samdiego

Don't discount the pitfalls of using a translucent color to start out on. I've been trying to get a good metalflake red paint job for decades. For me it has been the hardest color to be satisfied with. I'm with Scale-Master. My best results started with Tamiya Bright Red as a base, followed with Tamiya Metallic red, followed with Tamiya Clear Red.

Where are you? If at all possible, I second the idea of supporting the Local Hobby Shop. Above and beyond the supplies, advice and connections to be made can also be found there. I treat mine like the local bar since I don't drink and just hang out from time to time. They also are displaying 18 of my builds so I go to visit the kids too.

I found this while looking for Bat-reference photos. It's been dressing up my picto-cube for a couple of years

A little closer to done and a second guitar. Brian, I think just the cost of shipping would buy the tools and supplies to make about thirty of them. All I used were half and full round files, the smallest drill bit I can chuck into my pin vise and an Exacto, In addition to the big bag O'scrap from plastruct. You probably have these already. If you'd like to email me I can go into more detail, but give it a shot first and see what happens. I didn't even check references until I was finished, they were shaped from memory. Actually I think the necks are oversized a bit, measuring might have been good. I also used some ancient photoetch hardware for the pickups. The tiny picks are impossible to keep track of I thought of drums, the few photos I could find for reference had drums stuffed inside and guitars laying about. That's probably doable, maybe later

I would lean toward the older Monogram kits that are currently out. The Tom Daniel era had huge locator pins, a low parts count and built up to a sturdy end product.

Tell the story behind the awesome grotesque on the hood, please.

Almost done. I need to add the coach lights, paint the curtains and semi gloss the central part of the body. The guitar was scratched from plastruct (it took the length of "Father Goose" with Cary Grant to make) What a strange ride and fully functional also

Keep the context in mind also. Roth happened at a point in Art that begged for that kind of expression.

Love the Hamsters. The hamster in the wheel would be symbolic of the the Soul's competition in the marketplace. The hamsters who have broken away from the wheel somehow have the wherewithall to pony up for the Kia, totally get it. Hate the dipstick Scotsman, way overplayed and made no sense from any angle. My least favorite has to be the moron who whines for extra napkins after a shower of used motor oil at the drive in. Thank God that one is gone. This is an odd place for this discussion, but my latest commercial dilemma is with a fairly normal redheaded "everywoman" that I've last seen in the new Burger king commercials for the Xbox giveaway. In one break I saw her in the BK ad, a prune ad and a shake weight ad. This lady must have been in thirty commercials over the last two years or so. Why this woman? How did she end up with so many and still remain anonymous? Why, why, why?

Not ready to be out under the glass, here are three that are in front of me at the moment. The MPC Delivery is an old body that I came across while looking for something else. It dropped right onto the Revell frame so I stripped the old paint, gave it an angle chop and then shortened it through the doors instead of stretching the roof to make it fit. The other two are also chops that are in progress, but you can see where they are headed.

That's a stunning automobile, alright. I thought that this was one of those "built and lost " kinda cars. Maybe a WWII disappearance. Along with this fuzzy memory was that Franklin Mint recreated the car in scale from found plans. I could be remembering something completely different but what a barnfind this would be, if it exists.

I found this on sale back when it was new and stashed it thinking that it was the classic AMT 57 with added stuff. I never really looked at it until this week. What a surprise and what an excellent kit. It was bone stock only in this version but I added the Cragars, buckets, tiller and floor shifter. The photo-etch was a nice thought but I only used the grille. I was stoked with the metal spear inserts but they didn't fit well enough. I had to use the kit-supplied foil for the trim, very aggravating due to age I suppose (the foil's age, not mine), or weak adhesive. This has to be one of the most accurate American kits ever as far as replicated details, IMHO. The distributor wiring worked, the rubber hoses worked. The firewall was a breeze to detail. My only complaint is that the gunsites could fit a tad better. What else did AMT do with this kit? Another car as I lusted for it in the 70's

I've tried a couple of times to make a grenade shift knob and I've never been able to pull it off. How did you do this one? I've used sculpy and tried carving one from sprue but no luck. I really like this car.

Don't forget Pamela Tiffin. Didn't she dump a milkshake into the carb stacks of Darren's hot rod when he wasn't lookin to "strand" them in the middle of nowhere?

Yes it is. I was skeptical at the onset, but it goes together nicely. Thanks

Interesting kit, no real problems

I still love Tom Daniel's stuff, but I hadn't done this one until now. HOK Orange and Black pearls left satin Another weird interior. JoHan's '68 Cad with the kit kustom stuff

This weeks victim

Thanks, guys This is just me noodlin around on unemployment, pulling stuff out of storage. The Sill . . .red car was built like an airplane. Everything inside was finished, the bodywork done and masked for paint. A technique I'd never considered until last year when I tried some WW2 plane kits. Finally solving the split body problems for me. It also solved my problems with a good red metalflake paintjob. the technique I discovered was; forget Testor's Ruby red (that will remain my white whale) and start with Tamiya Bright Red. Run out of that after a solid but thin first coat. Then run out of Tamiya Red Metallic after almost getting two thin coats, panic and grab the Tamiya Clear Red to top it off. Someday I'll polish it. But I do like the color. The clear red de-pinked the metallic red just right. I really wnated to do the chrome things on the hood and trunk, but got frustrated and skipped them While scrounging around for a new project, the dashboardless aspect of the 58 was intriguing. I'd never noticed this although I've done this kit before. I wish I could get better photos of the inside. This car was a mess, the windshield posts were broken and it had tire marks on the hood and trunk. I wanted to dechrome the whole thing but I really like the stuff that Chevy did. I just shaved the handles and most of the badging. The paint is an ancient can of testor's Sea Blue that I have had so long I can't remember what I bought it for. I'm glad I saved it and surprised that it was good, it has to be 25 years old at least. Oh, yeah. I poked holes in the hood for the 6 pack I'm averaging a car and a half a week right now

Well,I'm glad I didn't expect much of a thread, that's exactly right.

This was at Coronado yesterday, fully restored and Chrysler Firepowered. and I've always wanted to see one of these and yes, I know what it is. But the green car was a mystery until I investigated. It was sweet

The Tamiya WWII 1/35 BMW with sidecar builds up really nice. I did one in Burgundy as a civvy version. Wish it was 1/24. I'd love to see all of the above reissued, bikes karts, all of it.

Thanks Greg, Those are the ones. Actually the strays that I found are a better match for the photo than the pair in the Double T kit, which are more domed. But what other kit would have had a Lincoln motor. Not the '65, that was too late for these covers. It had to have been a rod model of some kind rather than a Lincoln just going by my buying habits.

One of my favorite aspects of the re-release of ancient plastic is the variety of vintage motors the old kits offered. Some of my favorite valve covers for a traditional rod are the Lincoln lids that come in the double T kit. I'd thought this a rare and interesting choice for AMT. I used a 4-71 and injectors from the Mickey Thompson Attempt 1 to replace the Latham, which was just too wierd for traditional. Anyway I thought this was a rare mill until, while perusing the spares collection, I found another set. Definately from a different tool, these are more square than the Double T's with a very flat top under the characteristic ribs. My query is where did these come from? I've racked the gray matter and came up empty. Other than the AMT '65, I don't have any Lincoln kits. What do you think?