Jonathan

Very cool! How does one acquire these awesome parts?

Man, that looks great!

The Molotow - I gather you sprayed it (like from the refill bottle), and didn't use the pens? It looks great.

Wow! That is a beautiful color! Nice work so far!

Been a little while since I've been at the workbench. I managed to get the pinstripes on, after several attempts. I used Bare Metal Gold Foil, and promptly removed the gold coloring when I polished over the trim. Oops.

Really enjoying this build - nice work so far!

Answering my own question, so maybe it's the wrong answer I had some Alclad II Candy Golden Yellow. Trying that over the kit chrome, and I get this, which I think is close enough for my purposes:

Thank you all. Question - what would be the best way to replicate the "gold" or "brass" trim? I've used Tamiya lacquers for the body, and Tamiya acrylics for the curtains.

Gifted to me by my Brother-in-law for Christmas 2023. The AMT Munster's Koach. Note the plastic tires. And the one piece body - lots of masking for this one. So far, after multiple sessions with Tamiya tape and low tack Frog Tape, here is what I have (Tamiya gloss, matt, seme-gloss, and Nato black). It's hard to see the different sheens, but it's there: Now to paint the curtains, interior, and the rear doors ...

That is a sharp build!

"Now looka, I say, looka here."

I'd love to have these, too! Seems like a great seller if someone could (again) work up parts for the Scout kits.

I'm looking to build the prototype A-10 Warthog, and apparently the old Matchbox 1/72 A-10A kit is actually pretty close. Would be willing to trade from various car kits. USA preferred just because of shipping costs.

Seems like it's usually later in Autumn when we see kits at the Ollie's around here

Looking great so far! Really like the blue.

Wild!

Green is an excellent choice, and I'll be watching this for sure! You probably know that this kit is ancient. But, I think it's a great addition to any collection. It's sort of a blank slate to do whatever you wish. My as-yet-unfinished Scout II, in Testor's Sublime Green:

Wow, this is awesome

Sure wish this had been available in 1/24. Very cool...

Very nice

I'll start a separate WIP for this one, eventually. I had started a thread on the Ayer's board, but it had been a long time since I updated that. I really need to get back to this build - we've been working on the house lately and just life stuff, but maybe this will motivate me since we're talking vintage racers. I'm a slow builder sometimes. I'm hoping to replicate Fireball Roberts' 1957 Chevy that won the 1958 Darlington race. My dad was there as a boy and he talks about what it was like back then. AMT "Proshop" kit, Tamiya paints.

I always liked the Hardee's schemes I appreciate the compliment - I can't take credit for making it a great website at all, it is very basic Didn't know about the history with Ayer's - I tended to visit in spurts. Hate to see any website of valuable historical "how to's" and such go away

A little back to the discussion about the Ayer's site, and it applies to all of the sites that we frequent, it costs money and time to run and manage a site. Domain name registration, hosting, storage, maintenance, etc. all requires some time and money. And it's not once-and-done, really. I've managed a site for a local church for years as a volunteer. It takes a little time each week to do the routine stuff - calendar updates, links for the upcoming services, etc. But, there is also the constant upgrade and maintenance cycle, and the continual need to make sure the site is secure. And, oh if you make a change to the appearance of the site; then you have to educate the (few) users who my complain that "it's not like it was!". It's kind of a hassle, really; but I do it because it helps the church and I find some satisfaction in knowing that I've contributed. Plus, I do like most of the people there. That said, it does take time that I could be using to do something else. I can only imagine the headache of running a site where people are allowed to interact with each other - that requires constant monitoring, and there is a lot of helping people actually use the site ("Why won't my image post?", "I don't like the multifactor authentication", etc. sort of things). So yeah, I hate it, but I can see where a small site dedicated to a portion of a hobby might just throw in the towel and hand it off to facebook.

I'll certainly miss the Nascar forum. I'm not a prolific builder by any means, but I appreciate the assistance I've gotten there, and I really love seeing the builds there. That reminds me, I have a Fireball Roberts '57 Chevy to finish ...

Seems to be a missed opportunity