mrmike

I have finished my '66 Mustang and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who took the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my '66 Mustang painted with Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue with a black interior. Built mostly OOB.

Thanks John and Charlie! Charlie, just give it a try. It's really not that hard to do...just take your time and work carefully! The Story McNally calls Det. Chen of the Narcotics Squad and Chen tells him to meet him where they discuss the drug dealers that Zachy met...Foo-boy and Digger. Chen calls in his information and soon another detective joins them with additional info on the two drug dealers and warrants for their arrest for the murder of 3 drug addicts. McNally offers to join in the bust since Chen is shorthanded tonight and he welcomes McNally's presence and Police expertise. They break down the door to Foo-boy and Digger's apartment and Chen chases Digger towards the back of the apartment while McNally fights with Foo-boy hand-to-hand with Foo-boy being subdued by the Boston PI. Chen collars Digger in the bathroom, trying to flush his stash of drugs down the toilet. The Build The interior is now complete with the steering wheel added to the steering column. The wheels and tires are nearly complete. Decals for the wheel covers are next after I mount the wheels to the chassis. McNally Will Return.

Thanks John, Jamie, Paul, and Anthony! Foiling is complete! Now I can assemble everything and finish this build! More to come...

Thanks Charlie and Bill! Charlie, I am hoping to be able to bring the Caddy to MASSCAR in March. The Story McNally and Caitlyn arrive at the Diner and find Zachy in his usual booth and looking very bad. Zachy sees McNally and he shows McNally his arm with a red and swollen welt...an injection point. Zachy tells of the party with two guys he met and they forced his arm onto a tabletop and injected him with an unknown drug. He's become too weak to get himself to the hospital, so he called McNally. With Caitlyn's help, they get Zachy out to the Charger and McNally drives him to the hospital ER. The Build I have built up the engine as far as the instructions say I can. The are several more parts to go on after the body and chassis have been assembled together. McNally Will Return...

Thanks Remington and Shane! Remington, thank you for your interest in my story, but I refuse to to add more than what I have posted here for a reason...this is a scale model car forum, not story time at the library. The purpose of adding a small story to my build is to show what is driving me to build a particular model and yes, to show off a little bit of my writing skill (or lack of). I don't want to overwhelm the WIP with my story and keep the focus on the build itself. I have been doing this for about 3 years and the response has been good and I have been told to try and get my stories published, which is no easy task. I have a journalist friend who has written a novel and has been getting rejection notices left and right. I mainly write for my own enjoyment and sometimes the stories help take my mind off some of my daily troubles. I find it as an escape of sorts and combining the story with a model build allows me to be able to build a model that would otherwise sit in my stash longer. The actual stories are on the short side as well, averaging out to 8-10 pages at about 5000 words. Short stories. I do thank you for your interest and I hope you will keep watching my WIP!

Thanks Bruce!

The kit I have is the Monogram Cadillac Eldorado Seville Hardtop kit no. 85-7808 . I suspect that the kit you have may be the Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. My kit also contains some parts for the Convertible including the different seat back and convertible boot since both kit are virtually the same. One is a Hardtop and the other is a convertible. Or else, the kit you have may have gotten the convertible interior parts in error. On the convertibles, the rear seat speaker is mounted in the upper middle of the seat back.

Dominik, I plan on leaving the vinyl roof as is in the color I painted it with. I may add a clearcoat of semi-gloss clear before it is completed. The Story McNally returns to Boston in time to meet Caitlyn for dinner. He tells her about his day and his trip to Springfield. Caitlyn tells McNally of her desire to return home to visit with her folks and friends someday soon. With the weekend almost here, they both can travel to Springfield and she can visit with her parents and friends while McNally investigates Derek Parregrin further, including a late night visit to Derek's house and a closer look at the flatbed wrecker. They leave the restaurant and head for McNally's Charger Daytona parked just down the street when McNally's cell phone rings. The call is from one of McNally's longtime informants and he answers the call and says, "Zachy, what's up?" Zachy replies, "Meet me at the diner. I'm in trouble." "Stay there. I'm on my way!" The Build I know, I know...it's been a couple of weeks since an update on this build. Well, here's an update...the interior is underway. I detailed the side panels using chrome silver and metalizer paints and installed them along with the seats. McNally Will Return...

Thanks guys! John, I have about 25 blue painted models in my collection of about 200 or so models. Jamie, I did not prime the body. Just to move things along, I cleaned the body and painted it when it was dry. I have completed the engine. I was going to use the dual carb intake until I lost one of the carbs, so I will use the single carb intake instead. The chassis is done. Since all the components are molded into the chassis, detail painted is all that's needed. The interior is done. More to come...

I can understand that Derick. I too, wished I had pictures of all my cars over the years, but many of them have disappeared somewhere along the way. I detail painted the Torque Thrust wheels and picked out a set of tires from the kit. The tires are the Goodyear L60-15's. I painted the body, hood and valance panels with Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. This is only 2 light coats of paint. I have also painted the chassis in red oxide primer and the interior pieces in Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. More to come...

I have this kit and this is the first time I have seem one built up. Yours came out looking great! I now have something to reference to in the future for my build. Great job!

I was looking at the picture and noticed the TV Guide in the holder. They haven't produced a digest size TV Guide in quite some time. That holder must have been some old stock that you would find in a discount store. Great idea for re-purposing!

