mrmike

Thank you Keith!

Darn right William! Thanks for the tip Craig!

Once again, the '32 High Boy Roadster is back on the bench. I've decided to show the model this year, so I'm adding a few details like headlight wiring and I also lowered the front suspension a tad. The headlights are currently off their mounts while they are drying, then I'll remount the headlights and cleanup the car. More to come...

Thank you Chris!

I didn't like the decals I had applied to the tires, so as an experiment I removed the decals and sprayed some Tamiya X-2 Flat White through my Badger Universal 360 Airbrush. A little cleanup and touchup and I may go with these. Should I spray some flat or semi gloss clear over the tires to protect the paint? I attached the fenders to the chassis. Although I haven't attached the tires, I think the stance should be about where I want it. More to come...

Thank you Steve and Curtis! I love working with Tamiya paints! Very good paints!

I got the distributor mounted to the block and plug boots on the wires. Now to wire up the engine. I started on chassis assembly by installing the suspension. A quick mock up. More to come...

I painted the Dart on Friday with Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. I misted some paint onto the chassis and painted the core support, rear panel molding, and the firewall. I detailed the alternator with some red paint. More to come...

The Monogram '53 Chevy Bel Air was given to me by another modeler who was building two of the same kit at the same time, but he liked the white over blue kit he was building. This one is painted metallic maroon over metallic white. I won a bid at auction for a ProModeler 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger for $20.

I fired up the paintbooth this morning and got some painting done. First was the interior pan with embossing powder and flat black paint added and then the chassis was painted with Dupli-Color Grey Primer and Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. The exhaust system was painted with Testors Aluminium Plate Metalizer and other parts painted with Rust-oleum Semi-Gloss Black. More to come...

Back on the Dart GTS 340 for a bit. I masked off the interior in prep for white glue and embossing powder. When dry, this will be painted flat black. I needed to find a shorter fan belt assembly for the engine to fit in the chassis. Clearance was needed for the radiator. More to come...

Thank you Christopher!

Thank you Anders!

Thank you David and Steve! Look at what I found in a parts box, tailgate chains!

I built it 12 years ago and painted it with Model Master Chrysler Engine Red lacquer.

This is my rebuilt '78 Dodge Lil Red Express.

AJ, nice LRE! I tried to convert the 440 CID engine into a 360 by mounting the distributor on the back of the intake. Who would ever notice the size of the engine block? If I knew then what I know now, the engine might look a little different. Even with the Hi-Po 360, these were quick!

I got these two kits from an auction of a recent Club member's passing. I was the only bidder for these.

I spent a few minutes on the LRE this morning. The mirrors have been remounted. The mirror on the passenger side gave me the most trouble. I ended up drilling a hole through the base plate and into the door for the mirror. Now it's not going anywhere! Still need to do some work on the engine compartment. More to come...

I thought I would do a couple of mockups to check my work. I mockup the body, frame, fenders, hood, and grille surround. I'm still working on the rear axle. I got the brake line on and the rear coil-overs are set for assembly with the frame.I pressed the wheels and wheel backs into the tires after I applied the decals. I was told that I should have applied the decals after pressing the wheels and wheelbacks into the tires. Hmmm, maybe if I had know about this prior... More to come...

Thank you Chuck and Jim! I'm still not 100% crazy about the hood, but it's on the truck and it's not falling onto the floor. It's done and I'm moving on to other projects.

Thank you Jim and Jeremy!

Thank you Steve!

Come on Dan, Git-R-Dun!!!

Thank you Steve, Cliff, and Sam!