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I fired up the paintbooth and sprayed the Cyclone this morning with Ford Highland Green Metallic from Scalefinishes. I got another dual scoop hood from fellow Club member Eric. Thank you Eric! More to come...

The Story Lt. Det. Adam Troy drives down Dardenvale St. and stops at the tapeline surrounding McNally's house. He walks up to the front door and he sees the corpse lying on the floor in the living room and the Coroner preforming his exam of the body. The Coroner acknowledges Lt. Troy who asks where McNally is. The Coroner says he is around the corner in his office and Adam carefully walks around the body and into McNally's office where he is typing his statement on his computer. Adam notices an open beer sitting on the desk and he asks how many McNally has had. "Just the one and I took only one swig out of it." McNally prints the statement out and staples the two pages together and hands it to Adam and then he says, "I need some air." They walk over to the slider door and walk outside after looking at the lock on the door which is broken again. He'll place the wooden 2X4 in the track again to lock the door for the night. Adam asks his friend if he is okay and McNally tells Adam that he is tired, but okay. The Build I worked on the Mustang last week and though I tried to get the front decals to bend down on the front valance, that didn't work. I ran the decals across the front per the instructions after I painted it with Tamiya X-18 Semi-Gloss Black. The right side decal is missing the white stripe on the center rear of the decal. I tried to paint it with some white paint and made a bit of a mess which I'll have to clean up. I had the hood pin kit set aside for this project and I found a set of racing seat harnesses at NNL East 2019. McNally will return...

My haul from NNL East this past weekend. Revell Boss 302 Mustang and Cadillac Escalade, Tamiya Ford GT, and Italeri Range Rover Police. Small Wizard of O's and 2-Set Racing Harnesses, NNL East 33 License Plate Frames and plates and a set of Slixx Goodyear Eagle tire decals.

I made a template of the rear wheel opening on a piece of cardstock using the Johan '69 Roadrunner. I cut the opening out and taped it to the rear fender of an AMT '69 GTX and traced the new opening onto the GTX.

Thanks Alex! I should have more done on this next week when I get back from NNL East.

I assembled the wheels yesterday and glued the front wheels to the chassis, then i found out that the wheels wobbled! Not sure why I continue to make these wheels want to roll since they should glued solid to prevent the model from rolling. I took the wheels apart and glued the wheel backs and the wheel retainers together. No more wobble! More to come...

Thanks guys! I need to clean up the interior seats of the paint seepage and paint the body and hood. That will most likely happen after I return from NNL East.

Thanks Gary, Tom, and David! David, I searched theough 5 pages of Dann Tier's forum postings and I didn't see his WIP. I may try to find it later. I seem to recall someone building a DB4 or DB5 some time ago on this forum and they were making all kinds of modifications to the kit. I don't recall who the builder was or if the project was ever finished.

I decided to work on the Impala yesterday. I painted the seats of the Impala with Tamiya X-7 Red which a very close match to the Model Master Flame Red that I'll be using for the body and hood. But, the paint seeped under the tape I had used so those will need some cleanup. This afternoon was spent assembliing the chassis which is almost complete. More to come...

I decided to post three pictures of the DB4 (white) and the DB5 (grey) side-by-side. You can see the obvious differences between the two cars. Both models will require bodywork to get them ready for primer and paint, but the DB5 will not be assembled. I decided a while ago NOT to build the 007 DB5 due to its value. Some discussion between myself and several model builders in my Club have resulted in some interesting reasons for and against building the 007 DB5 kit. I have decided to hold onto the DB5 kit for now and not build it. Maybe I'll build it later. We shall see. More to come...

I have been wanting to start this long before I had came into possession of this kit. This is the Revell/Monogram Aston Martin DB4. I have been long since been looking for a full-detail DB5 and this is a s close as I have been able to get to. The only difference between the DB4 and the DB5 is the engine size and a slightly long rear deck. This kit is from 1979 according to the molding on the inside of the body. There is some flash and significant moldlines on the body. This may take a while to clean up. My research has been ongoing for a little while now. Plus, I want to see how many unsuspecting people I can fool into thinking that this is the James Bond 007 DB5. Let's see what I can do with this kit. More to come...

