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Personally I need an early 70's Buick electra 225 to pull one of these. My uncle pulled his camper with the Buick. Those are nice. I see them - just haven't had the desire to pull the trigger yet. Not sure how I'd display them. But nice. Would love to see a post with all the details shown.

Probably the last set of photos before it's complete. Last night was rear end details. Still have side marker lights. Worried I'll lose the front fender markers. And worried about positioning them all correctly and close to the same on each side. With my Miura kit, it has diagrams with measurements showing where the metal transfers go. Wish I had that on this. I love the way the head lights are peeking through on the front. They will flip up, but I worry every time I try that trick. The hood flops way too easily. Going to try to make that delicate inside rear view. This thing just feels more and more fragile and I'm pretty ham handed. Worried about the body decals - they have not been good so far. Chips and cracks, not wanting to lay down. We'll see...

I think the primer on this one is Rustoleum auto primer. From Auto Zone or Advance. light gray. I decanted most of a can when it clogged on me. ( learning experience on decanting a whole can) So I have a salsa jar full of gray primer. Airbrushing does mostly work better. So long as it's not too dry or too wet. Too much and it will crack as it dries. Too dry and it's grainy. Always learning. And airbrush changes the properties of the spray a bit since you have more control. I am just not good with a spray can on models. I like using Rustoleum black (or dark gray) primer as a substitute for flat black since it is a "light black". Allows some nice contrasts on undercarriages, interiors, pedals, hoses, belts, etc. I didn't clean the parts on this one as much as I do some projects. Guy I'm build for is used to Danbury/Franklin Mint and they don't clean the parts as good as these were out of box. I did work the body pretty heavily though to get it smoothed out. but all those little openings on frame and suspension arms? not so much. Tried to hit the exhaust as well. One can spend hours cleaning parting lines and glue joints. All that really left is taillights, trimming, and touchups. A few hours. then in a case to protect! May not be any new photos til it goes "under glass". I just don't remember to take them as I'm working.

Unfortunately it seems like the plastic "alloys" or chemical mix of plastic is no longer consistent. nor are the paints like they used to be. So that leaves us needing to check each and every kit before painting with anything stronger than acrylics and model enamels. I have several kits that have had same issue. As well as warped bodies from dehydrator. Sorry for your mishaps. It is very frustrating to use paints and such that have always worked only to have your work ruined or stopped by a bad interaction. Been there, hate it.

Nice!

Nice scores on the Vette and Cobra! I don't even like newer Vettes really, but that looks like a nice model.

OOB has become my favorite way. Spend my time on the paint detailing of what the mfr provided. btw, I did get the headlight on the Daytona painted with no further issue. No other work - I figured I should let it dry for a few days just to be sure. Other pojects were wet sanding primer. Even less exciting than watching the paint dry. The red Miura plastic came right through the primer - going for a little more primer on next coat. Hopefully be the last. Already wondering what the green is going to look like if the red plastic shifts the color. May use a silver base coat - have read that can help.

It does look good and I'm excited about it. Need to finish the Daytona, though. So I don't lose what few parts I have left to install. I really need to finish my 68 Chevelle as well. Nothing unusual therre straight OOB like most things I do now. With emphasis on paint detailing and making it all as good as I can. The Pantera as well. Not much to it other than OOB like on the box. Guy I'm doing it for wants it just like the box. I'm not about to take on a project like you are with that. But I am watching yours.

Bobby Allison did have Coke sposorship on this car apparently. A quick Googel search turned up a few real car photos. If I were still building NASCAR stuff, this wold be a for sure car. I built a Smokey Yunick version a few years back. Still have an extra set of decals.

I've got the greenlight cobra and rollback set. Black. Pretty cool stuff.

I'll try to post the Miura. I never think about these things. I'm already in primer on teh body and started gluing a few things together. But I'll try to post up what I have and keep a running tab on it.

Could be. It started at the corner. the tape pulled about half off. And I used the tamiya because I felt best about it not damaging anything. Still feel it's the best for most model things. I carefully lifted the edge of the rest with an Xacto tip and pullled it all the way off so I didn't have to sand the ridge. I'm going to rough it up a little more when I paint it. Need to block off some serious concentrating time to fix it. An uninterrupted hour should work for a 10 minute job... Thanks for the compliment. I don't care that much for exotics but have had a great time building this one. Inspired me to get a Hasegawa Miura since it is my favorite exotic euro car.

I'm sure. We all probably have similar issues. I know I do.

I will have some touch up to do - should have waited on that. Will probably see how Molotow looks next to the BMF for touch up purposes.

Wow. Nice dedication to a collection. And very focused. Good pick though - beautifully sculpted cars.

So how is it again you change the title? I'd like to be able to put the date in there like other update threads and I can't remember how. Don't ever get old...lol Here's a few more photos with the body and wheels on. The wheels may sit a touch out too far, but I'm okay with it. And don;t want to chance striping the plastic out where the screws are. Good thing I had an old Tamiya screwdriver - I don't think I have a small enough screwdriver other than that. the front bumper isn't on in these either - that's not a very secure assembly. I worked on some other projects this weekend while I get my courage up to fix the headlight door, so this is where it stands now. I'll get back on this one this week. hopefully finish it and get it in a case.

NICE! So how many Cobras do you have?

Nice work!

Arghhhhh. Yes it is glued together. I had the hood and headlights taped down to keep them from flopping about while I put the body in for the last time. Tamiya tape. Shoulda stuck it to my shirt first. I'll have more next week when I can downsize the files easier on a PC.

I've got this and Academy(?) Service Station kit. If I ever get to them, should be an awesome setup for a garage. If I ever get there. this is cool so far.

I gave up on both of these long ago and recently bought diecast "mint" cars. But, they don't begin to compare with the fabulous work shown here. WoW!

Didn't think of it as a mid life crisis, but joined a band as drummer with similarly aged guys. Made the attached art into my bass drum head. When that band quit, I took the nbame off and left the S/S decal in the middle. Flamed the shells. Kept playing with my blues band project, which leads to... The kid on guitar in other photo was my 10 yr old son (at the time). Started taking him to jam sessions when he was 7, so he had been playing for a while when we did this. All the locals knew his name and always called me "Kelsey's Dad". The boy is in his first year at UNC School of the Arts and has been playing piano for real money since he was 15. His classmates always got a kick out of his stories from playing in bars during the 7 - 15 years. I'm "retired" now... from that part of my life anyway. Too much work to load in and out as the drummer. If ever again, I'll just be the singer. LOL

My kids not either, They tried. But my youngest will build a 300 pc lego project. Very similar except the models we build end up looking more or less like a real car and not one built from blocks. But the Legos at least keep him occupied. And he plays with his toy cars and diecasts some. Keeps them all displayed neatly at my house. Not so much at his mother's - whole other dynamic there. he also helps me work on real stuff - oil changes, lawn mower, etc. Other son is a musician and knows a LOT about that. Wants to learn to change his oil though. Daughter had to teach her boyfriend how to check and change oil. there is that. but they help me when my phone does something screwy. So I guess it's the balance of nature.

I'm going to try to make that mirror work, but it looks very fragile. Debating on building it OUR of the car, or put the stem in and try to attach the face to that in the car.