bluestringer

Thanks. Thank you. I like the muscle cars also. I usually jump back and forth between the hot rods and muscle stuff.

Thanks. You are right. I may just make it a dune buggy...........LOL.

Been following this for a while. This is some impressive work. I never even realized scale car modeling could be taken this far. Fantastic.

Man I hate these floaters. I spent 15 minutes the other day chasing one around with a fly swatter. Bob, your paint job looks great, hope the foil holds. I need to improve my paint jobs, the floor polish clear coat I use is just not working, maybe I need to air brush it. Better yet I think I need to find a good spray can clear.

Looks great. Nice work.

Nice. I have one in my stash, I'll be watching.

Nice. I like it.

She's rolling............

Thanks Bob. Starting working on the chassis some today. A little too cool for me to stay in my shed very long though.

Looks real nice Bob. Did you get this kit from Hobby Lobby? I've never seen it at my local HL.

Thanks. I made my own blackwash with some craft paint, it seems to do ok. My local Hobby Lobby does not carry Tamiya paints. I do need to highlight the panel lines with it, seems I always forget that. I used it on the rims with some dullcote and I think it looks ok. I may highlight the lug nuts with a metallic pen also.

I've decided to leave the wheels chrome, add some blackwash and maybe a coat of dullcote to take off some of the shine. Meanwhile I got some paint on, Createx Pearl Green. Have not cleared it yet. I'm going to get some Novus polish and try using it for the first time. Do you polish before the clear coat or after?

Thanks.

Thanks. Probably dechrome the rims and paint them.

I know what you mean, they really never looked like smooth chrome. I'm still debating, but thinking about dechroming the steelies and painting them body color or a contrasting color.

Yea they do.

Thank you.

To disc it or to not disc it, that is the question. All comments welcome.

Thanks Bob. Thanks.

Thank you. Thanks Bob. I'll do a couple of OOB builds then give this kit bashing another go.

Looking good Bob.

Going with the Latham blower engine........

After I started this I realized I was in over my head. But I had already cut the bed, actually cut it too much, so since the kit was now ruined I went ahead and made something out it. I know the modifications I made are not mechanically accurate, but I did my best with it. It was a lot of fun and I learned some stuff for next time. To get the big tires under the back I had to narrow the frame and suspension, and shorten the axle housing, which I did by building new ones out of styrene tubing. Like I said I cut the bed too large and had to make some oversized tubs out of a pill bottle. I installed the Chevy 427 engine out of the 67 Chevelle kit. Drilled a hole in the interior hump and put in the shifter from the Chevelle also. Had to cut some of the inner fender walls to make the 427 fit. The headers were a problem as they did not fit well, and ended up with the muffler ends almost hitting the ground, ok for the strip, but you won't be hitting any speed bumps with it on the street. Wheelie bars from the same kit. Fuel cell is a resin part I had from some parts I ordered from Teds Marketplace. I left off the back bumper and installed a strip of sheet styrene to give a smooth look in the back. Also did away with the tailgate chains. I tried lowering the front end by clipping off the spindles and moving them up as far I could and gluing them back on. It still is way too high in the front, needs to be lower. Still need to fabricate a radiator hose as I could not find one that would work. Also have not installed the wipers yet. Anyway it was fun and I learned some stuff. All comments are welcome.

Didn't come out like I would have liked, but I'm calling it done. Putting it under glass.

I've had problems with all the blacks except for the flat. The grey and white primers do good. The metallic silver is great. The only colors I have tried are the Spa Blue and Apple Red, both did ok, but I like the Krylon colors better.