mr moto

I just received some Dunlop SP3 radials from Ma's and the fine detail in the tread is amazing. I think "a star is born" in the resin business!! Great service, too.

Very cool idea! Looks much better than the original!

VERY , VERY COOL! You really found a great look for that car!

Truly SWEET!!!!

And now for something completely different, here's a Studebaker Coupe Delivery:

I'm thinking about mastering and casting a few resin bodies of subjects that especially interest me in the future. I've done a few small parts in resin before but I know this will be jumping in at the deep end! For right now, I'll probably just try to cast some replicas of kit bodies for practice to see if I can do it. I'm not interested in turning this into a business. Anyway, I'm just looking for any advice, sources of good information or whatever about mold making, materials or anything else from those who have done it before. What would you tell somebody just starting out (other than "DON'T DO IT!!!")? I'll probably buy a pressure pot since I think that's the best way to prevent bubbles in the castings but if there's anything better, let me know. I've tried Alumilite and Micro-Mark (much better!) resin and rubber but I've also heard a lot of good comment about Smooth On - is it really a lot better? Pros and cons? Any help will be appreciated!

Excellent choices!! And how did I forget to mention the '37 Coupe Express?

Great job!! I love a slant six (aka Leaning Tower of Power). My first car had one, my family had cars with them, my friends had cars with them - I've laid hands on quite a few. Is that the Ross Gibson engine kit or from one of the recent Lindbergs or ??

Don't get me started! I want Studebakers and more Studebakers. Right now I'm working on an R&R 1956 Golden Hawk. That hunk of resin is a pig but it's the only game in town if you want a Hawk! Wish there was a real kit. Not only is the R&R a poorly cast and somewhat inaccurate lump of resin, I'll have to make my own 352 Packard powerplant. Almost any post-war Stude is a subject I'd like to see kitted but if I had to pick three it would be the GT Hawk (prefer '63 supercharged but any of them will do), 1955 Speedster and the '54 Connie. Honorable mention to a bullet-nosed 1950 Champion business coupe.

Check out Modelhaus. I think they might have what you're looking for. http://www.modelhaus.com/

This a tough one. It looks kinda like a real car on a fake background. Maybe it's a 1:1 diorama! It's a good thing that this isn't an Auto ID. We'd never pin down the year on that thing!

Welcome!! That's a great way to start out. Getting kids interested in a positive activity that they can keep doing for the rest of their lives. Dads like it, too!

In 1961 most participants in the model building hobby were living on their allowance and couldn't even afford spray cans, let alone airbrushes! That's for painting the bodies - if you can afford to own more than one paintbrush!

Resin Realm has a '58 two door hardtop by R&R. Take a look and see if it's what you need. http://www.resinrealm.net/Star/RRGalleries/Ford/index.html

As several others have said, Alumilite is just too fast. There is not enough working time for careful work - strictly blow and go! There's no time to work out any bubbles or to pour slowly enough to avoid bubbles. I've done a lot better with the resin and silicone from Micro Mark and I recommend it. Never tried the TAP brand that was mentioned by another poster but his results looks real good so I'd be inclined to listen to his advice!

That's what I call "jumpin' in at the deep end." If anybody has tried to build one of those highly detailed beasts, you know what I mean. My first model was a Revell Bomarc guided missile in 1958. I got an AMT 3 in 1 '59 Ford Galaxie for Christmas 1959 and it's been all cars ever since.

That's INCREDIBLE!!

WOW! That's one that you don't see very often. Great job. Is that a resin kit or an old Johan?

That is just OUTSTANDING work!! I love it! Excellent concept and execution.

Wouldn't one those things make a COOL gasser?!!? I can see it now with that high stance and a blown hemi!!

If that's a model you're gonna slam dunk us this time!

All my prayers and support are with you. I've been married for 34 years and don't want to think about how tough that situation would be.

In my experience, all the colors are safe if you put them over the Duplicolor primer (I use the "sandable"). They may work without the primer but I don't care to try it! I did have trouble with unprimed Duplicolor many years ago but I think the automotive paints might have been hotter back then. BTW, I love that pickup in your avatar! That is sweet!

Great first build! Probably took me about 100 to get to that level!

I say this one's as real as can be. It just looks kinda like a model because it's been "over-restored"!