Fat Brian

The acrylic lacquer with the green circle on the can.

I agree with this also, I've had to strip two bodies after using this clear caused removed emblems to ghost through the paint.

I've been using the acrylic lacquer and found that it's very susceptible to humidity, it dries much rougher now than it did in the winter and spring. I've also noticed that it can cause the color coats to pull back from the edges of panel lines. This hood shows how it thinned at the edge, it wasn't like this before the clear. This is Duplicolor red over Duplicolor white primer.

The trailer doesn't have to be a reefer to haul beer, a lot of shipments we used to get at the grocery store came in normal non-refrigerated trailers.

That's the 1/24 kit, this is what I thought the other kit was based on.

Huh, it seemed like another instance of them putting the wrong scale on the box.

Salvinos plating is noticeably different than the other manufacturers but I don't know what causes the difference, whether it's process or materials or both. It doesn't seem to be magnetic though, at least in my kits.

The Revell kit is just the 1/24 Monogram kit, it's not bad though.

Both styles of Rockwell are correct, they make both traditional ring and pinion and top loader axles. The ring and pinion style is usually called by the designation F106. The axles BNL sells are recasts of the MPC monster truck axles.

You have to weigh the potential return versus the potential hassle. Personally, if I am ever in a situation where I need to sell all my stuff my plan is to put my rare/old/valuable stuff on ebay to maximize my returns on that stuff. That's maybe 15-20% of my stuff max. The rest will be sold in a lot or lots and I'll probably take a bath on it but if I'm selling out the situation is pretty dire and I need cash in hand.

Absolutely.

Some racks have bins with doors for storage and others have exposed metal bars or angle iron to hang things on. As for what is stored, it's mainly chains and binders for securing loads and the metal bars for tightening the straps if the trailer has them. Sometimes you'll find a broom and a shovel back there for cleaning off the deck of the trailer if it's a flat bed or lowboy. Now you can find chain binders from various makers on ebay and very good realistic looking chain from Michael's or Hobby Lobby. For a pickup I would keep chain and recovery straps in there, maybe ratchet straps for loads.

Thank you. The real car has I believe 70s Celica tail lights so I tried to mimic them.

Thank you, built if for the Cannonball build a few years ago. It's based on an extensively modified real car. The wheelbase is stretched about 18 inches and has 2008 Mustang wheel arches.

This kit has a way better chassis than the AMT kits do. I used this chassis and interior under an AMT body with the opening rear hatch to build this.

Yep, I've gotten a few from them in padded envelopes too.

I think it might be foil, you can just barely see some wrinkles on the trunk side of the cover.

It might be easier to add a little spacer to the end of the axles to poke the wheels out a bit more.

This is my Revell Beetle done for the Peking to Paris group build a couple years ago.

The main website I used for reference pics for many projects I have shut down unexpectedly. I have some pics saved but I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do now.

You would need to make the rear cover behind the rear seat but otherwise it should have everything. I think the hub caps are molded onto the wheels so you'd need to find bare ones. I don't know about the bumpers unless a Gunze kit has them, I agree they don't look too hard to make.

Yes, the Revell 68 is very nice and has a full interior.

The Revell 68 Beetle is a far better kit but it has the earlier rounded bumpers and 1/24 so the flat ones might not fit it well.

Another type of saw that is super handy to have are these Model Car Garage photo etched saw blades that fit in an Xacto handle. The razor saws are great for long straight cuts but these will get you in the little nooks and crannies. Bonus, they work pretty good as panel line scribers too.

From the looks of that you could almost take a big transfer case for the gear box and add the electric motors to it then place in an IRS suspension. Similarly, you could take a C5 or up rear end with the transmission in the rear and add the motor to that unit. There are also adapters to mount the electric motor to a traditional transmission.