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Welcome back to the bench. A ton has changed in 30 yrs, sooo much more aftermarket bits and pieces available.

Thanks Terry.

Looking the part of a real vintage hot rod. I like the fenders, brackets look good.

Totally agree.

Some interesting stories on here. Seems the Badger 150 is a popular starter brush. I started with one too about 25yrs ago, great brush, I used it for about 15yrs before I switched to the Badger 175, which is a fantastic piece of equipment. The draw back for both is the siphone feed cup. I always found that tiny teflone washer on the Badger 150 head to be a real pain, only because I am a klutz and always dropped it, also the 150 felt too small in my hands and not balanced with the cup so far forward. Loved the 175's feel and balance, huge plus was the ease of switching needles and tip sizes, much better atomization then the 150, but again not a fan of siphone feed brushes. I have always wanted to take the time to modify it to gravity feed. About 10 yrs ago I switched to an Iwata HP-CH gravity feed, WOW, what a step up in feel, actuation of trigger, balance, and atomization. The biggest difference was how little paint it used compared to the Badger brushes. Wanting a wider fan pattern I then purchased the Iwata HP-TR-2 side feed trigger brush, I hardly use this brush. Not a fan, too nose heavy, and the side feed cup is a real pain with the friction fit. It needs to have a screw cap lock. I believe there is a model that has this feature since I purchased this one. When the HP-TH fan pattern brush came out I knew I had to have it. It is an awesome brush for painting shells or other large volume project such as 1/12 scale shells. The down side is be the fan pattern can be effected by any blockage of the side air direction air nozzles. It takes a conscious effort to keep the tip and air nozzle clean. I found I actually had to drill out the air direction fan nozzles in order to help keep them cleaner and to balance out the air direction that effects the fan pattern. They have a tendency to collect paint in them which effects the fans pattern. If one of the air direction holes get paint in it it will push the pattern off centre. I find I constant have to clean the tip out. Not a big deal I just submerge the entire tip in Acetone before and after each use along with the normal quick clean after each use. The Iwata HP-CH mention previously is my work horse for painting parts. I also have the HP-BH, smaller cup and needle size, and the HP-AH same needle size as the HP-BH bit this brush has next to no cup, I use all three brushes when doing graphics with multiple colours and shading. The real down side of any Iwata brush is the cost of parts, they are STUPID expensive, and yes the brushes can be expensive too. Although I have been lucky and found them on evil-bay from sellers in Japan for about 20-25% less then domestically.

Welcome back to the bench. Good work for your first in 30yrs

Sweet classic look ride, dig the wide whites.

Another nice build. The wheels look great, super detail on the interior.

Real nice Mini.

Really great looking builds, and that dio, really cracking good.

Thanks Oliver. Ya the spider is creepy, it was freaking me out when I was preserving it.

Thanks Thank you. It's actually a Rolls 6 cylinder, the two centre ports are paired up. Never thought the air box could be a blower of sorts. Thanks, the lights are reflecting the photo booth lights.

3M glazing spot putty, or Tamiya putty.

Hello all, I never know what the editcate is for a long absences from a forum, I tend to build in blocks of months at a time then not for months at a time. I figure I'd stop in here and say hello to you all and say how much I dig this site for ALL the mad skills and experienced builders on here. I am on a hand full of other sites and a few fb model pages, I always end up back here. The dynamic nature and broad variety of this site is hard to beat.

What a real beauty, the attention to detail is awesome.

The only green kits I have. Don't think these have been mentioned yet.

I'll be following this. Good luck.

Killer build, top notch.

Fantastic work, very nice colour. The interior is looking bang on to the pic you posted. Good luck with the rest o for the build.

This is going to be fun to watch, best of luck. If money isn't a concern you may want to consider Molotow Chrome for the rechroming step. It's acrylic based chrome liquid, I use it exclusively now for everything chrome. No need for base of gloss black, no need to dust it on like Alclad or Spaz Stix Chrome. The thicker you lay it down the brighter it gets, of course you need an air brush. It can be found on eBay, I buy the refill bottles for the pens. I dig watching these rebuilds.

This is really moving along. Very nice work on the cage.

Thanks man. Carbs are from Fireball Modelworks, sooooo awesome and crazy accurate and detailed,. Worth every penny he charges. http://www.fireballmodelworks.com/

You're welcome. Disregard the 'so far' comment, my effing iPad is sooo screwed up it incerts words on it's own. Really great build.

This one started out a pure rat rod, 8yrs ago, some how it morphed into this quassia Rat. It was one of those builds that just.....well one you can never quite figure out how to get all the bits to work together. But once I got the wheels/tire's sorted, the rest fell into place. The spider is a real dried out specimen, I think it was originally a Brown Recluse. Once dried I sprayed it with few coats of Pledge, then Molotow Chrome and a dusting of green. White walls are painted on with enamel, rear tire's are 1/20 Tamiya F1, rims are cast from a Revell Drag kit. Thanks for checking it out.