Ace-Garageguy

Boy, you guys have more problems with Duplicolor primers. That definitely looks like extreme dry-spray. But every time I've shot the stuff, it's slicked out just real nice. Either they've changed all the formulas, or...something else.

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Courtyard, government, or townspeople...I wonder which one sentence I'm supposed to use to refer back to for the last-next word.

Seriously...for what it's worth, asking price on feePay is around $50-$55, so hardly unobtanium, and there always seem to be several to choose from. The kit is a decent parts source too, with an OK Buick nailhead that can easily work in 1/25, backed up by a Dynaflow trans, probably the only one ever kitted. The wheels and tires, particularly the big whitewall slicks, are quite nice. It's on a shortened '55 Chevy frame that has poseable steering, so that's a bunch of cool source material there too. Whole lotta stuff to build something interesting from...

Most definitely sacrilege...

You need to practice your glue application technique prior to doing it, if it's not something you have already developed skill at. I see most amateur "repairs" doing more harm than good usually. Another thing...that generation of promo is probably ABS, which is a toughened version of kit-style polystyrene. A solvent-type adhesive specifically made for ABS would be recommended, and again, you'll need to practice your application technique, as too much will inevitably spoil the "glass", or the surrounding material. The typical "repair" I see on things like this ends up with poorly controlled blobs of tube-gloo or CA ("supergloo") making the damage look worse than if nothing had been done at all. A well-done repair can be almost undetectable.

Very nice, exceptionally clean, just-right chop to accentuate the car's long lines without looking clownish.

I'm in...

Montana is a place where you probably ought to have a lot of food in the pantry for winter if you live very far from a city or town.

Texas is big.

Yeah, I'm starting to think of my life as "Project Groundhog".

Dimension shifts are fun until you wake up underwater in France.

Hmmmmm...those are two kits I've never had...but I'm sure somebody here knows all about 'em.

Great paint, probably one of the best colors for that generation Ford.

Talk doesn't mean much if you can't back it up.

I got this little badly injured Shark a while back. Almost unbelievably, its previous owner saved ALL the pieces. A little TLC, and she looks like this. You can still see some of the seams, but after she's stripped and repainted, she'll be good as new... She's slated to get modified into this, one of the last two of these on Earth, currently under restoration (maybe) after 40 years in hiding. I would have hidden too if all my siblings had been cut up for scrap.

Just finished the recent billing cycle on the '66 Chevelle...23 pages of text, over 150 supporting photos, all wending their merry way through the ether. Time to get back to work full time on the DeLorean project for a couple of weeks. EDIT: And I think I'll go to the sto and check out the chocolate bunny situation...

"Game" reminds me of an ancient joke that's probably not appropriate for family spaces.

Thank you all for the comments, and thanks to everyone who left a like too.

Thanks fer your interest and comments, gennelmen, and fer the likes too.

Fight for what you believe in.

I really like the stance on this...but I'd probably widen those rear fenders just a tad so the tires wouldn't get cut when she hits a bump...but that's just weird old me. Anyway...she looks GREAT lowered and with that just-right amount of rake.

Bridges sometimes fall down if you drive big heavy things into them.

"Think" is becoming a long-lost concept, much maligned.

Medal and metal are frequently used interchangeably by the spelling-challenged.