crazyjim

Kevin, Maybe you should try to post just the pics of your builds - no words.

In case you folks didn't see or hear about it - this weekend, January 9 & 10, 2010, Michael's is having a sale. 20% off everything including sale items.

I have the med tape but haven't used it yet. Somebody posted using a white paper towel and soaking it down with diluted Elmer's glue. After drying pull it out, trim to fit, install and paint. It looked pretty good.

Looking good. Engine detail and bed floor are excellent touches.

I don't build big trucks like that but yours are gorgeous.

Got an early birthday present - bottle of Ambroid and a touch-n-flow kit. If it ever warms up around here I'll be able to try it out.

I may have the solution for you Marcos. Don't keep it and don't give it to your club member - send it to me! Don't you love the tires from that kit? I'd love to get a bunch of them.

How many bottle of nailpolish to paint one car? Thin it with lacquer thinner?

Real nice. Where'd you source those wheels?

Three cheers for you Cruz. Made my heart feel good. And best of luck to you Alex. Keep on buildin'.

I have my old air compressor - no tank - just sitting around doing nothing. If aanybody would be interested, we could probably work out a trade for 2 or 3 unbuilt kits.

I tried some other foils and nothing beats BMF. There're a few people here that use cheap tin foil and some kind of glue and seem to get excellent results. I'll stick with BMF.

Wish my first kit looked that good.

Why spend all that money on pre-wired distributors? Get some ignition wire, wire looms (I order from Scale Dreams) and some 1/8" and 3/32" aluminum tubing. Polish the tubing. Cut the 1/8 tubing about 1/4" and a piece of 3/32 tubing about 3/8". Super gue the 3/32 into the 1/8 about 1/8". While that's drying you can cut 8 pieces of ignition wire about 2" long. Put a little super glue into tubing and stick the wires in. Bingo bango done!

Lots of teeny little parts there. Wow. Fantastic details.

I'd be glad I was finished too. I can't imagine the time you spent on that thing, but it looks really neat.

Martha Stewart flocking?? Is that something new? Is it better than Ken's Fuzzi Fur? The suede paint looks interesting - are more colors available? Did it all come from Hobby Lobby or Michael's?

Hi Rick, I use just the telephone wire cover for the spark plug boots and gas line connectors. I pull the copper wire out of the cover. I get all my ignition wire from Scale Dreams. Rick over there has a nice selection of colos. I also get wire looms from Scale Dreams that are PE parts from Model Car Garage. The telephone wire is too heavy a gauge for realistic ignition wire.

I bought some PE carb linkage aand gave up on them. Too small. I've been using the covers from telephone wire (red, green, yellow, black)as spark plug boots on the engine side - distributor side just gets glued. A months ago I started using the same telephone wire as receptacles for fuel lines. It looks better to me. The biggest problem I have is the limited number of colors. I have this thing about ignition wires being in the same color family as the body color. I haven't ordered Donn's 2nd DVD yet but didn't he cover engine detailing in a detailing DVD?

Thanks for info people - especially the pics. Seat belts are the next obstacle I want to overcome.

Looking good for your first time. Had to be a pain cutting the mask.

I have some PE seat belt buckles and seat belt material but don't know how they go together. ANybody have any detailed pics or done a how to?

I think I have that kit in my stockpile just waiting to be built. Yours looks fantastic!!

Here's the reply from Evergreen. Hi Crazy Jim, Thanks for using Evergreen styrene products. I really like Ambroid. Bonding time is about the same as tenax. I think they're both methylene chloride based. In fact, if you can get your hands on on some straight methylene chloride, you'll appreciate it because it doesn't have much of an odor. I've never used IPS weld-on, so I can't really make a statement about it. MEK works good in a pinch, but it's a little slower, and doesn't evaporate as quickly (and it's odor is just too overpowering for me) Best regards, Mike Evergreen Scale Models, Inc. Phone (425) 402-4918 Fax (425) 402-7948 Toll-Free (877) 376-9099 E-mail info@evergreenscalemodels.com Web www.evergreenscalemodels.com

I like all of them but that sedan delivery is really cool.