Harry P.

I've been building models for a long time, so I can give you a pretty accurate list of tools you'll need. Not including glue, paint, paint thinner/brush cleaner, and chrome foil, which are not "tools" but "materials," like styrene sheet or aluminum tubing. The tools you will need to start out. Tthese are absolute musts that I can't imagine building even a basic model without having... • X-acto knife and #11 blades. • Various grits of sandpaper from coarse to fine. • A set of small files (flat, rattail, square, etc... generally sold in sets). • A bunch of those brightly colored plastic spring clamps (usually sold in quantities, found in hardware stores or home centers like Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) I have found that you can never have too many of them! Also might want to consider the smaller, metal "alligator" clamps, they also come in handy. • Needle-nose tweezers. • Masking tape. • A selection of good quality paintbrushes in various sizes. • A sprue cutter (looks like a smaller version of wire cutting pliers). • A bunch of rubber bands (to use as clamps in dozens of ways). • Good lighting. The kind of lamp that you can clamp onto the edge of your work surface, has spring-loaded arms so you can move the head around and it'll stay put where you put it. They come in various types (incandescent bulb, fluorescent bulb, and LED). I like the LED type, they give off a natural "daylight" color, absolutely no heat, and they last a long, long time. But they cost more than the other two types (but worth the extra $$$ IMO). Those are the absolute basics. Very soon, though, you'll want to expand your tool selection to include... • One of those self-healing cutting mats (they usually come in green or sort of a translucent light blue). Get a big one, you'll be glad you did. • A pin vise and drill bits (a pin vise is a small, hand-held device that holds a small drill bit and lets you drill small holes for spark plug wires, or any other place where you need to drill small holes. • A Dremel tool and a variety of bits (cutters, sanders, grinders, etc.) A Dremel tool and assorted bits can be bought as a set, or individually. Get a Dremel that has an adjustable speed... too high a speed and whatever bit you are using is just going to melt the plastic instead of cutting or shaping it. • A razor saw • A metal straightedge (ruler) Eventually you might want to get into airbrushing, but that's a personal choice. Many people never use an airbrush and build beautiful models using just spray cans. It's up to you, but a good airbrush, compressor, and assorted odds and ends will set you back several hundred $$$. Beyond that, you're getting into advanced territory, with things like lathes, milling machines, drill presses, etc. But if you are just getting started building models, big-time, big-bucks power tools like those are probably many years off. You might not ever get to the point where you would want any of them, but they are available for people who do a lot of custom work and/or scratchbuilding.

Correct. Nick Lowe also recorded a version of it. In fact I'm pretty sure Nick Lowe wrote it, but Dave Edmunds recorded it before Nick Lowe did.

"Well, the proud daddy only want to give his little girl the best. So he put down a grand on a cozy little lover's nest. You could have called the reception an unqualified success... at a posh hotel for a hundred and fifty guests."

You might want to hit those door handles with a bit of silver paint...

If you just copy and paste the IMG code from your PB album, we would see the photos here.

Looks great, you did good!

Same question as why Seattle has both pro baseball and football teams, while Las Vegas (similar size) has no pro teams. Sometimes life just ain't fair!

When I built mine, I went to the scrapbooking aisle at Hobby Lobby and found some paper with a "mother of pearl" pattern printed on it. Cut a piece out and cleared over it. I know there are no Hobby Lobby stores in Sweden, but I assume they also do scrapbooking and also have craft stores. He might be able to find some paper with the "mother of pearl" printed on it. Or like cato sez... google image search, print it out, and you're good to go. https://www.google.com/search?q=mother+of+pearl&biw=1535&bih=866&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI0ZjuyoTIyAIViBk-Ch3ZawE9

Very nice model.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xleroy+lettering+guide.TRS0&_nkw=leroy+lettering+guide&_sacat=0

I like how you matched the white hood and stripes, very different. Cool model. Now add that driver's side outside mirror or I'll have to pull you over...

So why don't you chatty types get in there and start yakking away? Maybe all it takes is a few of you to get the ball rolling!

Same old story...

Agreed! And a real car guy. Plus, he did a little stand-up on the Tonight Show a few days ago. Nice to see him back on TV doing comedy!

Very impressive work.

Well, as far as I can see, that's just about perfect. Love the colors...body, interior, wheels. Just perfect. Oh, and beautiful photos, too!

Humanna hummanna hummana....

Nope! But I never missed an episode of MacGruber!

I agree on tucking the wheels into the wheel openings. As it sits now, the car would have zero suspension travel and couldn't be steered.

That's pretty cute! But if it was mine, i'd add some detail painting on the front and rear ends. It looks sort of unfinished all white like that.

She looks a little, uh... "tired" in the X-Files trailer. So does Mulder.

I think you got it.

That's always been the way to post photos here from Photobucket. Nothing has changed.

Exactly! Copy the URL info of the photo you want to post, and paste that info here. That's all there is to it. No clicking on icons, or anything.

Ron... go to your PB album. Not just the PB home page, but your PB album. When you are on the web page of your PB album, copy that URL from the window at the top of your web browser page and paste that here into a post.