johnyrotten

Nice job on the battery, looks good. I've had great success using a brush with the molotow, haven't tried foil as of yet. My current build is practice as well.

Nice little fleet.

Nice truck, I own the gmc equivalent.

At times. Lol

Bit more work done tonight, made the non-existent power steering bracket, touched up some paint and got the engine ready to finish up, not really thrilled with the carbs, so l left them off for now. Making that braket was a challenge, there's no real good images, and things aren't exactly in the right place/shape one this engine. I basically connected the dots, and made an approximation of what should be there. I also put up some pics of the opened door handles, that was a fun first time. Driver's sides a bit thin, It can stay that way, it's fragile.

Thanks, first time ever doing this.

Ingredients and manufacturers info. I was originally looking to tamiya but there are no hobby shops local to me that carry much in the way of modeling. I prefer to support small businesses when I can.

I like the scale cinder blocks and clutter in the background. Looks like a full size "get it done with what I got" situation. Nice work

This is what I ended up using. Thank you for the insight, the other type of this brand I have seems to be very "hot".

Success. I managed to get it repaired, and actually cleaned up I think the repair will work. Let me know how you all think it looks, and thanks again for the advice, and the education.

"Normal" is a reflection of the environment from which it is viewed.

That right there is a fact

Most of what I do with models as far scratch building goes, is just using my knowledge as a fabricator. Steel and styrene may behave similarly in some ways, not in the case I was working with. Just part of the learning curve. I have testors liquid cement, old school testors tube glue, multiple c.a. glue's, and both of the small square bottles of solvent cement sold at hobby lobby. Mr. Hobby I believe is the brand.

This is exactly why I asked the question, recently I was working ith some .020 styrene bent tightly around a curve, as soon as the cement touched it (mr cement s) it just split on me. Tried a few different times, same result. Did not want to have the handle do the same. Thanks for your insight ?

For some reason, this one has a sinister "Christine" type vibe to me. And I know Christine was a mopar.

I just want to thank everyone for their advice. You all are awesome. I'm goingto try my hand a repairing these, it's great to know there's options if that doesn't work out. Thanks again.

Some shots of the deer on my property. There is a small herd that takes up residence every year, gotta figure out how to get them to pay some rent or something. This is three of them.

Great job with this. ?

Welcome to the forum, nice work on the sportster. The mach III was/is a pretty rowdy motorcycle. I owned one for a short time, power band whenever IT felt like it was fun, and interesting at times. Nice projects you have underway.

Thanks, if I can't save these, this is definitely an option.

I have this on hand, I imagine filling the whole opening, waiting for it to cure, and re-drilling sanding ect. would be the best course of action. Minus the visit from my dog, of course.

Thanks for replying, none of my kits have separate handles of this style.

11 years on a battery, good for you. Hopefully the replacement holds up, it has big shoes to fill.

So I was drilling out the door handles, cleaning up the opening a bit with my extaco knife, and harper(my hundred pound sweetheart of a dog) did dog things and now one handle is slit open. Would the best option be c.a. glue, a solvent type type , or something else? Just looking for some options. The handle is still intact and attached, just slit on one end. The blade is pointing to the damage.

I like it. ? it reminds me of every street car I seen during my childhood. Looks good.