Erik Smith

Good work on that funky lil’ car.

Great looking model. Nice clean building.

This is a pretty cool, pretty simple kit, pretty fun kit. AMT’s recent release 1960 Thunderbird. Paint is Duplicolor Chili Pepper Red Pearl. Interior of Tamiya white primer with custom upholstery decals and semi-glossed with Testors semi-gloss. I added a different steering wheel and column shifter, but a 1/32 interior is pretty small. Wheels and tires are from Hasegawa Subaru 360 kit. Whitewalls are custom cut vinyl. Model was lowered - the simple chassis makes that easy, just drill some new holes.

Very worthy thread, Steve. Worth all 18 pages.

Easy off seems to be the best for me - it will remove the chrome and the shiny stuff under the chrome.

Very cool. Great looking model. I like the NDs - a little bit back to NA spirit..

I don’t worry about the hobby dying. If it does, it does. I’ll die someday too. Enjoy today.

Too bad so much of a great thread is dead due to that ole Photobucket crud... Here are a couple from eBay browsing...

Same here from Scott - Bomb proof packaging and fast shipping. Great trader.

Hunker down and build. Sounds like a plan. Hope everyone has all they need- model and life wise - to have a comfortable and safe time. Don’t take any chances. Your health and the health of our communities depends on our cooperation : https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

I agree. I have not seen one model with Molotow that comes close to the effect you have with BMF. Everybody has different standards and I have seen many models built with painted trim - rarely, it looks good. Mostly it looks good enough. Sometimes, well... Your trim, however, looks like metal trim on a real car.

Very cool. Nice work. I’m working on the same kit, red too!

I bought coffee yesterday - lots on the shelf. Now it seems odd - there are many substitutes for TP, but GOOD COFFEE? People’s priorities. Ice cream falls into the no-substitute-for-good-[insert your poison here] also... Here in the PNW, as far as I know, all model shows are cancelled. Heck, all schools cancelled in WA until April 24.

Jeez, looks really cool. A few building options too. Did you preorder one, Geoff?

It’s definitely a neat little car. I’ll enjoy watching you make it a neat little model.

In the mail today...I really like the cheesy decals...probably toast if I dropped them in water, but...

Nice clean model. I like the color choice. Typical 80s ugliness. My friend had an early 80s Camaro with a 4 cylinder in a similar color. Horrible car, but classic now!

"No luck on eBay" meaning your items didn't sell for what you wanted or nobody bid at all? eBay is the largest market you have access to, if items don't sell there, they won't get more money any place else. Swap meets and Craigslist probably have 1/1,000,000th of the buyers eBay would have. I don't work for eBay and don't particularly love the system, but it is what it is... What it comes down to is "what exactly are you looking for in selling?" The easiest method to unload everything? The most profitable? Here is my advice and what I have done regarding models kits and resin parts: If you have rare, expensive models or resin parts, sell them individually on eBay. Auction them if you need to sell them promptly (buy-it-now if you want to list for your expected sale price and sit and watch it, potentially for months...). Leave the open bid low to encourage multiple bidders. Does it feel risky to list an expensive item to start cheap? Kind of, but 99.9% of the time it won't sell for a bargain if it's truly rare and expensive. You can search past auctions to see what things have sold for previously. If you have common models or resin items, lump them into manageable lots and sell on eBay. Again, auction. You will not get what you paid for them here or anywhere, but you will get rid of them. I don't know if there is a good market for used tools and supplies anyplace, unless the items are rare or not easily purchased elsewhere. Shipping on a compressor or paint booth will make online sale difficult.

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It’s all relative. $120 to me doesn’t sound like much if you consider what it will get you. How much time will be spent working on that $120? Compared to some of my other interests, modeling is, or can be, done very cheap. $120? That’s not even two ski passes at the cheapest hill...$120? I could fly one way to Seattle for that, maybe... I could buy quite a few books for $120 though.

Yup, I noticed the valence work too. Great job. Oh jeez, check your rear view mirror...

Yes, airbrush just allows a thinner coat of paint. I was afraid of a thick initial coat penetrating the mask and bleeding onto the glass - will it? I don’t know. I mask then shoot a few very light coats to seal the edge then spray for coverage. Here is a Honda Fit I did and it requires masking on both side because some of the window trim is molded into the glass. The paint on the inside can be any sheen, but for the outside I decanted and used Tamiya semi gloss black.

I saw that too and was like whaa... Anybody else here not even really know what Supernatural is or care but just think it’s just cool to see a NEW 1960’s four door car from anybody? It’s been a looong time since that has happened.

Great looking model. Awesome work. I was waiting for somebody to finish one of the Fireball conversions.

I really like the Revell Special Edition 1962 Impala. There are some building options and the detail and assembly are very good. Plus there is a lot of flat “metal” making polishing easier.