Foxer

Very well done!

I've taken all the suggestions to heart and have been working on the arms. I have been determined to not change any geometry and left the stops at the ends of the axle. I was going to do the hubs in two halves but this may just be making it more difficult. So I'm going to file the axle smooth so the diagonal (and the boots when I do them) will just slip over the end. I'm going to get the ends done before I add material to the diagonal arms to shape and thicken them. The shocks are mounted to the diagonal arms but I'm gonna just leave them as in the kit and take some artistic liberty.

What a crime to have to butcher the tires to fit.

Brushed with Testors Red??? I bow down to you .. I'd have trouble getting that good a paint job with the airbrush!

Nice to see people still have some of these oldies! Here's a few bad old photos from the 60's ...

These are old scanned slides from the early sixties ... yes ... metal axles! None of these exist anymore, '64 Fairlane '64Riveria A '40 Ford Sedan Need to rescan these larger, The hood and one tire are only things left of this.

My Mom is 92 years old and we just got her a place in a nursing home, in good health but needs care to get meds right. Her first request, actually, DEMAND, was her computer! I got her a new one as she still had XT on old one so it's a laptop with WIN8! First win8 lesson was today so we'll see what email brings from her! Her first question was "how do I get on the internet?".

I'm 6 years older than him, but I used my first computer in 1964 and never stopped. I'm NOT in the computer industry, though .. it was just used in college for engineering exercises. Still, A hobby shop here, and way out in the boonies, gets me all I need for models and supplies. If I wasn't online it would be a vast resource for everything I needed. Granted, there aren't many left like this but it IS possible to model without a connection ... just glad I don't have to do it!

... but, it IS pretty!

I hate having to use an airbrush with a passion ... all the reasons Harry gave back a page. I have a good Iwata but only use it when I have to do a color I can't get in a can. I do a lot of the cars I've owned so it's a lot of airbrushing original paint. I also have a permanent aitbrush station in the basement, so setting up is no problem.

The 92 body is different If you were wanting to do that one. It looked too much like a Taurus so was changed slightly in '93. My Dad had a '92 and I did that conversion ... wasn't too bad. It's waiting for me to fix the paint but the conversion thread is still here ..

Ah .. I knew I saw that before .. it was Chuckie! A most excellent tutorial, Rob. I may have to just survey all those unbuilt pickups I have lurking down below.

I'm where I can't get my camera as I have one in the basement, but here's a shot of the motor on the instruction sheet.

Those flames look like they were designed for this with the body in mind!

This a pretty amazing art object, but the ladder in the bed just seals it!

Very nice model ... looks fantastic!

I use every type imaginable ... whatever I have around. Chalk is also great, as mentioned. It give some nice texture.

I used the Dremel as Blair and Rob mention. Just ease off as you get close to going through and use a knife to break through to make the edges ragged. I just used many dabs of rust colors mostly dry brushed. I posted a lot of closeups of a '55 cameo I weathered you can reference.

Some good thoughts to ponder from you all .... I'm sure I can do Steve's method of building the arms up, even starting with a center piece that would end up as the seam that is so noticeable. I have a Tamiya Karmann Ghia that would have the boots for casting, but all my casting needs are too small and in between to get new resin to do it. I might try turning some plastic rod on my Dremel "lathe" And Dave, I do know the IRS was on the '68 Autoshift. My wife had one and I saw it on the lift after I bent the main shaft of the transmission! . I better fess up ... I added a two barrel carb to it and at least I knew I also needed a centrifugal advance distributor also thinking I'd lose the vacuum line. What I didn't realize was the autostick also had a vacuum line that seemed to control the shifts. So I just connected the new carb's vacuum to the transmission line. Obviously, the vacuum levels were different. When the transmission shifted it did it with a bang and a jolt! I drove it like that for a month or two ... until the main shaft bent! It was back to stock after that.

This is a great thread ... it may just get some of these beautiful ideas back on the bench! My oldest is this '59 Impala that was my 2nd car. Started before the Revell Hardtop came out in the 90's. I got a resin hardtop body ... but not saying where as it wasn't that accurate as far as the front end .. a bit short and blurry. I cut the top off and before the bodywork was done the Hardtop was released and I got one of those! Here's a few bodies along the way ... Most of this has been done a long time ... I tjust needs the BMF finished!

I need to build the diagonal arms for the rear IRS suspension for a '69 Beetle I'm working on. I think a buildup of styrene strips can do the arms with some tubes at the ends. I'd like to model the ribbed boot covers at the axle end similar to the ones already on the kit. Here's a photo of the kit mocked up .. And, here's some photos of the Beetle IRS added in 1969. The diagonal are is the only piece I really have to add to make it look right. The diagonal are is at the upper right of this composite photo. I'd appreciate any comments and ideas about how to make this part you may have. There's always more than one way to turn a wheel

No charge?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? are you SURE he's a real dentist????

I'm happy everyone is adding their experiences here. As Tom says, I use a lot of copy paper for testing size even when I'm sure I have it right. That's a great idea Tom explains for programs like Word with no scaling, per say.

I use it mostly for removing plastic. I never build anything without cutting something up. My old corded one is in a holder so I can use it as a cheap lathe.

Welcome from the other end of the Commonwealth.