JollySipper

Very convincing weathering.......... something I've never been able to do. ( half the time I can't paint a clean paint job, either....... )

Doing the trim around the glass on this one is kinda difficult...... There is a raised ledge you can flow the paint up to, and if you use craft paint like I am, you can do edge clean-up with a toothpick. Also got the engine bay and front suspension done....... There's decals for under the hood, but the numbers are off on the decal sheet, so I wasn't sure where to put most of them. I'm gonna put the cobra on the intake, though......

Birds of prey are awesome! I have a couple Red-Tail hawks that live in the woods behind me.......... I hear them screeching quite often.

Through the fence is torque, how hard you hit the fence is horsepower.

60s probably doesn't seem so old..... if you're 95.

Cash rules everything around me.....

Would filling the cavity with something like the UV cure fillers work, then maybe just using BMF on the face of the filled recess?

Hello! I have to ask, how does the finish look before polishing with the rotary tool? Is it acceptable as is? The reason I ask is maybe you could just skip this step........ Since there's no real reason to use a wax on model paint anyway. ( wax and polish are different things.... )

Sentence me not to a long life full of boredom, but to a short, glorious one.....

True-to-life is the effect we strive for in the building of our chosen subjects.

PS...... I really hope this discussion is okay.........

Here's my set-up, Snake man.... You just load your tobacco into the machine, pop the lever down, and an auger sends the smoke into the tube/filter. It's better quality cigs than the el cheapo's. The filter tells the auger when to stop, so you can do both lengths........ Load it up, tear off the filter, and there you go......

Snake, man.... I've got a little machine that rolls smokes for you. All you need is a bag of tobacco and a box of filters. A carton's worth of cigarettes now costs me about $12..... Huge savings rolling your own.

Got the clear on today! I tried with low-light pics to show the shine........ White is kinda hard to capture. All the other body parts are cleared, too....... Once I build up the front suspension, I'll pretty much be in the home stretch......

You know, I did think about that...... If I had some sort of fine line tape in the right color, I might would outline the orange with that....

Would the firewall from the '61 Impala be the same? I also have some '61 taillights if you were wanting to drill those out..... You're doing a custom, the '61 taillights would look like 'bullet' lenses!

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future.

There's just a couple touch-ups to do, but the orange is done!

Send me a PM if you're in need of the stock taillights........ I used the custom ones on my build. This is actually a really nice kit IF you know going in that the interior is a bit too wide at the dash...... This issue has came up several times, which is why it's helpful to read build threads and reviews of kits that you are interested in.

Testing how the orange is gonna look............ What do you guys think?

Whatever you do find out, it does make a good primer...... I was able to wet sand it the same day that I sprayed it.

The Allman Brothers are Always welcome! My favorite instrumental would be 'Hot 'lanta" from, I believe, the same concert.......

Isn't Praxis one of Buckethead's projects?

It is! The only "molded-in" stuff is some things under the hood...... Did some painting today, too. Seems like a lot of work just to paint it in the color it's molded in............ I'll give it some time before I try to mask for the orange........