OldNYJim

I looked for an existing thread for this particular subject but didn't find one; but I'm always really inspired when I see a nice well-done scratch-built frame, be it for a hot rod, race car, oval car, minitruck or whatever. There's a bunch of builders on here putting together really nice frames from little more than styrene rod and bar - I'd love to see more of those, and hear about your favorite materials and techniques! Inspire me!

Thanks Jim! Nice find!

I get the same warning - proceed with caution…

Thank you very much! ☺️

Only just started playing with these compounds, but you’re not wrong - they work well! This body only had the first couple of compounds (the course and fine) so far, but the results are impressive…it’s not quite ready for the third stage yet, I don’t think, but it was dark and I’d like to give it another round of both in some natural light. Thanks for the recommendation!

Ohhh, haha…I won’t hijack the thread too much but the last few pics here are the ones that they liked: https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/scale-models/model-shows-contests/midwest-glue-crew-g/page6.html ? Keeping the thread on-topic somewhat - got a delivery today of Tamiya polishing compounds. @Plowboy recommended them to me, and I was impressed with his results…a little under $30 gets you their three stages and they seem to work pretty well for speeding up paint polishing process. Impressed!

Good tips! Where do you get your hex beads? The website listed on the packet doesn't seem to be active anymore...

But congrats from me too! - Jim ?

Thank you!! I didn’t catch every single winner (although I think @Six is associated with the club and could maybe post all of them) - but the ones I was lucky enough to get a trophy for are the last few pics on the last page of this album here: https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/scale-models/model-shows-contests/midwest-glue-crew-g/ I tried to get a pic of about every build displayed, but I wasn’t organized enough to note who exactly won which ?

I too made it to a show today; the Midwest Glue Crew show - and it was a great one! Chose these for myself from the swap meet… This bag of ‘Mopar parts’ for $5 was actually a complete-but-for-tires Revell 29 pickup kit: Very lightly started, but not VERY started… Picked this up, because I’d been watching for one - complete bagged AMT BTTF Delorean kit…I have an Aoshima (I think?) kit of the third-movie car, so it’ll be interesting to see how the two compare… Even came with a little green tube of grease for a working whatever must need grease… And I always enjoy digging thru the bins of parts - grabbed a bunch of seats, tires, geegaws and a bunch of molded-in-green radiators that were worth paying 50 cents for probably: And I was lucky enough to take a couple of class wins, which came with kits as prizes too: They were also kind enough to gift me a $25 gift card for the local hobby store, G&G Hobbies…plus a couple of these gorgeous acrylic display cases / stands from the second event sponsor PF Plastics: And finally, a nice cutting mat to replace the little 11” on my bench currently: I’m a lucky guy! Couldn’t fit all the swag in my trunk come home-time: Great show, and a great club - definitely recommended to anyone who finds themselves nearby for any future events they hold!

Just following up on this; had a GREAT day at this show today…not sure how many of the Midwest Glue Crew are on the board but I’d like to thank them, and their two sponsors, for a GREAT day! I had a blast, met some nice people, and saw some incredible builds! A bunch of (currently unsorted and unedited) pics here: https://public.fotki.com/NewYorkSpeedShop/scale-models/model-shows-contests/midwest-glue-crew-g/ And a few of my favorites below:

Great start Matt! Nice work on the grille, looks like a tricky piece to get right!

I like the paintjob - it’s tough to do something different with a 57 that hasn’t been done before! Is the Diamond Dust a particularly flake-y silver, or a silver flake in clear that you paint over a base? I never used that particular color…

Really beautiful build, nice work! Paint looks great!

