Harry P.

It looks spectacular! Fit problems? I built the same kit and had no fit problems whatsoever...

I think you've just won the award for "Most Cynical Man Alive."

My answer would be buy it online. My question would be why you don't use credit cards?

Put a post in the Wanted section describing what you want, and ask anyone interested to PM you for the details. No buying/selling on the site, so no mention of prices, etc. It should be done privately via PM.

Guaranteed. Like I said in my post, all one-part putties harden via evaporation. They literally lose a part of their volume (the solvent) as they dry. In other words, the volume of the applied putty gets smaller as the solvent evaporates away–it shrinks. Your best bet is to wait a long time and be sure the putty is really dry before you go any further. Of course, there's no real way of knowing exactly when that'll be. I suppose you could put the puttied parts in a dehydrator to speed up the evaporation process, just like you would for paint. But again, depending on how thick you layed it on, exactly how long it will take for the putty to truly harden and lose all of the solvents (and finally stop shrinking) is unknown.

Very clean. However, with no inner front wheel wells the fenders and front end have nothing to attach to... so they must be floating by magic!

Geez, that really puts a limit on where you can go... Why not ask your mom or dad to drive you?

Well, all I can say to that is that you have a very... um... "unique" perspective on travel. You're bored by Rome, Paris, London, New York and all that they offer... "seen one, seen them all," as you say. Yeah, the Louvre, the Coliseum, St. Peter's Square, Notre Dame, Statue of Liberty, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, House of Parliament, Broadway, Eiffel Tower... yep, nothing but cheap tourist traps, one and all. Not really worth the bother. Gee, I guess there really isn't anything to see or do in Rome, Paris, London or New York, right? Yet a hobby shop excites you? Do you also get a charge out of visiting laundromats, gas stations and grocery stores?

If you find that the hobby shops are the most interesting thing to see, you're obviously visiting some very boring places. Hobby shops are everywhere, and then there's the internet, where you can find just about any model in existence. I guess I don't see why someone would go to Rome, or Paris, or New York, or wherever, and put "visiting the hobby shops" on their list of things to do. It's like going on vacation to some exotic foreign destination and making a point of visiting the Walmart or McDonald's there! Heck, I can do that at home! I don't need to go abroad to see that! But that's just me. Just my opinion, nothing more...

Right. The one-part and the two-part putties are in very similar packages so you have to be careful. The two-part stuff has "Professional" in the name.

This is the stuff. About $7-8 at most auto parts stores.

Bondo Professional Glazing and Spot putty (two-part system) comes in a 3 oz. tube, not a giant tub. It's the perfect size/amount to keep on hand for modeling needs. Getting the ratio of resin and hardener right is very simple... it's roughly 10:1. That is, a blob of the putty should be about 10 times the size of the blob of hardener... but an exact ratio isn't critical. If you use too much hardener it'll set up faster; too little hardener and it sets up slower. Getting the ratio right is easy after a few tries... you don't even have to think about it, it just becomes automatic and you can "eyeball" it easily. When you have it right, the mixed putty should be a pale pink color.

Most auto parts stores. Maybe Walmart? Or online. Here's one place: http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_x_7100031-P_x_x?cm_mmc=CSE-_-Google-_-VALUE3-_-VALUE4&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=7100031

There are two basic types of putty: one-part and two-part. One-part putties (what everyone knows as "model putty") are applied directly from the tube, and they dry via evaporation of the solvent, leaving the "putty" part behind. Obviously, if they dry by losing a part of their volume (the liquid solvent part), there is shrinking as the putty dries. It's inevitable. ALL one-part putties shrink as they dry, some more than others, depending on the ratio of solvent to hardener in the putty. The shrinking becomes a problem when you apply the putty and let it set up. You think it's completely dry, so you sand, prime and paint... only to find that days or weeks or even months later, there are telltale bumps and uneven spots in your paint caused by the putty that was still drying (and shrinking) even after you had painted your model. Too late to fix it now! Two-part putties work in a completely different way. You have to mix the putty (the "resin") with the hardener, like mixing two-part epoxy. Once you mix the two, the putty hardens not by evaporation, but by a chemical reaction between the two components. The putty doesn't "dry" like one-part putties; it chemically "sets," and once that chemical reaction has taken place, it's over. There won't be any shrinking, because evaporation is not part of the process. There are several brands of two-part putty. I like Bondo's "Professional" glazing putty. It's cheap, available everywhere, and it works great.

Yeah, baby... That 12-string Rickenbacker is too cool...

Yeah, a couple of times there I thought they were going to actually start the song... but nooooooooooo!

Not only is Skip a good researcher, he will go to great lengths to help out a fellow modeler. Some time ago I was working on a Pocher RR. Skip mailed me an original RR owner's manual to help me out. The illustrations and information in that book were invaluable in helping me detail the model (which, for the record, I still have not finished! ) Obviously I mailed the book back to Skip when I was finished with it... but that illustrates just how far he will go to help a fellow modeler.

Interesting video, Charlie... It's labeled "Eight Miles High," but they never actually get to the song! It's a 10 minute long jam, but there's no "Eight Miles High" anywhere in there! BTW: The Byrds are one of my all-time favorite bands...

What are you gonna do with 20 '59 Impalas???

Yeah, sort of like a time-share condo! We all chip in, say, ten grand apiece... and that buys us each two weeks with the model.

I agree that the types of posts where you actually have to try and figure out what the poster is saying are wasting members' time. Seriously... if the average person has to re-read your post several times and then try to figure out what the heck you're saying, obviously your post isn't very clear or well-written. We don't expect perfect grammar, spelling and punctuation... but we do expect your posts to be comprehensible!

Geez, Greg... obviously you're not one of the "cool" people...

Buy at the store, pay for gas to get there and back, plus sales tax. Buy online, pay shipping. Either way, you pay. That's life.

Hey, your vacation is your vacation, but man... if I ever got to visit Rome, going to a hobby shop would be the last thing on my list of things to see or do! I mean, hobby shops are everywhere...

I don't think the problem is that shipping is high. I think the problem is, the seller is high!!!