Cool Hand

As Bill mentioned to have a decent looking black paint job, it all comes down to the prep work. I prefer Tamiya TS-14 black. If you do the prep work cant go wrong with TS-14 and it wont need a clear coat.

Some of the knowledgeable members on this forum should apply as they would be a shoe in for the job. Bill (aka Ace-Garageguy) would be a good candidate.

Yep, and if you have the skill to weld like that and are fully certified. You can pretty much ask for whatever hourly rate you want to be paid from employers.

First up I plan to finish this build. Inspiration for this one came from exesivefire's Track Rat Mustang build. Build this kit to suit the Cannonball sleeperball theme. Take the boat and trailer from this kit Transform the bass boat to look something like this. And build this as a tow rig for the boat. Finish the following builds.

No thanks Harry. Id rather put up with the heat than freeze to death.

The weather, its 42'c/107'f with 35kmh/21.7mph winds

In my opinion the set up you want to use will direct some of the fumes out the window, but being that the room is sort of a confined space the fan will more than likely create turbulence and stir up the fumes and over spray dust and spread it more through out the room. The fumes will dissipate in a short amount of time with the fan if you are only doing short paint sessions. More than anything I think the real issue will be the over spray dust even with the airbrush. Like I said thats just my opinion and 2 cents, I sure some people with more knowledge will hopefully provide additional comments and opinions based on their experience with painting indoors.

If your dead set on painting indoors in that room and on a regular basis, I think you would be far better of investing in a spray booth. One these booths would do the job and not overly expensive. http://www.hobbytools.com.au/airbrush-spray-booth-suit-case-style/ Also you can get this extension hose that you can direct and vent the fumes out the window. http://www.hobbytools.com.au/spray-booth-extension-hose-exhaust-kit-for-suit-case-style-booth/ Or you can check out hardware stores for flexible ducting that will fit on the back of the booth outlet. If you are unable to purchase a booth, then just do your painting outdoors and then bring the painted parts back indoors to dry I paint outdoors in the shed using spray cans and the airbrush when it aint sweltering hot. If you need some help with setting up an area and tips for painting outdoors send me a pm.

Looking forward to watching this build progress and seeing it completed.

It's great watching your wips, as you are always scratch building cool trick parts. This build is going to be a killa when complete. I like the triple twins that angle upwards. I got to ask what happened/any updates with the Camaro Lowrider you were building.??

I purchased a 60 Starliner and upon opening the kit to check out all the parts, I get to the floor pan and it is seriously warped. It is so bad I doubt that the hot water re-shape trick would work. So I e-mailed Round 2 with details and pictures to see if it was possible to get a replacement part, and the response I got was they cant help me out as im international and they only send out replacement parts within the U.S and that I should return to place of purchase within Australia. I had some defective parts in a Revell kit, So I go through the parts and service section of their site and week later the parts were on my door step and it cost me nothing.

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Excellent choice Dale.

Done well Ray, thats 8 more than I done. 49 is my favourite.

First I cold form/ bend the rod and hold at required angle then using a cigarette lighter flash the bend area a couple times to hold shape.

Hey Bill, how about you go spend some time at your bench working on a build and finishing it. Then show us some of this excellence you strive to achieve from all the knowledge you have.

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For roll cages I use, Evergreen styrene rod. #212 2.0mm.

Phenomenal work as always Shawn. The level of detail you achieve is mind blowing. Cant say ive ever seen the typical Aussie trailer with a gold hammer finish, all the ones ive come across and used in my life time have been blue.

Done well mate, another clean detailed build to add to your collection/line up of Impala's.

Supremes/Sovereigns do look good. But the wires get my vote.

Great to see a different (not the usual) subject being chosen for a lowrider build, will be watching for sure.

The belt/pulley mismatch you are referring to, is on the Novak Sidewinder build.

Same ole, same ole with the usual suspects. That other topic title is really starting to have some meaning.

Agree, tends to be double standards at times.