Danny Lectro

I have a bit of progress to show. The interior and chassis have been assembled, minus the exhaust system, which will be getting hit with Testors steel Metallizer. I'm not happy with the really soft detail of the interior, so I think I will be tinting the windows with some Tamiya clear smoke. I do know about the ejector pin marks in the trunk area, but I plan to use the custom rear window insert, which will cover up the marks. I cut up the overfenders in a couple places, and drilled some holes. I will be using some bright orange thread to represent plastic zip-ties holding the overfenders together after a collision during a race. Here is the body after a coat of red-oxide primer: I'm planning to do some salt-masking before I add the black primer. Bumpers will be painted with Alclad black chrome lacquer, and the trim with be covered with Bare Metal black chrome foil. I hope to have more to show soon...

I recently found myself needing to use clip-on magnifying lenses to paint details on a 1/25 figure, when I had previously been able to paint details on much smaller wargaming figures with just my prescription glasses.

Congratulations, Wayne. I'm glad to hear that things are improving, I hope it keeps up. Nice save there, Tom! What a cute little guy. Today, I was pleased that I was able to light up the grill for the first time this year, even if I had to be in a little bit of a rush about it. Didn't do anything fancy, just some burgers, hot dogs, chicken thighs, and some nice chicken sausages. Hopefully I'll be able to get into slow cooking some ribs soon, and I'm looking forward to experimenting with some homemade dry-rubs.

Parked at NNL East, I saw an AMC SC/Rambler, a Chevy II and a Honda S2000. On the drive home from the show, I saw a Plymouth Prowler.

I've been using decanted Krylon primers with good results. It's much more cost effective than hobby primers. Before I started using the decanted primers, I was using Testors Model Master Superfine Lacquer Primer. It always went on beautifully. However, the stuff came pre-thinned in Testors 3/4 oz. bottles, at the same price as unthinned Model Master paints, so in effect you would get much less usable paint out of a bottle for the same price.

I like to smoke mozzarella. It's hard to keep it going once it starts to melt, but it's worth it!

This is not technically in my stash, but my wife and daughter each have a copy of this kit waiting to be built:

Personally, I think most people ARE created equal, but too many of them just put extra effort into not doing anything with what they're created with.

I knew you would understand, Bill.

I like motorcycles that are a bit more realistically designed, personally:

Will do. Thank you for the reply!

See? Totally practical.

Hey, Tom, I have a question for you, that I couldn't find an answer to on the NNL East website. Will motorcycle models be accepted for display? Thanks!

It's the power of positive thinking!

Here is a pretty acoustic cover of "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer. I like how she sings the original song's guitar solo melody while still handling the rhythm part on the guitar. Here is the original song, for reference:

Thanks for the advice, folks. Del: Thanks! I'm building this kit: Which comes with a set of super wide Watanabe-type wheels. I'm thinking about gashing up the overfenders and using some brightly colored thread to represent plastic zip-ties holding things together, like what the drift racers do to hold their cars together until the competition is over.

Thank you, Carl.

I wanted to have a second car kit to bring to NNL East later this month. If I wait until my '48 Ford is finished, I'll never get around to working on a second project, so I will try working on this concurrently. The stock 240ZG body required the wheel openings to be radiused to fit the over-fenders. This being my first time doing such work on a car model, I knew I would probably not get away with clean cuts, so i just went for it. I will be leaving any gashes and scrapes left behind by the body work, to replicate the sloppy custom work sometimes seen on cars intended for track / drift use. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Paint will be flat black primer, with a red and black interior. Apologies for the fuzzy photos, I used my phone camera for quick documentation of my progress. This kit comes with an engine, but the hood is molded closed, and the chassis provides zero under hood detail, not even enough to just make it look like the car's builder shaved the engine bay and tucked the wires. I mean, just flat surfaces. I am debating whether to include the engine so there is something there when the model is picked up, or to just leave it out and save it for another project. Does "curbside" mean a model should have chassis detail, but no under hood detail, or does it refer to a model that will not be viewed from beneath? I know it won't qualify as a "slammer", as there will be interior detail visible.

I was able to get the body-color parts primed in grey over the past couple weekends: Looking at the surface after priming, it looks like I successfully handled all the mold parting lines, so there won't be a need for any more putty / sand / repeat. I will be applying a white basecoat before applying the ice blue pearl paint.

Why would they need a hotel room? That truck looks like it would have more interior space than your average double-occupancy room.

I saw what I think was a GMC Syclone at the local Dunkin Donuts. I was in a rush to get to an appointment, so I didn't have an opportunity to confirm if it was a the real thing or a standard GMC Sonoma pickup with a body kit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Syclone

It's not in the settings menu, where one would expect. I had to look this up myself. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en Scroll down to "Export bookmarks from Chrome".

I like that a lot. Nice job!

Thanks for posting this, Greg. That was a good, informative video.

I had thought of picking up the Round 2 Pacer reissue to build as a post-apocalypse survivor car, but I have enough projects floating around that will never get finished.