mrmike

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...

I have been reminded as to why I don't like resin hoods. This resin hood has gone soft on me and flattened out. If there is a way to stiffen it and get it back into shape again, I'll give it a try. Otherwise, I'm going to use the stock kit hood with a scoop. I really liked that hood since it had a sort of "factory" look to it. My alternative is to use the stock kit hood with a scoop or get the Arnie Beswick Drag kit just for the hood, but that seems to be a waste of money. More to come...

Thanks Gene!

Thank you Don! I appreciate the kind words! I am amazed at the number of people who enjoy my stories over the years, even if they are rather short. My goal for writing the stories has always been to keep them clean especially if they are read by younger eyes and to keep them short enough so they don't over power the build.

I couldn't come up with a spoiler that I liked and I guess I'll have to use the wing spoiler. The Story The Police and an Ambulance arrive after McNally had called 9-1-1. Det. Massett and Rowe had separated McNally and Calvin to get their statements and then they compared notes to see if the stories from each man was matching. While they were talking, paramedics from Boston EMS took Artie on a stretcher to Mass. General Hospital for treatment. "You guys will have to come down to the Station in the morning to sign your statements after we type them up." McNally and Calvin said yes and then the detectives left for the Station. The following morning, McNally and Calvin arrived at Boston Police Headquaters to see Det. Masett and Rowe so they could sign their statements. They wait in the Detective's Squad Room for the detectives to bring them the statements and McNally decided to see if his old passwords would still work on the computer and they didn't work. The detectives return to the Squad Room just as Lt. Det. Adam Troy walks by and he stops in when he saw McNally in there. He is introduced to Calvin as McNally signed his statement and then Calvin signed his. The Build I got some Testors Icy Blue Lacquer paint on the Mustang. The first thing I painted was the hood and then I placed it on top of the paint booth so I could paint the body. After I painted to body, I reached up without looking and I knocked the hood off the top of the booth and onto the floor. Now the hood is in a container with some Easy-Off Oven Cleaner. More to come...

I started working on the chassis last night. The Comet in now coated with Dupli-Color Sandable Primer in prep for the Scalefinishes Highland Green Metallic. More to come...

Quite the brawler, Chris! I found a Parts By Parks distributor for the 289 CI engine. My holes are drilled and all I have to do is finish wiring the engine and maybe I'll plumb it, too. A light coating of white primer to check my work and then a coating of dark grey primer and then paint. More to come...

The Story Several nights later, McNally couldn't sleep and he got up around 12:30 AM, grabbed a bottle of water and went outside and sat in the Adrondack chairthat's on the front porch that his father built many years ago. With all the lights off in the house, no one knows that he awake and he sits there drinking his water and enjoying the quiet. He hears a car coming down the street and he sees a blue Mustang idling past the house and rolling down the street. He hears the car turn the corner and takes another right on the next street up from his and the Mustang runs up the hill. The Mustang takes another two rights and then it stops near the top of Dardenvale St. He quickly goes into the house and gets his SIG Sauer P227 from the gun safe, loads it and runs outside. He looks up the street and doesn't see anyone and he runs to the back of the houses and he doesn't see anyone there either. He walks back to the front of the houses and he hears his neighbor Calvin yelling, "Get out of here" and then a clang! He races into Calvin's house yelling Calvin's name and Calvin calls from the kitchen. In the kitchen is Calvin holding a large cast iron frying pan and a person lying unconcious on the floor. McNally rolls the person over and it is Artie Johansen. The Build The chassis is nearly finished and I did a mockup to check my work. I painted the roll cage and the engine compartment with Testors Icy Blue. McNally will return...

Thank you Larry!

Thank you Steve! Yeah, the van looks new, but it is not shiny in a few spots. After helping to prep vans for DirecTV technicians for 6 years, they are only new until the tech drives out from the warehouse for the first time. Then, I consider them junk!

Thank you Jim, Michael, and Carl!

My pleasure David! I have questioned a couple of assembly quirks with Moebius kits over the years. This is just another one of those quirks...