Kit Basher

Thanks, Rodney

Pro Weld does have a brush in the bottle, although it's kinda stiff and big for some places. I use a little brush a lot of the time. I can't wait to try the tube/liquid mix. The tube stuff is necessary but it can be a pain in the shorts sometimes. Soy sauce and brown sugar, yum, yum! Throw some of those little red peppers in mine!

I don't know about Tenax, but ProWeld and Testors liquid are two different chemicals. ProWeld is methylene chloride, the only thing I know of that will remove marine varnish. A really strong solvent, in other words. Testors is MEK, a solvent frequently used in lacquer and lacquer thinner, not as strong a solvent, and less volatile. Like Smokey says, only you can prevent forest fires. Oops! I mean Smokey says Tenax/ ProWeld is too fast, Testors too slow. I really like the idea of mixing the liquids, and mixing the liquid and the tube.

It is lacquer, but really "hot". It will attack styrene unless you have a good primer under it. However, if you have good primer, you can get really nice results with it. I have only used it thru an airbrush, so I can't say for sure about the rattle cans, but I'd say use light coats and give it plenty of time for the solvent to evaporate between coats. This is a perfect candidate for the "spoon test".

Wow! That thing is gorgeous! I'm glad you left it clean, it really is too pretty to mess with. I'd love to see some more pics, especially details. I really like the blued stacks.

I once shot Pactra Pearl White over white primer, and then shot Pactra Candy Red over that with no problem. I used the bottles and an airbrush. It definitely is some hot stuff, but I guess the primer protected the styrene. I don't know about with the MM lacquer, but it seems like it should be OK. Only potential problem I can see is if the Pactra melts the MM and lets it bleed thru. How bout doing a test and letting us know?

I always thought those soft rubber tires were cool. I had a '66 Galaxie (I think that's what it was) that came with NASCAR parts, tear drop hood, roll cage and soft rubber tires. That thing was the bomb! I also had a Piranha with those tires. They seemed more realistic than the vinyl ones to me.

Thanks, Pali.

We got us a rolling chassis! Added a few last minute details, one of the air pump hoses, starter wire. Dipstick and clutch tubing. Exhaust and drive train installed. Advice and comments always welcome. nuff for now, more later.

When I quote I highlight and erase the parts I don't want to quote. Is that the right way to do it or can you "select" what you want to keep in some way?

Wow, Rob! Those look great. I've never cared for "chrome headlights", you've obviously solved that problem. Nice tip!

Tony, I think the only honest answer anyone can give is "I don't know". Even tho this subject came up way back in the '60s, the alternatives are still in their infancy. Some may work out, some may not, and some new ones may appear. I certainly couldn't function without a car, I'm five miles from anywhere. How about people that are 30,40,50 miles etc.? So buses, trains, subways, etc. may be a part of the picture, but I don't see how we could eliminate the personal vehicle. What form of energy that vehicle would run on is the question. Your point about plastics is interesting. Oil is used as a feedstock for lots of industries. Whenever it does become scarce, does it make sense to use it as fuel, when it's needed for other things? How good will your hydrogen engine run if there's no oil in the crankcase? Would you like to have tires? So I have lots of questions, and zero answers. That doesn't mean we don't have to work on it. As the saying goes: "Nothing would get done if it weren't for the last minute", but people were talking about this 50 years ago, and not much has happened. Wouldn't hurt to get a little bit ahead of the curve. My 2 cents.

I don't have a ton of experience with it, but I've been using Duplicolor white sandable primer. It goes on thin, I've had no crazing issues, and I've sprayed Duplicolor, Testors, and Tamiya lacquers, and MM and Testors enamels over it with no problems.

Thanks, guys. The color definitely goes all the way through the plastic. The lens on the 1:1 is clear, but is really textured on the inside, so it looks kinda silvery white. I think you guys nailed it. I'll play around with your ideas and see where it goes. Thanks again.

I have some tail light lenses molded in translucent red. Part of that lens is supposed to be clear for a back up light. Any suggestions how I can get that area to look like a back up light?

Hey Dillon, I bet your Dad is tickled to have that model to show with his car. It's great to see a guy your age building model cars. I hope you will keep on building for a long time.

Is it hard to find? I got some about a month ago, I'm pretty sure they still have more. I don't think they turn over a lot of paint, tho, cause they have a bunch of the bottles of Tamiya white primer, and I have the impression that's scarce too.

Thanks Roger. I'm not sure which tires you mean. In the photo where I mocked up the stance, the front tire and wheel are from the Bronco, the back tire is the Lindberg. I'm using the Lindberg tires because they are more like "Mud and Snows", which I run on my 1:1, since it's mostly driven on the street. The Bronco tires are more off-road tires. Another thing I like about the Lindberg tires is they have BF Goodrich lettering on the sidewalls, I have had Goodrich on my truck at one time or another. All the Monogram tires have blank sidewalls. Things are going a little slow now, I'm getting ready to install the engine, which means a lot of pieces all have to fit together at one time, and I only get one shot at it. If it works out, I'll be posting it soon. Thanks again.

Also in Maryland. 1/25 cars (Crown Vic, '53 Ford, F150 Off Road, others) $7.99, Rammunition (Raminator?) monster truck, $9.99, 1/32 cars, $5.99. All Lindberg. This was a while ago, don't know what they have left.

Oh, a wise guy! It's Ollie's, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. I think it's an eastern U.S. thing, one of those "overstock, closeout" type places.

That's looking great! Awesome engine detail, I like that the plug wires don't look like heater hoses. Can't wait to see how you mount those Bronco mirrors, I have to do that too. The window sticker is cool, that will really top it off. Keep it comin'!

With apologies to the OP, it would appear that "the jdm vs. usdm fight" is alive and well!

Thanks, Nate. I hope to have a rolling chassis soon. Then it's paint and more details. I'm gonna get there, I think.

The only thing that won't run out (at least for a REALLY long time) is solar. But the technology for that is really primitive. Yes, there have been some advances in manufacturing solar electric cells, but it's still basically '60s technology, expensive and inefficient. And using a mirror to boil water? Is that the best we can do?

I got lots of wood chips, anybody got any chicken poop?