crazyjim

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.

That's reaally different, but I like it. I don't get the H1N1 plate though. What am I missing?

Been using IE 8 and comfy skin and haven't experienced problems. I haven't tried to post any pics yet - maybe when I complete the interior on a '33 Willys kit.

Isn't that a 1965 Dodge Dart? I want a '64 kit to build. I love the body style! Looks cold up there. Please try to make sure that it stays up there. We had 29 degrees yesterday morning and today is only a high of 67 degrees. This is NOT why I moved to Florida!

If you look at the other post about IPS Weld-On, you'll see that I've sent an email to Evergreen Plastics requesting an adhesive recommendation (IPS Weld-On #3, #4, #4807, Ambroid or other).

I have about 1 1/2 bottles of Tenax 7R left so I ordered a bottle of Ambroid and the applicator kit. I have also sent an email to Evergreen Plastics asking them if they can recommend an adhesive - Ambroid, IPS Weld-On #3, #4, or #4807. Or maybe something completely different. I'll post rersults if/when I get them.

Looking pretty good so far.

I have so much stuff now that it's getting ridiculous. I'm not buying a dehydrator!!

This is getting confusing to me. Even more confusing is going to the IPS Weld-On website. IPS lists their #3 & #4 cements to be used on acrylics, while their #4807 cement is for styrene. The typical model car kit is styrene - right? So why would #3 or #4 be used?

Donn Yost's DVD is superb! I've watched it a few times already. Donn uses Testor's bottled enamel (Model Master)and I want to get away from the enamels and into the more "exotic" paints that HOK offers.

That's amazing!