RickRollerLT1

Sorry it took so long to get pics up... waz really busy the other day: It doesn't look as good in the pics due to lighting and various settings my sister changed on the camera, but to the eye it looks superb! I used Sears gray primer, folowed by wal-mart/colorplace black, then the colorshift paint. I'm surprised it turned out well being I "crossed-over" paint brands. I've only seen it at Lowes...though when I was at an AC Moore last weekend picking up the '02 Stang, they had the Colorshift galaxy blue @ $23.99! (Half used ) I'd consider buying it up there, but with the coupon it would be a tad more than what lowes charges and I could get as much as I want at Lowe's "everyday" pricing (and not have it be almost empty) Also, the spray paints at AC Moore(s) are a mess of trippy grafiti #### all over the wall (Though they have the clerks wondering around the store like their in outer space or something). Even lowes takes better care of their paints and you don't need to give yer ID or blood sample to buy them.

i've been recently trying out Rustoluem's Spray cans out of curiosity, and have been really pleased with the results (exspeicaly the Colorshift paint). They are around the same price league as testors and tamiya, but you get more for yer buck. They last longer; sprays better and smoother, no lumps, bubbles, or "heavy snake skin"; really good color slection. Only thing is when you use rustoluem, you NEED a good primer underneath or it will craze the plastic. I just painted a 02 Mustang SVT Cobra in Rustoluem Colorshift Galaxy Blue because i'm going to (Try to) replacate the RARE "Mystic Cobra" mustangs thy made. The color is a dead ringer for the 1.1 car and it looks really nice. I'll get pics of the body up later... What surprises me is that Rustoluem is owned by RPM - who also owns testors. So maybe tesotrs should refourmulate their horrid enamal sprays closer to rustomuems specs or like their one coat lacquers stuff.

Like everyone said, it depends on the paint used. It can remove testors, tamiya, and etc pretty easily, but it takes longer with older paint or acrylic/lacquers, along with brush painted parts regardless of when they were painted.

Not today, but on Saturday I went to lowes and picked up a can of Rustoluem Colorshift spray paint in Galaxy Blue... It waz $13.97; a tad pricey, but better than tracking down the now-defunked Duplicolor Mirage stuff. I haven't tired it out yet, but I've used other Rustoleum colors and had great suscuss with them over the paints I use, so I think it will work fine. No pics of what I got, but here's a link to Rustoluem's website for the product they have: http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=463 So far i've seen it at Lowes. Other retailers that stock Rustolum brands may carry the Colorshift paint, but the price may vary by retailer.

:lol: I agree with you guys on the testors and model master enamal sparys, they're horrible!!! (cept the lacquers and bottles because those work well) There are so many better and cheaper alternitives like Duplicolor, Plastikote, Valspar, Krylon, Rustolium, Tamiya (more than testors, but better quality paint overall), the list goes on. Heck, even the Wal-Mart colorpalce paints are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better for base colors (Flats and Glosses such as black, white, red, blue, green and etc.) then testors, because: Pricewise- Colorplace - .97 Testors enamal spray - 4.79 ans it's not even good!!! Quality and quanity - Colorplace - Does a good job with the right primer (will get to that soon), and dries smooth and quick; lasts for a good amount and cheap as oats. Testors enamal spray - Lumpy and bubbly; horrible nozzle; barely lasts for one car/part if you can get it on properly; like paying $5.00 for a used pair of jeans someone "missed" in. I tried their (testors) primer once and YEEEEUCK!!! It looked like dinosaur skin or something like that. I also tried colorplace primer, but it crazes the plastic. So one day I was stumbling at the local sears hardware in their spray paint section and they had a line of paints under the "Quick and Easy" line; all of them were mediocore except the gray and red oxide primers which work REALLY well over plastic, with no crazing whatsoever. Applies nice, thick, smooth, ans is cheap too ($1.69 - can't beat that for a good cheap primer)

The pic of the '59 Inpala looked like it has some 50's/60's era custom parts on it (wheels, front bumper, sideskirts grill and etc.)... Are these parts new or have they been in an rare previous issue (Diecast amigo pack or LOWRIDER) we don't know about?

