Drake69

Better shot of side profile.... And a shot of the undercarriage work.... Captains chairs in place along with dashboard...

More pix... Here is an example of a poorly placed decal... (will be made evident here soon!! ) And a decal borrowed from Dirty Donny...

Let me put it to you this way... I didn't even risk them. I IMMEDIATELY coated them with Liquid Decal Film and let them dry overnight. In the morning I took Deer Park mountain spring water, got it to boiling, let it cool down to lukewarm, then transferred to a clean Tupperware bowl. Next, I coated the area lightly with Micro Set and then soaked the decal in the warm water. After all this foolishness, the decal STILL wouldn't let go of the paper easily. I had to moisten the decal and my fingers five/six times to generate enough slide to move the decal off the paper. But once I had it sliding it went on like a glove. Of course it took a bit of slight adjusting with warm wet fingers, but I got it to behave and go on like it was supposed to. Then I put on a slight topcoat of Micro Set to smooth it all out. I will finish it later with a coat of Future polish to seal it on. Now, people will say that it was because of the LDF that it was so stubborn. If I hadn't used THAT it might have gone on easier. And it MIGHT have fractured into a thousand baby decal pieces like every other AMT/Round 2 decal I've tried to work with.... had I not used LDF. Believe me, I'd rather have an LDF-coated decal give me grief coming off of paper than ruin a beautiful billboard mural because the manufacturer made the sheets too thin to touch.

WANT THAT COLOR. WHAT IS IT?! It's beautiful, that's what it is... LOL!

I look at it this way.... "You're only done when you're HAPPY with it...".

That color scheme.... just gave me a few thousand... nasty ideas..... AWESOME car.

Decided to also post it here as well..... My wife's father's NASCAR racer, circa 1948 ~ 1953: And the completed Revell model:

Thanks! Look in "Under Glass" for the final pics!

Finally getting around to messing with this one. Been wanting to do a custom van since my snap together model days of the 70's. I love these vans.

I double-checked my sheets and it is the "New Improved" ones, but they were bought over 2 years ago. When I first used some of it, it would stick to everything under the sun. Now it acts like the glue doesn't want to stay on the trim more than a few seconds before a stiff wind blows it around the model and onto the floor.

I love that engine kit. I have one ready to build once I clear out some of my other kits. I plan on dropping the 2JZ into an '88 Toyota Supra MK3 kit I have to duplicate my real world car. It's also a single turbo...

I've used a bent coat hanger and a plywood block with holes drilled in it as one. Wasn't too shabby. Then I got the Tamiya stand and LOVE it.

I'm not intimidated by it, I'm agitated by it. The glue adhesive they are using on it now does not adhere well to my models, and I end up wasting almost a quarter of the page before I get anything decent put on the car. They SERIOUSLY need to do something about that because it's getting to the point that I won't even bother with it anymore and would go back to using paint pens to draw my silver trim lines again.

I'm sure it reflects police laser guns quite well tho.... Bet he's paying a premium on speeding tickets.

The resin parts to convert the Mad Max Interceptor to the first movie are on ebay from time to time. The guy that makes the pieces is actually on this forum, so do a search for Mad Max Interceptor to find the threads about his and his work... Here it is... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=75292

I've had my workroom in various places in different houses. The last house I was in though, the landlord was very finicky about paint fumes so I actually put my hobby on hold for awhile until I could improve my position. Before that I had an entire basement to work with that was really awesome. Now I have a florida room that I've repurposed for my hobbying. The desk came from a military surplus store, dirt cheap. Milk crates scrounged from various places, a few Wal-Mart special plastic storage drawers, and an old office In-Out tray... An old videotape cabinet my dad had for storing VHS movies becomes a secure area for spraypaints... A free set of dresser drawers on the left holds most of my unbuilt models, transferred to Ziploc gallon bags to save space (boxes cut up and stored away for reference pics...). Paasche painthood that is sitting on an old couch endtable has dryer hose running to a makeshift vent nozzle that I can cap off during the cold days, and be opened easily when I have to paint. And ammo box at the back wall stores miscellaneous items. And a parting shot of the painthood with magnetic base maglite. And don't call me a "hippy"... Last pic, this of the drawers against the brick wall. Metal shelving sits atop the dresser for more storage area since I can't nail into the brick hearth behind it. No, we don't use the fireplace, it has a problem with the flue and cap inside it.

Thanks guys! My second model in 3 years (the first was a DOH snap together I was playing around with in paints). Hope this means I have good luck with the others!

Here is the pic on the side of the box.... It is definitely missing the dual carb setup of the 350 Super Commando. I'm still learning about engine identities, but that is a pretty glaring ommission when you consider how it's depicted in the movie.

My wife's father's NASCAR racer, circa 1948 ~ 1953: And the completed Revell model:

Posting final pics in Under Glass!

There were plans to release it but then it got yanked. No idea now whether it will ever get released, at least not this year I guess.

He used too much Alclad II....

Yup, since it started life as a "Dukes" Snap together kit molded in Hemi Orange. Fortunately I didn't have to use much Tamiya primer to give the car a clean slate. And I used to do really good BMF work if I say so myself, but everyone can tell I'm out of practice....

VERY EASY, and not too messed up in the mold department. The lines are very crisp for this kit so the edges of the car feel like razors sometimes. Yeah, I kinda knew that, but it was more for playing around with rather than being serious. Still, makes a nifty "what might have been" if those stripes were available at that time.

Thanks everyone! From what my in law told me, the car did not have bench seating but rather separate seats. I swapped out the bench seats with the twin bucket seats from the 37 Sedan Delivery kit.