OldNYJim

Thanks fellas! I’ve never really seen this done before - normally the wood sits flush with the cowl and then the panel behind it recesses in obviously…looks kinda WRONG compared to most woodies, but I wanted to try it. I THINK I like it too, but we’ll see how I feel when it’s done ? More scratchbuilding fun today - not much in the way of progress photos because gluing one piece of styrene to another isnt that interesting, but we got a roof on this tub today… It’s looking pretty much how I imagined it in my head - looks better with a wheel next to it though… It won’t be THAT low when it’s done, but I like how it’s looking so far! Woodies are often kinda tame looking to me - I wanted to build something with a little more attitude to the shape, with some hard edges and likes that are a little different to the standard old surf-woody. Plenty more to do - thanks for looking!

Thanks fellas! Shot the whole thing with Future clear yesterday to form a barrier coat, then laid down some flame masks and then silver last night as a base for the next part…the stripes to go along with those stars! Masking up over the silver for the stripes: Mixed up some candy red to lay over top, and then shot a fade of red from front to back, with it a little deeper and more intense at the front fading to nothing as the stripes wrap over the trunk lid, and then removed the stripes and added a little transparent black fade over the black to add some depth and interest: And, soon as it was all dry, peeled back the tape to see where we’re at… I shot a coat of Future over the whole paintjob so far before I took these pics, and once it tacked up I shot a second light coat of Future mixed with a burgundy pearl mica powder. Once that dries, I’ll shoot a coat of clear plus bright red pearl over THAT, followed by clear plus bright blue, then finally clear plus some silver and white. I’d really like this thing to sparkle red white and blue when you get up close! Still more paintwork to go, but it’s looking pretty so far I think! More soon!

I dunno - wouldn’t fit a Silverado or F-150 in one of those spots too well ?

They recommend warming the paint in a jar of hot water? ?

Plot twist - it’s yours…your wife is going to surprise you with it as an anniversary gift! ? Spotted in the Walmart parking lot this morning…it has 1:1 versions of those chrome headlamps we dislike so much in kits! ?

While back I ordered a Revell Model A pickup cab on eBay to use for a build I had in mind (and still have, in fact) and the seller just put it in a padded envelope and hoped it would get here safe. It did not. So, I ended up with a cowl, a refund, and a bunch of broken pieces - and I’m going to try and make something worthwhile out of that one usable piece here. I’d been messing with the idea of a scratchbuilt woody to fit on the Revell 29/30 frame and a plan started to formulate. First up, zeeing the frame some. I used a spare Model A frame rather than the Deuce, just for the sake of using the less obvious choice… And a quick mock-up with the cowl: I had a pretty clear idea in my head of how this thing would look, but it took some work to get it to look how I imagined. I ended up with a very slight wedge-shaped side panel which gave the look I was shooting for. Took a lot of washi tape to keep mocking up variations of styrene boxes on my bench though… That done, this evening’s project was starting to add the timberwork - I had the idea that instead of having recesses in the doors like most woodies I’d have the woodwork flush to the edge of the cowl, flaring out towards the back of the car. I made some little triangular boxes for the door pieces and then used styrene square bar for the rear portions: Plenty more to do but it’s a start! Tomorrow’s project will be making a roof…more soon!

Check d my local Walmart today - no kits to be found. I was hopefully because they had the pallet at Christmas, but nothing right now….

Both of those are best practice for any masking tasks with ANY products, IMO ?? Much less chance of cracking or tearing the paint if it’s still a little tacky when you peel the tape off - and it’ll end up giving you a crisper smoother edge if the paint still has chance to settle down a little after the mask has been removed. I painted this this evening, using acrylics - these particular ones are pretty high-build compared to some paints. You can see some of the stars have a visible ridge right now where the subsequent layers have built up: Soon as it was safe to do so, I was unmasking this thing, and my experience is that overnight those edges will flatten down a little bit as the paint cures. Seems to work for me (and will work with Tamiya tape and lacquers, or whatever else you find at your disposal too…)

What are they selling for in stores? Did you notice? Another week later and that one seller who has them super-cheap still didn’t ship mine: Curiously, Frodo had died, which caused a delay for another buyer: But seems to be answering emails this week from wherever he went after he passed: Frodo is risen! Anyway, say all that to say, probably avoid that one eBayer and buy this kit direct from a seller who’s prices AREN’T too good to be true ?

