Romell R

you did go above and beyond .....sorry you had a trade go bad.

Really not a problem Highway , and i never knew people were making these from tubing (rats I thought I was making something up LOL!) I guess if you have a good Idea someone eles has had it too.

Hey Art I plan on being there. so hopefully we'll get to meet

I just want to know if you feel the same way I do when it comes to fair trades.....Now my belief on trading goes like this you and I make an agreement on a trade deal where lets say I send you a crappy caddy model, and at the same time you send me a crappy snap-on wreaker model. Now we both recieve our agreed apon crappy trades, but for some reason you believe my crappy model is crappier than your crappy model and youre not happy. Now heres the delima. Do you now deserve a model 10 times better than our original agreement? like lets say a ]ModelKing 67 Comet AWB? I thought that maybe I should just send you your crappy model back, ( and maybe I'll even let you keep my crappy model for the trouble) Nah send back my crappy model and we'll call it even. So what do you guys think? feel free to be honest....

My wife says thank you Tumbler and all the others for the compliments.

Actually I will be letting my paint man see the model, hes a differant person than my bodyman. I wont be taking the car in for paint untill I get the rollcage wielded in.

Hey fellas back again with another installment of .....never mind that see if you can guess what im making before I get to the end of the post all the materials used were scrap. I satrted with these materials I then cut the styrene tube into six 7mm pieces then the pieces were gluded together in two rows of three.... Then the two rows were glued together... Do you know yet???.....No? ok i'll keep going then, next I traced the outline of my tubes on a piece of scrap styrene.... come on you gotta know now...... Ok here the shape is cut out....... Ok if you didnt know you'll know now ..... TaDah!! its a battery!!!and tray Where its going....

its simple you just scrap the flock away from where the rollbar will be glued, not an issue. and my rollbar fits so good I may not glue it in at all.

MAN IM LOVING THIS THREAD!! um sorry got a lil excited great job keep it up. Romell

I bet you guys were wondering what I was gonna do about the two-tone line down the side of the body. Well heres my solution. I was gonna paint a sliver stripe over the line but i figured that could create more problems than it would solve. Then I noticed the kit decals "THERE PERFECT!!" I screamed. I had to remove the black part as it would have clashed with the rest of the paint so heres what I came up with. ( my wife took pictures as I worked shes so helpful )....... Here I apply MircoSol with a soft brush to make the decal conform so it will be like paint I used some flames intended for the hood to inhance the front fenders And how about a round of applause for my beautiful photographer

Now that the parts are black I can add the outter drilled surfaces.... here the center piece is added and the calipers also form Hobby design Still have a lil work and fabing to take care of, I'm gonna cut two 3mm sections out of this aluminum tube and add it to the rotors

Wow a 3rd update today im on a roll LOL! Anyway I was able to work on my new brake assembly. I know what your thinking "but you had brakes on it already!" True but I wanted something with a bit more detail that would allow me to make actual lugs and lugnuts. so with out further adue...... I found that hobby design makes an excellent brake rotor set up and brake calliper set, they also make em in various sizes. this is the 330mm set im using for the fronts and I have slightly smaller set for the rear. Youre probably thinking "its a shame that no one will see all this." but thats not how i think, I think about what someone "Might" see. Well Nuf said..... This set gives you many options to chose from This piece is what really makes the differance All the tabs have to be turned 90 degrees Then you sandwich it between two other solid pieces with groves in it. This is the closest thing I've seen to real looking brake rotors... Once the sandwich is made I decieded to paint the solid parts black so the holes in the next pieces will be enhanced...

That portion of blotchy flocking you see is were I added some after I had dumped the extra then took another piture. I noticed it after i took the pictuer, but trust me the flocking is smooth. Good eye tho.

A most humble thank you goes out to you for your sincere compliment thx again

Hello peter I hope im not too late to join but I would love to build one also please Im me and let me know how to get the money to you. Thx in advance Romell

thx bro for the info I love these guys too I have a box of there stuff, but i needed actual threaded lugs and nuts. I was able to get them at scalehardware

Thx this was of great help I got what i needed. And there service is top rate.

What the heck were we talking about? Oh well im having a ball!! who started this great thread anyway?

Now theres always a method to my Madness , I had you tap that extra material into your box for clean up and salvage purposes. That extra material can be used again. get a card of somesorts and scoop that extra out of your box and return it to the container it came out of..... couldnt help myself I had to throw in a mock up....enjoy or two LOL!

Hey fellas I thought I'd do the flocking today and at the same time show you guys how to properly flock a model. What you need is any type of flocking material and flat paint thats close to the color of the flock your going to be using. since Im gonna be flocking the chevelle in black I'll be using Tamiya flat black. I chose Tamiya flats because they stay wet just long enough for you to get the job done and not over wet your flocking. and ofcourse you'll need your model you want to start by only painting a small area about 1-2 inch square then sprinkle a good amount of the flock material ontop of your still wet paint. Once you have the flock on top of the paint use your finger to lightly pat it down. make sure you use enough flock that you never touch the paint with your finger (if you get paint on your finger, you didnt use enough flock) You may even need to use the handle of your paint brush to get the flock into the tight spaces.... once you have a nice small area covered you should tap off the extra material into the top of one of your model boxes. when you do this make sure you turn the part upside down and thump it lightly, quick light taps you just want to knock off excess material. and the tapping makes the material stand up. see a nicely flocked floor in no time....

Fellas please keep in mind that I posted this to have some fun with it and get opinions, we dont want to turn this into a circus of political debates. Have fun fellas but try not to offend anyone in the process. and dang those are some big trains! LOL!

Darn been Hi-Jacked LOL!

Hey fellas If anyone know where I can find 1/24th scale bolts and nuts, that can be used as lugnuts & lugs please let me know. I been looking for a company I used to deal with but I can no longer find them. Thx in advance for any help you might be able to provide. Romell

How many times have you been reading along with a nice build and then WAM! some dingleberry breaks in and talks bout what he built and then strings in 1000 pictures of the build. Now I might be exaggerating a bit but come on how many pictures would be proper edicate and where does the Hi-jack actually start to take place. The way I see it one example pic should be ok as long as it's in the intrest of the build at hand, Or if the thread owner personally ask you to post pics of your build, anything other than that is Thread Hi-Jacking. So I ask the question "Are you a thead Hi-Jacker?" A word of warning to any potiental Hi-Jackers....We're watching you! and if you attempt to Hi-jack our threads again we'll be at you door the next morning waiting to slap you in the face with a wet foot long tuna sandwich from SubWay! LOL! have a great day fellas!

I say HOK Platinum Silver but thats not one of the choices so i'll go with gun metal