crazyjim

Hey marc, Didn't want to take me up on my offer? I've always used a soft damp rag to wipe the dust off and then put on a nice coat of wax - I use the Treatment Model Car Wax.

I like like too. Good looking model. I especially like what you did with the wheel wells.

Glue strips of Evergreen for the overlap strips and mouldings. Mask the body and spray the roof with spray adhesive from a distance. Let dry and shoot with semi gloss black. Someone posted this procedures several months ago.

The best way to get rid of the dust would be to ship all your models affected, to me. I'll clean and then display. You'd be welcome to visit them once or twice a year. Okay?

I did a search at Radio Shacks website and found 30ga wrapping wire but they have ony blue, red, and white. I need more colors than that.

I've tried super glue on ignition wires and it turns the wires white. I switched to epoxy.

Purple Hornies, Have you tried Al's Hobby Shop in Elmhurst or Royal Hobby Shop in Rockford?

My way of doing it - polish 3/16" aluminum tubing, polish it, cut a piece 1/2" long polish 1/8" aluminum tubing, polish it, cut a piece 1/4" long super glue pieces together with about 1/8" tubing about 1/8" down the 3/16" tubing these pieces will make the distributor order ignition wire from Scale Dreams or Model Car Garage order wire looms from one of the above epoxy ignition wires into distributor drill holes in block (I think it's a #69 drill bit) open telephone wire to expose 4 wires (black, green, red. yellow) strip colored coating from copper wire insert telephone coating into holes drilled in block & cut to appropriate length. These will represent spark plug boots insert ignition wires through wire looms and into the spark plug boots Done Other people seem to go from the block back to the distributor but that doesn't make sense to me. Using tthe aluminum tubing is about the same as buying pre-wired distributors but at a fraction of the cost.

I don't know. I'm still thinking 23" chrome T's all the way around, V10 engine or a V8 with a front mounted blower. Maybe I'll wait to see what some of you guys come up with first.

So Nick. are you casting or not? I like the Chevy 409 and am wondering what you have. Can you post some pics if you have them?

There's some really nice models there - thanks for sharing.

That puppy looks real good! Do I detect a license plate lurking behind the grille? How did you do that? PE grille? Love the color and stance.

Donn Yost (Lone Wolf Custom Painting) says to mix 2 bottles of Model Master and 1 bottle of LACQUER THINNER - the cheapest you can find. Donn has a DVD that you can purchase like I did. I always prime the body with Plastikote sandable primer (Car Quest). Get that body out of the garbage. You can strip it with Purple Power or brake fluid. There's a ton of posts in here on painting techniques. All you have to do is search a little.

I use Plasticoat white primer and then use Tamiya TS65 clear pearl over the white.

The paint is real good on both. I'm into race cars, so I like the 55 better.

You gotta be kiddin' me!! Unreal!

The mailman dropped off a 1936 Ford 5 window coupe from Rick (Scale Dreams) and a Corvette Sting Ray III from a trade with Nick Winters (dukefan69). Thanks guys.

I've been doing models for 51 years and could never complete with most of the people who post their completed works here. So what? I build because I enjoy it and occupies some of my time. I take greaat pleasure in knowing that I did the best I possibly could.

Were there actually 2 door Valiants from the factory? I only remember 4door versions. I always liked the style of the car.

Okay. I get it. I was looking through Ebay and saw Rommel's Rod and was thinking it might look different by replacing the tank treads with wheels/tires.

I'm having a hard time understanding the excitement about these 2 kits. Can someone explain it to me?

Dingo, If you go back through this forum a couple of weeks or maybe search skyline, someone posted the same question and there were several replies. There's a place in Japan that sells the Aoshima brand (maybe search for Aoshima?). I wanted to get one but all the models have the steering wheel on the wrong side.

It looks real good Albert. Where's "top of the mitt"?

Awbcrazy - you work at the Hobby Lobby in Omaha? Can would you ever purchase kits and mail them out? My local Hobby Lobby (Ocala, FL) isn't very good on selection.

Welcome to MCM Forum. There's a ton of information to be had and some good people to help out.