lordairgtar
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On 12/31/2022 at 7:51 PM, Raoul Ross said:
'78 Monza Tail Lights
Yes, Foxy Vette had Monza tail lamps, not Camaro.
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On 9/29/2022 at 11:27 AM, thatz4u said:
this one in 1/25th for AMT 60 Ford kit..it's a Canadian Ford Meteor
yes please
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On 8/19/2022 at 3:12 PM, Fabrux said:
Oh boy!
'66 Beaumont for the '66 Malibu flip nose
'67 Beaumont for the Revell '67 Chevelle
'64 Acadian Canso for the Moebius
'65 Canso for the Moebius
'66 Canso for the AMT
Defo need these.
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Reading this and I am working on the same kit. I think imma gonna just quietly place mine back in the box.
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Your glass turned out beautifully.
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Nice.
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Stuffing a six cylinder into a Bronco kit.
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There is an alternative ink from Flysea. Very similar to Molotow but has a more durable finish. I could handle it after a couple of hours without dulling.
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On 11/23/2022 at 10:22 AM, thatz4u said:
I would like to see 1970 AMX, same year Cougar, 1960 conversion parts for the AMT 60 Ford to Meteor such as ..
Yes, atleast doing the grille and tail lamps. The rest I can scratch build. I'm surprised that someone hasn't offered the bits as a conversion kit. Not many want it I suppose but I certainly do
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Some might not like the fact that the 68 GTO will be a curbside. It is easy enough to open up that hood and graft a Chevelle engine bay to it.
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On 10/22/2022 at 6:01 PM, Horrorshow said:
Is there a brand of brushes and type of paint you would recommend? Primer too?
Royal is a good mid range brush brand. You might have to talk to the art guy at the store to find what he recommends. I am just speaking with my own experience. Most of my model work is done with Tamiya sprays and bottle paints. They work well for me. Their Acrylics aren't bad. As far as a thinner for Testors, I've used a couple drops of enamel thinner, any brand would work. Remember that Testor's yellow is sort of transparent and the underlying color will show through. I've never tried a brush on primer. I always use a spray. I like Plasti-cote or Duplicolor. I had some success with NAPA's primer. Tamiya has very good spray primers in different colors.
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On 10/20/2022 at 6:07 AM, Horrorshow said:
Thanks for the tip Bill. Maybe I’ll switch to lacquer paint and use this retarder.
Also use a very high quality brush. Cheaper brushes will leave streaks. I would not use the Testor enamel paint from those little bottles. It's rather thick and will not flow right. An enamal retarder 'might' work.
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On 10/15/2022 at 10:31 PM, CabDriver said:
Good question! I saw some AMAZING displays today, as it happens…
Aside from revolving, this one had custom-machined LED spotlights plus a printed vinyl wrap to match the model:
This one was even more complex, with routed pieces to support the model and some clever routing to hide the wiring for the lights:
Simple, but effective:
I think this is the stand that Scale Motorsports sells (sold?)
And even just something simple like this ‘frames’ a model nicely, I think:
All of these stands are pretty cool. The two first stands, although complex, resemble stands and displays at car shows like World Of Wheels.
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Mine are kept in a case much like seen above by you guys. I was wondering too how you display at shows? I see a lot of childish things at shows like a model placed on top of a platform filled with marbles or a car setting on top of dice. I prefer to see them displayed on a small bit of street not much larger than the model itself much like aircraft guys display a plane on a patch of runway. Cars don't sit on top of marbles or dice in the real world. Mirrors are OK to display the under carriage.
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On 9/3/2022 at 9:48 AM, keyser said:
Tow’d! Awesome. Great kit. Mako too. Nomad amongst best photo box art ever.
Study the chrome reverse wheels...they are not color photos. They were cut and pasted the old fashioned way because the chrome reverse matched the kit wheels.
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Got mine yesterday. Awesome issue.
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On 8/18/2022 at 12:05 PM, unclescott58 said:
Any photos?
I will try and post one.
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On 8/21/2022 at 10:48 PM, Oldcarfan27 said:
A Japanese company named Edai Grip. They've done other kits in a variety of scales. I even found a 1/8 scale Porsche set up for radio control. Not sure the history of the company or if they still exist. My guess is they don't, that's why the kit ended up done by Union.
Eidai did a lot of kits of Japanese race cars very similar to our Can Am cars of the 60s and 70s. The engines were usually non existant or not realistic.
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I have the Invader, the Outhouse and the Snap Draggin. Outhouse is built and sitting in my display case
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The wheels in this kit leave something to be desired. The white plastic it's made with doesn't bother me much but the crown of the tread area does. Is there a source for flat tread area tires.
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On 8/12/2022 at 11:23 AM, Mr mopar said:
Mail call today ,I got this beauty from Germany and it only took a week to get now that's fast
Interesting box art. The scene looks familiar to me. Perhaps Oregon coast/Northern California? I've traveled up and down the 101 during the 70s.
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16 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:
The '59 Invicta arrived today; really better shape than I expected - a little polish and a bunch of BMF over the silver-painted trim should about do it for now. So nice to not have to pry off louvers and skirts!
When I was a kid, I never added those things to the models. Didn't like them.
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45 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:
They’re trying to lure me over to the “dark side.” Once a month, a couple friends and I go do to Scale Model Supply in St. Paul, MN. After words we go to lunch. One of the starts telling us about this cool store he found over in Minneapolis, called Brickmania. They mainly sell Lego building kits. Sophisticated and very expensive Lego building kits. They also have quite a display of built up kits. The stuff is cool. But, between the expense, and the still brick shapes of the completed models, its not for me. But, look around, they also carry a brand called COBI. I first spotted their car kits. They looked pretty good with more rounded shapes and a much lower price. So I had to buy the Citroen you see below.
Interesting.
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On 6/10/2022 at 9:23 PM, Oldcarfan27 said:
No way, Bondo wasn't around then. 2 sticks of lead for that realistic touch! 😅
Speaking of Barris - I then thought of the Hirohata Merc, but that was never a kit.
But it SHOULD be!!
Bondo came out in 1955
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What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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For real. My friend had one, a 400 cc one lunger. A real torquey bike. I had a 250 Montessa Cota set up for ISDT type events and we had in our group a bunch of Suzuki RM250s, a Honda 250, a CZ 250.