mrmike

I can't seem to understand the design of the current F1 cars. How are the drivers suppose to see past their feet? The foot box looks too high.

Thanks guys! Charlie, I think the Elmers should break cleanly where it was applied. Maybe try using a hobby knife and a little bit of light pressurre between the parts to help break them free. The Story After leaving Derek's house, McNally decides to visit James Dullone, but when he arrives, he sees Springfield Police at the apartment building. He identifies himself to a patrol officer who directs him to Det. Colburn. James Dullone has been murdered and was found by a neighbor who heard a loud commotion in the apartment next to his. McNally agrees to stop at the station and give a statement to the Detective since both cases may have a common ground. It's possible that Derek may have murdered James because of his involvement in Mary Parregrin's death. The Build Tonight, I took a big step forward by joining the interior, chassis, and body together. I also started adding the remaining pieces to the engine compartment like the air compressor, radiator hoses, and battery. I still have to add the cruise control and washer bottle. McNally Will Return...

I have decided to challenge myself with another rebuild of an old built-up model...Revell's ZZ Top Eliminator. I built this back in the '80's when this version of Revell's '34 Ford was issued. IIRC, I built this model in a weekend and it shows. I am going to clean everything up, repaint, and rebuild. Here's what I started with... And, here is where I ended up with after half an hour or so... I am repainting the body parts with Tamiya TS-49 Bright Red and hopefully will add some missing components like rear shocks and plug wires. I also have a new set of decals with thanks to montecarlo1980. Thanks Ruben! More to come...

I painted the engine this morning with Model Master Olds Engine Blue and my Badger Universal 360 airbrush. And, yes...the valve covers are on backwards. I can't remove them since they are really glued on to the block and I would end up destroying the whole assembly if I tried. The body, hood, mirrors, and grille piece are primed and almost ready for some MCW #6907 Cameo White. More to come...

Thanks Charlie! Even though I have the bulk of the story written, I am still adding to and making changes to it as I go along. The chrome decals helped greatly with the foiling, even if I did do a lot of foiling afterwards. The Story McNally and Caitlyn drive out to Springfield to continue his investigation and to meet Caitlyn's parents with Caitlyn driving her 2010 Mustang GT. After meeting her parents and showing off her new car to her family and friends, Caitlyn drives McNally over to Derek's house after dark to check out Derek's flatbed wrecker. He sneaks around Derek's house to the back and finds the truck sitting in the driveway and in the dim light he makes out the lettering on the door just as Mrs. Crane had described it...faded, missing letters and numbers. McNally looks in the cab of the truck and finds towing invoices with the name of James Dullone, one of Derek's employees. While searching the cab, he accidentally knocks a small crowbar onto the driveway, making a loud clang. He quietly shuts the door and races through the bushes into the neighbor's yard and back up the street to where Caitlyn is sitting in her Mustang. He gets in and says, "Let's get outta here!" The Build I got the windows glued in place using Testors Clear Parts Cement. I have had limited luck with Elmer's Glue and Testors Gloss Clear, so I purchased the Clear Parts Cement to try it and I really like this stuff. Strong than Elmers and faster setting than the Gloss Clear. The engine bay is nearly finished. McNally Will Return...

The Story The following morning McNally visits the Boston Police Homicide Unit. Adam has received an early edition of the ME’s report on Mary Parregrin’s death. It appears that she was pushed, lost her balance, and hit her head on the kitchen counter. There were bruises on her upper arms and shoulders that indicate she was shaken and pushed. McNally says that he is heading back to Springfield to continue investigating Derek Parregrin and to take a closer look at his wrecker. “We also got a hit on some of the prints on the Caddy’s right tailfin. A man named James Dallone. Some small time priors, nothing for several years,” says Adam. “Got an address on him?” “Springfield Police lists him at 354 Chambers St., Apt. 3C their city,” replies Adam. “I’ll check him out later today when I get back to Springfield,” says McNally. The Build I have finished applying the decals for the Caddy including the wheel cover centers. Foiling is also complete! This took me a while to do even after using the decals from the kit. In some spots, the decal had torn or ripped. BMF polished looks like the kit decals that I had applied. I need to dry brush the Eldorado scripts on the front fender lowers. McNally Will Return...

Thanks John! The Story McNally returns to the hospital to pick up Caitlyn and check on Zachy. Zachy will be OK after getting the medical attention he needs. As he and Caitlyn walk back to McNally's Charger, they discuss the drive to Springfield tomorrow and Caitlyn offers to drive...she wants to show off her new Mustang GT Convertible to her friends and parents when they get there. That's fine with McNally as he can concentrate on what he has gained so far on his case. His suspicions about Derek Parregrin are starting to get the best of him, he just needs to find sufficient evidence against Derek. The Build I decided to try the chrome decals that came in the kit. I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first, but after working with them, they came out pretty well. I still have some foiling to do and this car still needs a lot of it. McNally Will Return...

Thanks Shane! So far, I really like this kit! No flash, very little in the way of mold lines, and great parts fit. I have assembled the engine and trans. The engine will be painted Olds Engine Blue, but I don't have any right now. I have to run a few errands today so I'll hit the LHS for some and any extra supplies that I'll need in the future. I am undecided if I'll wire the engine or not. I detail painted the wheels with Testors Gold Enamel. I detail painted the grille with Pactra Flat White and Pactra Flat Black paints. The headlight buckets were detailed using a black Sharpie. I am using the Chuck Kourouklis article in the October 2010 Issue of Scale Auto for reference. More to come...

Another kit that has been in the stash for a couple of years is this Revell '72 Hurst/Olds Convertible. I decided to give this excellent kit a try. After looking online for details and options, I have decided on the Turbo Hydra-matic 400 trans and console, full Hurst/Olds graphics, and no rear spoiler. I'll add white letter tires using Shabo tire graphics. My paint will be MCW #6907 Cameo White. More to come...

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.