Tom Geiger

The Duplicolor paint will look heavy on the model when wet but will shrink down to show all the detail as it dries. I find the dry times between Duplicolor / Tamiya to be about the same. I've used both on the 24 Hour builds and have had no issues moving fast.

Hey this one looks like a model of mine! Looks like someone is building a car at the curb.

Very important! Anyone can ask any amount for anything, but the proof of value is when someone buys it! A couple of years ago I was contacted by a guy whose father had died and he wanted to sell the diecast collection. It was all 1/18 scale stuff, all mint in boxes. To his credit this fellow had created an Excel sheet with every friggin vehicle on it.... brand, manufacturers stock number, everything! There were over 300 vehicles. He contacts me very enthusiastically saying, "Some of them are selling for over $100 on eBay!". So I take a look. Yes, on a specific car, there are a few listed. One is over $100. There are a few lower than $50 and down to $10 plus shipping. I check the "Completed Items" and there are a few that have expired without selling at $10. I actually wound up on a phone call with the guy to explain the situation. And I let him know that the diecast ship has sailed, they're no longer that sought after. He said his dad thought of this all as an investment. He's disappointed. He asks me what I'd pay for the lot and I tell him I'm just not interested. I tell him the best thing he could do would be to take the who enchilada to a flea market and sell them for $10 each. That way they walk off without having to list / ship etc. He thanks me for my time and says he'll check a few dealers. About two weeks later he calls me again and asks me if I'd pay $5 a car... um, no I don't want them and a $1500 outlay for stuff I don't want. He then lowers it to $3 a car. Still no sale. I have no idea what he did. One bit of advise from me. A lot of sellers won't sell outside the USA. They think it's a big pain to fill out the very simple customs form. Especially if you are selling foreign kits, your heavy bidders may be from other countries. And some odd things may occur. Over time I sold two different Ford Maverick 1/32 scale kits. BOTH sold to Brazil. Turns out that Maverick's are very popular there. And 1/32 is slot car size, also popular in Brazil.

Looks like VW is moving forward from this concept. I've had this diecast a while. Electric van won't come until 2022 according to their site.

That's one kit I've never owned, and have seen for cheap at shows! It's the original sports car so I'll need to have one. Good progress, I'll be watching!

The Fotki missing pictures lately is a Fotki thing, not this site. I'm seeing the same thing on the Spotlight board. If you refresh or click on the icon, the picture will appear.

double post!

Report from Exton PA: I was in the store on Friday. They were resetting the kits, but when I asked they said they were just rearranging to add incoming kits without anything going to clearance. Then I noticed, in an odd location, a couple of the Prowler and the old Lindberg boat. I bought one of each, just because. I got talking with a manager and he told me something. He said Amazon has an app that allows people to scan a box and see what it sells for on Amazon. He says resellers are combing the entire store with it!

Happy to comply! I have left this one the way the original builder did it because it was done so well. At first I didn't even notice that he removed the chrome strip from the top of the fenders above the door handle and port holes! I've owned this at least a dozen years. My grandparent's next door neighbor had a black '62 four door sedan.

Great resurrection Bill! I'll be watching you perform magic! ? See you at Super September Showdown?

Very nice work so far! I will be watching. I believe Foose did the same thing with the front wheels, check out the Foose pickup kit. I like that you smoothed out the grille. The "teeth" are chrome bits only on the top end model, but everyone seems to leave them. I have removed them on my builds since the 1:1 trucks I referenced didn't have them. Keep it going!

I am a major consumer of Duplicolor primer! It covers well and dries thin so it doesn't obscure details. I also use Duplicolor sprays for a lot of my models. Note on the can whether it's a clear coat paint or not, which usually follows how the 1:1 car it was made for was finished. Those will come out dull, but a clear coat will straighten that out. Anyone else notice a big price jump on Duplicolor colors? Pep Boys went from around $6.50 a can to close to ten bucks!

Heat wave here in Eastern Pennsylvania... pleased that I have a pool. Spent much of the weekend sitting there with a beer in my hand. Expect to do the same later today!

Neat! I love that kit and the fact that the tooling has survived! I also have an original built up convertible. Nice work and love your backdrop. I accidentally became a Buick guy... Back in the late 1970s when I got into real estate, I had a '73 Electra 225 four door hardtop. I eventually gave it to my father. I then bought a 1960 Electra 2 door hardtop which I had for over 25 years. Now we have a 2006 LaCrosse!

babies are sleeping!

Michelle, your models get better and better with each car! Great work! It's fun to watch your progress. What are you using for your chrome trim around windows, scripts and such?

Great Find Ken! Sometimes it's not the early bird that gets the worm! Way back when Toledo was still a booming swap meet, we went back for one last run through the halls on Sunday. As the show was wrapping up I was wandering through and looking at non-model car dealers. At one dealer who had primarily military subjects, he had his models stacked two deep. So nobody had ever seen what was on the bottom of the rear stacks unless they moved the front stack. I was just killing time so I did so... imagine my surprise when I uncovered Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Aurora kit in original box! It wasn't perfect, started by some kid and all the parts off trees and rolling around in the warped box. Dealer had no idea the rarity of this kit, to him it was just a car and he needed to get rid of it. It was marked $10 so I quickly bought it. Find of the year! I got it home and thought I had a parts kit, it had to be missing major parts in the condition it was in. I checked all the parts against the instruction sheet and guess what? It was missing the gas cap!

It should work. The item wasn't delivered to your eBay / Paypal registered address. That's rule one.

Dullcote! My favorite color! I always have a can in use and a new sealed one on deck. Anytime I go into Hobby Lobby and don't find anything to use my magic coupon on, I buy one of the main colors I use... Dullcote, flat black, decal fixative etc..

Okay, do not use any glue that will leave a mark on glass. Buy the above Micro Kristal Kleer. This is white glue based. You can smear it all over your windshield and it wipes off with water, without leaving any residue on your glass. This is scrap book two sided tape I use to put in windshields. I didn't invent it, someone on this or another board showed me this. I bought this at Michael's. You can put this on the top and bottom of a windshield. Tape it in place. Then go around the edges with the Micro Kristal Kleer glue. Perfect every time!

Not a fan of that color chart. There are inaccuracies... For instance. Slant sixes... 170, 198 were blue 225 were red truck engines were yellow There were also marine application engines. Cannot remember the color

That is a poor set of decals. As Ricky is attempting to paint, that dark burgundy stripe should be part of the decal, as well as the thin line below it. No excuse for a decal source to get it that wrong.

IF I was approaching this paint scheme, I'd say that the body gets painted in the colors... bottom maroon, center white. Then everything on top of the white section should be a decal. I don't see you being able to mask and paint that maroon stripe with other stripes so close to it. Show us the decal sheet you have.

As a long term friend of Gregg's I've always supported this effort. Gregg has said he doesn't want to do a digital only magazine, so that's about that. He doesn't want to charge money for this forum for a few reasons. First, the rules here basically state we are all guests here and subject to the rules of the forum. Once you charge money, the trouble makers start to feel entitled.

Ken is a good guy. I have a few of his engines, 51 Ford pickup trans parts and multiples of those essential Chevy six air cleaners. Keep in mind that he's not a regular aftermarket company. Just someone who does some resin for a small audience for fun.