Ace-Garageguy

That's probably the slickest / straightest one of these I've ever seen. Nice to see what can be done with a kit that has more than its fair share of issues.

Neat little model. You find some really unusual Cobras. Already a big improvement in how it comes off at first glance with tires / wheels that fill the wheelwells better.

Procrastination is what kills my modeling time. If I'd just hit the ground running and get things done early in the AM on weekends, I'd have plenty of time to play. Well, maybe not plenty, but at least some. As it usually happens though, I'll futz around on the computer or dragging my feet doing something else...and I can't work on models with a clear conscience and enjoy it when I have things needing to be done hanging over my head...so when I finally get around to getting the necessities done and finished, it's late and getting to the bench seems like more work instead of fun.

Very nice. Great color for the 'kustom kar' vibe. Removing the B-pillar and lightening the roof for a hardtop look really improves the lines over the Revell kit, too. Did you lay the windshield pillars back a little as well? And did you use the AMT decklid, or use the opened Revell part?

Wow, you have pterodactyls out there? Cool.

Because it's water-soluble and not solvent-based, adhesion to shiny plastics may not be very good, and it may separate into droplets on a shiny surface as it dries, destroying continuity. There may be a possibility the conductivity would degrade over time simply from continuous exposure to atmospheric humidity. Using the water-soluble paints some modelers are moving to now could also be an issue.

I recognized this one as the car from the film "Clockwork Orange". While you can't see much of it in the movie, I was interested in it back then as it was the work of two ex-Marcos designers, and I had been very enthusiastic about the possibility of using plywood to build a wooden monocoque chassis...for which the Marcos was noted. Easy enough to find searching "clockwork orange car".

Good looking truck. I have a '92 2-WD one of those that broke a valve spring at close to 300,000 miles. Great vehicle overall, lived through a lot of abuse at the hands of its previous owner. Looks like yours already has some useful offroad gear, judging from the hooks under the bumper.

Even if the stuff doesn't work all that well on shiny plastic, it will most likely work on a primered or flat surface, and the water-solubility issue can probably be dealt with by clear-coating after the circuit is applied.

Always amazing to me how politics and power struggles arise among humans in the most ridiculous arenas...and are almost ALWAYS counterproductive and to the detriment of whatever the larger group is about.

Southpier? Southpier, can you hear me? Try posting some photos of your own work. I'm certain that there are plenty of folks here, me included, who will give it high praise indeed if it's merited.

Expressing a negative opinion of an unknown real-car builder's particular choices on a forum where model cars are the topic is hardly the same as making cruel and derogatory comments about a model-car on the poster's own thread. It's perhaps too subtle a distinction for some to grasp, but it's not the same thing at all. I'd like to be directed to the specific post you quoted "knuckle draggers and mouthbreathers" from too, by the way. I missed it. But you're right. Sometimes negative commentary does indeed reveal a lot about the commentator. And one more point...putting Hemi valve covers on a Chevy IS simply trying to pass something that's relatively inexpensive and commonplace off as something it's not. Fake is fake. If YOU like fake, goody for you. I don't. There have been modelers over the years who have put incorrect valve covers on model-car engines, usually unaware that different engines ARE different, not just labeled differently, in reality. Label your Ford as a DeSoto Firedome if you want but don't expect to be patted on the back for your scale-fidelity by anyone who knows what he's looking at.

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Sorry if you feel I implied idiocy. That was not my intent. The "paint stripping" thread is very in depth, and is pinned at the very top of the "questions" section, as Sfan linked to.

PM sent.

Oh man, I was going to suggest Trabant, too. Give it a little of that old Eastern-Bloc flavor.

If that's an '86, it looks to me like it may be Chevy color code 24, "medium blue metallic". Here's a link to a color chart. http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/colour_swatch_chevrolet_1986.php

Really REALLY cool stuff. Thanks !

I see why you like it. Is this a factory color for this year?

Huh? What? "Every item they own"? WTF? Oh wait...I think we may be having a ghost visitation from Southpier again.

"Speaking truth to power", one I hadn't heard before (!) was apparently coined as a phrase in a publication by the Quaker movement in 1955.

They're definitely available in a multitude of kits, though I don't know which ones specifically. I'm certain our member base has somebody who knows exactly.

Yes grasshopper, there is a wealth of information already posted...in depth...available to those who seek enlightenment...

Transplanting a '28-'29 cowl MAY work fairly easily, and be a much better option than trying to transplant the new coupe roof on to the Revell '29 body shell. The coupes are NOT simply roadster bodies with roof sections stuck on, as seems to be the implication elsewhere. While anything can be adapted to anything with enough effort, I believe you'll find the '28-'29 roadster body is narrower through the 'shoulders' than the '30-'31 coupe, for one thing. Length of the doors is another issue. The horizontal length of the cockpit is another difference. I have personally converted a plastic '28-'29 roadster into a '30 roadster...which sounds like it would be easy...and it took entirely re-engineering the body shell to make it dimensionally correct. 1928-'29 roadster 1930-'31 Ford coupe 1928-'29 coupe

Damm. Dude be speakin' truth to power.