Gremlin X

[MGL]

After the Fotki switch over it took me awhile to figure out this Photobucket account so I haven't posted any builds since January. So I spent the better part of the afternoon photographing and uploading all my projects from January until now and I will now post them in no particular order starting with this Gremlin. During my last patrol I ordered some kits and because my wife thinks there neat this Gremlin was one of them. This was just a quick out of the box build, similar to one that used to run around here in Alameda. I still have the battery on my bench with several others waiting to be detailed and I need to make some battery and license plate decals the next time I run a sheet of white decal paper. The decals gave me some problems (my fault, I fumbled them) and the paint could stand to be polished but it looks good on my shelf and my wife likes it.

I was using pre-wired distributors but I finally broke down and bought a #61-80 drill index and started making my own distributors, this was the first. I also should have cleared after taping off for the white on the back but it was a fun weekend build.

 

 

[cobraman]

I like that kit but man, aren't those some skinny bucket seats ? : )

[MGL]

I like that kit but man, aren't those some skinny bucket seats ? : )

That's funny, I debated cutting them in half and adding a quarter inch to them but the tub was just too tight and I wasn't willing to spend the time on it. That was the deciding factor in why I didn't spend more time and effort on this kit, but it is a fun kit to build.

[Hubert Rollins]

Nice model.

[charlie8575]

I need to build mine. Nice job.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

Nice build,..

[vintagercr]

Looks good!

[DrKerry]

Nice build!!!!!!!! Looks great

[CFMgarage]

Man I love gremlins. Great job.

[Harry P.]

You should post smaller pictures. These are so big, they are exceeding this site's max. image size and are displaying "squished" left to right.

also... the side stripes are crossing the panel lines! Obviously that isn't the way it works in real life. Whenever you have decals crossing a panel line, you need to cut the decal on the panel line and use setting solution to get the cut ends to snuggle down into the panel line. You should see the panel line whenever a graphic crosses it.

[MGL]

You should post smaller pictures. These are so big, they are exceeding this site's max. image size and are displaying "squished" left to right.

also... the side stripes are crossing the panel lines! Obviously that isn't the way it works in real life. Whenever you have decals crossing a panel line, you need to cut the decal on the panel line and use setting solution to get the cut ends to snuggle down into the panel line. You should see the panel line whenever a graphic crosses it.

Harry, I believe it was you that mentioned in a recent post about how to reduce the size of the photos when you upload to PhotoBucket but I couldn't find it. Could you explain it again? And you are correct about the decals but sometimes you just have to slap a model together because it makes you feel like a 12 year old and not get hung up on the details.

[Harry P.]

I don't think it was me that described how to resize photos. There are many ways to do it depending on what software you have and what image hosting site you use.

I always size my images to 9x6 at 72dpi, but I do that using Photoshop. Maybe someone can chime in with a simple, quick way to resize photos.

Of course, if you take the photos specifically to post online, you can set your camera to a low quality setting right up front. That way no need to resize the photos later.

[Dann Tier]

Great job!

[GTJUNIOR]

Nice.

[Jeepxj]

Who would ever think we would love these cars now.Love the Pacer too.I saw a Pacer drag car,that ran in the 8ths.Sick!!!!