mrmike

Thank you John!

This is my new project with the goal of having it completed for the Classic Plastic Model Club Exposition Club Challenge on Sunday October 8, 2017. The Challenge this year is Convertibles (1937 or newer) in 1/24th or 1/25th scale. I am building the AMT '62 TBird Sports Roadster this year. I was originally thinking of building the TBird stock, but changed my mind and will build it slightly custom with Testors One Coat Lacquer White Lightning with a Model Master Insignia Red interior and a lowered suspension. Fellow Club member and friend Paul A. has already scrutinized the body for flaws and has marked them in pencil. Plus, I have been warned by Paul and Club member Barry about fitment issues between the body, interior, and the windshield frame and I shall do mockups repeatedly before painting to make sure that everything fits together as it should. More to come...

Thank you everyone! When I have a build with a story, it feels really special for me. The issues I had during final assembly, were mostly of my own doing and putting this build aside for a few days allowed me to refocus my abilities and finish it the way I had envisioned it. The dark green color is a nod to the cars driven by Steve McQueen in Bullitt and by Robert Urich in Spenser For Hire. I have noticed the lack of color in new cars today and I am starting to dislike silver, black, and white for car colors and I long for the colors that more or less stand out like yellow or green.

Thank you Joe!

Thank you everyone! Even though it is a snap kit, it can be built into a nice model!

Thank you Jeremy! I've got a few stories in mind for the next build. Just have to decide which one to go with.

A quick project that is painted with Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange and Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black interior, parts box disc brakes behind kit wheels chromed with a Molotow Liquid Chrome pen, and the rear spoiler from a Revell 2010 Mustang GT.

Great looking build, Randy! Good job!

The Story A sad day indeed as McNally lays Tracy to rest. He is surrounded by her friends and family all coming together trying to find some sort of comfort in each other. After the funeral, attorney Charlotte "Charlie" Rothmann comes up to McNally and tells him to stop at her office at 6:00 PM and he tells her he'll be there. Right at 6:00 PM, he walks into Charlie's law office looking like a train wreck and Charlie brings him into her office, offers him a seat and pours him a stiff drink. She goes to her desk and gets a file folder and bring over to him and tells him to read it and she'll return in 10 minutes. The folder contains Tracy's will and a sealed envelope with McNally's name on it. It's a letter from Tracy telling McNally that he is the only person she has ever truly loved, she regrets leaving him the way she did, and how she had hoped to build a new relationship with him whether or not he was involved with someone else. He folds the letter and places it inside his jacket, and starts to cry, softly at first into an allout bawl, missing the one person he has deep down truly loved. The Build I have finished McNally's 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 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.

This is McNally's 2009 Challenger SRT8 painted with Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl with a Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black interior. The tires are from the Revell '65 Chevelle SS396 kit.

I have been picking away at the Sinkhole Corvette. I have been removing mold lines and the body is nearly ready for primer. I have been painting the bits and pieces that make up the engine, frame, and suspension of the Corvette. I haven't painted the interior pieces yet. A little bit of work continues on the engine and I haven't decided if I'll wire the engine or not. More to come...

Thanks Jim! I will get this one done! The carpet gremlins in my hobby room are very nasty critters and are even quicker since I have slowed down a bit over the years! I even went out and bought one of those "tactical flashlights" to shine around the carpeted floor looking for things and so far, nothing! The gremlins have got it and they are not giving it back!!! I use Testors Clear Parts Cement for my glass and it has worked well for me over the years.

McNally tells me that you are correct, although the Lincoln seems to have been black on his B+W TV that is in his garage with rabbit ears!

Thank you Jeremy, Nick, and Ray! It is truly odd that my Chevy builds, or for that matter, my General Motors builds come out better than my Mopar or Ford builds and I am a Mopar guy!

Ron, I'm happy to see you finally getting yourself on a project! I'll be watching this to see where you go with it. Didn't Lew Wickersham (Joseph Campanella) drive one of these during the first season of Mannix? I think McNally will have to investigate! lol

Thank you Ash! The missing lens is no where to be found! I've looked in the chair, on the floor, under the chair mats...it gone! But, I may have an alternative...

