Kit Basher

Guys, thanks for all your input! I think I will start building the jig for the chassis, and see if that leads me to a gluing procedure. I may also do some experiments with medium CA and epoxy, and see how they work. Don't hold your breath, all this will take me a while, but I will let you know the results. Thanks again!

OK, now I am thoroughly confused.

Thanks! I haven't started yet, but I would certainly clean the surfaces. Unfortunately, there are no brass to brass joints, only white metal or aluminum to brass. Strength is definitely important. Thanks! I've had much better luck gluing metal with epoxy, but it would probably make for a more difficult assembly. I would have to take the parts out of the jig, apply glue, and put them back in. It would be great to jig everything up, hit the joints with CA, and pull out a finished chassis. However, if it just falls apart, not so great.

I'm thinking about attempting the Gunze Hi-Tech Cobra Daytona. The chassis consists of two brass tubes, some white metal castings, and some bent aluminum rod. I intend to build a jig to hold everything in place, but then how to glue it? It needs to be structural. The instructions say to use CA, but I've had poor results gluing metal with CA. It could be that I'm using it wrong. Any advice, especially from someone who has built this or similar kits, would be most welcome. Thanks!

My 2013 Focus, bought new, has been a good car. Comfortable, easy on gas, and very reliable. The only problem I've had is the battery went dead, and my mechanic said the car "lost its mind". Of course, the mechanic had to change the battery, as you have to take half the car apart to do so. I dodged the bullet on the transmission, since mine is a manual. I hope to keep it for a good while, as it only has 80k.

I have used them mixed in clear, this is silver Pearl Ex over black, hard to see. In an earlier discussion, someone mentioned mixing them with paint. He had used enough Pearl Ex to turn a regular gloss paint into a pearl. It looked great. It shoots fine through an airbrush, with a regular tip, at least for a small amount mixed with clear. I don't know about how it would shoot if mixed with paint.

Wow, that is stunning! The paint and colors look great, and everything looks to be well executed. Nice job!

Very nice model! I think I like that better than the BelAir.

That is a beautiful Bird! Very nicely done in every way.

Sometimes the problem with being good at what you do is that people insist that you do it.

I think it looks great. I can't see anything you could have done better. I hope you will continue!

That reminded me of the "Do Bee" and the "Don't Bee". "Doobie" came to mean something else entirely.

No matter how much you make something idiot proof, there will always be a bigger idiot.

Thanks, Mike. Worked out great for me too.

That is awesome! Great color and details.

Thanks, Gene!

Thanks, Alan! Thanks, Bob!

Thanks, Chris!

Thanks, Carl!

Thanks, Larry!

Thanks, Bart! Thanks, Jim!

Thanks, David!

Wow! That is amazing.

Thanks, Donato! Thanks, David!

Thanks, Peter! Thanks, Jim!