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Thanks guys. And I agree, it does look more in scale than the flocking that I have seen. Flocking looks too thick and bulky looking to me. I want to try this and see how it turns out. How thin should I get the glue? Like water or thicker or what? I know it's kind of hard to explain, but ball park it if you can and then I'll try so practice runs with it. But, like mentioned above, I don't want to waste it either.

I have some and wont to try it out to make a black carpet look. I read on here somewhere about using thinned down Elmer's glue. What do you thin it with? Paint thinner ? And what kind of ratio? 1:1 or what?? And how thin is thin ?

Anyone ever build a 32 Ford like ZZ Tops from the Afterburner and Eliminator Albums ?? I have one that I built when I was a kid that I'll have to dig out. I tried to search for pics of one on here, but the search function was worthless.

You need to find a kit with the old Poly Glass GY's for your kit.

Thanks. I might give it a try the next time I build a model race car.

Thanks. That's a cool site.

Still looks good to me. And it does come in 1" and 2" wide rolls in 25 and 50 ft. lengths. So, how wide should it be for 1/24 and 1/25 ?? Here's what we use. One roll of this will cover a 6 cly and it takes at least two rolls to do a small block. I have never used it on a big block, yet. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-010102/ This 1" wide stuff is for 4 cyl cars. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-010101/

Looks pretty good. I use the real stuff on our race cars. It comes in one and two inch wide rolls. Mine are a dark brownish tan. I don't use the straps to install mine. I use a dab of red high temp silicone adhesive and start wrapping one inch away from the mounting flange at the head and do each ind. pipe til you get to the bottom and can't get between the tubes. Then I start wrapping the lower section as one unit. Once it gets hot, it draws up really tight. Only way to get it off is to cut it off with a knife. Keeps the heat in so the expanding gasses will flow faster as well as lower under hood temps. You can even touch it to a certain point without getting burned too. IT's great stuff for the real world cars.

OK, here's my update, sorta. I am waiting to paint. Last few weeks have been nothing but rain every day. The humidity is so high it aint funny. I tried laying down some satin black that I really love the shade of and from a rattle can at that. It never fails and always looks great. Well, it's got this white ghosting effect due to all the humidity, so painting is off till this rain ends. Maybe you have seen where Six Flags is Ga. in under water. I'm just 2.5 hrs from there in TN. and it's the same system hitting us. All I need to do is paint the body and engine and wire it up and mine is done.

Could you post a link for that site ??

You beat me to it. The old car did look a lot like a Lotus Esprit.

I'm up for it. Most everything I am working on now will fit into this build even though some of them are in other builds already. Most of all of my stuff is TV or Movie builds anyways. That's what got me started back into the hobby was doing a car from a fav. movie.

I think you might be right. I forgot about that scene. I'll have to check that out again when I have some time.

Those are great, except for one. That's not Low Rider, or at least not the one I remember.

I see. And you know what, that bed looks like it belongs there. The more I thought about it, it reminds me of the new retro trucks. Like the PT Cruiser and that chevy thing that kinda flopped when it came to sales. That could be a retro VW truck if they ever made a real one way back when. Looks much better and more factory looking than those choped up ones in the pics that someone posted earlier.

Looks good so far, but I aint too keen on those wheels.

Looks good.

I can't make it either, but I wished I could. If anyone can find this Sheriffs Rescue Ford Bronco, I could really use it and I bet it's going to be real hard to find. There's all sorts of pics of it at the link below. http://209.211.250.49/test/240R/240Rsmallmodel/models.htm

Thanks for posting that. Gave me an idea. I might fab up a bed cover for it after seeing your dump. I have a couple 1 oz. bottles of Alclad already. Think it will be enough? Any tips on laying it down. I did a boat/car type trailer with it once and it turned out pretty good. I was not going for the polished effect though, just a factory look after looking at one at a dealer.

Garry, it's not a bad kit to build at all as long as you pay attention to the sheets so you get everything assembled correctly. I got a good start on it and then kinda put it on hold to finish up some others. I usually start several at one time and as I run out of supplies, I switch to another kit while I'm waiting on stuff to show up. I have the engine completed, batteries and boxes assembled, the dump bed is almost complete and needs paint before I finish it. I like the swirls in the dump bed and I'm going to shoot it with AlClad aluminum to bring out those swirls. I've got a lot of sub assemblies painted as well. When I get the engine details finished, then I'll be ready to assemble the frame. The engine is trapped by the frame, so it needs to be finished before assembly of the frame.

They are two different cars that share the same chassis. The grill, and tail light panels are different and so are the fenders and body lines. While the fenders, hood and doors will physically swap, the body lines wont match up with anything. And it was changed to the Dart Sport after a couple years because of the south and the bible belt complaints. The Dart uses a header bar in front of the hood and different body lines so they don't swap with a Duster either.

Great minds ....

How about a resin Dodge Demon body in plum crazy with the Dodge Demon pitch fork character on the hood and sides. Pair of dual header pipes out the hood, or flip them and turn them to run under the door like side pipes maybe.

Thanks. And that was Bob Riggles, driver of the Hemi Under Glass.

Well, I have not found it yet. Must be in the old PC. I'll keep looking for it. The truck in the Don Garlits museum was never run. IT was made just for Garlits. Here's a couple links for you. The first one is a video showing very close detail of the injection set up and it's actually better than my pic. I also have some aluminum stacks that I bought for my truck. I'll get the name if it's still on the bag if you want to order some up. Oh, hit pause and let both of the videos download before playing them for a better exp.