Monty

I guess you learn something new every day (hopefully). I've been building for over 40 years and I'd never seen that wire trick before. It looks like a low expense, medium effort upgrade with a great payoff in appearance, so I'll join Rob in asking you to give us a step-by-step on this.

When the idea for this project first came to be, I was intrigued by the myriad possibilities that could result from a group of talented builders lending their respective skills to a given section of the kit. I guess I'm operating under the assumption that each member of the build is only supposed to have the kit for a specified amount of time before passing it on to the next member, as per the usual group build rules. After all the effort that's gone into the previous sections, I'm just hoping this doesn't "snowball".

I normally paint model bodies in lacquers or enamels, but I wanted to know how well MM acrylics work as brushable detailing paints because I like doing engine bay detailing and I need paints that cover well without multiple layers but which can be easily fixed (washed off) in case of error. The first time I tried detailing with acrylics, I used Tamiya paints. We can probably all agree that they airbrush well, but brush painting is an exercise in futility. So, if I've got a cluster of wires & vacuum lines on a firewall, are MM acrylics a good choice for coverage & correctability? I find it's better to solicit multiple opinions than to just jump in blindly, spend a bunch of money, and end up disappointed. Pics of your work would be appreciated.

Duuuuude, all that 49er stuff and you still missed the most obvious thing: change the "49ERS-1" plates registration from California to....Montana!

I first built one of these about 40 years ago, and even though it turned out poorly, the kit itself has always held a soft spot in my heart because, as yours shows, it has so much potential. Yours features everything mine lacked: meticulous assembly, a more impressive engine and attention to details such as correct tank placement. Then there's the paint. Not only does the pattern match the 1:1, the colors look perfect for a truck of this vintage. A couple questions if you don't mind: 1) What paints were used on the body? 2) What did you use for masking the cab?

I'm a big fan of the 1st generation Toronados, so it always makes my day when a member builds an accurate, nicely detailed replica. I agree with what many others have said - that gold was a great choice for this build.

One of our moderators (Casey) offers a number of resin wheels on ebay under forward_resin. (http://www.ebay.ca/sch/m.html?_ssn=forward_resin&rt=nc) These are available through scenes unlimited. (http://scenesunlimited.homestead.com/Wheels.html) He's a member here too. Both guys offer great resin castings. HTH

It's somewhat close to the color I want for a future project, but I'd like to know whether it's translucent enough that shooting it over a dark primer will make it appear to be a slightly darker shade before I commit to buying the paint.

Nice compilation there, but I think that Buick is some of your best work. Between the stance, the paint and some of the other details, I saw how much potential this kit has. May I ask a favor? When you reply with the name of the nail polish you used on the '57, please let us know what you shot it over, i.e. gold base, red primer etc. It's a beautiful shade.

(Forehead slap) Doy!, Somehow while checking out the car I managed to overlook the albums in the box. You realize, of course, that having the Heaven and Hell album in there makes this a... wait for it... Dio - rama. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath makes me wonder about your age. Are you a Geezer? Do you have a Butler? Are you a Ward of the state? Yeah, I know. It's sad that I stretched so hard for that but can't come up with anything for Tony Iommi.

Oh, that's nice, especially considering the kit's humble AMT origins. Well done!

Great job teaming those two up! Very nice work and attention to detail. Hope to see more from you soon.

OK, apparently I'm a little slow on the take today. Are we talking Technical Ecstasy, Sabotage, Never Say Die...?

I have a few of those in slot car from, but I'd love to build them in 1/25 scale. There's no way I would even attempt 1/43. Nice stuff!

Enjoy the accolades, sir. You've earned them. The paint color alone was enough to make me stop and look, but the modifications and precision assembly work made me stay.

Top notch work on everything, Adam. I thought the bear and the suitcase were well-crafted finishing touches to a nicely detailed build. I did have one question - are the wheels meant to be a greenish color? For some reason I always remembered Beetle wheels as being black or flat silver.

It's a well thought out piece authored by our very own Chuck Kourouklis. (He refers to it in the 2nd paragraph of post #266.) He's posted it here before, but a lot of members chose to ignore it once they realized that it pointed out the fallacies in several of their favorite arguments and tactics for trying to make a point.

Exemplary work, as always.

My older brother had an 8-track of that album & I think I played it more than he did. I tried to like some of the later albums, but... Does anyone else remember their last bassist, Phil Kramer? This guy had an amazing brain. IIRC, he left the band to pursue aerospace engineering & did some work for the defense industry but ultimately was found dead in his van in a canyon near Malibu. As I understand it, the death has never officially been solved.

Between the old style screw-mount posts on either side of the radiator and the chromed headlights, I'd say it's the AMT kit. That said, he's got an annoying way of popping out perfect paint jobs on these old cars that, when combined with some detail painting, make for some incredible builds.

I was hoping you'd chime in because I know you've dealt with issues like this in your business. I found your commentary to be helpful because it takes on some of the ill-founded or uninformed opinions that exist on the 'net, such as the scenario I described. The linked article also makes for worthwhile reading. You gotta love it when the goals call for the new engine to be lighter, stronger, and more powerful with lower emissions, and they pull it off.

Full disclosure: I know some stuff about the original series of SBCs, but virtually nothing about these new engines, nor did I care till I took my old 'Vette to a dyno and was embarrassed and astounded by the power the LS street engines can produce. My question comes from an internet argument I saw sometime ago. Basically a pro-Ford guy said Chevy's new LS passenger car engines implemented (he said "copied") a lot of things that were part of Ford's NASCAR engines, most specifically the change in cylinder head design with port spacing now resembling Ford's NASCAR heads. I don't know anything about NASCAR nor do I have a dog in this fight, but I'd be curious what the better-informed on here think about the validity of this guy's claim.

Jeff, nice work across the board. I like every one of them, but as a 'Vette enthusiast, I'd like to see more of that white one. Any other pics? Did I miss a WIP?

Wow, I wish I could get stuff done that quickly! Nice work on these two. Also, thanks for posting the mfr info for the paints you used. Some of us get inspired by paint colors they see on other people's builds, so it's nice to know exactly what was used.