OldNYJim

It's a ship - shipping a ship oughta be the easiest shipping you'll ever do ?

Something maybe-helpful; I have never had ANY trouble with colored plastic showing through when using Createx airbrush colors. White over red, black, blue or anything else - never had an issue. Maybe acrylics are less susceptible to this phenomenon?

My wife just got a job at Michael's! Had her first shift yesterday...gets 30% discount on most stuff, apparently. Which is cool, because they've got a Revell 32 sedan on the shelf that I couldn't bring myself to buy at their standard prices (especially now that the 40% coupon has mostly gone away)... I told her I want a pic of the model stash in their stockroom - I wanna see if there's any treasures hiding back there!

I really like how this looks in that mock-up - great start!

Oh nice! We're pretty close to South Bend (where Round 2 is based) and have a Meijer really close by...

Dude, that thing is COOL!!! Never saw that before - I want one!

Thank you sir - this was mostly an experiment to see how well the material machined down...I think I'd like to try grinding a custom cutting bit next so I can easily (and consistently) lathe these tires down to the right profile and shape

I'm sorry Chris, my bad for being too vague...I've got a Silhouette Portrait vinyl cutter that I use to cut these masks. I lay out the design in either the Silhouette software or, if it's more complex, Adobe Illustrator, and then have the machine cut Oracal masking vinyl to the right size to make the masks. I used that for the tire lettering on this one, plus the door letters and the numbers on the rear quarters.

I very much doubt they care what I think ??

Thanks buddy! I actually have a Silhouette Portrait, but similar kinda deal! Haha, I had the same thought! I had a particular paintjob in mind for this one…but I’d like to do some bare-metal builds now too, after seeing this one come together! Just cut a stencil out of Oracal masking vinyl on my cutter - but I know people sell these online too A little paintwork today… First some (a lot) of salt: Then red: Once the red dried I shot some highlights in a pink color to lighten it up to look kinda chalky and faded like how red paint often looks. Then, after shooting the white bits, shot the shadows for some lettering on the doors: Before re-masking to shoot some gold before adding some numbers and sponsor decals: It’s starting to look like a racecar! Still more paintwork to do, but it’s starting to come together!

Thanks buddy! A little more progress this afternoon - laying down a rusty bare-metal base for the rest of the paintjob to follow… First up, Model Master aluminum and some shading with Vallejo gunmetal: Then, adding some rust…first up, burnt umber: Followed by some ‘fresh’ rust highlights: And then some Vallejo rust wash to add some streaks and light surface rust: Tomorrow’s project will be laying down some body color over all that corrosion…more soon!

That’s pretty shady of eBay to do…he had some SCATHING feedback on there (including one from me). Surprised that they would do that…

Geez, it IS spendy…but I also kinda want one ? Thanks for the review!

That's not actually Walmart - Walmart runs an Amazon-style site where any seller can sell their goods. Notice the seller is "D.K. Wholesale Office Furniture, Inc."

I picked up this AMT Plymouth Fury slammer a while back and hadn't really figured out what to do with it until recently…but I don’t have a salt flats build in my collection yet and I’d like one, so here goes! First up, figuring out a replacement for those wheels… Found these in the parts box - not the style I wanted, but with some Moon disks they’ll work just fine… Next up, needed some tires. I spent a while trying to find something suitable that I liked, and in the end I decided to turn down some of those awful blocky Revell tires that they used to put in about every road car kit, and turn them into something more useful. A little machining later…(with an un-modified kit tire in the background for reference): Next up, cut some vinyl to mask them for lettering: Shot some Createx white: Now we’re talking! And with the wheels and scratchbuilt Moon disks: That’ll work! I did some research on the rule book for Speed Week - seems like this car would fit right into the Classic Gas Coupe class, which doesn’t allow body modifications but DOES allow a blower. In addition, you’re allowed to blank off the front grille, so I made some ‘aluminum’ panels to reduce drag up front there somewhat: Time for a mock-up to see how it looks so far: I like it! I’m going to be going for a patina’d pajntjob on this one, with some fancy vintage-looking lettering, so laying down some rust will be the next job…more soon!

Well, drama aside (and I REALLY hope this doesn’t scare Tim away from doing posts like this in the future) I love the way the finished kit built up! I wanted one, and now I want a couple! Looking forward to seeing your second build of this kit, Tim!

Well, that’s unfortunate…I thought I was only buying one of these, but I guess now I’m buying four ? Thanks for the info!

I’d been looking for some tires for a salt flats build that I’ve been planning for a while, but I never found exactly what I was looking for…so tonight whilst I was digging through a parts box I found a bunch of those solid Goodyear tires that Revell used to like putting in every kit even though they looked terrible. Figured I might be able to do something with them, perhaps. Turned down fronts and rears in my lathe (an unmolested tire in the background for reference): Got them to the approximate shape I wanted, followed by some hand-sanding, and then I cut some masks: Shot some Createx white: And de-masked: Just a fun little evening project!

I never saw one of those Tamiya stands, @unclescott58 - how do you like it? Got one of my grails in the mail (hey, that rhymed!) today…managed to snag it for $16 on eBay. These are semi-hard to find now, but it’s a welcome addition to my Boyd collection… Just need the Testor’s Boyd Sportstar kit now…

Ohh - interesting! Not familiar with this kit…what are the other versions that you can build?

Just because the Revell Model A kits seem like they’re a hot ticket right now, and having a comparible product on the shelves before the 30 Coupe arrives (and with more building options in one box) will probably net them a bunch of sales. Not sure how this kit compares to the Revell, but if your competitor is doing well with a hot rod kit, seems smart to have your own hot rod kit readily available too EDIT; if you’ve got these to hand I’d love to hear your opinion on them - I can see me building a few of these…

Smart of them to get that 4-in-1 Model A kit out now!

Whilst you're at the hardware store getting that welding rod, I recommend getting a 1/16" drill bit too, if you don't already own one...beats trying to jam the wheel onto the axle like you often have to do

Figures...my local Hobby Lobby JUST sold the last one of these that had been sitting on the shelf since the last reissue...time for another go-around! No complaints though - I didn't really need any more of these but I'm sure I'll grab a couple more anyway 'just in case'...

Coupla more weeks! I’m excited to get my hands on one of these!