Ace-Garageguy

Here's a late-model Hemi going in a '53 or so Stude...

Got a little injection timing problem with the Dodge truck, eh?

Yup. The nekkiid metal is "silver" whether it's steel or aluminum. It's also "silver" after it's been stripped and sanded / bodyworked, or if it's been built from sheet with English wheels, etc.

I'm building this '33 Plymouth for a client...354 Hemi power.

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Or in a Mustang...

It's not wrong to put a Hemi in ANYTHING. Just do a good job.

Beautiful work, sir. Where did you get your data for the CAD rendering? Blueprints, or did you measure a real car??

I'm just curious. The common knowledge is that blood-sucking vampires hate the stuff, but lawyers seem to have no problem with it. Hmmmm... PC disclaimer: I've actually known one or two lawyers who were NOT blood-sucking vampires, so I apologize for painting them all with the bloody stereotype brush.

Get an armored Humvee...

Why can lawyers eat garlic?

Just as long as they're not gun-carrying sociopathic morons. I've crossed paths with a couple of those. I don't recommend it.

Here's a bunch of pix of a 2-tone 4-door. http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=47565&country=us

'49 apparently had the tail / decklid in the secondary color, unlike '50.

From the '50 brochure, here's where the color break is...

From the '49 brochure...left side car is 2-tone.

Yes, Sikkens is Akzo Nobel's premium automotive paint line in this country. I did NOT know that they were to ones who did the F1 chrome paint. Thanks...I had wondered.

Thanks for all the good info, ALL of which I'll be looking into. Question: peekay (the builder of the gorgeous turquoise DeSoto in "under glass" mentioned (I think) a Sikkens very fine silver mixing base. I seem to recall years back there were some 1:1 silver Mercedes with a flake so small, it almost disappeared. Any of you 1:1 guys have any experience with that? My local Sikkens store went away during the "economic downturn", and I haven't found another one yet.

Man, this is some serious model building. Don't know how I missed it, but sure am glad I found it. Beautiful, beautiful.

I LOVE working trucks, COEs, and anything oddball. This is a wild one...I've never seen that configuration before. Great project, sir.

...and voting...

Besides many of the kits already mentioned, I'm also impressed with: 1: Revell's and AMT's parts packs because of their staying power, quality for the time they were tooled (early 1960s) and relevance to today's hot-rod builders. 2) The old Mickey Thompson Challenger and Attempt, and Ivo's Showboat. Very complex, well-detailed kits, especially for when they were tooled, and impressively rendered subject matter. 3) Revell's model A Ford series, all of them. Still a great parts source, and still relevant to today's hot-rod scene. 4) Accurate Miniatures Corvettes. Beautifully tooled and detailed. 5) Accurate Miniatures McLarens too. Same reasons. 6) AMT's original AlaKart / '29 Ford roadster double kit. Lotsa parts, good accuracy, and again, still relevant. 7) Revell / Monogram 1/8 scale '32 Ford. It's just outstanding, and can make a show-stopping model. 8) Fujimi's Porsche 356 and 911 Enthusiast kits. Much much detail, possible to build the really landmark and important cars from this manufacturer.

Couple years back (?) I saw a big-truck build that was absolutely stunning in its realism. A large part of it was the tires, and the builder was quoted as saying he'd glass-bead blasted them in the blasting cabinet where he worked. I've been meaning to give this a try, but haven't remembered to.