OldNYJim

Both of mine were like that too - common issue, apparently

I’d be most concerned about the chemicals in the sheet doing something odd to the paint that you’ve applied over them further down the line - there’s a bunch of weird chemicals in a drier sheet and it might end up causing weird effects further down the line. That said, it’s a free country!

Would be easier to return it to where it came from, assuming it was a retailer of some sort, I would think...

Thanks bud! I went hunting for brakes today - turns out the ones that come in the Foose F100 I stole the wheels from will work perfectly...thought I was gonna have to fight it or make some from scratch but seems like we’re all good! ? Next job was some interior door panels - nothing super fancy because they’re hard to see with this sectioned body, but I’ll add some detail and nice handles once they’re painted: Whilst I had the cutter running I wanted to do something with the inner trunk lid, so I made some pieces somewhat similar to a stock 32’s inner support: And all the pieces glued and in place: Not that it’s super visible with the trunk open anyway, but it’s something to notice anyway - more soon!

What a GREAT look! I’ve been wanting to make a boat tail like this myself - good start Tom!

Road and Track had a few 917 pics this month, that I thought might be useful... Wrong car, obviously - but I thought of this build when I saw them!

I did enjoy seeing Tom call a troll a “dimwit” on Facebook - shame he has to put up with people like this though:

Gorgeous! Can’t wait to see more on this in a few weeks (and whatever you start in the meantime!)

Thanks buddy! Got distracted by another build, and had a busy week - but got the next piece of the puzzle made today. I wanted a flat firewall without a recess, but something that didn’t look like it was just a flat sheet of styrene stuck on there so I made something slightly more interesting, but not TOO interesting...there’s a fine line between making something look clean and nice and making it look like a jelly bean. Sometimes I feel like I need to put some lumps and bumps back in! ? I got the idea for the little dip in the center from an old Buick that has side trim like that - there’s a lot of places on a Deuce where you see teardrop shapes and points and peaks shaped like this so I thought it would be cool to continue that theme onto the firewall in a way I haven’t seen before Next job is making some brake disks I think - more soon!

I’d love to see the frame, when you have some pics of that to show, Steve!

Nice 4 door! Looks clean too! A few that caught my eye in the neighborhood this week:

Thanks guys! A quick shot of it with it’s flamed-but-streetrodded-cousin: And a little fun with a photo filter: Appreciate the nice comments!

I LOVE it! Beautiful work so far, and I like the mods you’ve made to the body - low headlamps included! What are the pink bits from?

Thanks Alan! I’m hoping the step-by-step I did on the flames is helpful to some people who want to shoot their own flames...love a wild paintjob! I had seen the Group 29 thread but then forgot what it was called and where it was and couldn’t find it again - thank you for reminding me what to search to find it! ?

I’ll play! Something streetrod-y from the new Revell kit: And a much more traditional version:

Thank you everyone! Was SUPER hot here today, so spent the day in my happy-place (at the bench, next to the air conditioner) finishing this one up: Nothing interesting to report on the last steps - the windshield frame was broken on the sprue (with the split chromed over ?) so I had to do some touch up on that but otherwise it practically fell together! Finished pics here - thanks for all the nice comments everybody!

I wanted to do a mostly-box stock build of the Revell 29 Ford kit (and building box stock is hard for me) - so I thought I’d go full-traditional and do a classic black ‘n’ flames paintjob on this one. Added a little photoetch and some wires and pipes but managed to MOSTLY build it as Revell intended - and right out of the box these things look GREAT I think! Build thread here, for anyone curious: Thanks for looking everyone!

Finally! Polishing day! Where I’m building this box stock (or, trying to, kinda, anyway) once everything was painted and I was waiting for the clear to dry I kinda ran out of things to do - so I was looking forward to the polishing stage! Came out ok I think - needs a coat of wax but it’s looking pretty level and shiny: Not much of an update, I know...but it’s nice to get the body on the frame for good so I can finish all the little details and get it done! More soon!

I think it’s normally “a dog’s dinner”, but my wife has cat and his breakfast looks disgusting to me so...?‍♂️?

Me too! That’s why I’m going to let me subscription roll into a few copies of FSM...I want to give it a chance, but I already know it won’t be 50 pages of car stuff, or even 25 or probably 15...but I’m hopeful! A couple or three MUST READ articles by their very best contributors might keep my interest in renewing FSM...I actually got a couple of free copies of it when they were giving away trial issues earlier in the year and it was KINDA interesting, but not enough for me to commit to ever actually PAYING for a copy. Hopefully they can change my mind! Hope @tim boyd will be involved still!

Looks great there Tom! Nice work! I kinda liked the idea that I’d have to multi-piece it together like a real one...not sure how much I’ll like that after I try to do it, but I did think it gave an extra little opportunity for an extra little piece of detail that you don’t see every day - carpet seams! ? Of course, the technique has got to be good or it’ll look like a cat’s breakfast

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Huh - I’ve never seriously considered the X-22 - you all got any examples of how it looks? Like Claude I’d be interested in rattle can options too though - the WLC is probably my favorite lacquer clear

I’ve got a BUNCH to try decanting seeing as I seem to be having a run of them lately that have clogged themselves. Just got refunded on a can today from Amazon that clogged the first time I used it and spat paint everywhere. I think my trick will be piercing the can to let the propellant out, let it sit overnight (NOT inside!? ) and then slice the top off and put it in a different container. HATE wasting perfectly good paint!