OldNYJim

The trick with the clothes pins is to find the wooden ones without paint on so you don’t end up with little spots of colored paint all over what you’ve just glued ?. I had some plastic ones too, but guess what - plastic glue will stick them to the plastic they’re holding ??. Hey, no one ever said I was smart ?‍♂️? Got some putty on the back end of this thing: And whilst that was setting up I decided upon a frenched license plate...I kinda didn’t want to run one but it was an extra detail to add and I hadn’t done one before so what the heck: I’d like to try making a plate with actual raised lettering so that photo-printed one won’t stay but I think it looks ok there - just toget the edges nice with some filler and we’re set. Meanwhile, I decided that if this was going to be displayed with the hood open I wanted to have a little spot to hold the support rod up so that it’s always straight and true and can’t fall over, so I added a little styrene bar donut to the bracing I’d done earlier and whilst I was at it smoothed out the inside of the lip: Not super interesting stuff - but next step is getting this thing in primer so we can REALLY see what all is left to do. Pretty close on the body mods though! More soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Yeah, those engines look AMAZING! What a cool idea! Run with it! ??? Looking forward to meeting you too! I’ve been a fan of your builds for a while now! Think your 1:1 project will be ready too? ??

That’s an easy one to find - it’s next to the Tartan paint on the shelf. Trouble is, you can only open it with a left-handed screwdriver

Anyhoo, this looks GREAT so far - just bananas! I love it! So much potential for what could go in the bed too! ?. Keep getting after it!

Or an Allison (the engine, not a girl)

Ohh bummer Pity people can’t stay in the spirit of a thing like that

Really useful info - thanks Snake!

My tool came! Didn’t actually do any scribing with it, because by the time the courier came I’d started working on something else ? Just a couple of little bits today...had to fill this gap between the roof and the body, which I hadn’t been looking forward to handling: I taped the roof in place and laid some tape inside the body and marked the gap out so I could make an insert piece: those little dollar store clothes pins are super useful for clamping stuff like this to dry! I need to make a little piece to sit underneath this new ‘slither’ that I’ve made just to make sure it’s secure and won’t crack or move further down the line when paint’s on there and I’m polishing it. Next thing I wanted to tackle was making a start on filling this opening, which obviously would usually be hidden by the bumper: I like that subtle curve that the rear end has, where it bulges out in the center and then revolves left and right with a little flick outwards - so to preserve that I made a piece that can sit inside the body that matches the shape as close as possible and will allow me to glue the ‘outer’ filler panel nice and secure: More on this soon as the glue and Bondo dries ?

Those both look great! Thanks for posting, Snake! How is the surface of the flake-y one? I’m guessing it’s real flat and will need a few coats of clear to bury the flakes?

I LOVE that paint! Looking GREAT!

I love the idea of that kit-swap thing! What a cool initiative! This will be a cool build - I’ll be following!

I strategically bought a different type to the one I have - so when the other one turns up I’ll have two different kinds at my disposal ?

Geeeez ⬆️?

Haven’t been able to find my good scriber for, ohh, a year so I finally relented and decided to buy another so that the first one will come out of hiding ?? Never used the Tamiya one but apparently it’s decent...ordered at 12pm and here by 3!?! Incredible service - I can’t even get to the local hobby shop and back that fast ?

The NYPD has for years! I’ve seen a few of these around - they’re somewhat easy to spot because they usually have two big guys in Mets hoodies sitting in the front ? Slightly off topic I know, my apologies

The postcard idea is really cool - thanks Tom! Just need to Turtle wax my build and I’m all set I think ??

Well now I WANNA see it ???

Needed to scribe some panels but can’t find my scriber - was going to run into the city (we’re in South Brooklyn here) to see if any of the model stores carried one, but Amazon had them for SAME DAY delivery (?!). Placed my order at 12pm, let’s see if it gets here today like they said!

Some great tips here guys, thank you!

Really impressive and inspirational building - enjoying this thread! Keep it coming!

I like that technique for making the tubs! Clever!

I just asked my Magic 8 Ball and it said “geez, someone’s in for some tricky masking to detail paint all that stuff” ?? Looking great so far dude!

Ohh yeah, that paint looks GRRRREAT

A little progress today, but nothing too substantial either...turned out I didn’t need to do much sanding to make the kit glass fit - just had to run up to the Sharpie lines marked here: Fits in ALMOST as a snap fit - oughta fit real nice with a coat of paint on there! I’m still not totally sold on the idea of using the thick kit glass over just replacing it with acetate sheet..definitely needs some polishing either way. Scratchbuilt an interior mirror from a half-spherical bead from the scrapbooking section in Michael’s... And did the ol’ trim and door handle remove to get us from this: To this: Will need to re-scribe those doors (plus the windshield detail that has Bondo over it still)...couldn’t find my scriber since I moved but luckily Amazon will bring you one the same day ?? More soon, soon as they bring my tool ?

Nice kustom Sam! I like the color scheme - pretty close-ish to what I’m thinking!