I don’t think there’s a single manufacturer out there who doesn’t make SOMETHING that I have in my collection, or want to add to it. Every manufacturer has their outstanding classic kits, or their overall USP that makes them great - be it accuracy, ease of assembly, cool subject matter or whatever. There is no garbage/trash/junk manufacturers - just kits that require a higher skill level than others. There’s some kits that a lot of people would pass by, sure, but there’s only a tiny percentage of kits where you really wouldn’t be able to do SOMETHING breathtaking with them if properly skilled and motivated. Same way I don’t think a Boeing 757 is a garbage aircraft just because it would be very hard for me to build one ? My current favorite manufacturer is Atlantis - they’re just putting out SO MUCH cool stuff that I want, and quickly too…but AMT, Revell, Tamiya, MPC - SO MUCH amazing stuff to build! It’s probably easier to pick a subject matter, research which kit is going to be the best starting point and go from there a lot of times honestly…lots of choice, lots of chances to do beautiful work (or complain on the internet, it’s your dime ?‍♂️)

It's not often I say this, but that looks like TOO MUCH engine to me. A cool feat of engineering, for sure - and I'd drive it...but that engine looks kinda squidged in there, what with the jaunty angle and all...

My 32 roadster kit arrived. I still haven’t built my 32 roadster from the FIRST issue that I bought a few of when it first was released (the red streetrod version), but I was still excited for this to arrive today ?

Thanks fellas! Got some good bench time on this one this weekend…mostly finished up the engine: 3D printed some headlight buckets and chromed them…I needed to install these before I could think about mounting the body so this was kinda holding up progress… Whilst they were drying, got the engine mounted to the frame - I love how those stripes look under there! And once that was done, I could attach the interior tub to the frame…I’ve been using a thin foam double sided tape lately for this kind of job and I like how it works - a little squish to help everything fit nice and snug, and no mess: And once that was done, I could finally get the body on there: Now, all the little doodads…bumper, and chrome grill surround on the front: And then, same on the rear; used Createx red clear for the taillights, and added that 3D printed license plate I made before: And then I could start adding some detail to the engine bay - battery wires and terminals, some photoetch and so on… Not done - but it’s getting closer! A decent couple of days at the bench…more soon!

Not sure, but it was definitely cheaper ?

As the owner (or at least, husband of the owner) of a tiny kitten that will fit in my pocket, I have discovered that the amount of chaos and disruption to one's life that a cat can bring is NOT proportionate to it's size. I suspect we could own a pet sabre-tooth tiger instead and it would barely be any extra inconvenience. Reminds me of a news story I read in NYC a few years back about a guy who lived across the street from a retirement community, who had a pet tiger. The folk in the old folks home had reported seeing a tiger in the apartment window across the street but no-one believed them; and then one day the tiger bit the guy, and he went to hospital and tried to claim a dog bit him. A particularly large dog, presumably. The hospital staff got suspicious, alerted the police, cops went to his apartment in the Bronx and yep, there's a tiger in there ? Said tiger got moved to Ohio, for some reason, and lived out the rest of his life peacefully, and presumably with a lot more room than he had in his Bronx apartment

I printed up some pairs of narrow rings on my machine, in 0.5mm increments, that I’ve been using to mock up to determine tire sizes for mock-ups They don’t need to be super wide - but having a bunch of ‘tires’ to do mock-ups with to work out stance has been invaluable and a big time saver I found.

That's the larger version of the one I have, which I love...same wash/cure tank as I have too - looks like a decent setup to me!

Awesome, I'm going to try that - I've seen your builds and the finish has always impressed me, so it's gotta be worth a few bucks to try out!

Which do you like - these? https://www.amazon.com/TAMIYA-Polishing-Compound-Fine-Finish/dp/B00XDRKEGC They make a coarse compound too - I should maybe experiment with these! I don't mind putting in the extra work if it's worth it, but I'm not anti finding a better way either!

I really hope all this clearing out of kits means that we're going to get some exciting new stuff! I came across a photo that I took in 2017 of the first time I visited a Hobby Lobby (they're not a thing in NYC) when we went on vacation out of state, and probably 80% of the selection is the same stuff as in my local store today. Wish I'd bought more of the Vending Machine kits that they used to carry, whilst they had them...