mrmike

Thanks Johnny! It was a decent show to start, but I think they did more damage when they retooled the show half way through the season.

I am now starting the process for painting a two-tone paint scheme. First, a couple mist coats of Tamiya TS-26 Pure White. I paint the entire body in the Pure White with the mist coats and will build them up from there. More to come...

I remasked the body and painted the body with Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. More to come...

Looks good! Just so you know, the bumps on the hood scoops do not belong there. They can be removed.

Before turning in last night, I tried to take the bow out of the hood by pushing the center of the hood down with no luck. I tried a different approach by spreading the hood sides with my fingers. This took out a lot of the bow, so I'll try this after running the hood under hot water, spreading the hood sides again and then running it under cold water. I had painted the engine a week ago and gave it another coat last night. I still need to drill my plug holes. More to come...

My new project is the Moebius '72 Ford Sport Custom pickup. The cab in this kit was badly warped and I had sent away for a new one. I also have the Moebius '71 Ford Ranger pickup and I tried to get a new cab for that one and Moebius said I would have to buy the cab from them for a replacement. If and when I do decide to build the '71 Ranger, I'll decide further if the cab is fixable. I am going for a two-tone paint scheme on this one. Testors Pearl Dark Green and Testors One Coat Lacquer White Lightning. The kit wheels don't look right to me with a really wide rim to spoke spacing, so I am using a set of Pegasus Hellas and Holli's (19 " and 23") wheels and low profile tires. I'll have to shorten the rear axle to keep the wheels and tires under the fender. The hood fit is terrible and I have been trying to reshape the hood. The frame is partially assembled and almost ready for paint. The engine is partially assembled and will need plug holes drilled into the heads for leads from the MAD prewired distributor. More to come...

After wetsanding and making a mess of the Fury, I have masked off the body and repainted the white with two coats of Tamiya TS-26 Pure White. I'll remask tomorrow and paint the black with Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. More to come...

After doing some more research, I have repainted the interior door panels. So far the only body parts that got any paint are the headlight bezels. Another coat of white primer and I am almost ready for paint! More to come...

Thank you Carl! It's getting there!

Yes, they have gotten kind of pricey over the years and I can understand the price increase since they have been discontinued and I believe that Yodel themselves have gone out of business. I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time when these came available for the right price.

Thank you Rambenna!

The Furys were considered a mid-size car, whereas the Gran Furys were the larger full-size cars.

Thank you for the above pictures! I guess I missed some important body lines that I need to scribe! It's a good thing I haven't started painting the body just yet!

Thank you Chris! Good luck with your build!

I'm happy to have inspired you to build a '56 Ford! I'm looking forward to see your vision come to fruition.

I have completed the interior of the '56 Fairlane! I had looked at other images of the '56 Ford interior and I noticed white seat belts and they looks nice! Oh well, too late! More to come...

I have been avoiding this...wetsanding! I knew that the black on this build wasn't good and wetsanding is removing a lot of the flaws in the black. And, I hate painting black! If you look at my collection, you can count on one hand the number of black painted models I have on the shelves. I don't seem to have any issues with dark colored paints (dark green, dark blue, etc.), but black is such a difficult color to paint. So far, this is only 3200 grit sanding pad and I have to go over the body again with the 3200 grit on the spots that I seem to have missed. More to come...

I have finished my Jeep CJ-5 from the 1971 TV series, Cade's County starring the late Glenn Ford and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

I fired up the paintbooth this afternoon and did some painting on the '56 Ford interior. I have some cleanup to do on the dash.

This is my Jeep CJ-5 from the 1971 TV series, Cade's County starring the late Glenn Ford. Painted with Tamiya TS-48 German Grey and weathered to represent a vehicle that has spent its life in the desert.

Randy, that looks great!

Look under Photo-Etch Detail Sets-General Motors. It is 1970 Buick GSX Detail Set.

You didn't say where your sent the email to. Several months ago, I was trying to get replacement parts for the '70 Hemi 'Cuda where I got no stock suspension or the dual scoop hood, but two shaker hoods and double the rear springs for the custom. Can't build stock with that stuff. They sent me the wrong hood for a replacement so I now have three shaker hoods and I got caught in the middle of the Revell USA shutdown when I sent them a query on the dual scoop hood. Someone there referred me to Revell of Germany for help. I ended up getting the dual scoop hood from someone local.

That's a good idea, Tom! Thanks!

I made some seat belts today with seat belt hardware from Model Car Garage and some strips of Tamiya 1/4 inch masking tape. I cut the strips of tape with my hobby knife at 3/32 inch and fed it through the hardware. I doubled over the tape and stuck them together on the sticky side. I used an orange Sharpie to color the tape. This is just a quicky mockup for illustration purposes. More to come...