SkinnyDan

I don't think they make a model of my first car, a 1989 Olds 88. But I do plan on building up a model of my first vehicle that had my name on the title, a 1995 Ford Ranger, I plan to build one as a sold it and build one the way I always planned on building my actual truck.

He stuck around for as long as he could.

I used to work at O'Reilly Auto and I know we were able to get all of the HOK airbrush stuff, and I believe most other auto parts stores can get them also.

One more question. I'm somewhat stuck on my pick of colors. I know I want green with black stipes and wheels, but I'm not sure which shade of green. Which of the following greens do you think would look best? These are all Tamiya colors. TS-20 Metallic Green TS-35 Park Green TS-09 British Green TS-43 Race Green And the black will be TS-40 Metallic Black

I got a little bit more done on this build in the last few days. I finished up the engine, and put on the first coat of paint for all of the chasis components. Here's the engine. Here's my paint set up for painting all of the chasis components. The sway bars, radiator, radiator shroud, and a top view of the drive shaft. A better view of the radiatro and shroud, along with the front struts. All the aluminum painted parts. And 2 pics of the base chasis. (Sorry for the blurry pics, I'm still trying to find the best settings for this camera._ Next up I need to give the parts a second coat of paint, and I need mask up and paint the parts that need a second color on them. Also I will be stripping the chrome from the stock wheels so that I can paint them this weekend, I found that the oven cleaner that they use at my wifes apartment complex she manages, stips chrome from the parts in about 5 minutes and doesn't hurt the plastic. Also I have a question for anyone watching. Does anyone have some good pictures of a Mustang under carriage? The instructions call for the whole thing to be bright silver, but that just doesn't look quite right. And I's like to get it a bit more realistic, but I still won't be wearthering it since I don't feel comfortable with that yet, maybe on the next build. Again thanks for watching this build.

Thanks for the compliments. Yes it is the Tamiya kit, box stock using the Nur spec optional parts and decals.

What's snow? It's 85 outside right now here in middle Georgia.

That's beautiful! I love Mercurys and the 65 Marauder is in my top 3 cars of all time.

Thanks everyone. I got the idea for the tackle box from a couple of builds I've seen here, also it helps me keep the parts away from my son who is 18 months old and likes to come visit daddy in his office. I plan to start work on this tonight or tomorrow depending on when my wife and son go to bed . Right now I'm thinking I'm going to do the car in a lime green or dark green with black stripes and dechrome the wheels and paint them black, but I'm not sure yet.

I was wondering this same question since I don't think I have the best solution right now. I use a bent wire hangar to hold the body, this works very well in my opinion. For everything else I use poster tac, it's a putty used for hanging posters on the walls, on cardboard. I try to use as little as possible and place it on a spot that shouldn't be seen when everything is put together.

I have just started my second model ever and I thought I'd document the process. The kit is a Revell Moden Muscle '06 Ford Mustang GT 1:25. I've already seperated the parts from the trees, primered them, and seperated them into a tackle box. I haven't decided on the color for the car yet, but I can wait on that since I plan to take a little more time on this one than my first build. I want to work on cleaning up mold line and such this time. Also having bouth this kit 3 or 4 years ago, opening it, and then moving 3 times since then, it looks like I've lost a few parts (wheel pins, exhaust tips, and a fog light back). I will deal with those when they come up though. I plan to start work on this tonight. Thanks for viewing.

I finished my first model last night, other than some 24 hour specials I did as a kid that have been destroyed many years ago. Please give me any constructive critisism that you want. I also apologize for some of the photos, I tend to shake a little especially at night and my camera does not have a good anti-shake sensor, and I don't have a tripod yet. Thanks, and here's the pics.

You and your family will be in my prayers.

The 150 gb for dsl/250 gb for Uverse is correct. Unless you spend most of your time streaming videos from places like youtube, hulu, or netflix, and I mean MOST of your time, you shouldn't really come near those limits. One of my co-workers with AT&T monitored his usage for a month and he hit 100 gb and he watches a lot of Netflix streaming.

I think it's a model, just doesn't look real to me, I can't explain why.

12 out of 19, if it was newer engines I could have done better. I'm just getting into the specifics of older cars and not just the aesthetics. And unsurprisingly I got all of the Ford and Mercury engines right.

I just turned 30 in January and I will be finishing my first model, other than some glue bombs when I was younger that got trashed along time ago, in a few days. So far I'm really enjoying it and hope that it's something I can do with my 16 month old son as he grows older.

Here's me and my son Andrew (I'm on the left ).

Thanks everyone, I guess I'll just get some styrene rod and make my own.

I'll snap a pic when I get home from work tonight, but that sounds like them. And from looking at the Revell website the kit is no longer in production.

I'm not sure where else to post this, so I'll just post it here. I just started working on my second model, a Revell 06 Mustang GT. I have had this kit for about 3 years, I originally opened the package when I got it, but then put it away due to moving. Last night I opened up the kit to check and make sure all of the parts are there and have every thing ready to paint and fit. While doing this I realized that I am missing the wheel pins and the metal exhaust tips. The exhaust tips I can do with out, but I don't know what to do about not having the wheel pins. Revell's website says I need to provide a copy of the receipt for the purchase of the kit to request replacment parts, but being that I bought the kit 3 years ago I don't have that. Is there any where that I can purchase these wheel pins, or does anyone know what I can do to make my own. I didn't post this in the Wanted section, due to the fact that this is only my second kit, my first is awaiting the body to be painted, and I don't have anything to trade for parts. Thank you for any help.

I live in a military town and work at a large Air Force Base. It's amazing to see anytime we bring a fallen hero home, the entire base and town shut down and line the route. Normally there is a procession half a mile long. I tear up everytime.

I'm new to the hobby and just wondering if there are any clubs in the middle Georgia area.

I've got a question. I am thinking about entering the Revell/Gearz competition. I want to build the 55 Ford F-100, which is 1:24 scale. I Have an 06' Ford Mustang GT kit that I want to steal the engine and trans out of but it is 1:25 scale car. Will this be too much of a difference in scale to work or could I use that engine/ If not does anyone know where I can get a 1:24 scale mod motor? Thanks.

Forgive me if I sound ignorant, but I'm building my first model. What do you use the Xacto knife for?