Ryan Quantz

I have the AMT kit of this car. What needed to be corrected on the rear fenders if you don't mind me asking?

For fresh oil I use a dark brown in a semi-gloss. I layer it and let it pool in the direction gravity would pull it. For older oil I do the same and just before the paint is dry to the touch I sprinkle it with "dirt" colored chalk-pastel dust. Depending on the desired effect, you can combine both techniques to simulate a long-time oil leak. For grease like in steering components, I do the same, but mix it a bit darker and apply the paint heavily. While the paint is fresh and wet I dab it generously with a dark brown chalk pastel powder. I repeat this a few times, then dab on some Flat clearcoat and sprinkle that with "dirt" and the dark brown powder. Might sound a bit confusing, but here's my results.

Pictures are pretty blurry. Does your camera have a "Macro" mode? It would help tremendously. It's just hard to see anything...

Simply awesome. I like seeing these types of builds. Nice work.

One day I hope to attempt a from-the-ground-up build- or at least mostly ground-up. Patience, research, creativity and ingenuity will need to be in heavy supply. But I can swear to the fact that you need not expensive or fancy tools. A lathe can be made from a dremmel or even a drill clamped into a vise. Depending on how good one is with their hands and how much determination they have, nothing is unacchievable, even if you don't have fancy tools. Take for example: I cut Gemstones on a professional level with a Dremmel. Seriously. No $4-5K machines or anything (yet). Now, I can't facet very accurately without the $4K machine, but I do a darn good job for only using a Dremmel, especially with the non-faceted type of cuts. But start out small. Scratch build some small items. Then move up bigger things and heavier modiications. Scratchbuild some major components for a while and you should have a pretty good handle on what works for you and what doesn't. Only a handful of people in the world can dive headfirst into such a project and emerge on the other side with a completed piece without taking baby steps first. Just remember to get a ton of pictures, and if you can measurements. LOTS of measurements.

It is definately a shade of Brown. Oh yes... ::singing:: Ba Ba Ba. Ba-ba B-rown. Ba Ba Ba. Ba-ba, Ba Ba-row-n. The-car is Brow-ow-own. Ba Ba-row-own.... Sorry, I've been in the WhiskEy tonight.

That was my first thought! Very grungy, crusty and possibly toxic. Nice looking build Michael.

My former daily drive for almost 6 years, 1968 Mustang. A freshly rebuilt J-Code 302 awaits it's rebirth after a transmission overhaul and some TLC to the brakes and steering. Then she's back on the road and will be "in-progress". I've re-done almost everything electrical and mechanical. And... My current daily drive, 2003 Dodge Ram 1500. I must've gotten a good one because she's been almost 100% solid since day 1. I'm still running the original clutch and brake pads at 125,000 miles! I just replaced the original battery last week. She still looks brand new, save for a few scratches and some driver's seat damage.

Here in the desert, in Vegas, when we get .20in. of rain all hell breaks loose and there are accidents EVERYWHERE. Now, an inch of rain is news for a week and everyone goes nutz because of "all the rain". If it snows anything enough to stick, it makes national news for a few days. Seems that as soon as the water falls people's sense follows the water into the gutter. Agent G is right, the city shuts down. It's funny. When I lived in Colorado, driving to work in 6 inches of snow was just part of winter. I was a plumber and worked out in freezing weather and snow- breaking through 6 inches of frozen ground to lay underground sewer pipes. That was normal. It depends on where you are I guess. People get seasoned with certain weather trends and when it goes different we are taken by surprise. But driving habits are SO BAD these days that no one thinks to slow down or be more careful in incliment weather. I've seen people on their cellphones doing 40mph through the Rockies in a snow storm... The danger in driving here is that hardly anyone is careful, and they drive wayyyy too fast to begin with. Now combine that with water on streets that haven't been rain-cleansed in months... Bad News. Weather is funny. People in weather are funny too, but mostly scary. We've all seen news reports as 20 or so cars kept trying to go down a flooded street with cars already stalled and stuck in the water. Happens ALL THE TIME.... Anyways, We get snow here in Vegas every year, but rarely does it accumulate across the whole valley, especially in amounts like last year. But it's not completely unusual. When it does happen, look out. Total collapse of society. LOL We've even had Tornadoes and funnel clouds over Vegas before. It happens.

