OldNYJim

I just meant I was interested to know i have a couple of those kits here and I doubt I paid much for them - I was just curious really. I'm still gonna build em, even if they are worth more than I suspected!

Are they rare, out of interest?

Today, I learned that AMT has included different chrome spear guns in TWO different kits!

I got this gift for my birthday from my Mother In Law back in the summer, and I've been thinking I wanted to tackle a (mostly) box stock showrod build for a while...so here goes! I'm going for a straight replica of the box art - I think it'll look great with the miniature display box that comes with this kit: This is really nicely done kit, for the most part - a huge sheet of decals, the miniature box, an AMT toolbox sticker and 4 (!) sets of glass in various colors First up, was ordering some supplies, so I got some Tamiya rattle can black for the 'body' and chassis, and spent some time looking for a yellow/gold candy that would match the box art nicely. I think I found it!! First up, gluing the engine halves and prepping the engine parts You can't see the engine in the box top art, but it's on the side of the box so I'm going to replicate that. Candy yellow block with plenty of chrome. Whilst I'm working on the yellow parts I figured I'd prep all of them and paint them all in one go - especially as they're going to be a multi-coat process. Next up was the pontoons - I smoothed out some little imperfections with some putty, and added some thin styrene strips to help locate them good and square One of the pontoons has a little red and white flag on, and the other a chromed speargun. Fun thing to note - the instructions show them reversed, not that it makes any difference to the build. The flag has a locating hole, but the speargun doesn't, so I drilled some holes in the back of the gun, carefully so as to not mark the chrome on the top, mounted pins, and made a couple of holes in the pontoon to help locate it when it's done. Excuse the wonky pin - it moved when I was photographing it as the glue was still drying. Next up, the rear aqualungs. I clamped them together overnight to dry, smoothed them out and primed to check them. Then, I assembled the regulator valve and some of the pipework The headlamps have some little shark fins to attach to the top of them. I was trying to think of a decent way to be able to keep the parts separate so I can paint the lamps black and the fins yellow like the box art easily...but they're too small to pin really and there's no holes or pegs or anything to locate them so I decided to glue them now and mask later. A harder painting job, but it'll look better in the end With them done, I glued up the 'body' and used a bunch of rubber bands to keep it in place overnight. As this will be gloss black, I really want to make sure that seam doesn't show so I'm going to prep this part carefully Whilst I was looking at the body, I came up with the idea of having a little working interior light in thereto illuminate it - kinda like a fish tank has! There's not much interior detail, but I figured it could be a cool detail to have the windows glow a little. I spent some time researching LED lighting kits for trains, dolls houses and stuff like that but couldn't find anything cheap enough or small enough. Then, I was getting off the train the other day and walking past a local grocery store and they had some little 50 cent light up keychains. Perfect! That little light, in the bottom of the pic, will work perfect! Small enough that I can hide it in the 'lid' of the body, but bright enough that it'll look cool and I can mount it in there with some poster tack or similar so that I keep this thing basically box stock. And a quick test...excuse the blurry photo... Perfect! You can see a little filler showing through the body here - there were some sink marks that I cleaned up in there before gluing it. Whilst I was messing with the interior, I decided to mock up the floor (which incorporates a seat and the pedals) with the periscope that also acts as steering in this design. The fit of the periscope to the floor wasn't great - really sloppy...so I found some plastic rod that gave a nice snug fit, drilled out the floor and inserted a short length of bar in there Worked perfect! Now it fits without even needing any glue, although it'll get a tiny drop when it's assembled anyway. So, with most of the candy yellow parts prepped and test fitted I'm just racking them all up ready for primer, then silver, then candy yellow Need to wait for the snow to clear here though, its way too cold to do any painting at the moment. Plus, I ran out of room on my turntable pretty quickly, so I need to find something else to mount them on. More soon though!

I got mail! I've been looking forward to getting this in my hands. 3d printed 'Certain T' body

When I lived in the Upper East Side, most of the 'beggars' were wearing more expensive clothes than I was ??‍♂

Maybe someone local to him could go collect it for you?

Yep, definitely sounds like Greenpoint

I mean, a lot of this comes down to whether you wanna build something great and use the best tools for the job, or just get it done quickly with whatever you can find easily. I'd go for the quality option, myself...and for me, that's taking a bit longer get the good quality paints, make sure the area is properly prepared (eg: put the dehumidifier on) to do the job and then do it nicely. Rush jobs normally LOOK like rush jobs.

I noticed a new bug where if I quote someone it LOOKS like I can post normally...until I press "Submit Reply" and then it refreshes the page and never posts my post. Hopefully the next update fixes that, but just a heads up for the people who need to know about these things...

This is cool! Great start!

Nice start JC, looks cool so far! I'll be watching!

I thought that too!

Well, that's incredibly offensive

As a proud member of the Coffin Corner, this is RIGHT up my alley. I'll be watching this with great interest!!

Thanks Dave!

This whole build is a masterclass in building a 30s Ford hot rod. Brilliant!

What made them thing that writing "Crazy Prostitute" on the back was a good idea?!

I like seeing projects in progress, personally - post lots of pics with lots of detail is my vote! It's cool seeing a build come together!

Hey Bobby, my friend! How's it going! Great build so far - glad to see you with something new on the bench!

I got some heavily Z'd Model A framerails for a project that I'm planning: Some custom designed Model A grilles: And this rear axle with a devil skull centre section:

Ohhhhhh, haha - I was surprised that they made a whole new tool just for a convertible version. Guess they didnt!

Got a load of little bits done on the Show Plow this week...nothing major but I think I collected enough up to make a post worthwhile... First up, mounted the master cylinder to the frame Painted and foiled the gas can and axe to go in the bed: Painted and added mesh to the show shoes - I'm just painting the grips here with some Tamiya rubber black acrylic Got the steering arms mounted Painted and cleared the dash And painted, foiled and wired the battery. The connectors are held on with some tiny steel bolts More progress as I make it - it's quite a nice day here today, so I might take the opportunity to spray the final wet coats on the body so I can get that polished.

I had a busy week, but gave the pearl body some more coats of pearl white yesterday and a light coat of clear today to level it out nicely: Now these I'm REALLY excited about! It took some time and effort to come together... My buddy who runs the local hobbyshop hooked me up with a contact who could print a couple of custom decals for me on a decal machine...and a couple of weeks later I have my own decals! I only have 2 of the logo though, so I had to be careful applying them (especially as I'm not super experienced with decals). Here goes nothing! Success! Don't mind those holes in the trunklid - lights will cover them when this is done. I tore this one, but managed to line it up ok I think... With some luck I'll have some time tomorrow to gently mist some clear on them, let it set up 24 hours or so and then lay down some gloss coats. More soon!

Not a great pic because it's kinda gloomy in here but I got some gorgeous white pearl laid down - ready for clear if the weather holds tomorrow!