Bill J

Great looking Olds. Looks like a brand new 1:1 sitting there. Nice work indeed.

ummm Lanny, they have satellite radio these days & MP3's or even CD players. Ya need to get into the 21st century my friend The record player is cool along with all the rest of the Mercury. Look forward to seeing the finish on this beauty.

Had the pleasure of hanging out with my old buddy Lanny all day Saturday while he worked more on this Merc. It is definitely looking great, Lanny is very dedicated to making things work. Always fun to have a model day with Lanny and see what he's doing. I worked on a plain old Polar Lights Talladega that's been half started for a decade and Lanny can knock out a super cool custom car from a RESIN body in a month. Inspirational to me

The Cyclone looks super! Very nice work

I would really like to see a 77 Olds 442 and a 68-69 Mercury Cyclone. On the real interesting side, how about some late 40's-early 50's Packards? That would be a great addition to the shelf.

WoW!! Thanks for the pictures, there were some really outstanding cars and trucks on the tables!

The Hudson's and Pontiac's are for sure on my want list. Keep 'em coming Moebius

Cool looking stacks! I wish I had something that needed some stacks, I'd be all over some of these beauties

I always check the General, On the Workbench, Under Glass, Car Kit News and Reviews, Car Resin and Aftermarket forums. I check for anything interesting in Drag and NASCAR. I also read Model Building Questions and Answers. Sometimes I check the Diorama section and Tips and Tricks. I ignore all the rest, not building and trucks/commercial, or large scale stuff.

I love the Moebius kits and can't wait till the 61 Pontiacs hit the shelves. I have to get a few of the 54 Hudson's. Good stuff from Moebius! Thanks Dave

You have to consider that no matter how many oil changes and air pressure checks were done, the car still would have a lot of rotten areas. Most gaskets, boots, bushings and seals would probably need to be replaced. Paint that old usually has surface cracking and fading even it stored inside. A lot of a car just does not age well, considering that they were never meant to last very long. That's the reason there are so many restorations around the old car world, they just need that replacement of parts and refreshing of finishes and materials. I'd be afraid to be the one to start up an engine that has not run much in 40 years, it may just implode.

The GT40 is coming along nicely. It should be quite unique with all the mods to the Arii body. It looks darn good!

The 58 Impala looks super cool! The photos are awesome as well. I just have to wonder how many sheets of BMF it took to foil that beauty.

I have tried about all the paint systems, starting with rattle cans. I truly like the options that a good airbrush gives me. It allows the spray of metalizers, Alclads and pre-mixed paints. I love Scalefinishes paints. I use the acrylic enamel Scalefinishes for as many projects as I can now. I mostly use 20lbs pressure and use a variety of siphon feed airbrushes. My body painting airbrush is an Iwata Eclipse which always sprays smoothly. If I have problems with an airbrush paint job, it is 99% due to my mixing abilities. I have a problem with that 5 parts paint to 4 parts thinner ratio! I can do 50-50 though :-) I have recently used a number of Tamiya TS spray cans with fantastic results and I have no objection to Tamiya sprays, as long as they have a color for my project. I order them from Tamiya USA since they lock up spray paints here in the hobby shops and it is often a hassle to get them unlocked. Some law trying to eliminate graffiti, hasn't made any difference, at all! I have painted a 57 Chevy Black Widow with the original black and white scheme and had problems with all sorts of paints. I tried lacquer, Testor's Acrylic, Testor's enamels, Scalefinishes and some more than once. I finally bought a can of Tamiya black and a can of white and hosed the restriped body down with them, finally I can call that one painted!! Bottom line, anything can work and be flexible and you have a variety of choices. Love the airbrushing though, so many options open up with a good setup.

When Gas Monkey painted a Ferrari F40 black, added custom wheels and jacked with the engine, they totally lost me. They have a keen knack for taking a decent classic and turning it into some sort of cheesy "custom" that no one in my neighborhood would want to be seen driving. I think they should rat rod the next Duesenberg that they find, maybe do some flames on a matte black paint job. That's likely what they'll do to the Firebirds too.

