diymirage

my house doesnt have gutters and yer crying because yer shed doesnt have them ? shame on you and double shame for not taking care of a classic car

could i just point out that at 27 years of age i too have a father dont jump to the conclusion that because the model came out of his dads stash and his english is less then perfect he is a 7 year old who just started

that would bee a great idea me and my nephew will enter as soon as he finished his firebird i bought a set of matching pro street superbees for us a while ago and our skill level should make you feel pretty good about yours

thanks the only decals on it are the license plate and the hood the way i did the sides was by first painting a coat of silver then i taped that of and shot the yellow then i taped that of and uncovered most of the silver i taped some left over screen door over the silver and then shot the blue over/through that for the hood i basically did the same but before i shot the blue i applied the decal the decal is indeed homemade i took a picture of Mrs. diymirage and scanned it then i changed the colours to black and white and printed it on decal paper it didnt come out perfect but for my first try on making my own decals im pretty pleased with it once the decal was on i taped over the center of it (just to be safe) and shot the fading blue through the screen again (the WIP is right here http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27218 ) as for those of you who said this inst your cup of tea, i totally agree but i really wanted to do the decal and i didnt think it would look good on any other style car so i figured i would venture outide of my comfort zone and just build it as a lowrider now that everything is said and done i must say ive gotten a chance to hone some skills and do some scratchbuilding/modifying that went well beyond my usual involvement in a kit so it was educational and fun

started out as a heinz 57 pontiac street car but somehow it doesnt look like the box to the body i made the following changes scratchbuild the headlights scratchbuild the flip flop hood hinges filled in the hood pins scribed panel lines for the doors added partsbox side view mirrors scratchbuild the rear skirts custom build the tail lights filled in trunk pins converted to steel roof to a vinyl top the interior partsbox seats shortened steering column partsbox subs scratchbuild shelf the drivetrain replaced the engine with a cross barrel 302 moved the dizzy to the front of the block (for firewall clearance) scratchbuild the entire exhaust using solder for the headers heatshrink tubing for the collectors and aluminum tube for the lakespipes custom build the rear end scratchbuild the rear suspension the body received first a coat of german silver then a coat of RAF training yellow then decals and finally a coat of true blue here are some picture and dont hesitate to comment

as usual, my model doesnt look anything like the boxart i started this build off with a heinz 57 pontiac grand prix stock car to the body i made the following changes scratchbuild the headlights scratchbuild the flip flop hood hinges filled in the hood pins scribed panel lines for the doors added partsbox side view mirrors scratchbuild the rear skirts custom build the tail lights filled in trunk pins converted to steel roof to a vinyl top the interior partsbox seats shortened steering column partsbox subs scratchbuild shelf the drivetrain replaced the engine with a cross barrel 302 moved the dizzy to the front of the block (for firewall clearance) scratchbuild the entire exhaust using solder for the headers heatshrink tubing for the collectors and aluminum tube for the lakespipes custom build the rear end scratchbuild the rear suspension the body received first a coat of german silver then a coat of RAF training yellow then decals and finally a coat of true blue here are some picture and dont hesitate to comment

i did the exact opposite my badger 150 was a daul action and my paasche is a single stage the main reason i went with the single stage is because it is easyer to clean to be honoust, i dont miss the daul action

i have a paasche and i LOVE the ease of cleaning it all you do is take the front end off i had a badger 150 before that and it took a lot more effort to keep that one running (heres a pic of the paasche) im pretty sure the paasche has the same connector as the one i had in between it and the badger i dropped out of the hobby for a few years so i got rid of the badger then when i was ready to get a new airbrush i stopped in at menards and bought their store brand gravity feed plastic aribrush (i think it ran me less then 20 dollars) and that was a great "starter" brush

the way they do it with ships is put a hinge in the mast so that they lay flat this will allow the ship to pass through the bottleneck then when the ship is in there you pull the string and the masts will sit up straight

congrats your in for a ride my first was born bout a month and a half ago and he has nothing on his shelf but mopars (figured id start him off early)

i think you are thinking of the opel astra DTM kit different kritter alltogether as for the calibra...it looks great

baby is doing fine hes just paying beside me on the couch chirping away right now as for the runner, it kinda depends, if the paint is good on it i might let it be but lime green with a black strobe stripe does sound tasty

what i would imagine you want to do is first cut up the interior tub so that the door panels are gone then all you have to do is recreate the inner door panel out of sheet styrene (here is a corvair panel) http://pivonka.natcafamily.org/Images/CorvairWeb/012Inner%20Door%20Panel%20(3).JPG if it were my car i would cut a sheet of styrene and draw a cross in it from top right to bottom left and vice cersa and then just cut the 4 triangles out while leaving the cross and outside frame maybe 3/16th of an inch thick its really just a mather of getting good reference material and having at it

true that just bought the wifey a 08 charger as a winterbeater and as soon as she starts making money were buying me a 74 roadrunner

what if you found yourself a teeny tiny gun and just shoot it out ?

sounds like ed to me i posed a question once conserning crossover exhaust pipes on a ford flathead and he send me enough info to not only build one from scratch but to do it in 1:1 and running better then stock aswell that reminds me, i should ask him to help me find a check for 100.000 dollars i misplaced it has got to be here somewhere

thats too bad, i really like the bees but at least yer still with us

to the best of my knowledge that makes you the first legacy here thats cool welcome aboard

also keep in mind that you want to make the fabric look ripped what i like to do is paint the seat and then put a napkin over it then i paint the napkin and ford it back when the seat is ripped once that dries i get my nasty orange paint out and paint the foam showing under the rip

you know what the difference is between a BMW and a hedgehog right ? a hedgehog has the pricks on the outside !!!

i think you would come pretty close with the rims from a snap tite concept camaro actually

looks great never skipped a beat i bet i really like the paint and the engine detail as for the mirrors, that seems to be an overal complaint why, just the other day i snapped a mirror at the stem while i was working on my grand prix and that silly thing didnt even come with side view mirrors, i had to ad em from the parts box

check out this page http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5964&st=0&p=41725&hl=spraybooth&fromsearch=1&#entry41725 there is a plan halfway down the first page if you are handy you can build one yourself for maybe 50 bucks in parts

i use beading wire it is also 30 gauge and i buy it ebay in 6 packs (6 colours) for 4 dollar shipped