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This lil' beast is so full of kick ash. Just noticed those air cleaner bells, too...those are rad.

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You're really making me want to do another Blitz! Cool project.

Thank you, gents...it's much appreciated. No background in architecture, other than a deep appreciation of it. I've always tended to pay attention to the details in old buildings and have spent some time as a finish carpenter. I'm sure neither has hurt. Good to know I am getting it right, in either case! Scratched my head for a minute and came up with this for a top extension. I'll be able to remove it so I can still place it where I'd intended when I'm not using it as something to take pics of model cars on. I need to let the brick red dry up real well then I'll give it the same treatments as the other walls. I'm thinking I'd like to add just a few basic utility type details and maybe one unusual feature to set it apart from the norm, and call it done. This is really just a test run of the basic processes and a pic prop, so simple is better. I should have a final update in a couple/few days.

Mortared, but it still needs a wash. I sized this thing to fit a specific space, but looking at the last pic here I think I'd rather make it tall enough that it fills up the image when I'm snapping off shots...so this thing might have to grow a loft.

Nice save. Whole thing is coming together very well!

Thanks, guys. Jim - Yepper...regular ol' foam core for the walls, with most of the paper stripped off the working side. It's also doubled up, adhered with spray adhesive, since once the lines are cut the material loses most of it's capacity for holding itself straight. I've pinned the corner together with toothpicks, which turns out to work pretty well. I'll drill holes in the base and mount more there, and press the walls down onto them as a unit when things are close to complete. The floor is simply a base coat of gray acrylic, followed by tamping on a dark gray with a crumpled up plastic grocery bag. Then a thin black wash over the whole thing. At one point, I worked in a shop in an old warehouse and I was trying to get it's look/feel. I think I got it pretty close...just needs a healthy build-up of dust in the corners. lol. Got the tone variations done. Now I'm just playing around with mortar effects. Hopefully I'll sort out which process I like and be able to get that finished by tonight.

*thud* Holy carp! Can't believe I missed this one...outstanding work. You've added a significant amount to the ol' ideas list for the build I'm starting to work up to. Very impressed.

I'm still distracted by this whole brick fixation. Thanks to you guys for the nods that I was headed in the right direction with my test piece the other day...taking it to the next step and making a simple display base. Just two walls, old doors, and a concrete floor. I'll add some mid-century trade tools as I get the urge once the base itself is all done, but I'll keep it pretty simple so that I can set about any model on it to snap a couple pics that are more interesting than just the basic black or white backdrop. The foundation is a walnut box that I'd made years ago. Nothing special, but it was about the perfect size and I wasn't using it for anything important. Pics, so far... The walls just have their base color in this last pic. I'll go over them with more shades today and hopefully bring it all to life. I've also got some hardware for the doors in the works, and I'm planning to cap the walls off top and sides to give it a finished look. Hope ya like it so far. Glu

If you have a Dollar General near you, check the toy section for an army set in a blue box. It has a 6x6 with an unexpectedly decent set of Super Swamper wannabees. They aren't as sweet as the Satcos or Alan's, but for $8 and off-the-shelf, kinda hard to pass up...especially when the Satcos go for $35+ on the bay. Buy two and get 3 sets!

So...now that it's all done, I'm SURE you're really tired of looking at it. Since you're such a good bud and all, I feel compelled to relieve you of the burden. I'll send you my address.

Very nice.

I've always thought this was one of those kits where less is definitely more. Very nice.

My Dad owned a body shop all through my childhood, and one of his regular customers had the cream over coffee version of this paint layout. I don't remember seeing any others like it, but Dad had told me it was a factory deal. I always thought it was a super sharp car.

Fixed that for ya. Positively fine job, Dave.

One of my old friends here turned me on to armature wire. Any craft store should have it, and in a variety of sizes. It went immediately into the "this stuff rocks" category. http://www.dickblick.com/products/armature-wire/

Mark! That's frickin' rad! Well done, lad...well done.

I've had a "dream shop" build sloshing around my noggin for at least 15 years now. A few minor revelations have come about lately that are really bringing me to a point where I can finally start putting the ideas into form. I'll be doing a brick building, so I've been looking into how some of you guys are doing bricks. Philbass has a couple threads here with some outstanding work, so I'm borrowing some of his strategy. This is about the 3rd test piece. The bricks are still too large, but I think I got the process sorted out. The question of the day is this - Which generally looks better...painting the mortar first and coming back over the faces with the brick tones? Or painting the brick tones then coming back and washing in the mortar? In this test piece I did the former, but I'd like to hear the thoughts of others with more experience. For this project, I'd much prefer that the mortar is not overly prominent, if that helps steer the discussion.

Flippin' sweet.

Looks GREAT, Mark...can't wait to see the whole thing. I wonder if it's just that color or maybe you just got a bad run of it? I haven't used that one yet, but the other 1C's I've used have been fine. Have fun this weekend.

The lil' speedster is lookin' really good, Drew. The one that made me about melt in my chair, though, was that '55 in pic 12. Holy panty dropper...that's smokin'.

I have to admit that this one didn't grab me all that much on the bench, but the finished piece is pretty sweet...and that's a great green. What is it?

Actually, the first thing you should realize is that modelers are anal-retentive smart-arses, often very hung up on insignificant minutia.

Pretty cool.

Lookin' good, Bryan.