skymnky721
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Howdy folks,,just finished a swap meet 15$ MPC 1/16 84' Vette. S-built : Roll bar,,hood scoops,belts,rear wing, I added the rear tires from a MPC 1/16 Cobra kit. Rims came w/the kit. Used Testors Transparent Grape over dollar store F-Blk primer. Hardware store Autumn Red interior. Neat vintage kit. Thanks for looking,keep up the great works!
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Wow,,got snibbed by Pbkt,,guess there new sharing BS wants me to pay for sharing pics,, Na,,,,Ill pass thanks you. Thanks for the kind words folks,,enjoy your work as well. Build On !
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Mickey Thompson 1/16 Revelleader Grand Am
skymnky721 replied to dragmodels44's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
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Wow,,very nice,,great job!
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Hi all,,finally got to get caught up on the cobra,,added wheels,,radiators,interior. Im doin a condensed build thread as to not take up too much space. This has to be one of MPC's best+ fun kits,,IMO. Still has a long way to go yet,,hope this finds you all doin well and keep up the great works! S
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Hey all ,,got a bit more chassis work done,,its coming around so far,,,thanks for visiting,,S
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awsome! reminds me of a local track here,,close to M.I.S. speedway from back in the day,,called "Onandaga Dragway" ,,same stuff,,garage built saturday nighters bangin it out,,,cool pics guy!
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Thats a tough one,,if theres quite a few modelers in your area,,start your own store out of your garage,,or rec room. Theres a few around here that do that.. it is more fun to "handle" a kit or product in a LHS firsthand,,instead of just looking at it on a puter screen. Good luck on your searches!
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Why thanks sir,,,theres so many great builds here,,fun to check out what+how folks build. Yea ,,Drag-o-matic was just a ziploc bag full of busted up pieces of the 1971 era 1/8 Revell Triumph Drag bike 15$ at a swap meet,,,,after I looked at web pics of the finished kit, some of the original kit pcs were missing,,so just tossed some other options at it,,and it worked ok..Its a one- off bike,,theres not another like it thats for sure. So,,itll look ok on my shelves,,Thanks for the kind words,,Build On !
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Nice w/the top off,,it would make a nice flat-top FC as well,,nice save.
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Neat color,,and stance is cool,,Nice!
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Why thank you sir,,,,,ooh yea,, I try to snatch up ANY large scale bikes ,,any era really. whenever I can. This whole bike{Drag-o-Matic} is basically 3 different large scale Revell kits,,bits+ pcs. This blue one is a Tamiya 427 Yamaha Virago. Thanks for looking,,,,
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Nice bike!,,neat vid also,,I thought about opening a YT model building page,,maybe someday. Looks fun.
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Thanks,,and yea your right,,its like a constant 'best of" of modelers from everywhere!
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AWSOME!
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Thanks Cobraman,,,got a bit more done,,wired alt,+,plugs+added linkages+ fuel feeds,,and a bit of interior work done. Getting there,,bit at a time. Got some belt material,,black ribbon from wallmnky. The kit comes w/plastic molded lap belts,,which Ill use,,I just have to make upper portion shoulder belts. Thanks for looking,,,cheers!
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Auto Quiz #322 - #FINSHED
skymnky721 replied to carsntrucks4you's topic in Real or Model? / Auto ID Quiz
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Balancing (too many?) hobbies/life?
skymnky721 replied to russosborne's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
Such is the big question these days,,I play gtr in a band{10K-DB music} on the web,,but I love model building as well. And drive a semi truck around SE Mich for a day job so I can have a place to build models,,play + record music and market it to publishing co's on Nashville+ LA ect. Theres a radio talk show guy named Dennis Prager whos says " you always will have to do what you dont want to do,,in order to do what you really do want to do!" And it makes perfect sense when you think about it. Model building will always be one of my top 1-2 hobbies,,they key I think is to find something your really good at and enjoy,,AND be able to make a living from it,,now thats true success,,,IMO -
The 1st thing I do with any kit I get is seperate all the parts so they dont make any contact with anything else w/layers of napkins or tissue paper to help eliminate any probs like this. I did a get a "Monroe Handler" mustang 2 from the late 70's awhile back and it had "goodyear" melted across the front windshield! man was I bummed,,so I just wet sanded it forever w/different grits paper,,then polished it out and it was fine,,but it took forever.
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Sad Sad Sad News: Our Harry Passed Away
skymnky721 replied to Gregg's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Thanks Beluga,,yea,,they maybe a bit large,,but they look ok actually in person,,the pics are " squeezed" a bit . I thought about just doing "straight tubes" w/no flares at top,,but the step spacer things from the hardware store work ok. When its done,,the black injector tips will make sense w/the paint layout+ highlights. Tan 2 tone interior,,and 3 different paint highlights on rims. Right now Im scratch building the injector linkages+ feul feed lines,,,that will be interesting,,lol. Thanks for looking,,and keep up the great work you all do!!
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Thanks KWT,,yours are looking great also. S
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Hey thanks DD,,it had a kit supplied roll bar,,which I ended up scratch building mine I like radius style corners for the upper roll bar,,the kit had this square looking deal,,And the motor wiring/plumbing was added by me. I also Sbuilt some headrests for the seats. And the front lower bumper air splitter. Most everything was pretty decent in detail,,I did have to clean quite a bit of flash off alot of the parts,,not a big deal though. The front steering set up works well,,a bit fragile,,but decent. I havent built the 1/20th gremlin,,but that would be a fun one also. It also comes w/2 sets of rims,,,slot mags or the rallys,,which are the ones I used. If you built the 1/20 Gremlin,,post a pic here,,Id like to see it. And if I dont get back right away in response,,its because Im limited on web time these days. Thanks again,,,S
