Customman

Nice job, I think the front end and the rear really look good. Nice detail !

Lookin good Rich, The '56 Ford is a very good looking car they have nice smooth lines !

Yep, Those are diecast cars he uses, but his photo's are life like, he's the best I've ever seen. He's originally from Pennsylvania and close to where I live. I keep looking for local backdrops he's made from the area to appear in some of his photo shoots.

Way to go Lanny, nice looking rig, excellent job on the trailer.

John, I didn't turn my PC on at all today, I just called Rich and told him when I meet him at the resturant so I knew nothing about his story with his '59 Dodge. I got to the place and I hardly had a chance to sit down and the first thing that came out of his mouth was the term I use "Tuna Trawler." He had a straight face on I thought Oh boy I'm going to get my head ripped off for insulting his car. I was in the car business all of my life in sales, I sold cars for a lot of years, and was also a used car manager. One thing you learn don't ever call a customers car junk, rust bucket, etc. people take offense to that. A customer might have never had a problem with a car you start cutting it up and it might cost you a deal. Ya man I thought I was going to get hammered, instead I was totally amused he's a howl, I laughed hearing that story. That was a great idea to make him tell the story I'm sure everyone will enjoy it ! George

Ya huh, Rich loves those big Tuna Trawlers, I'm sure it will be looking good when it's done. The big 4 were just a class act back in the day.

Looks good !

I think that car was called the Centurian. Sharp car, I agree with Mike I'd start with the Monogram Predicta.

Mike, Try the tires out of a Revell '90-'91 Cougar kit they don't look to be as tall as the Monogram ones you have.

There's nothing like Old School Customs. Very nice work.

Wow Rich, sure brings back the memories, I remember the day my father brought home a brand new '56 Pontiac. Same car a 4 dr. ht. Those were great cars ! Your doing a fine job on it.

'33 & '34 Plymouth Coupes. And '30's Pontiacs

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Excellent conversion of a good looking truck, nice modeling !

Hey Mike, On the group D I didn't roll the page down far enough or I would have voted for # 16. Nice looking Truck.

That's a sharp classic car. You did a excellent job on it.

Hey Casey, You chose an excellent topic. Wow flashback time after viewing your your thread man. I'll have to go dig out some old kits now. George

Wayne, what year was your brother in DakTo ? What was his MOS with the Marines ? I was in the Army, A. Company 299th Combat Engineers In DakTo 1969 I was Company Security / Grunt. George

Hey Guys, I have a set of decals that I printed, can I airbrush a couple coats of Tamiya clear over them for protection. Has anyone ever tried it before. George

"The problem with Nitrocellulose Lacquer", and later on Alkyde Enamel wasn't that great either. It faded and wore from the weather just like the rest of them Acrylic Lacquer,and Acrylic Enamel. That's one of the reasons why they developed Urethanes / Base Coat Clear Coat, the acid rain was eating up the paint. It was bad here in Pennsylvania coal fired electric power plants was the new craze. And oh yeah Ultra Violet rays really fade paint bad no doubt.In the '50's metallic paints started to pic up, the '60's they were hot and '70's and on to the present. In the begining all of the car manufacturers used Nitro Lacquer they brushed the Nitrocellulose on and hand compounded them. One of my mentors did a ton of old Car restorations and I did my fair share working with him. Pearls,(Fish Scales,Oysters and Mussels) started getting hot back in the Hot Rod days('40's, '50's) and got real hot in the '60's. The federal government outlawed using the fish scales, oyster, and mussel shells in I believe the early '70,s and hence came the synthetic Pearls as we know them today. I also did custom paint and bodywork in a Custom Shop. The guy I worked for bench mixed his own custom colors from concentrates and toners. Pearls really can't be practical popular yes. All I can say is it's a good thing they never used Pearls or Candys before they came out with Urethanes because you can't match old school Pearls very well. George

I see one thing wrong with both of those body's this is coming from memory I didn't check the real body though. That is how the cowl panel is cut on both of them the Revell is the same as the Monogram old '66 Chevelle with the one piece flip top front end. And the AMT has no cowl panel end lines scribed into it at all, or scribe lines on top of the back edge of the front fender where it meets the windshield and the cowl panel.On some of the older cars the very back edge slid up under the edge of the windshield molding and concealed it. Also I would check on the rocker panels where they end and meet the rear Quarter's to make sure there's no joint,if so you would have to scribe them in also.I'm building a '67 AMT and have stopped until I get the time to check out a real car. Anyhow that's my 2 cents worth ! I do think a lot of the Revell detail is better and more realistic like the seats, steering wheel, IP, etc. George

I've got a box of model car bodies with glass, interiors, bumpers. Easier to reach me at my email address: hojigc@verizon.net

Wow, you can't get tired of running the same cars I'm sure boredom will never be a factor. Nice work man they look great.

For the the guys that have never seen a crushed glass finish the glass does a superb job of refracting the light. I think it's better than a metal flake job. It really doesn't cause any problem it's super fine granulated and weight wasn't a problem it's actually light. The kustom shop I worked in we used it on show cars that we built. You surely want to use a good respirator. Diamond Dust wasn't cheap, excepting in our case there was a glass plant in town. Depending on who you knew i used to get it free a friend used to get me a quart full at a time. There is some art to using it though, there is the thing of overkill with it. Oh and no one would ever get hurt or cut on it as long as it was clear coated and you didn't breath it, it could cut your lungs up like fiberglass.I used to freak out holding a spoon fool in the sunlight watching it go wild.We would use it on some areas for a different effect. Wow you guys flashed me back to the good old days, they were the greatest! Yep I'm big time`old scool. George