Thanks Ron, but this is not box stock. It may look box stock, but the devil is in the details!

Thanks Ron and Keith! I use Walthers Solvaset as my setting solution. I've had the same bottle fo about 15 years and it's only half empty.

Thank you Jeremy! The more I keep this car sitting on the bench, the more little details I keep adding to it. Somebody stop me!!!

Thank you Alan! I changed the look of this '32 by going to the Hallibrands. Those wheels give it a more of a dragster look instead of a cruiser.

It's the scale equivalent to a bass boat paint! LOL Testors Icy Blue Lacquer! The Story Later that night, McNally is sound asleep in bed when his phone starts ringing. He answers the phone and it's Adam calling him. "I just got a Police Bulletin and Artie Jacobsen escaped from the Hospital. A nurse was changing some bandages, realized that she needed some additinal supplies and left Artie uncuffed. He escaped about 20 minutes ago. Keep an eye out for him as he may be coming back to your house." McNally thanks Adam for calling and he gets up and gets dressed. He grabs his Walther PPKs from its hiding spot next to his bed and a flashlight when he hears a noise downstairs. He walks down the stairs and then he feels a draft coming from the kitchen sliding door. "Come out with your hands up." Then a dark clothed figure comes running at him with his Louisville Slugger in his hand and McNally fires the Walther three times and the figure falls to the floor. He turns the living room light on and goes over to the figure and feels for a pulse. Nothing. He turns the figure over and its Artie Jacobsen. He takes the telephone from the kitchen and calls 9-1-1 then he calls Adam at home. The Build I got the Mustang decaled. There are some decals for the nose of the Mustang, but I didn't use them since I like them this way. I may add the rest of the decals later if I change my mind. The interior and the chassis are almost complete. I need to find two 5-point harnesses for the seats. McNally will return...

Thank you Jeremy and Ron!

Thank you Chris!

Thanks guys! The Halibrand style of wheel gives the '32 a different appearance.

I built this model 3-4 years ago from the Revell '32 Ford 3-Window Street Rod kit. It is painted with Testors Flaming Orange Lacquer with a light tan interior, wired 302 Ford small block with an automatic transmission, taillights from my parts box, headlights from the Revell '30 Ford Street Rod, and the wheels and tires from the '32 Ford Highboy Roadster. I had originally used the American Racing wheels and tires on this car, but I needed the fronts for my Bullitt '68 Mustang GT. I had the Halibrand style wheels and tri-bar knockoffs lying on the bench and used them for this kit. I fixed up and polished the model to what is presented here.

The Story McNally pulls into his driveway and stops the Challenger and he and Calvin get out. Calvin thanks McNally for breakfast and heads over to his house to let his dog, Max out. Meanwhile, Artie is arraigned from his hospital bed that he is handcuffed to. His bail is revoked and his Mustang has been impounded pending the outcome of his trial. Once he is better, he will be transported to the County Jail. The Build I polished the paint on the hood and body of the Mustang, then I masked and painted the trim with Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black paint. McNally will return...

I finished the interior. What I found odd was that the front bucket seats did not fit into the slots on the chassis per the instructions. The seats fitted outside the notches. I also corrected the leaning console. A view of the chassis. More to come...

The problem with that is that the hood has compound curves, front to rear and side to side. The hood has flatten and I am exploring other avenues for a hood. I made a hood scoop from a seat back that looks like a FOMOCO style hood several years ago and I may go with that on the stock hood. The Comet Cyclone needs something more than just a flat hood.

The Story McNally takes Calvin to The Comet Diner for breakfast. He knows that since he retired and the recent death of his wife of 52 years, he doesn't get out much. Calvin announces that he doesn't have any money for breakfast and McNally tells him that it is his treat. Calvin tells McNally how retirement has limited his income and he is trying to save every spare penny he can for his children, but they don't visit him anymore. While the Boston PI is no expert at relationships, he says to just call one of his children and just shoot the breeze with them. Keep calling them over time and add a little more to the conversation until they seem ready to talk about some of the heavy things involving the family. He just needs to take it a little bit at a time. The Build The body got another coat of paint today and the hood was repainted. The rear spoiler/wing got a coat of Tamiya TS-17 Gloss Aluminium. McNally will return...