diymirage

i think ill try my hand at one of thos females next though to be honoust, it doesnt mather too much what model i build, i still enjoy the process you didnt happen to be adopted out of europe were you ? (or maybe i was adopted out of the US into europe)

1969 coronet convertable ?

thanks me and the wifey are very pleased with him well be in the hospital untill some time tomorrow and then well take him home

hes real allright, way too much detail...i never put fingernails or opening eyelids on my models

thanks guys i wasnt sure what to expect going in but she was a real trooper i swear she made more noise during the conception then during the delivery she had a great anesthesiologist so once she got the epideral in it was all smooth sailing

well here he is guys, brammetje lucas, AKA mini me the first model of me me and the wifey ever build he was born on valentinesday 2010 (his actual due date) weighing in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and measuring 21 1/2 inches he is exactly a 1:3.34 scale version of me from the time the wife started her first practice push till the moment she wrapped her arms around him was a whopping 49 minutes (id upload the pics to photobucket but im on a restricted connection)

fiberglass doesnt rust but the paint on it does flake and the parts themselves can get cracked so a good way to do it is to shoot a coat of primer then put some tiny salt on there and shoot the paint once the paint dries brush of the salt and it will look like the paint is chipped down to the primer

i posted that here huh ? then id better not show you the cougar i had before that by the time i got done with that car the only body panels unharmed were the roof and trunklid, every other panel was toast turns out you really cant go 3 wide down 16th street

not trying to be a negative nelly here but...that engine is gonna leak some oil buddy

how bout some DOHC hemis ? oh, and superbird wings, i know they come in several plastic kits but i do love em

i like it somehow the overall looks screams viper also, nice looking engine

that front end looks like it belongs there might have a rather large turning radius though

the best way to get holes and dent in 1:1 vehicles is to let the wife drive it so all you need to do is find a scale wife and let her drive it :>

its all good

i used to have a badger 150 dual action then i got out of the hobby for a while and got rid of it now i have a paasch single action and to be honoust, i dont miss the dual action this paasche i have has a needle and tip combo that is less then an inch long and it is sooooooooomuch easyer to clean i think with my skill level this is all i need as for aircompressors, dont go to small or it will constantly be turning on and that annoying and make sure you invest the extra 12 dollars to install a water trap, you dont want to get moisture in the air when your spraying enamels

that looks like a corsa on steroids i luvs it i actually have 3 or 4 opels (or as you call em, vauxhauls) on my list of cars ill own when i have money to burn including the C cadett ascona with the inline 6 and a manta with the dual round headlights oh, and a V6 calibra for good measure

ad a little pin to the whole in the post above and your all set (you know, the pins the wifey uses when she sows and needs to hold the fabric together, they come in all sorts of different collored heads and also make great gearshifters )

hey guys i have a model im working on that i screwed up the paint on pretty bad i want to take it of by putting it in a baggy with some easy off oven now, here is my question, i had to do some extensive body work to make the wheels fit and i also molded the bumper and rollpan will the easy off effect the bondo and putty underneath ?

feel free to send me a mustang and ill get right on that if were downsizing anyway, how bout we do this ? we slap in a 2 liter from a focus, turbo charge it and conver it to FWD that way, we can drop the loading floor way down (its a delivery van right?)

like i mentioned before if you guys dont mind my underskilled hands all over this im in

mine was all true you just had to pay close attention and keep in mind that most european cans have the speedos in kilometers per hour rather then miles

does a ford focus count as a import ? i mean, it looks like one underperforms out of the box like one and it appeals to the same crowd as one iether way, i dont have the drag tires on but i might be get in on this afterall (with a different car of course)

heres a picture of that engine i added the mudstank for size refference same scale you know it looks just a tad large for that willys but it sure would spin them wheels

quoted from wiki... 1973 Gremlin X with Levi interiorFor 1973, AMC introduced bumpers able to withstand a 5-mile-per-hour (8 km/h) impact in the front and a 2.5-mile-per-hour (4 km/h) impact in the rear, to meet new U.S. government mandated safety regulations. Gremlins also received the option of a Levi's interior trim package, which included spun nylon upholstery made to look like denim (fire safety regulations prohibited the use of real cotton denim). Details included removable map pockets, burnished copper denim rivets, and red Levi's logo tabs. One notable and widely appreciated change was the increase in legroom in the rear seats. The X package received a new tape-striping pattern that emphasized the Gremlin's rear wheel flares by kicking up over the flare itself. Gremlin sales improved again to 122,844 units, nearly 30% more than 1972. A 1973 Gremlin purchased by Consumer Reports was top-rated in a group of six subcompact models tested for the June issue. That car had relatively few sample defects and proved reliable over a long-term test.

that is a great looking car and i have always wanted one specially the "top notch" levis version that came with the denim upholstery id build it if i could