OldNYJim

Nice work so far - you guys are making me wanna build one too! Always enjoy your threads

Awesome! Thanks for the update! Also - looks like they used Alclad for the chrome bits on their box-art model. I assume the chromed sprues weren't available when they were building that one...

Depends which slicer you’re using as to the exact process, but reducing the layer height (from say, 0.05mm to 0.03, or even 0.01) in the print settings will help a lot with that. Of course, if you’re printing at five times the ‘resolution’ the printer has to actually print five times the number of layers, so your prints will take a lot longer. For larger objects that are easily sanded smooth, I’ve been printing with less resolution and just manually finishing the parts - say, if it’s something large that doesn’t necessarily have a bunch of detail like a body or what have you. If I’m printing, say, a carb or something tiny like that I’ll just let it roll on the best quality the printer can manage

There's a bunch of cool things you can do with those!

Oh, mine asks my opinion on things - but mainly as a precursor to doing something regardless. "Honey, what about if we got another cat?" "No thanks" *2 weeks later* "Hey! Look! I got that cat we talked about! Say hi to Mr Mittens!" ??

I agree 100% - a 27T with a turtledeck really isn't very different to the exact same car but with a little pickup bed on back. Not what I would consider a 'truck' - but technically ought to be in the truck section. It would be cool for an exception to be made for hot-rod type trucks to be in with the other hot rods - but I don't disagree that it would be tricky to categorize sometimes exactly which thing goes where. Not least because sometimes something could fit in two places. As a compromise, I'd probably move the NASCAR and 'Other racing' categories down the sort order some, seeing as they're less popular than some of the categories currently below them - that would bump the trucks up somewhat and get more eyeballs on them (which is probably why people would like to be able to post trucks in the more popular 'cars' category in the first place): 'Too long, didn't read version'; would be nice to be able to post hot rod trucks in with hot rod cars, even if it means having to loosen up the definitions somewhat

I find, for spots like that, folding the sanding cloths over on themselves once or twice to create a 'point' so you can get in there often helps - but if it's a really tough area to get into it's often easier to rely on the polish to do more of the legwork. Much easier to get some Meguiars in there and use a q-tip than to try and polish in a little spot where there's a good chance of ruining something else (some raised trim, for example). Those little awkward-to-reach spots really make the difference between an 'ok' polishing job and a really well done one though, IMO - lots of people neglect to get in there and really make sure all the HARD parts are done as well as the easy parts

Funny thing is, Tom himself says its both a 396 AND a 283 in his description of the car: https://www.tomdaniel.com/85_kits/85_kits_pages/badman.html ?

Different exhausts on the second car too - guess this 'two in one' might actually have some different parts to play with! Cool!

Some of this is just making sure there's enough material (paint) to be ABLE to polish without sanding through...if you imagine you're removing say, a half layer of paint with each part of the polishing process, have you got enough layers to be able to complete all the sanding and polishing you want to do without running out of layers? If you're using a high build clear like the old Testors gloss clear enamel, you might only need a couple of coats because it's so thick - but if I'm using the Rustoleum lacquer clear I'll give it maybe 8-10 light coats of that, to be sure. Of course, you still have to be careful on the edges because they're more prone to 'polish-thru' - but just having enough clear on there to start with is a thing I wish I'd realized sooner when it comes to polishing

No - that's why they have to put pretty pictures on them now to get people to buy them ?

Looks like it will definitely have two sets of wheels, from the built-ups in that pic above! Sweet! Edit - and do those rear tires look different between the two cars too? Maybe an extra set of rears, at a minimum...

FINALLY someone actually wants my opinion on something! About time!!! Completed! ?

Awesome, thank you! I did a casual search for a preorder link but just kept on finding this thread ?

Anyone see any more about the release of this one? Excited to build a couple of these!

Looks like you’ve got some work ahead getting that body finished up and ready for paint - but I love how it looks! Cool project!

The guy at Chick Fil A drive-thru called my Mustang a ‘Blue Sedan’ I guess if that’s my biggest irk this weekend, I’m doing pretty good ? (Rebecca is my wife, in case anyone’s wondering - not my weekend alter-ego)

Thanks everyone! Some more progress over the weekend (and a bonus day tomorrow - sweet!). Got the body in color: My favorite blue (and the color I’d paint my 1:1 if I could); Createx Pearl Blue. Looks ok in the pic above, but really comes into it’s own under a little light: Next up, the stripes. Masked ready for paint: Then I shot the stripes with Tamiya flat white which is really opaque, airbrushes nicely and doesn’t build too much. Some careful painting and de-masking later… Couple of little touch-ups required but nothing major - can smooth out the edges tomorrow and start laying down clear. Couldn’t resist a quick mock-up to see how the satin gunmetal wheels with polished rims will look with the body - was originally thinking of a tan interior for this but now I’m thinking classic black with chrome accents: Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

I draw stuff in scale all day long and read architects plans and blueprints and wiring diagrams and land surveys and then someone takes that little 11x17 print I drew and makes a huge version of it. Then, in the evening and weekends, I work in the opposite direction! Making little versions of something that was already life size but scaled down. The irony doesn’t escape me… Having built models since I was young has helped me IMMEASURABLY in my career - there’s not a day that goes by where I don’t use a skill, technique or understanding that I learnt from working in scale. Often that skill is simply ‘patience’ - but it’s surprising how much crossover there is between my real-life work and the ‘fun’ stuff

My wife left me unattended in Michael’s too long and this followed me home: They also had the Foose F100, but I’ve got a couple of those already. The not-very-good box-art kinda made me feel sorry for it I think…

Spotted at the local hardware store - right hand drive too!

Oh, no way! I assumed it would be $10 or $15 or something for shipping! That’s cool! Figures that they’d give themselves a discount, I guess ? The other stuff from their current catalogue, for anyone curious… I think there was more in the previous month’s catalogue too, but I can’t find it at the sec…

I've been wanting to get a set of these - they have some cool muscle car notepads and some other stuff that I'd like to get a hold of whilst they still carry them

I'm liking all these T buckets lately - nice start!

I had no idea MCG did custom orders - that's REALLY good to know about!