lordairgtar

I know the guy who owns the real car. He actually drives the car , amongst others he owns. He has a Boyd Coddington 48 Ford as well. Troy also built his 32. http://image.hotrod.com/f/10181115+w660+h440+cr1/0412_rodp_01_z_trep.jpg

The Ferrari is a nice kit for Revell. The black trim is not hard to do if you have access to Sharpie marker pens. Just color the glass on the underside of the glass and it will look great. Tamiya sprays are very good and easy to use. The come in nice colors and their military line has flat paints that will work on the interior colors. They come in both spraycans and small bottles for brush painting. Flat paints work well with a good brush. Metalizer paints from Testors, Model master, or Tamiya to paint those metallic surfaces. You want that aluminum engine block to look like aluminum. There is not much bright work on a modern Ferrari, so Bare Metal Foil isn't needed, but I would get some for future projects. Basic tools would include an X-acto or similar knife handle and a supply of No. 11 blades to use in it. Tweezers and small needle nose pliers for attaching parts that are small. Sanding paper or clothe in very fine grits starting from 8,000, 10,000, 12,000, 16,000 and so on for wet sanding paint jobs so you can get a mirror finish. Like doing it in the real car body shops. Small drill bits for opening holes for mounting mirrors, drilling out holes in the cylinder heads and distributor for plug wires Finding odd bits of tubing, wires of small gauges is a good thing for your building arsenal. You can also make a small paint stand from a block of wood and some metal coat hanger wire. It's cheaper that way and you don't have to buy a commercially available piece. Or you can just use a spray can to prop the body on top.

Thanks everyone. I thought somewhere I saw a kit of it or had it. The brain gets fuzzy in my old age.

In American body style lingo, a four door without a B pillar is/was a hardtop, as was the two door non post model as well. Sometimes the two door was called a coupe if it had a post and window frame work. Now, it's a sedan, closely aligned to the way the world outside of the US does it. But I digress, I owned a 64 Buick LeSabre 4 door hardtop and a four door sedan. Both were equipped the same but the hardtop gave the illusion of a more spritely lighter car.

Just wondering. I seem to remember a 70s Plymouth Van from when I was still a young kid. Was there such a thing or are the recreational pharmaceuticals I used in the 70s finally catching up to me?

And I can tell you that the engines are really nicely done.

Happy Hobby...awfully weird people. Everytime I'd be in the National Ave. store, that guy would ell me tales of how the owners of Greenfield News & Hobby and Model Empire were sneaking in at night to destroy his store with water on the roof and making holes in the roof. Are any fixtures like paint racks going to be sold?

Where'd ya get the cool machinist's chest?

I build wiring harnesses and do micro soldering plus inspection at work. Nice to get home and just work on the model stuff.

It's gonna get worse. Just recently on the TV news and online, it was said we bathe too much. We shouldn't bathe every day. Sorry, I am not giving up my daily shower. I know the basement dwellers will use this as an excuse not to introduce themselves to Mr. soap bar and Mrs. Shampoo; with a slight dalliance with Ms. deodorant and Miss cologne, more often. Also, when encountering an overpriced kit, I just ask if he really wants to sell it or is he running a museum. I once seen a gluebomb Toyota 2000 GT kit go for the north of 150 bucks...and it was missing a few parts. Finally found one for a lot less only missing tires which are easily found in the parts bin.

Air Guitars. LOL. I go by the name Lord Air Gtar in my mobile DJ business. Aside from the usual meaning, an air guitar can also be a prop guitar used at karaoke. I have several non functioning guitars for that purpose.

I agree with you.

It came in the mail on Thursday. Great packaging, no damage.

Just got my Trabant wagon kit in the mail. YAY!!!

That was in Aussie dollars too. When that kit in the US costs around $30 to $40 depending on seller, that Aussie price is still way overpriced.

The muscle car is not dead. Just got a heart transplant.

dammit Chuck! That damned bug made me scratch my monitor.

The rear end in the 1:1 pic don't look that big either.

Thanks, Nick.

Don't have the education qualifications. Have most everything else for the second position. I sort of do this in my industry which is wiring harnesses. I'm often lead person on major projects and have to work with the buyers and the clients. my plastic molding experience is not quite enough ( I ran a Van Dorn injection molder making Mary Kay boxes...LOL) I guess I could write "I bild modelz" on my resumé.

When I was a kid, IMCs art of the Ford race cars always mesmerized me. I could not do those models justice with my limited skills back then. I would go and just stare at the art of those kit boxes and lose myself in the image.

truth...That would be like not dating a woman because her stylist screwed up her hairdo.

So you have a lot of Palmer kits too?

But that Chrysler will keep many American mechanics working. I have no problem with agencies getting the best vehicle for whatever it is that they do. Not all agencies need black Suburbans. The notion we need to develop is that we can again be the best and work toward that goal, and not be beholden to cost cutting CEOs looking to move product out the door.

To have the only supercharged four door made would be awesome....but not at the expected prices.