WOW! I had forgotten about this thread and I am very surprised to see that it had resurfaced on Christmas Day. While it has been questioned about why this thread was originally posted, I just wanted to know how other people felt about their collection of kits and why they have so many. This isn't a psychological examination of collecting or storing of kits, I am more curious of how others feel about why they collect. Isn't this why we start a conversation? I have bought kits in the past thinking that I am going to build them, write down my ideas for building the kit (photos, color options, extra parts) and put that kit into the stash for building at a later date. Over time, that kit fell to the bottom of the build list, being replaced by other kits that I have acquired. I suppose I could call it Modelers Short Attention Span (MSAS). This isn't a debilitating condition, unless you are spending every cent you have on model kits. My wife doesn't watch Hoarders anymore, so that phase has come and gone and has been replaced by watching all the shows on HGTV. This means she'll be coming up with ideas for home improvements around this house. Like I've got time for that...

Thanks guys! I have finished my '40 Ford Street Rod and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who took the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

My '40 Ford Street Rod painted with Testors Guards Red, built mostly OOB, and painted with Testors Guards Red.

I started on the engine this morning and I am using the dual carb manifold. I have ditched the front metal axle in favor of two small pins for the front wheels. This will allow me to fill in the sides of the oil pan with some scrap styrene. Bye-bye hole! I plan on wiring the engine. More to come...

I know this kit is junk, but it is a challenge for me and I do need to challenge myself from time to time. I didn't like the stance and my first thought was to just glue the wheels on and be done with it. Well, the modeler in me said to do it right and I started grinding away at the rear spring and the spring mount on the chassis with my Dremel and a sanding drum. Now, that's more to my liking! I am going to try and finish this '40 Ford today! More to come...

My plan is to build this one basically OOB and add some detail to the engine and change the wheels and tires. This kit is from old tooling so the chassis is what it is...almost promo style with minimal detail. That doesn't bother me much as long as I can paint detail the chassis to my liking. I am not trying to build a contest model, just a representation of a car I once saw with a few changes to suit my soul. Sometimes I wonder if my builds bog down due to all the extra details I add which sometimes slows down the build. I just want to build a few kits now without too much fuss and bother. Just get it built and looking good! I'll save the extra detailing for other kits like my '59 Caddy.

I happen to be sitting at the bench the other night and I started to think about a Mustang I saw at a cruise night many years ago and I looked over at the stash and decided I had to build my version of that 'Stang. It was made for handling and performance with 4-wheel disc brakes, a built-up 289, 4-speed trans, and rode on American Racing Torque Thrust wheels. The kit I am using is an AMT/ERTL '66 Mustang kit No. 31542. I bought this kit from KB Toy and Hobby before they went out of business several years ago. My paint is going to be Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. More to come...

Thanks for the invite, Rob. I'll consider it. Well, I have been plugging away at this off and on during the day and this is as far as I have gotten. I've gotten the interior assembled. The chassis has been assembled. The engine has been assembled and installed into the chassis. This is as far as I am going tonight. So far, it's not too bad, but this is still a crummy kit. I did a mockup and the wheels are not centered in the fenders and the instructions are vague in some areas. Plus, the paint is still not cured since it is enamel and not lacquer. I used enamel since I thought that if I had used lacquer, the hot paint would have eaten the translucent plastic. More to come...

I decided to challenge myself today with a special project...building a '40 Ford Coupe Street Rod. The kit is Lindberg's '40 Ford Coupe that I have been told to be almost unbuildable. My goal was to get see just how far I can get building this kit today without getting into too much detail. Here is what I am starting with... There is a lot of flash on this kit. I spent an hour removing flash and mold lines. My paint is Testor's Guards Red. I had trouble with this paint not spraying correctly. I had set it back to Testors for testing and they said there was nothing wrong with it, even thought there is paint all over the top of the can. They sent the can back with another nozzle and now it sprays OK. Hmmm... Well, it did spray OK, not 100% happy with how it sprayed though. The wheels are being assembled. Steelies and hub caps. More to come...

Thanks guys! Jamie, I use wrapping wire from Radio Shack It comes in 50 ft. rolls in either red, white, or blue. Charlie, how can you not like a nice set of tail fins?!!

Hmmm, I'm still here and enjoying a Sam Adams Old Fezziwig Ale. So far, so good! It makes me wonder about all this coming from a race of people who no longer exist. If the world does end, I hope they have beer and a hobby shop wherever we end up!

The Story Once free of the railroad crossing, McNally turns his Charger towards Rt. 91 and Connecticut to meet with the collector, a gentleman named Wayne. He arrives at Wayne's collector car business and walks into the showroom and is greeted by Wayne himself. They sit down in Wayne's office to talk about the Caddy and the sale of the car. “Where is the Cadillac now,” asks Wayne. “It is the Boston Police Impound Garage as evidence.” “I don’t suppose they’ll be releasing the car anytime soon, will they?” “Not until after the investigation has concluded and maybe after the trial if someone has been caught,” says McNally. “How unfortunate. I may have a potential buyer for the car. I guess it’ll have to wait,” replies Wayne. “Probably. Has anyone approached you about the car besides your potential buyer?” “No, no one. Just the one buyer whom I have known for years. I can’t divulge his name, but I can forward any questions to him if you have any.” McNally says he doesn't have any questions for the potential buyer at this time, but he will call Wayne if he does. McNally decides to leave before he spends money he doesn't have on an AC Cobra that is on display in the showroom and get back to Boston for dinner with Caitlyn. The Build Chassis assembly is underway! The distributor and coil have been wired. A mockup of the engine and chassis. McNally Will Return...