They do come up on eBay pretty regularly for decent prices, if that helps. Certain colors are more desirable (and harder to find) than others though…

I’m looking forward to the Ted Lear episode - I always enjoyed seeing his work and wish I’d had the chance to meet him. Meanwhile, new episode!

Got a Revell Vette snap kit as a gift a while back, and it’s only polite to build kits that you get as gifts…and I wanted to do a patriotic themed paintjob for a while so here goes nothing… The kit, on it’s wheels: The body didn’t take a bunch of prep - I removed the door handles and cleaned up some little flaws and imperfections but nothing too major. After another coat of primer, I shot a base of Wicked Colors silver: And then spent an hour or so laying out some masks that I’ll use to paint this thing: Those components will make sense as we go, hopefully… First step tonight was to cut out a bunch of stars and lay out a pattern, over which I’ll paint the first part of the colorscheme. Next, a little shading with some black: I wanted a very subtle fade from black, at the nose, to a dark purple then into a rich bright blue, so next up was a little band of Createx Candy Red: Then, Createx bright blue candy over the whole thing… …followed by an hour of really careful de-masking - tada! Tomorrow’s job will be sealing what’s there already under a little pearl blue and silver to really make those curvy bodylines pop nicely, and then I can mask for the stripy part of the Stars and Stripes! More soon! ??

A bogus source is remaking long-discontinued rattle cans of paint for model cars and selling them to a reputable online retailer who no doubt has a long-standing relationship with the manufacturer of the real paint? And they can make these production runs of fake paint cheap enough that they can undercut the real manufacturer? This doesn’t sound very feasible to me.

Also, it just sounds like you’re spraying too much on their too quickly if it’s leaking underneath the tape. Use much lighter coats and build up the color slowly. Not every failed attempt at something is the fault of the product, or vendor who sold it to you…

I very much doubt that Model Roundup, a retailer who has been around for years, is counterfeiting model paint. That’s the kind of accusation that could get a lawsuit directed at you.

This is the stuff I got: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QV9YSPW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KPNXYY95B9PQT7MKK7VJ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I would suspect it would only make pretty small parts - but who knows! Worth experimenting with!

Thanks fellas! Still needs some little touch-ups when I get a minute, and to get that hood aligned perfectly…still learning about hinges ? This is actually the currently available stuff. It wrinkles as you pull it off the sheet and is pretty dull…but I managed to get it laid down mostly ok, and some wax brought out the shine! It actually doesn’t have a back seat! It has, I guess, some padded panels that kinda look like a seat back, but as best I can tell that’s all that’s back there! Thanks for the nice comments everyone…finished pics when I get my act together here…

It's back! ?

I liked that Studebaker too! I need to find pics of that again so I can look it over again! What is the podcast called? I did a quick google but didn't immediately find it...

Thanks buddy! Got a BUNCH done on this one today… Spent an hour laying down some foil: Finished off assembly on the interior: Got the window glass in place, using some a sticky-dot-tape dispenser that my wife had (worked pretty well!): Got the interior tub glued to the frame: Made some headlamp ‘buckets’ on the lathe so that I didn’t have to use the kit’s cheesy chrome headlamps: And added some parts-box lenses: And after that it was just attaching the chrome spears to the rear fins (which fit horrible), attaching the taillights (which fit horrible) and epoxying the mirrors to the body. Need to do touch-ups tomorrow once all the glue has had some time to set, but it’s about a wrap! Thanks for following along - I’ll shoot some real finished pictures once it’s all wrapped up for real!

Man, that wiring job though! That’s gorgeous

This popped up in my YouTube recommendations today: And I guess this is the first episode: Looks like it’s going to be a great series - looking forward to the next one!

Another fine tune up - thanks Dave! And now I too have a rocket? Is anything higher than a rocket?

Thanks buddy! Was that your build that won best paint at DSC? If so, congrats! Polishing day today - had four or five hours of nice bright sunlight to work in today, which I much prefer to polishing under artificial light. Could really see the pearl doing it’s job when the sun hit it - flipped the color to a gorgeous blue color as I was working on it: And some hours later - it’s looking pretty straight and level: IMG_0913.MP4 I can’t wait to throw some wax on this and see how it finishes it off nicely - still need to paint the grill and do the foil before I get that far though. More soon!

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