mrmike

I got the Mustang painted with Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange including the rear valance. More to come...

Thank you Jim! The Story McNally knows of a warehouse that Jack Simcole uses from time to time and heads there with the hope of finding Tate Bodderan there. He arrives at the warehouse and walks into the Employee entrance which leads into the warehouse itself and starts wandering around with his Smith & Wesson Model 4506 and a flashlight drawn. Suddenly two shots ring out and one shot hits the wall behind him and the other hits a stack of empty pallets. He sees a person running in the opposite direction that he presumes is Tate who runs towards the receiving dock and a man door to the outside. McNally runs through the door after Tate and down an alley which leads to a deadend. Tate stops and turns around to shoot at McNally who has already stopped and is aiming his gun at Tate and squeezes off two rounds at the assassin hitting him in the chest. McNally runs over to the body and kicks Tate's gun away and feels his neck for a pulse. He then stands up and pulls his cellphone from his pocket calling Det. Lt. Troy of Homicide telling him of his situation. The Build I repainted the Challenger this morning and it looks really good! I'll let this dry for a while and start polishing and then masking for the trim. McNally will return...

I started out by chroming the wheel surfaces with a Molotow Liquid Chrome pen yesterday afternoon. This morning I drilled out some disc brakes from the 2010 Mustang snap kit so they could fit over the hubs of the 2015 Mustang wheels. I masked off the rear valance and primered it in prep for Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange paint. I washed the body this morning and let air-dry in prep for primer and Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange paint. More to come...

Thanks Cameron for the info. Thank you Joe! I may have not sanded the moldlines thoroughly enough to get rid of them completely. Like I said, I think the hot paint brought them out as a result of incomplete sanding. I washed the body this morning and will let it air-dry completely before adding any more coats of paint.

Thank you everyone! This came out really nice, even though I usually build Mopars or Fords. Chevys are a different kind of challenge for me.

Thank you guys! This was a different kind of build for me. A snap kit can be a different kind of build and detailing challenge. I've started another 2015 Mustang GT snap kit because I enjoyed this one!

Well, I just couldn't help myself! I had a second 2015 Mustang kit sitting around just calling me by name and telling me how I should build it. Since my Spenser's 2015 Mustang GT came out so well, I blew the second Mustang apart and started sanding the moldlines off the body. I added the rear spoiler from a 2010 Mustang GT to the rear deck. I changed the wheels to the 2010 Mustang wheels, but that may change. The interior floor will be flocked with embossing powder and the body will be painted with either Tamiya Bright Orange or Testors Competition Orange and I'll see what I have left for decals. More to come...

The Story McNally calls Lt. Durassie of Burglary Division at home and wakes him up. Lt. Durassie recalls the case, but doesn't know the whereabouts of the small-time hood that is also known as Jack Simcole. McNally apologizes for waking the Lieutenant at that late hour and let's him go back to sleep. McNally's informant, Zachy calls and he tells McNally that the contract had come out of no-where and was untraceable, but was immediately picked up by an assassin from South Boston by the name of Tate Bodderan. Tate is a good assassin, but still very much a small-time killer of low level people. The Build After looking over the body, I found mold lines that the hot paint had brought out and I decided to sand them out. This was the worst of the mold lines and required sanding down to the plastic to remove it. Now it's back to the paint booth for another respray! McNally will return...

On February 12, 2014 at 5:44 AM, a massive sinkhole opened up under the floor of the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. Eight Corvettes were swallowed up by the sinkhole and it took several weeks for all eight cars to be recovered. The last Corvette to be recovered was completely destroyed. It was a privately owned 2001 Z06 Corvette modified by a company called Mallett Cars, Inc. and was known as the Mallett Hammer. It was not an historic car, but still, it was a special one. My build will be of the third Corvette to be recovered from the sinkhole...a Tuxedo Black 1962 Corvette with a red interior. It took engineers several days to remove that particular car since it had several huge pieces of concrete on the nose of that car. While the damage to that Corvette didn’t look that bad, it was determined that General Motors would not be able to restore that Corvette without the help of a private restoration expert due to its age. A feature that Corvette had was a removable hardtop that is not in my kit, so it will be built without one and built as a “before” vehicle using the Revell 1962 Corvette Roadster kit #85-4277. My paint will be Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black body with Model Master Insignia Red interior. More to come...

Thanks Mike and Jim. I have finished my '62 Impala 409 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 my '62 Impala 409 painted with Dupli-Color Light Blue Metallic. I raised the rear suspension, added aluminium tubing exhaust tips, wired the engine, blued the exhaust headers, and added a tach on the steering column.

I got into a discussion with a fellow about Ford Mustangs one evening and he finally said, "Someone ought to build a modern Spenser Mustang." He was referring to the Spenser For Hire TV series that he knew that I am a fan of. I took that as a challenge and sought out a Revell 2015 Ford Mustang GT kit. My grandson had built one two years ago and has long since stopped playing with it, so I took it apart, cleaned it, primered it with Tamiya Fine Surface Primer and painted it with Model Master Fathom Green Metallic body and Testors One Coat Lacquer Wet Look Clear. and Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black interior. I lowered the suspension, added rear view side mirrors, painted the wheels with Alclad II Chrome paint over the flat black wheels, aluminium tubing for exhaust tips, and added license plates used on the '65 Ford Mustang in the TV series printed by me on my printer.

