Modelmartin

I think that if you pulled the fire extinguisher out this car and entered it in Misc. class at GSL - it would win! The jack would take second place.

What Art and Joey said! Bug and tar remover, degreaser, paint prep products. Don't sweat getting a particular brand or product. They are all degreasers. Also wet sand the entire surface of your resin body with 400 or 600 wet and dry. Paint prep is a lost art sometimes. I have painted many hundreds of resin bodies. If you are using spray cans you must be meticulous in your prep. If you are airbrushing you don't have to sweat it. The spray cans have a lot of chemicals like toluene to keep it more sprayable while sitting in the can. They will fish-eye at the slightest provocation! I have sprayed dry Teflon mold release on a casting and 30 seconds later airbrushed over it and it did not fisheye!!! Spray can paint will fisheye all over the place.

Very Likely. The Zingers were inspired by a builder named Denny Johnson from Ohio who used some old Mini-lindy and AMT small kits and put big engines in them and entered them in an MPC contest back in the Early 70s.

Is that a TKM kit? If that is the case , you deserve a big reward for making a nice model out of it!!! Congratulations!!!

Great stuff! I also grabbed some of those Inch Pincher decals. I have seen pictures of a hauler very similar to the Inch Pincher that was used to haul a Porsche 550 to some late 50s sports car races. I wonder if it is the same truck.

Great stuff, Harry.

I really dig the van that is featured right after the Shelby in Jalopnik. I never lusted after later Shelby Mustangs but that van is very groovy!

I saw a stock unrestored one years ago at Minnesota Street Rod Association's Back tot he 50s show. It was in nice shape and very cool! I am sure there are more than ten around. Now we need to see if there are any stock Anglias around!

It is all academic but I would not want to own anything put together on a TV show. Most of those guys are clowns and I am not impressed with their wiz-bang work.

I think they are pretty creative. I have seen some that are quite cool. I don't mind them as long as they aren't a bunch of scrap wired together like a few I have seen. They need to built safely and not look like a car crusher regurgitated it.

That IS very sad. I just saw a video of GWAR covering Kansas "Wayward Son". It was awesome

I am taking my ball and going home.

The Paasche H is a sturdy workhorse for an airbrush. Tips, nozzles and needles are easily found on Ebay for a few bucks each. A used one at worse will need 20 bucks of parts to make perfect again. There really isn't a need for a dual action airbrush for model cars unless you are doing some wild custom paint designs.

Cool model! It is an appropriate use for a Harley engine!

That is laughable. I enjoy my hobby tremendously! "Too much like work" - That is absurd. I am just at a different level than you rattle can enthusiasts. The "difference it makes" is in the range of possibilities an airbrush opens up for me and in the results! Why limit your choices and capability?

Early cars were very often painted quite bright colors. It is hard to tell in period vintage black and white photos however! Another cool car, Harry!

Great job on an iconic car! I wish Fujimi would have changed their tooling on the long hood cars and given us the twin batteries in the nose!

That makes sense because you are a fun loving guy!!!

A lifetime of experience has taught me to be skeptical. I got a bridge for you in Brooklyn! You want to buy it?

I have been using a Paasche H for 35 years and still love it. Easy to use and clean and repair. I prefer the closed bottles and siphon feed. I mostly spray lacquer but have shot enamel, acrylic and the old Imron through it.

I remember all of the headlights falling out on 50s GM cars because snow, salt, and dirt would collect above the headlights. I saw a few that had the headlights sewed back on with wire!!

I stand by my words. Serious builders use an airbrush. The advantages are numerous from control of the spray to economy to variety of paints. One can mix colors, thin for different textures, control the tip for size of the spray pattern. Why buy flat black and gloss black spray cans? All you have to do to spray flat is raise the pressure and increase the distance and now your gloss black is flat. Spray cans are expensive now and half of the paint out of the nozzle is overspray! One can pay for the airbrush with that savings alone. You can easily produce custom effects. You can paint small parts without drowning them in paint. I have been using an airbrush for over 30 years now and would never go back to spray cans. If you are a casual builder and don't want to make the effort, that is fine. It is a concious choice and I don't have an issue with that. My observation over the years is that people are afraid of trying something new and different. Spray cans are easy and a known quantity. There is a small learning curve with an airbrush but it isn't bad and the greatly improved capability is well worth it.

A spray booth can be made from a cardboard box, dryer hose and a 10 dollar fan! An airbrush puts less paint in the air than a spray can and cost as much as 2-4 kits! You will save enough on paint and not ruining bodies to pay for it in no time. No insult was intended. I am sorry you took it as one. Of course great paint jobs can be applied with a can. One could also sculpt marble with a butterknife but why? Better tools are always preferable.

Seriously though, I only use an airbrush and a spray booth. If you are a serious adult hobbyist there is no excuse for anything else.

Modern cars are in every way superior to older cars except for the nostalgia. Older cars are quite superior in nostalgic qualities.