Lunajammer

For what it's worth, and I don't know if this is within the spirit of your goals, but from the 1940's and earlier, not all 2x4's were necessarily spot-on accurate anyway because many times builders ripped and planed their boards at the construction sites. Made painfully obvious while renovating my own home and all the walls were wavy because the 2x4 studs were not exactly similar.

So Mr. Mason. Will there be a TFchronos fielded Mopar this time around?

Looks like a good candidate for the Utopian Future CBP

Looks like a good clean build you've got going there. Keep it up and keep us posted.

I love this! That hood is weathering that tells a story. It reminds me of a car I've known that had upper surface damage exactly like that after a storm blew a plywood sheet across it and never got fixed.

Why do some of you guys drink coffee when you can't get to sleep? Wouldn't that be counter productive if you want to fall asleep?

I've noticed that without moderation, it seems like people trash out for a year here. Then after overloading, disappear.

*Sigh!* You just can't make anything easy, can you Jacen? Well, you've got my attention now. For my update, I got a pvc plumbing coupler and a bunch of O-rings yesterday that I'll use for the hubless wheel that will drive my Cherry Bomb. I'm also dumping the kit turbine and going with a techno-flurbo-reactonite sort of thing from a box of "Transformers" parts.

That's fascinating. Much bigger than I thought. Hard to believe it's that big and brush painted. I love the technique under the abdomen. Lots of artistic expression.

The Revell hardtop is quite old so tons of flash, to the point that some detail parts are disfigured. Lots of offset seams. Slight fender flares molded to the body. However, they're not too expensive.

Wow, that's harsh.

What you see, as it sits, looks pretty nice. The chassis is hurt by the low parts count, but it can look very nice on display. The interior looks great. Better test fit the windshield assembly before you get too far. I found the glass fit so poorly I could never really tell which way it was supposed to go. Something like this could be cool.

Less is more.

Wright: Put on your seat belt, I want to try something.

I'm one of those guys who hates to see classic plastic get laid to waste, but you get a mulligan John, because you're one of those people who can make more of it than if it was left alone. So carve up that bad boy and let's see the magic happen.

Great to hear Wayne. Not too many Sunbeams posted here for a while so make sure you take pictures. Sure missed seeing your stuff since the stroke.

Viewing some old kits, fit issues don't bother me, I accept them. This car is never NOT cool. You did an excellent job and I look forward to my chance at it.

I wouldn't contest your thoughts Harry because I think at some level everyone feels like there's something wrong with the picture. But money just isn't available for everyone's avid cause. I guess it comes down to asking all taxpayers in the school districts, rich or poor, to fork it over if that's what important to them. I expect they might need to pay bus monitors to make sure squirrelly kids are minding the rules and not goofing with the buckles and/or systems. Which might happen anyway for security, the way things are going.

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, I think testing showed there's more upper body and neck injuries in busses when kids use waist belts. They would also need other kinds of protection before exceeding the safety of just letting kids have full body hits into the padded seats in front of them.

Super nice Erik. It appears to be a really nicely proportion 1/32. Your photos and quality of build defies it's size.

Yeah, but many years ago coping skills were much better. Kids just sucked it up and parents weren't as high strung about creature comforts.

This is all valuable feedback. Thanks guys. I understand everything you said Art. I have a flattened hypo needle I've used before to apply paint in the same manner you describe. Worked okay but the heat from my hand would expand the liquid out when I didn't want it, then leave air at the tip when I dab off the extra so it wouldn't draw into the plastic. Haven't tried the Flexi-File but I've seen them. I've remained suspect of the plastic itself because they're the only strips I have that's problematic and I don't ever recall having that trouble in years past. My other old plastic seems fine. However, I've never tried glues other than Testers too so that might be worth exploring.

I know the package is one of my earliest. The price tag is $1.79. I'm most frustrated trying to glue strips in a curve. They break no matter how slight the bend. If it's a matter of getting fresh strips then I guess I'm out $1.79 I've used Testers liquid glue with the brush, Testers glue from the black bottle with the fine tip, and super glue.

I'm trying to use thin plastic strips (Evergreen #110 .4mm x .5mm) for fine detailing but it disintegrates moments after glue hits it. I've used styrene glue and super glue. If the solvents are too strong for such small pieces, I would think it should melt not break. Or is the plastic too old and dry?