Rodent

Tamiya makes a red primer now that might make a good topcoat, especially if you put a light coat of Dullcote over it.. I usually use auto parts store brand like Rustoleum for unfinished areas of floorpans though. It works just as well in that application and is much cheaper than Tamiya.

I don't generally build race cars, but I got one of their Mustang GT4s. I predict that Guido would like it and it would look great with his other Mustangs! It is a very nice kit.

Dig up a resin Barracuda hardtop transkit?

Blue Candy? I like that one a lot. The 2014 was Performance Blue with black leather. A little darker, but we didn't have much choice. Had the "Titanium Handling Package" with 18x8 wheels and 235/40-18 Michelin summer tires. Was a hoot in the twisties for just a fancy econobox. That package went away in 2016 or 2017 unfortunately. I miss it in the 2018. Looked like this one:

wife with knife

Both of our Focii have been Titaniums. Manual Titaniums are about as common as chicken lips. They started offering them part way through 2012. They were available in theory in 2013, 2014, and part of 2015. Dealers didn't order very many of them, and the ones who did order them around here only ordered the ugliest colors and didn't order them with nav, sunroof, or the handling package.

I wish them the best, but I don't see myself subscribing. It will have to be distributed to newsstands or my LHS will have to carry it for me to ever buy it. My current LHS has never carried any magazines of any type that I am aware of.

We had a '14, now have an '18. The '14 started shuddering on takeoff. The dealer did a firmware update and installed the latest clutchpack and it was fine. The repair order said that they replaced the seals, but I suspect that was something they billed Ford for and didn't actually do. It was typically the earlier models that leaked. The '14 should have had the updated seals already.

We used to eat at a Vietnamese restaurant just across a small parking lot from where Hugh Scrutton was killed in 1985. It was a weird feeling to be there.

in gaping wounds

Let me refer you back to Paul Hettick's "I'm gonna make resin Ford station wagons" thread. I realize that they aren't styrene kits that you can get at Hobby Lobby for 40% off of MSRP, but I think that a grand total of two of us on this board actually have one after pages and pages of "that's great" and "I'll buy some". The other member that I know of that has one commented that it cost him more to get the kit than the 1:1 back in the day that he wants to replicate in 1/25.

of delicious corn

For as long as the Torino has been in their arsenal, one would think that if a Cyclone based on it was coming out that it would have happened a long time ago. I too would like to see modern kits of the Mustang and Cyclone.

OK, just for fun, I did a light coat of SpazStix over a piece of chrome tree from the kit (without the black undercoat). It matches the kit chrome well enough that I may go forward with modifying this bumper to fit better and then SpazStixing it just before installation.

I don't work for the "right" department (sales or marketing) to go, but my company spends a huge amount to have a booth there, along with "The Mother Ship". It is very lucrative for us because of all the sales we make there. Lots of sadness today because of this announcement, but it wasn't unexpected.

and their faces

I haven't looked at my decals under a high powered magnifier, but I think this is what they were trying for.

As far as interiors go, I like the Tamiya Flat + Nose Oil method. Most semi-gloss paints are too shiny for me unless you are building a car with a vinyl interior that has been soaked in Armor-All.

and Band-Aids too

It appears to me that the marker is mostly in the right place vs. the point on the fender cap, but the point on the fender cap is in the wrong place vs. the taillight divider. Oh, well. Mine will be either a gut donor for an AMT body or it will sit on the Shelf of Doom until I can score a rear bumper that doesn't have screwed up chrome.

Smell My Life?

Don't overthink it. If it is sufficiently valuable that $ needs to change hands, do it via PM if you feel comfortable with the deal. If it goes sour, don't bring it to the board. Like others here, if it is just a part that I don't need, I just send it out no charge, and others have done the same for me on this board and the "other". Personally, I don't do much kit trading. Postage is so high that it isn't worth it to me. Almost all of my "rare and valuable" stuff has been rehomed on eBay and it isn't worth it to me to spend $15 to ship my trade to the other side of the country to get a $25 kit in return. I did have a fun trade with a member in Oregon a few months ago and got stuff in return that will be fun to build.

I have seen enough of the VWs on here that I may have to pick one up for myself. It looks fun! As far as sandpaper goes, someone posted these on the board almost a year ago, and I got one of each. They are still available, and it's quite a lot of very fine sandpaper for not much coin: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078HG5R8W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q3D57N2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bloody little kids

LOL, after I posted this, I started thinking about the 68 Mustang that I owned from 1977-2001. The top edge of the end caps weren't even the same shape as the tops of the quarters. Quarters were more "dipped" and the caps were straighter. Original car, original paint.