I had a 1:1 Land Rover Discovery, a 2004 the last year for the US Disco. I would not buy a model kit of that vehicle. In the rest of the world the Disco was a utility vehicle, in the US they fitted the majority with leather seats, sun roofs and automatic trannys. They also all had gasoline burning (14mpg for me) engines, while a TDI diesel is available in other countries. I liked mine ok but it was a money pit. I would build a 1:24 or 1:25 scale of a Land Rover Defender 110 though. I always wanted one of those and I used one while at Desert Storm, a civilian rental. Maybe that's why I have a new Jeep Wrangler 4-door, closest I could get to a Defender. The Maserati looks cool but not something I would ever build.

The logo on the front fender identifies the car as a Swiss Army Car

Neat 150! Nice work

Looks great! My favorite year Chevelle in 1:1.

I vaguely recall that IMC made a kit of the original Mustang concept as pictured by the OP. Pretty sure it was the first kit IMC did. I may be hallucinating though

I know some swear by the gravity feed airbrushes but in reality they are made for artist work on flat media, photo touchup and artsy painting. Generally with inks, and small area painting. That is why they come with fine tips like the .35mm. The Eclipse HP comes with a .50mm tip and it is still a bit on the small side for some body painting. The Paasche VL medium tip is .77mm and is pretty good for body painting. Your problem sounds like the paint is not thin enough, as stated above. The one thing about airbrush painting is that each paint job might require a little special technique. I have never found a one mix/pressure/coverage area that fits every item being painted. I use a badger single action for most of my small part painting, a Paasche VL for larger things like chassis and for that body paint job I use the Iwata HP with the .50mm tip and sometimes it is too fine a tip for a paint that dries quickly and an area that is wide. I also have been using Tamiya spray cans a lot lately, easy to use with great results, no mixing and little mess! All depends on the color I need and if it can be had in a Tamiya spray can. I have never messed with nail polishes and the like, you never know what it in that stuff and painting is enough of a challenge with the hobby paints as it is. My most often body paints are regular automotive acrylic enamels from Scalefinishes, pretty much hitting 99% with success with it. Good luck, I am sure you'll reach a happy medium at some point.

I sure enjoyed the day and it was a real pleasure meeting some new people and seeing the outstanding models. I would have liked to have made the BBQ and chatted some more. The California guys are some serious modelers and some super guys, it was a pleasure chatting and seeing their work. All the models were a sight to see! Dan, Bernie, Raoul, Hal, Lanny, Dale, Mike, Tom, Glenn and the whole Cactus Modelers club crew did a super job on the contest. It made me feel guilty that my enthusiasm going in was less than it should have been. We really have a great and talented group and I need to do more to be supportive. Hats off to all the venders too, great stuff for sale and I spent my entire allowance and came away with some good kits that I have been looking for and some prospects for a few more. I missed Scalefinishes not attending this year, he was committed to a IPMS show in Seattle. Hopefully he'll be back in '15. I had a great time and look forward to our next contest.

I have been building car models on and off since 1959 and I can only recall ever buying two Corvette kits, an Accurate Miniatures Grand Sport and a Revell 53/54 Corvette. No others. In 1:1 I almost bought a 69 427 4-speed and I was saved from buying a new 84 by the insurance costs. That has been the only two I ever drove. A guy at my last job bought a new Z06 in 2005 I think and asked me if I wanted to go for a ride and I said no, not interested. Just not a Corvette guy. I must admit, I like the 63 split window and the new Sting Ray looks good. I'd still never buy one even if I won the lottery.

Never heard the term "gleaming lollipop" before, made me laugh I always called the overdone paint jobs on models "ceramic butter dishes" because some have so much paint on them they have little shape left. Back on topic, I do think 4 oz will be more than enough, including some touchup. I always use a good primer under the Scalefinishes and have only had one bottle ever get weird on me and it was plain black.

Is that PT Liberace's limo?