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As the title says http://bangshift.com/bangshiftapex/crazy-story-36-neglected-abandoned-corvettes-saved-nyc-parking-garages-legendary-peter-max-collection-restored/ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/automobiles/a-set-of-vettes-off-to-rehab.html?_r=0#

New A/B, have had it for less than a month, was using it for the second time, and its now broke.

Actually, not really, in real life, you would not be able to load one on the bottom row, the space between the wheel wells is not wide enough for one to fit through, even a mid-sized car is to wide. Plus there is a big air tank on the right side that sits in the front of the wheel well, and that gets in the way too. Its of my honest opinion that is a kit that you only get for the trailer, the tooling for the truck is horrid, and I am not looking forward to finishing it, but the trailer tooling is very good. I am sticking with my plan of swapping out tractors for the trailer, but dont let that stop you from getting one.

Good to know about the brushes.

Ford Mustang , GT and Cobra Jeep Grand Cherokee Jeep Wangler , two different version's

Yes, what Cliff said.

I buy it from Burbank House Of Hobbies, they sell a three pack, that has one of each size, with shipping comes to about $10 or less

The name is some what misleading, its not really "One Coat", the best way to go about it that will give you the best results is to build up the coats by doing mist coats, you have to keep in mind that its a lacquer based clear, and with any lacquer based paint, as it dries, its going to shrink a little bit if I am not mistaken. Do about two/ three mist coats, enough to cover the entire body, then go ahead and do a wet coat, but if you build up the mist coats, you may not have to do a wet coat.

Austin, you were not the only one that mention the idea Finally have got around and started on the trailer, lets take a look at some of the parts that make it first, the sides are split up into three sections Here you have the front and rear section And the middle section And a mock up

As always, good info.

Case in point, I build a lot of what you could call "tuner" cars, and I do not enter the contest we put on here, Desert Scale Classic, well, part of the reason is I am , or was a member of the hosting the club, and no club members can enter the contest. But take that away, and I still have zero desire to enter the contest. All I am trying to say is, just because you dont see a big turn out at contest, does not mean something is not very popular, not every one in the hobby goes to shows, or post's on model forums, remember, we are the 1% I think it is, I have no clue what the percentage is for contest's, but I am sure that number is low too.

Blue was common , I do not recall right this moment what shade it is.

Looking at all the different FaceBook model groups out there, the "tuner's" are still very much popular , but those guys that are building them, are not going to shows and entering their builds, so lets take that in to account as well. Model contest is not a fair way to judge what is popular, and what isnt, not everyone attends shows. While, the "tuner's" may not be very popular at shows here, across the pond's, that is a completely different story, more tuned cars then you can shake a stick at. I think the tuner builders are still somewhat looked down on upon here, its rather sad too, and I think a lot of it has to do with the older builders and not having any love for anything not made by the "Big Three". Just my 1 and half cents.

I reported the listing just shortly after it was posted here, I have no idea if Ebay did anything.

Nissan Cedric Taxi kit from Aoshima, OOB, excuse the panel lines, still learning how to them on white painted bodies. The front and rear bumpers, hubcaps, mirrors where all chrome plated, I hit them with some testors dullcoat. There would be a roof light on the right side, but it took flight from the tweezers, and yeah, I doubt I will ever find it. Did not use the photoboth for the photos, straight from the work bench.

This time, painted using the Whiteout Pearl you can get them in, pretty much OOB, not sure I like the rake , I used the lower suspension option on the front, and left it at stock height for the rear, being lazy, I did not want to do the wheels, so I used a spare set and did them all black, to me, looks good with all black wheels, I will go back and do another set the proper way.

Here we have the Fujimi Club Sports Package kit, OOB, painted Nissan Ivory White Pearl , not sure whats going on, having some fit issues with the chassis not sitting all the way into the body, so its really making the ride high, I might try and see if there is anything I can do to lower the ride height..

Starting working on this one, and as the title says, its going to be the Rocket Bunny Express, it was mentioned by James and or Newport that I should get it for the Toyota 86 Rocket Bunnys I have built, and I sort of liked the idea, so here we are. I am/did/was planning on getting a "newer" cab to go with the trailer, but seeing that is not a "cheap" kit, I am going to build the tractor and then later on switch out the cabs. I am going to say that this kit really does show just how the old the tooling is, pretty much every part needs some sort of clean up, and so far, there are a few notiable fit issues, one being the exhaust pipes, the under pipe is way to long, and the piping from the engine is to long , so trimming is need, which I did, but I cut it to short. Fujimi I did work to convert this one from its motorized days, and I cant say how well or not of a job they did, but they left the metal axle rod that is used for the drive shaft in. So far, this is a kit that you get for the trailer and not the tractor, as the trailer so far, looks a lot better off than the truck, enough of the blah blah blah, time for the photos. cab floor All these parts where chromed plated

Decided I wanted to start on this one, at first, I was going to paint it Lambo Ithca Green , but I came across Blu Nethuns and after cleaning up the drool, decided that was the color I wanted to use, so off sent a email to Jameston and he had to disappoint me and tell me that he could not find the color codes, as Lamborghini keeps a lot of them a secret(well , more or less), so we did some looking at different shades of blue, two shades of blue from the VAG group that come close are VW Deep Blue, and Audi Sepang Blue, thinking I will use one of them. Here is a look at all three of them And a look at the box I found the paint code for Lambo Monterey Blu which was the old name for it, so I sent Jameston the info and waiting to hear back from him.

Over the course of a month and a half

Nice start Mr Jones

I would get one, more for the novelty of it, although I do somewhat like it, or maybe build the fleet from D.C. Cab.

Still summer here, upper 90's

Lovely work Paul, thank you for taking part in the build off with us.

What if I told you that there was something out there that was better than Alcald, and you didnt have to send it out to a Chrome platter?, I forgot about this stuff, this is just one a few different version of the stuff, but its a rub, and I have seen a few do entire bodies with the stuff, and it blows Alcald away, it cost less than $20 http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10011510 Here are a few pictures that were posted on Facebook, now, I cant tell what was said, as I dont speak or read the language that the poster does , but its the same product, or one of the very similar ones out there, as you can see.