OldNYJim

That's better return on investment than my bank offers! I'm gonna hit Hobby Lobby on the way home to do some more careful investing!

Goes to show how we should be thankful when we can find kits at a decent price...I saw half of those and thought "meh, I can pick one of these up at Hobby Lobby with my coupon for $18" :D. I wouldn't want to pay the prices you're quoting for some of these overseas! A NICE well done new issue kit, sure, but some of these probably have pretty tired tooling and be showing their age by this point...

For anyone looking for a quick and easy place to order this single issue from like I was, Burbank House Of Hobbies has them on eBay (or on their site): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Model-Cars-Magazine-Issue-207/224248732027?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180816085401%26meid%3Df2024688822243e0bf3f36d0d9dae9d8%26pid%3D100970%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D224248732027%26itm%3D224248732027%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3A99f53a2b-3590-11eb-8565-da24e9585cb4|parentrq%3A29bdcf191760ad33542ef663ffd3aa82|iid%3A1

I figured they were on the shelf with the paint that says “$6.97” under it so they were probably $7 or so (slightly over with tax). I didn’t scan one to see the price though...

Those display cases looked a good deal for $7! Some of those might find their way home with me this weekend I think...

Our local Walmart has a little display with some kits in - not sure if this is a nationwide thing (or if some stores carry them anyway?) but cool to see them stocking some styrene!

I love this thing so much, so much awesomeness! As usual with your builds, I wish I'd thought of it all first

That sounds perfect! Good thinking!

Outstanding paint!

That looks like it was a tedious job Totally worth it though! Looks great!

I like this airbagged 280:

Merc-rilege ?

Agreed! ⬆️ That’d look killer with some multi-strand wire wrapped around it

I’ll give ya three fiddy at the end of the day ?? Outstanding fabrication and execution on this one - really enjoy your projects!!

Yeah, it’s tough to successfully tint glass sometimes...a cheap and easy alternative is clear colored plastic sheets from Hobby Lobby, or even an office supply place. I’ve done it before where I’ll make a template from the existing glass with tape and then cut that shape out of the sheet and get it glued in there with some Elmers (or even a little tape, if the mounting point will be hidden)

That firewall is REALLY impressive! Nice job!

Oh wow, that color’s stunning! Love it!

I really like that Photoshop that you’re using for inspiration - it’s like if Mercedes built a Cobra! Way cool! I’ll be watching!

Interesting that they call the scale “1 1/2 Inch” on the box - that’s what I use for industrial design stuff that I do. Never saw it on a kit box before!

Ohh, good tip! Thank you! I’ll go look for that build to check it out! The front end isn’t too much of a problem, but you’re right, I need something skinny for the rear. Was messing with tire choices today in fact! These are some I have in my parts stash - not sure what they are but I like them! I have some similar ones for the rear that are a touch taller and a hair narrower, but I’m still figuring it out. Will definitely need to run some plain old steelies or similar on the back end though, thanks to my ‘clever’ idea of running fender skirts - these baby moons stick out a little far for them to fit right. Meanwhile, on easier projects, picked out some headlamps from my stash...not sure what these were from originally but they fit the look I wanted: I picked up some little silver plated jump rings at Hobby Lobby this week, hoping I could make some trim rings - looks like they’ll work great! I’ll do some more detailing with those headlamps (with everything, in fact) further down the line...I’ve been trying to get far enough along with this where I can see how it’ll look with all the major parts in place and then start adding detail. I think of it as like how an artist sketches a piece before then doing the ‘real’ work - but with parts rather than pencil ✏️ Back at the other end of the truck, I’ll be covering that bed with a removable cover - I’m going to make the inside of the bed nicely detailed and painted anyway, but I figured the cover would make sense seeing as we’re covering the wheels too... And finally, I liked the idea of a single rear taillight, on the passenger’s side rear fender and found this little support in my spares - maybe from a 35 or 36 Ford, something like that? Drilled it out so I can mount it to the fender with a pin, and added another mystery-part lens that I liked the look of to finish it off: And that’s about a wrap on today’s 6 hours at the bench...good thing I don’t have a boss for this because I didn’t get very far ?. More soon!

I don’t trust that Darvell guy!

Thank you!! I love all those skirted cars too, definitely some cool designs there! I absolutely agree, definitely needs some sort of little trim piece or something to make it look finished. A little emblem like those ones above, maybe, or a little slither of chrome or SOMETHING. I’ve been trying to teach myself photoetching, and getting a handle on that would be a big help in achieving what I have in mind...might have to make something out of styrene though. Maybe like the navy blue one above? Tiny bit of progress, got the fenders smoothed out, and got the fender skirts glued in place for good...need to smooth them out and get the fit perfect but it’s fairly close: I’m really shooting for a timeless kind of look to this build - super clean and well thought out, but lots of little details to notice on the third or fourth or tenth viewing too. Not totally sold on the kit tires as my choice for this one yet - these are the AMT ones with the whitewall insert, but reversed...does anyone have any recommendations on some really nice 60s-ish era radials that would look good on this thing? Nothing too wide, because of the skirts, but anything nicely done and well detailed? More tomorrow, soon as I get around to doing more tomorrow!

Hey all! Yeah, @Straightliner59 is right - it’s in with the dolls house stuff. Not QUITE in scale for 1/25 probably, but cool enough to add as a little eye-catcher for the right build: @Modelbuilder Mark - yeah, they had one lonely bottle of the Spaz Stix clear in the clearance racks at our store (Valparaiso, Indiana) so I grabbed it. Rang up at a buck 49, so I figured for that I’d find a use for it - it’s meant to be good over Alclad/Molotow/their own chrome to help protect it I guess, without dulling it? Never tried it but now I can! ?

Thank you sir! Needed some polishing once the lacquer shrunk down but nothing too major - good enough for a weekend build and something fun to put on my shelf. Speaking of which, decided to give those skinny stock tires some ridiculous full-height whitewalls, so I cut a mask and shot them: Polished out and waxed the body, and got the glass (and then interior) in there: Got the frame under the whole shebang: Wheels on (man are they a sloppy fit ?): And a couple of chrome parts later this thing’s about done, except for going over it again tomorrow to see what I need to tidy up once my eyes are fresh: Id like to build a 1/25 version of this now that I’ve seen it in smaller scale - do one where I can really get all the detail done how I’d like, but this was a fun little 2 and a half day project to mess with over thanksgiving! And we still have left-over turkey left! ??

Looks like it works great! Nice job!