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Possibly the only Supernatural, "Supernatural" Impala
espo replied to Beans's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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I would follow the suggestions from both Brian and Joe with a little change to the chrome parts surrounding the black molding. I would suggest using quarter round for the outer moldings. My reason for this is the trim was the same thickness all the way across on the 1:1. GM used an aluminum molding for the trim with an indentation in the center for the black plastic type trim. The quarter round trim would give you a flat surface to the center and the mounting side of the part you're adding. As for the size a lot of that can be done by eye. You have some great looking photos to work with. You may have to mock up a couple of different sizes but I think you'll know when you have the correct sizes when you see them. There is also a molding that runs around the back side of the cab below the rear window. Looking at your picture of the pickup with the camper shell you can see a very small portion where the meets the door. The drip moldings over the doors were a brushed aluminum type finish. The grill moldings were chrome but the grill its self was painted Argent, GM's term for flat silver.
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You guessed it. No I have no idea what it tasted like. The day was over 100 degrees and I had just enough adult beverage but could still couldn't bring myself to try it and I love ice cream. Just to gross for even me.
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Many years ago I lived in an are near Gilroy Ca. Gilroy bills its self as the garlic capitol of the world, and if you should be passing thru the area on Hwy 101 during harvest you would agree. So one year attending their Garlic Carnival they were introducing a new flavored Ice Cream, guess the flavor ?
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Now that's funny.
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The continuing UPS problems and my latest issues. First the back info on how this got started. We replaced my wife's '14 Dodge Avenger RT with a new '21 Jeep Cherokee. This is a vehicle she has wanted for sometime and it was the right time for us to get her a new car. We ordered a factory type rear cargo cover thru Amazon at a big savings, Jeep wanted $325 and got the same thing for under $50 delivered. UPS was to deliver within 48 hrs. At the dealership the Cherokee we wanted was at a different dealer and they had to do a dealer trade and who ever put the vehicle in their system used the wrong Vin #. We live at the north - west corner of the metro area and the dealer is a short distance south of the metro. The dealer sends use a new set of documents with the correct Vin # to sign using UPS. AS timing would have it both deliveries happened on the same day by the same driver. Now in the past the UPS guy really hasn't been an issue but this time if it could go wrong it did. We live in an area where they are building a lot of new homes so more than half the homes on the area where we live are under some stag of construction. Ours is clearly lived in and has large street numbers on the post by the front door easily seen from the street. My wife's work from home desk is in the front bedroom and the street leading into our area and some of the first street where a lot of the building is going on can be seen from her desk. She sees a UPS truck come into the area and turn up the street in front of out house and stop. She thinks great the goodies we where expecting are here as promised. After a few minutes the truck goes on up the hill and turns into the first street. Maybe turning around so that they could park on the right side of the street in front ? No the truck sits there for about ten minutes and then leaves the area. A few days later Amazon calls to see if she got the part and she tells them no. Then we call the dealership about the paper work and they had paid for an over night delivery and we still hadn't gotten that either. A week goes by and a different UPS driver brings the docs from the dealership and when asked he checks with dispatch and we find out they were told that my wife told the delivery driver she didn't want the part until Sept. ???? We had to go to the UPS distribution center to pick up the cargo shade and find that the box looks like someone drove a truck over one end. The box is crushed and torn but some how the cover was undamaged. The people we dealt with at the center were very nice and helpful looking up who the driver was and found out the driver was a part time temp. Hope she can find other work soon. In order to speed up the paper work issues I drove down to the dealer with the docs and got that cleared up. But one lazy driver that would rather lie than due their job makes UPS an other wise good company look bad.
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Looks great. Nor many so called sports cars can handle a black primer paint job and a set of nice mags. Nice save here.
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Beautiful looking pair of movie cars. You managed to find a shade of green about as close to perfect as you can get for the Mustang. I like the way you did the "Action" photos of your builds.
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Very cleanly detailed body and the wheels and tires.
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Beautiful looking 300C. I like the smooth understated color of the paint finish. Nice engine and interior details.
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The addition of the lower trim moldings really enhance the overall look of the lower body. Your roof conversion flows well also.
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I have enjoyed watching your fabrication work along with the attention to details to the real car.
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Beautiful color and paint finish.
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Beautiful looking build. I like the stance and something about the understated body color just looks right.
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3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN (Johan '62 Rambler American Convertible)
espo replied to ranma's topic in Model Cars
Great looking Rambler. Not something you see every day and I like the theme of your build. I also watched that TV series. -
Chip Foose kits.....
espo replied to BlackSheep214's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
The thing to remember about the Foose Kits is that except for the '56 Ford f100 they are little more than a straight reissue with some different wheels and decals. Hard to find fault with that. The '56 F100 is a unique kit in that it's a scale copy of his personal truck that has received some extensive body modifications for those who may not realize the background story of that pick up. As for the Iron Resurrection show I think they do some of the best metal fabrications you'll see on TV at this time. We get to try and due the same only with plastic. -
I don't know if this is a Kansas thing, but when my wife went to renew her license, change the address and get the Gold Star so we can fly, she had to provide our marriage license as well. We have only been married since 1983. This was because her married name was different from her last name on her birth certificate ? and while born in Kansas we married when we were both living in California and they weren't to sure about those west coast people. The other problem was that since we moved she needed to prove that she lived at our new address. I had already gotten the car we were driving at the time registered at the new address, with no problems what so ever, and the person at the DMV used that as verification of home address since her name was also on the registration. Going to DMV can easily kill a day of your life you'll never get back.
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Baddest Camaro Ever??
espo replied to TransAmMike's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'll have to pass since they will not put factory air conditioning in it. That's my excuse for not being able to afford one. -
Need Help repairing a family heirloom…
espo replied to Dan Hay's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Try looking at some of the colors offered by Tamiya. They offer a larger selection of Military colors as well that work well for interiors and convertible tops and they also usually have a flat finish. -
Nice to see this coming back around. There are so many different things that can be made out of this.
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'72 GMC Stepside
espo replied to Plowboy's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I like the look and the paint finish. The factory optional Rally Wheels always looked good on the 1:1 also. Very cleanly detailed. -
Great looking Jag. Nice looking paint work and clean looking trim.
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Excellent body molding and shaping. Beautiful looking paint and finish. Glad you included the body assembly pictures as it would be hard to know what all had been done without them.
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What did you see on the road today?
espo replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Many of these old movies make you wonder if the script writers knew anything at all about the automobile in general and Hot Rods and engine modifications especially. -
'55 Chevy Step-side is now done!!
espo replied to TransAmMike's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Beautiful looking finish and color. I like how you did the bed wood and tailgate.