Michael, I'm happy to lend out my ideas! Last week, I went and wet-sanded the Mustang to get rid of some trash on the paint. In the process, I burnt through the paint in a few spots. So this morning I grabbed the Mustang and a can of paint and dashed outside for a brief painting session that took all but a few minutes and dashed back inside and putting the body in my paintbooth to dry. This afternoon, I looked over the body and it looks pretty good and I'll polish the body tomorrow with Mequiars Scratch-X 2.0. More to come...

Thank you Jeremy! But, things have taken a sudden turn... Disaster has struck! During my attempt to add the headlight lenses, the left headlight bucket popped out and disappeared on me. After looking around on the floor, I looked at the model and found it wedged between the engine and the chassis. I carefully removed the chassis from the nearly completed model and removed the headlight bucket and in the process, I lost the headlight lens...completely gone...as the carpet gremlins have received another offering! But, this was only the beginning as the windshield didn't want to fit, even after filing down the edges to get a better fit. The windshield now has a couple of scratches and a glue spot on it and I have been polishing it to get the offending marks out. Speaking of glass, the side windows didn't want to stay in place even after gluing and letting the body sit for an hour and now those need a really good cleaning and polishing. And, of course, the side mirrors got knocked off! The paint is a mess and I have started trying to clean that up! I think, I'll set this aside for a day or two and work on something else. McNally will return...I hope...

The Story Just as Det. Lt. Troy and Det. Darvell get to the storefront door, a second figure crashes through another window and they hear a commotion inside. McNally is seen fighting with a man by throwing hard punches at him with Jack Simcole struggling to get up behind him. The man goes down and McNally turns in time to see Jack stand up with his fists raised and McNally throws a hard right into Jack's face sending him back down to the floor again. He stands over an unconscious Jack and pulls his Smith & Wesson Model 4506 and aims it at him with Lt. Troy coming over and standing next to him, telling him to not shoot Jack. "Let me take him into custody and we'll testify against him and put him away for a long time." McNally looks at Adam and says, "He had Tracy killed and he wants me dead!" Adam replies, "Tracy wouldn't want this. Don't do it. Give me your gun." With a tear in his eye, McNally hands his gun over to Adam. "Now go wait for me next to your car," says Adam and McNally walks out of the store and waits by his car. Det. Darvell looks at Adam and Adam says, "Don't worry, he'll wait for me outside." Adam walks out of the store later and goes over to McNally and tells him that Jack is under arrest and with all the evidence they have, Jack will be a very old man when he gets out of prison. The Build McNally's Challenger SRT8 is nearing completion! The body, interior and chassis are installed as one unit. I still have to install the rest of the glass and lenses, air filter housing, and the exhaust tips along with touchups. McNally will return...

The Story McNally calls Det. Lt. Troy and tells him to meet him at 79 Bickerall St. in Mattapan and Adam grabs Det. Darvell to with him. McNally arrives at what appears to be an old boarded up storefront and he parks a few doors down from the address. With his Smith & Wesson Model 4506 in his hand, he approaches the boarded up door and puts his ear to it and listens and then he kicks the door open and runs in. Det. Lt. Troy and Det. Darvell arrive a few minutes later and just in time to see a man crashing through a window and landing on the sidewalk. Adam says, "That's our cue," as he and Det. Darvell run for the front door. The Build I have started assembling the body. The decals for the grille and the taillight are way too small! I painted the grille scripts with a silver highlighter and the backup light with Model Master Acryl Gloss White paint. I was worried that the hood decal would disappear against the dark paint and that didn't happen! McNally will return...

Thank you Jim!

Thank you Mike, Randy, and Bruce!

Thank you guys!

Thanks Mike! The angle had to be straight on towards the headlight and front of the car with the sizing is based on the opening in the model and the lens width and height. I transferred the image to a 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper, although photo paper might have produced a brighter, clearer image to use, but more difficult to shape and glue to the lens.

The Story Det. Lt. Troy arrives at the warehouse that McNally told him about on the phone and he finds the Boston PI in the back alley standing near the body of the deceased assassin. Adam takes a brief statement and releases McNally from the scene. As McNally is getting into his Challenger, his cellphone rings and the caller ID shows Zachy's name, his confidential informant. Zachy relays the one piece of information that McNally has been looking for, the address of the person responsible for putting the hit out on him...Jack Simcole at 379 Bickerall Street in Mattapan, Mass. The Build After a lot of masking, I painted the trim on the Challenger with Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black. McNally will return...