samdiego

The new Hot Rod mag just arrived bringing the news that Dave Deal passed on Oct 14, at his home in Vista, Ca, north of San Diego. I hadn't heard this so, obviously, if it was posted here I missed it. HR stated that "Big Deal" did 20 kits for Revell in the Caricature heyday. I wasn't aware of that many. I think I've built 6 or 7 of them over the years and it's good to see them being re-released. I also didn't know that he was largely responsible for the look of the "actors" in Disney's Cars and its upcoming sequal. one of my favorites Thanks Dave.

There are a couple of different tapes from Tamiya. I've found the greenish grey stuff a little too stiff for my tastes but the gold tape might be the best I've ever used. I use the 1/4 in stuff for separations and blue tape for overall coverage. Very thin, supremely flexible with great adhesion. Now that the Walmart line has been killed, where can I get reducer to use all the paint that I bought on sale? Or is there a substitute for the Kustom Kolor reducer?

there's a Depends commercial in there somewhere

I thought it was a standout article from many standpoints. The tractor was extremely well done, the text was well written, the photos were good and it built on the new look of the mag. Very nice indeed. If this piece steers a newbie into the local railroadshop for detail stuff, than it's done its job. Try this; if you've never built a "dirty" model on a dioramic base, give it a shot. Even if the subject matter is just a driveway scene of something in need of a good wash as opposed to complete derelict. The weathering process is eyeopening and a little therepeutic.

I do have it framed, George. I remember the seeing the coffin in Custom Rodder when it had the sedan delivery conversion. Kind of a 36 Dodge humped roof style. I cried. I really am a sucker for the '60's show rod. Maybe more now than then. I love seeing the old Monogram stuff making it back to the shelves.

I've used the Testor's for undercoat and bedliner, I don't do many vinyl roofs. I've used it for interior texture too as well as the fabric black. I think the grain in the roof paint is a little large. It clogs the spray tip pretty easy too. Overall, I'd say it's good enough. Close, fast passes reduced grain size for me.

I think it was '67, I was 7. The LHS had just put out the Monogram store display of the Beer Wagon. Built by "the guys in the back" it was done to perfection. The paint, assembly, and woodgraining made a huge impression, much more than the simplified nature of the Monogram show rod kits might suggest. There is just something about the stance and proportions of the thing that have always struck me. I've built it 4 times over the years. This last one is close to being really good, I have have one left for another try in the future

I agree. The Lil Coffin has been one of my favorite showrods for decades. It was rearranged badly in the 80's, it's good to see it back in nearly original form. I think the roof looks funny on the restored version. Here's all of the original cover. This was when the car belonged to Larry Farber, the first owner. Note the interior at this point. How crazy is it that the LC is the only real car to be found, front or back of a 1962 "real car" mag? The back of my copy was signed by Ed Roth in Tucson. Ads for Roth T-shirts and Revell Roth models made up the inside front cover, the inside back cover and the back cover!

Testor's used to credit the builder on their boxes. Alan Day built many for Testor's in the 80s. I consider him to be one of the best box-stock builders ever.

Hey, I thought we were the "big" mag now. Mech. ret, you don't have to look anywhere else.

It's just too soon. I still can't talk about it. (sniff)

whadja get, whadja get, whadja get?! Happy Day, mi amigo

Yeah it's starting to get a little old. I'm getting tired of Matt Stone, who blubbers about having one every time a 442 rolls by. Magnante can be entertaining if you can get by the drone of his voice. In their defense though, it's tough to keep it fresh after a few years of doing what seems to be the same muscle cars over and over again. The other auction shows are more low key and a lot more palatable to me, what isn't low key compared to BJ?

I was able to catch a lot of Ted in the 70's. He played many venues in Ohio and he never disappointed. I wonder when the Motor City Madman last touched a model car?

I remember seeing it at the Ohio State Fair in the late 60's, set up as a midway display. They didn't offer rides

The Showrods will always have a place in my heart and T.D.'s stuff has always been great, excessive, automotive fun. The Rommel's Rod shown in the link was most impressive. I've had a lot of fun weathering some WWII stuff lately, it's addictive and the RR should be a fun one to "beat up". I'm really looking forward to it and the Tijuana Taxi, chalks and oil paints ready.

We are having a harsh winter storm here as well, I actually had to buy a windshield wiper. Thought about using the heater in the car too, but settled for rolling the window almost all the way up.

A friend had a '65 goat in the mid 70's. That was the entire exhaust system, headers and header mufflers. No pipes, no clamps, no nothin', just glorious, overcammed v8 noise

I saw my first clubman today, interesting.

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Never stopped, never slowed down. The women who have been in my life learned to appreciate it, my son learned not touch it, and the cats learned to avoid it. That could be be why Chris never got the car jones that the three previous generations had. Of course, I wasn't supposed to touch my Dad's stuff either and I still got the bug. And I touched his stuff when he wasn't lookin' too. (sorry about the Duesenberg model in '65, it was way heavier than I expected and apologies to the cat that I blamed)

Darryl, You are in my thoughts today. You have my deepest sympathies.

I thought the bed was what made the Cameo a Cameo and they were all fleetside style. With the entire bed replaced with a freezer box, what would differentiate it from a standard truck from the same year?

Was it Earl or Mitchell that told the mako's paint crew to colormatch it to the mounted mako that hung in his office? I can't remember. I do remember that after a few failures to please the boss, they swiped the ###### fish and painted it to match the car.

I've had the same positive experience with Lindberg, just this past Christmas, when I snapped the windshield to the Super Bee kit. It was the week before New Year's no less. I didn't think I'd get a response until after the 1st but I was e-mailed by Ernie himself and had the replacement about 3 days after the occurance of the horrific snappage. Most impressive. And free of charge. Those windows are really thin.