oldcarfan

I had an Ott Light magnifier as well and really liked it. I got it at Hobby Lobby too when they had a sale on art supplies. I ended up leaving it behind when we moved and didn't realize it until it was too late.

I grew up on the Texas coast in the middle of the refinery fields. The oil companies purchased fleet trucks in particular colors, but the local station owner generally bought whatever was available. He might have ordered a particular color if he had the time and money, but generally he would find one on the dealer lot that he liked at a good price and buy that. Then he would have the local sign painter put his brand logo on the doors and tailgate and call it good. In my little hometown, we had Mr Blancette and Mr. Blissett who owned the Mobil and Enco (later Exxon) stations across from each other and Mr. Knippa who owned the Texaco station. They all had bought-off-the-lot trucks that were set up for road service.

I haven't seen one, but can you use the soft top off the Monogram 1/24 CJ-7? They are still pretty easy to find on eBay and stuff.

I went to Dollar Tree and bought a couple pairs of those cheap reading glasses in different strengths and they work as well as anything.

Michael's and Hobby Lobby carry some, but usually only in black. You might also check HobbyTown or somewhere that stocks Woodland Scenic train rub-on letters.

I've been on the same search myself. Fireball Models has some Cibie lights and he has Minilites in a couple of sizes. Scale Production has some period mirrors, those rubber hood tie downs and other things, but they are based out of Germany so you may have to deal with postage fees and the wait. If there is an American supplier I would love to find them.

Did anyone attend the ModelFiesta today? I only had a couple hours there, but it was fun. There didn't seem to be a lot of entries in the contest, but I found some things I had been wanting in the sales area. I managed to get a couple photos.

That's really cool, nice work? I miss the days when my kids wanted me to build their pinewood derby cars that they were supposed to build themselves!

In a way I'm glad to hear that. I was beginning to doubt my ability to judge scales! LOL

Good job! These trucks are so neat.

I think it's a Volkswagen LT van. They're pretty cool!

Is that the kit rear wing, modified? I like it.

That is really good. Neat idea!

I was looking at the Jada F&F Escort at Walmart. It is listed as 1/24th but it appears larger. Has anyone scaled it out? I'm guessing it's closer to 1/22nd? I really like that generation of the Escort, but I want one that is accurate. In fact most of Jada's products seem oversize. Is that correct?

I would do a light prime coat and take it out into indirect sunlight and check for lines and flaws first.

Duplicolor makes good stuff. They have sealer primer, sandable primer and a regular primer and all work well.

I did that when I worked for a fabrication company. We would order several thicknesses and they would use a giant shear to cut them to 24x36 for us.

Is this available in the US? It looks interesting!

Here is a picture of the decal sheet. It took several hours to do but it counted towards training so win/win. Don't know if I will use them all, but it was fun doing.

The theme for this year is Vans and I wanted something unusual so I remembered I had 2 Revell VW Westfalias in my stash. They aren't noted for speed, but we'll see! At lunch last week I was looking for ideas and came across some old Audi and Porsche rally photos and found inspiration and worked out a plan. I'm supposed to be getting proficient in Word so I took that opportunity to design some decals using fonts and internet pics and so I came up with some I liked and used the Xerox to print them out on Microscale Laser paper. Just a couple of notes if you want to try this: Don't use inkjet paper in a laser copier. Luckily I researched that before trying! LOL. Also, the ink doesn't run, but you can still scratch it off if your not careful so clear coat it. The colors aren't spot on so you have to be flexible and of course they don't print metallics or white but it was fun to use my imagination at work!

I love that look, are you doing a build thread? How did you get the effect?

I think I like it!

If you don't find anyone to do them, try Kenny Terry Decals on Facebook. I had him do some Porsche decals for me and they came out really well. I think it was less than $20 for them.

I feel your pain! I'm having the same issue. I washed the Westfalia before and after cleaning up mold marks and then primed it in white. When I masked to paint the window trim, guess what? The primer peeled off.

I worked at Lowe's many years ago an brought home a 2 inch this stack of those plastic signs they use on the top of the shelves to identify what is below. They were 6' by 48". I gave a lot of it away to friends and used the rest up. Now I go to Walmart or Lowe's and buy the plastic For Sale signs. The big ones are around 24x18 and perfect for most of what I do. They also have smaller ones that are thinner plastic as well and the corrugated ones work well for some things too.