Mothersworry

I hope this doesn't take this thread too far off point but a good friend of mine owns a '69 Talladega so I can offer some small insight into these unique cars. Briefly...Talladega's were "package cars", built solely to homologate the modified Torino body for NASCAR, avaliable only one way...no options at all. The only possible variable wuz color, one of 3, Wimbledon white, Presidential Blue, or Royal maroon with a black hood and cowl. All Talladegas had Whitewall tires, 428 CJ with SCJ oil cooler, C6 auto trans, an open 9 inch rear axle and a Black cloth and vinyl bench seat interior. The body changes unique to the Talladega included modified front fenders, flush grille with pickup truck parking lights/signals behind the grille, unique header panel and an extensively reworked rear bumper that wuz installed in place of the original Torino front bumper to provide a sort of "air dam" effect. Additionally the rocker panels were reworked and "raised" 1 inch higher so the car could be lower than the standard Torino as NASCAR measured ground clearance at the rocker panel. One point of contention has been the single speaker AM radio. "Officially", no radios were installed by the factory, however, my friend (the Talladegas owner) has said when he that while he wuz working at a Ford Dealer in '69 he did see a Talladega delivered to the dealer from the factory with a radio installed. I built a model of my friends Talladega from the Monogram kit, the kit is a very well done representation of the real car, far superior to the AMT version, although it is 1/24 scale.

Life's tough...it's tougher if yer stupid.

I wuz preparing a Pinto Funny Car body today to paint the rear bumper and I thought I would share my technique for masking off areas of a model that I don't want painted. I only apply masking tape to the body (the good stuff, Tamiya or 3M) for the demarcation line than the rest of the body is covered in Glad cling'n seal plastic food wrap. I then apply tape to seal the Glad Wrap to the demarcation tape and close any overlaps in the the Glad Wrap. Fer what it's worth...

Thank you fer yer comment, acoupla shots of the other side of the room. About 55 or so Jo-Han kits in the one display case.

My workshop has been posted on the forums previously but I thought some pics in this thread might be useful regarding storage possibilities since you have essentially a "blank sheet of paper". The space is roughly 13'x16', I used Ikea kitchen cabinetry as it can be custom tailored to fit any space and task. The Ikea quality is pretty good and it ain't too pricey. You can literally build (order) cabinets (with drawers), cupboards as well as storage within the cabinets and drawers to suit just about any space or task. The lighting is 5000 to 6000 Kelvin to best simulate natural daylight. Fer what its worth.... View of the main work bench with the paint Booth on the left and the secondary work bench in the foreground. The cupboards above provide additional storage.Another view of the main work bench with TV and additional storage to the right of of the "desk" where I do most of the building. Storage on the shelfs for in progress projects with storage above in drawers for misc. goodies like resin parts, photo etch, decals, foil, wire and detail stuff...etc.Secondary workbench, another Ikea piece. Messy stuff gets done here, cutting, grinding, resin clean up and soldering and electronic work. Dremel hanging with cable to hand held tool holder controlled by modified Dremel foot pedal (can take Dremel down to zero rpm). Ultrasonic cleaner and dehydrator are also on the table. Paint Booth mounted on Ikea cabinetry. Compressor below in sound suppressed compartment with storage for misc. painting supplies. Manifold and pressure gauges mounted on the side of the paint booth.Drawer below paint Booth with storage for airbrushes, gloves, bottles, mask and other such stuff.Storage next to paint booth for solvents, part mounts, spoons, partial spray cans, strainers, funnels...etc.View of my "work desk" with storage drawer below. Gun cleaning mat provides a a model friendly padded surface to work on.To the right of my "work desk" is storage for various hand tools.90 degress and next to the hand tool storage are drawers containing all the various bottle paints, enamels, lacquers, and acrylics. Also various metal and metalizer finishes MCW lacquers and Scalefinishes enamels and lacquers other supplies related to brush applied paints.Next to the paint bottle drawers is storage for plastic (Evergreen stock), paper supplies, filler putties and misc. storage fer Model parts and such.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. ~Mark Twain

Sums good, mores better, too much is just right...applies to sex, money and horsepower.

Here ya go...

Of course Model kits are toys...all my life when I went to a store like Kmart, Topps, Kresges, Woolworth's, Korvettes, Ben Franklin's, Hudson's, Sears etc. and now Hobby Lobby, where would I find the model kits...in the toy department...Toys! They're toys, I know, I play with them everyday. I play by collecting them, I play by building them, and I play by admiring them after I've built them thinkin I did a pretty good job no matter how bad it really is. Yeah, I don't push em around the floor anymore makin vroom, vroom sounds, but in my head I'm runnin up revs and dumpin the clutch on the Johan Pro Stock Maverick I've been workin on. I truly enjoy playin with my toys (model kits), been doing it all my life (I'm 65 now), so over the years I've gotten a little better at playin with my model kits..so the finished product looks a little bit better then when I wuz a kid. I have never taken myself so seriously to think that my assembling a plastic model kit in a really clean or precise or detailed way makes me sum kinda Craftsman or Artisan...it just makes me someone who's gotten a little bit better at playing with his toys.

Sooo...after readin sum of the previous posts in this thread I wuz intrigued (and amused), did I miss sumthin? Should I be gettin my Models Cars Magazine every month?, every two months? every quarter? or whenever. So I went to the Model Cars Magazine subscription page (the contract) and read it thoroughly. Guess what...it's whenever! No where is it asserted or even suggested that I should expect to receive an issue of Model Cars Magazine monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly....just that I can expect a given number of issues within a given time period...period! So I just (today) re-upped my sub fer 12 more issues, I dunno know how many issues I have left on my old sub...maybe 2 or 3 but no big deal, I got no plans to die rich. Gregg, yer doing a wonderful job on Model Cars Magazine and you can count on my continued support. Lookin forward to issue #226...whenever it gets here.

Thanx fer posting this...nice to know when sumthin new comes up for consideration. Unfortunately no real discussion of this "new" chrome paints durability wuz offered...that is the question...can it be handled without damaging the reflectivity. All of the current Chrome "paints" are too fragile, is this one any better? I dunno, the video didn't tell me.

Alclad Candy red over Alclad silver base. 2K clear next...

Thank you Robert.

Thank you fer yer comment, Norm (Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland) cast up the headlight assembly for me from the Danbury Mint Doane Spence Roadster diecast.

'32 3 Window Coupe, body courtesy of Mr. Fluck at Drag City Casting. Buncha parts from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland, Model Car Garage and various kits. All "Chrome" parts are finished with Alclad.