Glad to see the GMC Wrecker back, though $25 is ALOT for a snapper... Hopefully (but not likely) the'll make into a full glue kit by retooling some stuff and/or add parts from the full detail '76 Chevy pick-up kits if they want to make the addmission price worth it. BTW, one last thing on the wrecker, the tires on the first release were plastic, but on the 1994 issue (and this coming release) they tooled up New rubber tires and wheels close to the orginals to fit them. Why is the former Revell VW Beetle in the Classic Crusers Line? Isn't it a hard and fussy kit fer young beginers to work with? (unless this one is a NEWER, more basic Revell AG tool we never heard about untill now) Speeking of Revell AG, the Lambo Diablo VT in the Classic Crusers line was a full detail Revell AG kit with snap like assembly (migha been released in the Snaptite line and in a 3 pack).

Will this kit also contain the custom option from the 1995 issue thata had the Independent suspensions, LT1, those GOD UGLY puke-swirl wheels on BRITTLE Camaro tires, and the rest of the 90's mumbo-jumbo custom stuff? Or will it mostly focus on the whole Texico theme with only one building option.

Yer out of luck unless U wnat to settle for a cheap hot wheel or a diecast '08 Caravan (if you can find one). After 8 years of slapping on styrene, I forgot about those lindberg 96+ Grand Caravan snapper kits... My dad had one of those when I was a youngin, but in my early years of modeling (when I waz making everything look like the cars in NFS Underground 1 & 2) I destroyed it beyond belief becauz I was stupid Shoulda listened to him when he said "When you get better at them"... LOL!

I hate wetsanding a paintjob because most of the time it scratches it up and takes some of the paint away. I considered using the tamiya fine grade sandpaper/polishing compound stuff at one point, but it's expensive and some ppl say it dosen't cut it with the small amount they give you! (I know there's Novus, but I can't find it at most of the LHS's I go to, and getting it online costs about $11 dollars more to ship it!) If wetsanding gets the best of ya, I'd try polishing out the body with good 'ol toothpaste and attack it with some Pledge Future Floor Wax. That's what I do and most of the time it comes out very suscessfull with a sandin' here and there. Hope this helps, V

What model year period are ya lookin' for?

Wish I could go, but we're saving up for NNL East in NJ on april 16th. Casey, are going to NNL East in NJ on the 16th or you gots other plans?

One more week from tomorrow ti'll teh NNL!!!

IIRC, the motors in the Revell Outlaw, Beatnik Bandit 1 (possibly 2), and Mysterion show cars have some detailed internals such as the camshaft and etc.

Jus got back from a different Michales store a few hours ago that finally did their reset!! Got's me the '67 Chevelle SS for $13 with my 50% off coupon (It was $24.99, not $19.99 unless your store made a typo or they all raised the price after they really got it(. Also saw all other NEW kits chris mentioned there too even the Shelby GT-H. 1/32 Mack tanker snapper, Viper ACR, Corvette ZR1, Hemi Dart, and the '67 Chevelle they had were all $24.99. The Shelby GT-H, AMT Concept Camaro, and Revell-o-gram '02 Camaro SS were $19.99. In the clearence isle, they did have a opened '68 Bullet 'Stang for $5.00.. Waz going to get it, but as I was inspecting it, I was surprised with a rather poorly built pony (it looked like the '70 Chevelle Walt Francis has somewere in this section). It looked like some lil kid tried their hand at modeling but didn't like it and had mom return it, along with the disgusting fact the store is dumbwitingly reselling it.

Me and my Dad are going... We'll probably miss the internet friends meeting whenever time that is, but we'll prolly meet up with some of U guys while we're a browsin' the aera! BTW, my Dad's name is Richard too ans he's one hekofa truck fan too along with some wild 50's cars.

