Old Buckaroo

That looks mighty fine to have started as a 1/32 snapper. You sir are a craftsman with great modeling skills. This truck and trailer combo is every bit as nice as a 1/25 kit. Best of luck with your move, hope to see you modeling again soon. I had to laugh at the kits in the "boot" I use to do that in order to smuggle them past my wife. She never figure out why Id take the trash out after dark. ?

That turned out really nice, you called that one right on building and painting. Now you need to add a couple more to keep it company on the shelf! (armor models) Some of my most prized models are the ones my wife and kids bought for me !

I think it looks fine , great save.

Love the color of this car, and as iffy the decals were you did a great save. Nice job on another cover car and great back story on the family Vega..

What in the world - two unmasking's in the same day , what a treat. Love the green and white paint, are you going to outline with gold ? Yes the camera can be your best friend or worst enemy for finding flaws you never seen till you post pictures ! Sheesh you guys are wanting me to build another truck model.

Ron sorry that happened, but it is savable. Let the red cure, lightly sand and feather in the white, mask the red and respray the white again. I blew it big on a paint job trying new tape - you can see the nightmare here, but it worked out.

It looking great, I'm with you on acrylics and never cared much for them. If you all can find it "Frisket Film" is a low tack adhesive film that I always liked for masking or making designs on models. It was originally designed for making photographs for airbrush touch ups. (sorry cousin Eddy - your out of the Christmas photo" ?) Another good trick is to use blue painters tape and stick it to a piece of clean glass or a hobby mat to remove some of the sticky then its not as apt to pull paint off. I did this when painting resin trucks as that's always a iffy surface. Keep the momentum going on this Pete !

Here is a pic, the rivets are noticeable but not extreme. They become more prominent with older paint jobs as the paint wears off of them

I'm placing a pretty substantial order on reproduction sheet metal. I learned the hard way during covid -I balked at the price for 72 Charger lump hood "pre covid" at $699. , then they were not available for 3 1/2 years. They came back in stock at AMD this summer and the price had went to $999. But I ordered it with some much other needed body panels. So im ordering everything else I need for the 4 mopars and firebird this week.

Very nice looking truck, and you really did it justice. Love the old stripe scheme on it. It looks like it rolled right out of the sales brochure!

@89Akurt - If I remember correctly the blue Coleman 243A can date back to 1939 That's a nice lantern and a great background story. I received my first Coleman lantern when I was about 9 years old from a friend of my dads that had served under Patton. He also gave me a Winchester .22 rifle at the same time as he told me "every boy needs these items when camping in the mountains" I still have both and use them quite often. But that started me into the rabbit hole of collecting lanterns, many would be saved from the dump as their last fate was yard sale fodder. I clean and restore them when the winter temps get down to negative twenty or so. I'm not even sure how many I have, my wife says I can hide them better than model kits! I'm sure a "Prepper" would be envious. Ive gotten two friends interested in collecting and restoring them, their wives are so impressed with me ! haha I hope you clean this up and get it working - first thing I would recommenced is a new leather pump washer and a gasket or O-ring for the fuel cap. Stay away from the rubber pump washers - you can find the leather ones on ebay reasonable. Coleman lanterns were well engineered, when you shut them off at night they burned long enough to give you time to get into your sleeping bag before everything went black..

Nice builds, Dave was that a AMT kit or one you converted? I recently reacquired the AMC Matador kit , built one back when I was about 10 - tube glue and brush painted. I thought it was the coolest car with the Red White and Blue paint.

One of my favorite manufactures, wish Id bought more Johan kits when they were still on the shelves. You've really done a fine job on this one, are the hood pins BMF or other? They really stand out and look just right.

Don't be discouraged - its modeling not defusing explosives. Each build you always find something to improve on or do differently. Ive got a pic of the old Frightliner coe we had on the ranch, yes you can see the rivets but very subtle. Not Titanic boiler rivets - I will find that pic and upload it for you later.

You're making great progress and this is one of the best AMT kits out there for making different variations. I also backdated one back in my early years on the forum 2014 ? You can see the pics (maybe dang watermarks) and perhaps get some ideas

Today for the loss of one of Nascar's legends Bobby Allison 1937 -2024 ?

I love this !! The best modeling tools are imagination and a razor saw.

Great looking Torino , love the color of it. I'll tell you sometimes it the littlest details that catch an eye - for me it was the upper radiator brackets. That is impressive for a kit

That looks cold and miserable to be out in. I don't imagine there was anything comfortable about that. You've done a fine job with that kit and the added cover!

Great job on the backdating , there is nothing you cant accomplish with a razor saw and some styrene sheet with these kits..

That's a really fine looking buildup of one of my favorite drivers. I loved this era of Nascar.

Simon you've done a great job applying your vision to this ship. You're a madman for painting those figures and adding them ,I have enough stress with the p/e railings. Looking forward to the Montana build !!

This is some really fine work, love the detail to the office and what you've done with the engine. The FW's have always been my most favorite of Axis flavor aircraft to model

I use to get a lot of my vintage truck schemes from real trucks that were for sale posted on ebay - many times you will find very detailed photos of the interior and chassis. I built a double sleeper IH 4070a from a photos of real truck that was for sale. The tread is buried here deep on the forum, but I'm sure photobucket watermarked all the pictures.

Very cool, Varney RR stuff brings back a lot of memories. Do you remember the John Allen adds ? The original post was a bit back, did you get all your ore hoppers finished?