Oh that's too bad! What's the fun in having that much detail without a shifter that shifts?! I think you should modify it so it shifts... It's nice to see you building something, and doing a fine job at it I must say.

Does the shifter arm move?!

Highway Miniatures makes the little '32. It has some downsides, but come on it's a 1/87th scale meant for railroad display. I still scratchbuilt quite a bit for it...

I posted this one a while ago, but I can't resist showing a miniature '32 in a '32 thread!

Gorgeous... Just Gorgeous!

James, that's the first car I thought of when I saw where this build was going. Yes, as usual, Looking good Lyle. Any ideas on a color yet?

Well, I think that those 1:1 Concours car shows (and a lot of other car shows) cannot be compared against a model car show. In the 1:1 world, you are usually putting up one person's checkbook against another's, not the physical capabilities of one person building a car against another. We all know that in a lot of these snooty Concours car shows that most of those cars are bought and paid for and trailered to and fro- NOT built in Joe Schmoe's garage. Still elitist, but I don't think they can compare...

While I am not a fan of the flat-black/satin black Rods, this one is well done. It's nice enough for me to comment, so it must be nice! The blue looks great and it's just a really nice looking truck. It reminds me of one in a neighborhood near my parents' house in the 1990s, except that one was red/black. Makes me want to dig out the kits and start building again... Sweet truck man.

What's wrong with eating meat....? You know... My mother is an R.N. She's been in hospitals, ERs, Rehab. Hospitals for over 30 years. She's seen smokers live to be 100 and health-nuts drop dead from heart attacks at 36. All the healthy diets, exercise and healthy living in the world doesn't guarantee you anything. With that said, quitting smoking is tough. I'm there right now.... I'm young, so when I quit I'll have a lot of life to enjoy... Smoke-free! But, it will be a COLD day [you know where] when they take my Whiskey from me.

There's got to be something that revolutionized our hobby more than the new 69 Nova...

Tim, I am excited to see what you build. Fortunately I still own my first car, my 68 Mustang. I bought it after I got my license in 2001. Sorry to hear yours didn't fare as well as mine. Keep us posted on your project. If you need any really specific pictures, I have my 68 coupe in my driveway and can take pictures of whatever you need. Bill, aside from the IRS, didn't the car have some uber-powerful 428CJ in it? Twin turbo or supercharged or something...? I don't remember, but that car was a prototype and was deemed WAY too powerful for the general public and was ordered to be destroyed. Instead, someone drove it home and put it in his garage and destroyed his very own green 68 Coupe? It resurfaced in the early 90s or something. I cannot find the MM article.

No kidding! That looks pretty darn good Bill. Did you catch the magazine article in Mustang Monthly a few years back with the article on the EXP500 in it?!

I too saw the article in HRD on this car and as soon as I saw the title of this thread I got giddy! I am really excited to see this one progress. You'll do it up quite well.

I cannot speak about the Revell accuracy because I just don't know... But The AMT is obviously the best base to start a custom. The revell Merc is nice, but definately not a good stock option to start with. I want to build the Sam Barris Merc too John! I have the issue of Rodder's Journal with tons of pictures in it if you need any!

In my opinion, NONE of the available 68 Mustang coupes look right. The rear quarters slope WAY too much. You can't just whack the roof off the fastback and make it a coupe. They just don't look right to me. I am beginning to make my own 68 coupe, to replicate my very own 1:1 '68 because I just don't like anything that is out there. If you're not a perfectionist like me then it probably doesn't matter to you.

Coopdad!!! Where have you been man?! I haven't seen you around anywhere in quite some time! Depending on what I'm using it for, I either use tiny dabs of CA glue for larger mockups like body parts and suspension, and other stuff I use something called "Tacky Glue" that you get at Michael's and comes in a brownish bottle with a white cap. It peels or rubs right off just like rubber cement. It works pretty good as long as you let it sit for a while. I also use that sticky putty that can hold posters and such to the wall. Each one of my methods has it's shortcomings, but 95% of the time they work. If not, good old masking tape does the trick.