TNX Casey! Jus curious, what were the prices on those kits U saw? (BTW did you see the Corvette ZR1 there too?) I Guess the '02 Camaro,'67 Chevelle, ans the Mercedes diecat were all around ether $17.99, $19.99, or $21.99. Also think the Viper ACR and the '68 HEMI Dart are prolly $24.99 or (I highly doubt) maybe less. The AMT/R2 Concept Camaro they have should be around $17.99 or maybe even $19.99; can't see them chargein' over $28.99 like with the '70 Camaro and '55 Cameos the local AC Moore carrys (lord!! how could they charge so much for kits that go for around the $16-20 range). Ima going to check out different stores this weekend to see what they got... I also hear some stores got in the NEW COPO '69 Nova, '58 Thunderbird, '85 Mustang SVO, and maybe the Stars & Stripes '69 Corvette racer along with the stock release of the '77 Monte Carlo snapper. I'll see what they got and report if I hit or miss on anythang... If you guys see anything else aside from what already there at yer local michaels stores, holler!

TNX Chris. Thought they were gonna jack-up the prices AGAIN like AC-Moore did, but I guess michaels go's with Revells MSRP rather than makeing up their own... For TOMY's purchase of RC2, I don't think it would effect ROUND 2 (the company that leases the tooling) unless they would buy them out alongside, or if they were intrested only for the model tooling. It could be a good thing for them or a bad one. Speeking of Tomy ans japan, I hope they and Tamiya, Ashoma, fujumi along with others are not affected by that massive earthquake going on there... May God bless them all and to their familys/friends/relatives

Hate to be a nusience, but what other kits did they have when you were last there? Aside from the ones Chris mentoned.

Jus went to my local michales before an they started their reset. Nothing too speical like the '49 merc, '70 Challenger & '70 Chevelle street machiene, '07 GT500, Cali-wheels '60 chevy imapala ans '57 bel-air, some snapper kits and etc. - all of which the other stores have. Ima going to drop by to the other higher grade stores during the weekend to see what they got along with the kits that Chris previously mentioned. (Chris, would you happen to know the prices on those kits you mentioned?) If any of you guys spot anything else NEW other than the kits Chris mentioned at any of your stores, let us know. Casey, I saw BOTH the Hawaiian and the Chi-Town Funny cars (along with the Mongouse) at my local store; was going to get the latter one but didn't have enough coupons on me 2 get it. I'll print up some more for the weekend incase eye see something at the other stores. Funny thing was when I was at K-mart last night, they had all (3) of the Revell NHRA cars (which were the only kits they had on the shelf) but the prices were muddafudgein $24.50 a PIECE! More than my LHS wants which is $22.50 and K-marts "everyday" price is ONLY .50 cheaper than michaels (which you can get @ said place for $15 with their coupons).

Thanks a zillon Chris!!! I saw that list over there too.

Coulda swore I saw one that had a convertable on the box or was it my imagination... Or I might've got it mixed up '92 GT convertable. Anyways, sorry about the mixup it's my mistake, hee, hee. Again, itsa been a while since I saw the first issue.

The one you have there I guess is the later release, because I remember seeing releases that had the Red car witha white CONVERTABLE, which were the eariler ones.

To clear things up here, the first issue of the '93 SVT Cobra WAS 1997 (box car had the worng photo for the ultra rare convertable, but the build-up pics dispect the hardtop which is what's in the box). Then it was re-released in the Cobra combo pack (with correct photo of hardtop) also consisting of the '69 Mach 1 COBRA JET and '97 SVT Cobra convertable around 1999 or 2000 (don't remember which, prolly 1999). Recently (around 2007ish), the '93 Cobra was reissued in the "Motor City Muscle" line-up as a 2-in-1 with the stock parts, plus a new custom option with custom wheels 'n low-pro tires and fugly blue lowrider style graphics (though it also came with stock decals like the gagues and such). Hope this helps,

Groop shot: Also working on the '57 Cameo and Stepside (with the correct bed) that I got for christmas! When those are don, i'll post 'em up on this thread and put up new groop shots. Enjoy!