mrmike

Since I am on a sports car fling, my new project is one that I had started on about 3-4 years ago. The '68 Corvette ragtop roadster! I don't remember how I ended up with the kit, but I really wasn't a fan of the large hood bulge. Years ago, I was talking to the late Barry Fadden about this kit and how I didn't like the hood and he offered me a regular performance hood from an AMT '71 454 Corvette and I tried it on the body when I got home and it did fit, but it was a little short. I have been working on this hood for a while and I may have it were I want it to be. I was originally going to paint this '68 Vette with Model Master Nassau Blue Metallic Lacquer, but I kept imagining a dark green and I settled on Model Master British Racing Green Enamel. Now, my luck with old Testors/Model Master enamel spray paint is not very good, so I will try my best with what I have and if this doesn't work, I will have to find an alternative. This Vette will be built kind of stock. The tires I might use are from the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine or the AMT Pad Printed Goodyear tires. More Corvette to come...

Other than a coat of clear over the air cleaner, the Roadrunner 440+6 is now complete! And, the hood even closes completely, too!

Some progress on the 71 Roadrunner. I messed up the air cleaner paint and so I repainted it. The decal I will be using and a closeup of the engine compartment. More Roadrunner to come...

I have been thinking about my Roadrunner lately and I have decided on making a change. I am changing the induction system from a single 4 barrel carb and manifold to a 6 barrel induction system. With a careful removal of the 4 barrel intake, carb and air cleaner, I smoothed out the engine top, and painted the 6 barrel carbs, intake manifold and air cleaner. Now for some assembly. More Roadrunner to come...

Thanks Anton! A fairly easy kit to assemble. Now to paint it. Pictures are coming soon!

Thanks Curtis! Now to paint the body of my AMG GT. A basecat, a midcoat and the clear. This will take a while!

The chassis is up on 4 wheels! More AMG GT to come...

I started assembling the chassis with the engine, radiator, rear differential and the exhaust system. I painted the suspension plates and the disc brakes. More AMG GT to come...

The President of my Model Club gave me this Gravity Tri-Coat Solarburst Yellow paint for a good price. Thank you Paul! I didn't have any Gloss Black Lacquer paint for the wheels, so I used Testors Enamel Gloss Black paintI hope it doesn't let me down! I painted the chassis with Tamiya Matt Black. Now to let this all dry. More AMG GT to come...

Thank you Chris!

Thank you Mario, Helmut, Carl and Eric!

I had stripped the wheels of chrome in prep for some Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black paint. The grille and the exhaust tips got a coating of Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black and taillights got a coating of Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. More AMG GT to come...

Thank you Bill!

Thanks Carl!

I have assembled the engine and the rear differential. More AMG GT to come...

Thank you Lee! This is the Revell kit.

Thank you Glen, Ray, Curtis, Larry, Trevor and Eric!

Thanks Douglas! A friend of mine has offered me an actual Mercedes tri-level paint in Solarbeam Yellow. This is a base coat, mid coat and clear. I will have to check it out first.

My newest project is the M-B AMG GT. I've had this kit in the stash since 2017 when I went to my first NNL East show in Wayne, NJ. This is planned to be a box stock build. My paint with be Tamiya TS-16 Yellow with a Tamiya TS-65 Pearl Clear. More AMG GT to come...

I have finished my Original Mini Cooper 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 Original Mini Cooper. I guess that the year of this car is around 1964 and I built it box stock and out-of-the-box. I used Tamiya TS-26 Pure White for the roof and Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red for the body and Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear over everything.

Thanks Anton!

Thanks Carl! Filling the gaps with the red Sharpie worked and I am very pleased! Tomorrow I'll polish the paint!

Thanks Dann! To fill the gaps where the paint ran away, I found a red Sharpie that is close to the Pure Red I used and sharpened the tip and I traced the door openings. Now for a polishing with Novus 2 to see what I got.

I clearcoated my Mini Cooper and I am for the most part, not happy! I washed, air-dryed, primered and painted the Mini and when I clearcoated the body, the paint ran away from the door edges. Arrgh! More Mini to come...