I spent some time this evening working on the '62 Impala 409. I finished the chassis by adding the hubcaps, radiator, core support, and hoses. I polished the body and hood with Mequiar's Scratch X 2.0 and Novus #2 polish. I painted the air filter element and the trim on the front and rear bumpers. More to come...

Looks great Randy! Great detailing, too!

The Story McNally gets a call from Lt. Det. Troy summoning him home. When he arrives at home, he is told about Tracy and he takes it very hard and heads back out to the streets looking for answers. He stops to see his informant Zachy who says he'll keep his ears open for any information that he can pass on to McNally. Around midnight McNally stops at a drive-thru for a coffee and a couple of donuts then drives over to a closed mall parking lot to think. A police cruiser pulls up to him and he recognizes the officer driving. They chat briefly and after the cruiser drives away, McNally remembers when he met the cop and the case that they were investigating. A small-time hood that he had testified against and sent to prison may have put a hit out on the Boston PI for sending him up. At least it's a direction to go in... The Build The chassis is finished. I've started on the interior. McNally will return...

Thanks David and Curtis! Curtis, I do plan on adding some exterior mirrors if I can find some in my parts box. I haven't gotten around to doing that just yet. It looks like someone without any ears! lol

The Story After a day of renewing old contacts and many business meetings, Tracy decides to stop at McNally's house on her way home. She pulls up to the curb in front of his house in her Chevy Impala rental car and stops the engine. She reaches over to grab her purse from the passenger seat and her cellphone from the console as a dark colored sedan pulls along side and machine gun fire erupts from the sedan blowing out all the windows of the rental. When the gun fire stops, the dark colored sedan quickly pulls away down the road and the neighbors look out their windows to see what the noise was all about. One neighbor comes out of his house and walks over to the rental and sees Tracy's lifeless body. He pulls his cellphone from his pocket and calls the Police. The Build I wet sanded the Challenger today and burned through the paint in a few spots. I'll either touchup the spots or add another coat of paint to the body. The chassis and the interior are in progress. I painted the rest of the components for the Challenger. McNally will return...

I got Spenser's 2015 Mustang painted with Model Master Fathom Green Metallic. It looks a lot better than before with that big dog hair embedded in the paint on the hood. So far, this is just two mist coats of paint. I'll let this set for a bit before adding more paint. Spenser For Hire will return...

While the color may look perfect, there was a dog hair on the hood which resulted in the body being stripped and readied for new primer and paint. Snap kits are becoming a new challenge for a lot of builders. Adding detail to an otherwise plain model makes this an amazing looking model! I got about 98% of the old primer and paint off of the Mustang. I'll finish sanding and will apply a coat of primer to check my work. Spenser For Hire will return...

I have acheived my goal with the dark green I have chosen! I wanted a color that would remind someone of the Bullitt or Spenser For Hire Mustangs. The bare plastic wheels have a dull or flat black color to them and so the finish was more of a bright silver or aluminum color that I was looking for instead of chrome. As for the dog hair, well it's history! I just removed the body from the stripper and gave it a good scrubbing. I'll do some more sanding and then give it a coat of primer to see where I am at. I find that detailing a snap kit is quite challenging as you have to think of and find a detail that can be improved upon. Shaving the dog...not going to happen! The wife would kill me!!!

Well, the Mustang body is in the stripper as I had found a large dog hair in the paint on the hood which is part of the one-piece body. Finding dog hair in the paint is becoming a common occurrence for me and it is frustrating! Nevertheless, I will soldier on and get the Mustang repainted. This morning, I detailed the instrument panel and interior. I used the extra '06 Mustang decals that I have accumulated over time and paint detailed the small gauges in the dash center. Spenser For Hire will return...

I do believe that the Pegasus wheels without sizes are of the 19" variety or maybe a bit smaller. I have only bought the ones listed as 19" or 23" for my builds so far.

The Story McNally hops off the T and walks the half block to Vic's Auto Sales and Service which was recently refurbished into a modern dealership for selling and servicing used cars. He sticks his head into Vic's new office and greats his old Army buddy and they both walk out to the back lot where the remains of McNally's Exhibition is stored. The burnt out hulk was totalled as McNally searches for his equipment bag which was burnt as well and the only thing inside that was salvagable was his kevlar vest. Vic helps finds McNally a new vehicle which happens to be sitting in his showroom-a 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 with low miles and in a gleaming dark green paint job. After a test drive, Vic starts the paperwork on the Challenger for McNally. The Build The extra tires from the Revell '65 Chevelle are a tight fit, but look a lot better than the truck tires that come in the kit. They are smaller in diameter and width. The engine is in-progress. McNally will return...

That looks fantastic, Tony! Really clean! Good job, my friend!

Thanks Jim!