Lunajammer

Heh, heh, let me guess. Something like...

There was a time when carriers had cover your 20-cents-due personally and left an envelope in your box for you to reimburse what's owed. How many people do you think honored that remittance envelope when their package was already in their hands? The USPS has an encyclopedia of rules and whether it's a penny or a several dollars, there's little room for accommodating anything outside the policies, especially when it comes to them picking up the tab.

There you go again, posting photos of real cars and passing them off as models. We're on to you. Seriously, it's a beautiful, flawless build. It's amazing how appealing it can be without the clutter of the giant hood graphic.

Thanks everybody for your input. I had used lacquer thinner for airbrushing and it went over a base of duplicolor lacquer silver. Months later I could still put a dent in the finish with my thumbnail. From your responses I've come to believe it was probably the polish itself and that if I try it one more time with, maybe a different brand, I might have different results. At least I have more confidence in trying it again. Thanks.

Perfect. Thanks for the info.

Just so I'm understanding this right.... you laid down the gradated orange first, then bare metal in the shape of your graphic, then white all over, then removed the bare metal while paint was fresh. Correct?

Now that's a beauty. I'm gonna say, worth the wait.

I've seen people have great success airbrushing finishes with fingernail polish. But the one time I tried it, went on great, but took MONTHS to dry before it occurred to me that fingernail polish is designed to stay a little soft so it protects the nail and doesn't chip. How are you supposed to surface finish fingernail polish? Can it not be sanded and rubbed out? Are there brands that dry hard in a few days? Is it like candies where you don't touch it and instead polish a clearcoat layer? Once it's laid do you call it good, as is? What do you know about what to do AFTER it's been laid down?

This must be an extraordinarily hot seller for Mr. Jimmy F. because it seams like one out of every two modelers has one of these. It's been around and looking fabulous for ages. Heck, I've had MINE for almost twenty years.

You're not wrong Ben, but I'll have to partially disagree with you. Since Davin is only taking his first baby steps across the threshold, we won't get into compressors and pressure pots. Vacuum will indeed foam the resin if you leave it huffing long enough to let it happen, which is why I said to do it only momentarily with a simple set up. But pressure isn't going to crush the kind of air gaps I'm seeing on his rims. Suck 'em out. Vacuum is not just for RTV.

I especially like the gradated orange on the sides. Very subtle.

Looks to me like he's using one-piece molds. If you don't want to buy a vacuum pump to suck the air out, you could try putting them in a strong sealed box and for a moment hook your vacuum cleaner hose to it. Might at least get the big bubbles out.

One morning I was so miserable I waited outside the walk-in clinic until they opened at 7am. They let me in and did processing. I was the first one there, THE FIRST ONE and I had to wait a half hour for the doctor. It's good to be the doctor.

Breathe in... breathe out... breathe in.... breathe out.... go into your cave. You are going deeper into your cave and you will find your power animal.

Stunning!

I hate to rub salt in the wound there Curt, but it's a darn shame that was your solution because it looks like you'd been doing marvelous work on an interesting subject.

I'm with you Bat with Moody Blues and Parsons. They'll aways be on my A-list. The rest of your list is on my sentimental B-list. I've kind of moved on to selected and obscure new stuff. BTW, at the risk of nerding up this thread, if you haven't heard your local pops symphony play the theme to Star Trek TNG live then you don't know what you're missing.

That's one super-duper clean build with striking care. Thanks for posting.

Looks like you took your time and hit all the marks. Nice work.

Beautiful work. And I sure like your nod on the back plate. I always spot that.

I'm interested Ken, largely because I'd hoped to do this car from scratch anyway. I don't think I could join as a CBP, but I would follow along with interest and bookmark it for later when I'm ready to get into it. I'm not so ambitious to scratch build 100-percent of it, but I'd sure like to see your step-by-step for body and maybe interior. Others probably want your chassis too.

Your lines alone are worth careful study.

TEN instruction sheets still wouldn't be enough to help build me better models.

How didI miss this? Some beautiful work here. Fit and finish is tight as a drum. Nice work!

Different is good, for that reason I like it. But it belongs on Rodeo Drive, not Watkins Glen. Junkman, I don't know what "pikey" means, but it sounds perfect.