Super Stock cars were painted white with red interiors, Landy painted his car silver so I applied white "overspray" to the chassis first and then silver "overspray" to replicate Landy's repaint, the engine compartment was left white.

Pretty kool!

As I recall the rear wheels were painted a mix of Alclad magnesium and gold magnesium and the front wheels were a mix of magnesium and gunmetal to darken it up a bit.

Thank you fer yer comment. Paint is nothing special, Tamiya Lacquer shot outta the can.

Sand Kat sand rail. Enjoyed this kit as a kid, made a few changes this time around, added a photo etch "steering wheel" and replaced the column, installed a tach, loud pedal and a magneto. Relocated the fuel tank to match the box art and fabbed new mounting brackets fer it. Replaced the flag pole with fine music wire and made a Rat Fink flag fer it. All metal finishes are Alclad except fer the interior panels which are BMF.

'70 Mercury Marauder Transkit...

The Howmet Tubine Cars by MPC.

Turbo Shark by MPC...sealed inside.

Nope, that's correct...just poorly assembled. This is how the roll bar is supposed to look.

Rayskits.com has the '73 & '74 decals.

Some of my Fisher goodies.

MPC Charger III...complete mint kit.

MPC Ford GT40 MKIV with trailer. Complete mint kit.

Built from an original AMT Double Dragster kit from the early 60's. All metal finishes are Alclad.

Sam Garret's ride from the TV show The Hero starring Richard Mulligan circa 1966. Mint kit

Another Monogram kit you don't see too often...the Futurista.

Blue Beetle, Little "T", and Little Deuce. All 3 kits are mint and unmolested.

Yup, Johan kit. Gonna use Slixx decals to finish the body.

Firebird III Concept Car by Ardvark Models...