Fat Brian

One of the more recent issues of the Revell W900 semi kit, the flat top not the Aerodyne, has some very Heavy Metal style murals in it.

You could build the Little Red Wagon wheel stander and use the L700 cab with the Louisville race car hauler to build something like this.

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A pebbly surface like that usually means you're spraying from too far away from the body. As the paint particles move through the air they get drier as the paint vehicle evaporates out. If you're too far back from the body the paint gets too dry to flow out correctly so it kind of piles up in little globs. Try moving in a couple inches and see if the paint flows out better.

Very nice, this is one of the few TD kits I like. How much does the chassis of this kit share with the Monogram 78 pace car kits?

I use a liquid glue like Bondene for almost everything. A very few things get red tube glue if I want a bit of working time to get stuff straight.

The "Falcon" body I was using was a cut down Ranchero body with the top and trunk lid from a ruined 63 Falcon body. Nothing was square on it and it still needed a lot of work to get it presentable. I ended up buying an original 60 kit that had about every custom part glued to it so it's going to take some cleanup. I just don't want to rush it so I jumped on the Mustang. These kits are super simple and easy to knock out quickly.

My dad's first car was a Highland Green 68 LTD two door. I'm slowly collecting parts to build it and finally found a place locally that mixes spray cans. No modern green looks right, even the modern counterpart isn't really correct. This thing is beautiful in the sun, I'm going to have to take the final pics outside to really do it justice. They talk about models not taking certain dark colors well and needing to lighten them a bit so this was kind of a test to see how it would look. I have been thinking about a Bullitt car since I got this mixed up but there's so many other Mustang projects I want to do. But then again, I wasn't planning on building this a month ago and here we are.

I got the body painted today, the color is Ford Highland Green. I found a paint shop in town that mixes spray cans and wanted to test the paint before I used it on the intended project.

I'm making progress on the Mustang. I wanted the exhaust to come through the rear valance so I made that happen, I used 1/4 inch tube for the chrome trim around the holes and will add chrome tips. I also added lower rocker molding to dress it up a bit and subframe connectors to stiffen up the convertible floor pan. I'm going to be using the stock 289 but I added a T5 five speed from a 90s Fox body.

That's exactly what I've been looking for for my GT350R build. I'll certainly be getting one.

They joined a long line of trucks to be damaged in hauler accidents. The original King Kong and Taurus were basically destroyed and Modern Day Outlaw was damaged in three separate incidents in the 80s.

There are a few model car sub-Reddits I hang around. Hearing the perspective of the younger guys who will inherit the hobby one day is interesting.

In all my years of building I've never owned one of the venerable Monogram 55 Chevies. I decided to rectify that situation with the latest release of the kit. I cut the molded in exhaust out and replaced the rear end to get more lift. The wheels are a combo of two sets fron Jay's on ebay. The engine is from the Monogram 71 Cuda with random bits for the blower as well as the decals.

Does anyone have one of the old Revell 1/25 kits and would be willing to take some measurements for me? I need to build a 74 CJ-5 and this kit might be a great donor for the front end.

They're in the makeup palette, the plastic sheet covers over the little powder pots and separates them from the inside of the lid or mirror.

Here's a source for super thin and clear plastic sheets, makeup palettes. My wife is a makeup junkie and every palette she buys has a sheet of crystal clear plastic that's paper thin and whatever size the palette is. I used some for vent windows on a recent build and they practically disappear.

The Scalemates page for this kit has the instructions for the regular version for download, that will cover all but the Foose specific stuff.

I use the Dremel cutoff wheels. Wear safety glasses and be careful, the axle can get pretty hot. If you don't have that much to remove you can deepen the holes in the wheels a bit too.

This could be it, we thought they got the scale wrong on the 81 Camaro last year and it ended up being the old Revell snap kit instead of the Monogram 79 kit.

True, and it's a bit crude for today. 3d printed would be the way to go if one was available.

There's an AMC straight six in the recent Pacer kits.

I use the same stuff, I was just saying it could be used that way.

Interesting, I was probably going to use the engine from the Revell 62.

I actually decant brake cleaner into an old Pro Weld bottle and use it for glue.