Eric Stone

I saw your Mercedes build earlier... I will definitely be watching this one progress.

It sounds like you were looking at ferrules, although I haven't seen the article and don't know exactly what little bits you're referring to. Is it like the little piece in the top center of this pic? The closest thing I can think of that would look like a velocity stack would be a ferrule, which is the round sorta cone-shaped machined brass or stainless piece that has a straight-through hole through the center like in the pic. They are used to seal a nut to a tube or line so that a fitting an be attached. In my last job, we used a ton of them, and I looked hard at them to figure out what they'd be good for for modeling, and I figured the best thing would be a velocity stack, but they always seemed too big to me. I don't work there anymore, so I can't snag any for you... I thought I had seen some at some of the big box home improvement stores, but I think they are bigger, for plumbing. I can't remember what size we used most often, maybe 3/8". Actually, there might be a few floating around my current office... Let me check on that for you, if that's what you're looking for in the pic.

...Learn something new every day! I haven't seen that yet. I'll keep that in mind if I run into it and decide I have to get rid of the coating.

Do you mean using gold or silver as a base for candy or transparent colors? I've heard either works well, and I think which color you use just depends on what you want the end result to look like. I've seen recommendations that you practice painting on plastic spoons. I'd try that, since the curve of the back of the spoon will give you some insight as to how it will look on the contours of a car body.

Red coating? I don't think I've encountered that on any taillights.

Yes. Here's a nice build of it. (Not my build...) http://www.spencer1984.com/my_models/strokerace.php

I think the wheels are from the Shelby kit he's building here, but the tires are from the snap. All the Revell variants of the 05 and newer Mustangs and Shelbys (GT, GT-H, Bullitt, GT500, GT500KR) have tires that have sidewalls that are too tall.

It might, but I'm not 100% sure. Reason I say that is, on the Mustang build I'm doing, I had mocked up the taillights (they're clear, needed to be painted) and forgot to remove one before applying primer. I primed it, then realized my mistake so I got it off of there as fast as I could and threw it in the Super Clean. It cleaned up ok, but was a little foggy. After painting with Stop Light Red, you couldn't tell which was which. I don't know how a windshield would come out though, since you need it to be clean and clear...

That looks good! I have a couple of those I need to build. I plan on doing one as my buddy's '69 GT350. Which rear panel gave you trouble? The chrome piece with the Shelby lettering? Looks good from here.

I see it.

Sounds like what you found is a link to buy a print of the image there, and not the actual decal sheet, since his site is on Fotki, which is a photo-hosting site. The car is coming along nicely- I like the stance on those wheels. I will have to keep an eye on this thread to follow your progress.

Looking good so far. I think at this point you should put a Toyota Supra engine in it, just to tick everybody off!

I considered trying to mold and cast some LSX stuff for myself. I like the idea of someone offering the stuff in resin, but honestly, I wouldn't spend the money to buy a complete engine. For the same money, I'd buy a donor kit and have extra parts too.

Do you think it would work to add a "sleeve" in the hole where the chip occurred? You could measure the circumference of the hole, then cut a strip of sheet aluminum/tin/brass/something and shape it into an oval shape to fit in the hole, maybe have it poke up above the top edge of the driver's compartment by a fraction of an inch. Then, when the sheet styrene bends over that edge, the metal will be holding against it and not the weaker wood. If you make the sleeve go deep enough, then the sheet styrene won't wrap all the way around, and you should be able to pull the body off the mold more easily.

Thanks. I tried to detail the exhaust to look like the '91 and '93 Mustang factory H-pipes that are sitting on my back porch right now, but a little cleaner. I wasn't trying to weather it to look like a beater, but I wanted it to look like it has had enough miles for a few oil changes at least- not pristine. Even the pristine cars aren't perfect. I found out on my buddy's brand new (at the time) 08 GT500 that they don't paint the axle tubes from the factory, even on the high-end Mustangs. It had ~100 miles on it, and the pumpkin still looked good, but the tubes were covered with surface rust from the Gulf Coast humidity, and it's a garage-kept car that RARELY sees rain (and probably hadn't ever at the time I initially noticed the rust). Anyway, that was the look I was going for, and I think unless I'm replicating something specifically different, I will use this idea for most of my builds. Thanks for following along.

It's coming along... The next post on photos of this should be in Under Glass.

I wonder if at some point in the past when people were starting to do tuck and roll interiors that somebody figured out that perpendicular patterns on the front vs rear seats is the formula that works, and the model companies followed suit when designing the kits... I agree; the first pair of seats matches the rest of the interior better because the backs are more 'square'. The 'Jetsons' seats would look good in a 2-seat roadster or something, where they don't have to match another seat. I have one of these kits somewhere in the closet. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress.

I vote you stay with the cherry/cream and red/white tuck and roll interior. The interior work looks good, but it's bothering me that the pattern is vertical on the rear seats, but is horizontal on the fronts. Minor nit-picking... Otherwise, it looks good!

Almost enough for a new issue kit at the LHS!

If it was me and I was self-employed, and they didn't automatically express concern for the situation like the Asst D.A. did in your case, I'd be SURE to mention at some point during the interview process how resentful I'd be and how I'd really give it to the defendant for whatever they did that would be making me miss my work and resulting income... I just turned 28, and still have not been summoned for jury duty. I have several friends around my age who've been three or four times... Fine with me though, it sounds like a PITA!

It's in the '67 GTO, almost identical... I checked. No sense 'tracking down' anything when that one's pretty common. ...Not trying to be combative, Gabriel, just trying to point out what's probably the easiest source.

My dad always had fountain pens, so he'd always have a little bottle of ink and a syringe/needle to refill the pens. I've used that before on 1/24 Nascar wheels, very carefully squeezing out a drop of ink into each hole in the wheel.

AMT/MPC '67 GTO.

Wow! Very clean! I like that. What color blue is that?