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• That was a joke, son, I say, a joke. *NM*
• On the Bench! AMT's 1962 Chevrolet Impala convertibles and 1 Bel Air! (PICS)
  • Paint looks good! *NM*
• Scott....Mule made it up the mountain today with the Magazine......
  • Who does the sketch pad? Thanks. *NM*
    • The first tow were by Dave Marek. The 3rd and 4th are by John Frye. Check him out on line. Very cool stuff *NM*
      • Maybe you could get Brad Leisure to do some....he was very good in SAE. *NM*
      • I always liked seeing Jarius Watson's ideas/art. I wonder if he'd like to do a couple more sketch pads. *NM*
  • Cool! Let us know what you think. *NM*
• More on the 4 Door Barracuda.....
  • To me, the only one that really kinda works is the Mustang...but I'm glad they didn't. *NM*
    • For me it's that AMC/AMX concept with the bubble back glass.... Very cool looking! *NM*
  • ,,, But, can the 4 door Vette really be considered a "prototype" as there were 5 made? They planned to to build IIRC, about 40 but they turned out to be way too expensive. [almost 3 times a regular Vette] *NM*
    • I should add that the ones built were built for and sold to customers, not kept by the company as a prototype usually is. *NM*
      • I got to visit the shop that was making those. *NM*
    • "A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process." So maybe yes, maybe no? What you would call it probably depends upon the circumstances.
  • Interesting. I'm glad none of those were ever made. The Barracuda is the worst looking of all of them. What made them think putting a higher, bubble-like greenhouse on top of the Barracuda body was going to work? It's horrible. *NM*
    • They used '71-up B-body doors on that, which were visually too tall, IMHO. I think if they could have done it as a hardtop it would have been more pleasing in profile. *NM*
• Is that model '59 Lincoln convertible your work? Looks good! *NM*
  • No, it is a built up I bought years ago. *NM*
• I'm tired of messing with this, so I'm calling it done-(ish).... Proof that the crew here at WTH Motorsports doesn't just do drag cars..... *PICS*
  • You hit your target dead center! Looks terrific and fits the era very well. Personal favorite touch is the Dodge Lancer whelcovers. I had some 1:1 aftermarket ones on my '61 Chevy 4 door flattop sedan back in high school. Big step up from the Chevy dog dishes. LOL *NM*
  • I agree with Bill, I especially like not only the hubcaps but the use of the Lil Coffin interior & the Olds steering wheel....my brother had a rare in Oz one on his 1:1 roll panned custom 51 Chev Sedan...was the 1/25th one from a kit or aftermarket?...you did well, Marty. *NM*
    • Thanks Andy..... The steering wheel was a kit piece (I'm assuming from an annual kits) that I found in a parts box at a show sometime back.
      • I've never seen one included as a custom piece in another kit...
        • . judging by some of the other parts in the junk box that I pulled the steering wheel out of, I'm almost positive that it came from a 60 Oldsmobile kit. *NM*
          • Here is a pic of the steering wheel that came in my '60 Olds kit....pic
          • We, my brother & me never knew what year Olds the wheel was from but it was a mid grey colour & he had to shorten the Chev column by about 10" ....the wheel got a lot of comments here in Oz.....lol. *NM*
  • AWESOME!!! You hit the nail on the head! Gene Winfield would be proud. *NM*
  • Seriously kool! Love everything about it! *NM*
  • Re: great looking you did very well *NM*
  • Love it. Captures the era very well. *NM*
  • Very cool era custom, Marty! *NM*
  • How did you do the Algon for Y-Block (with the stacked ports?) *NM*
    • Injectors and valve covers are 3D printed parts that I bought several years ago. *NM*
  • It makes a good first impression...
  • Very cool! Turned out great. *NM*
  • Glad to see you push this one across the finish line Marty! We've been waiting, and it was worth it. *NM*
  • Cool custom...I like the the paint job! *NM*
  • Absolutely awesome build! Paint work, custom mods, everything. You caught the look just right. Then to top it off, build completion #3 for the year, it's a real treat to see you building again. Thank you for sharing. *NM*
  • I like it…very nice! *NM*
  • That fade really works! *NM*
  • Pretty slick Marty. Nice to see a custom that's actually customized, not just pretty paint and a set of wheels. *NM*
  • Great job of combining some diverse parts into a really good overall concept! *NM*
• Not laughing. Heck, I could not even draw a copy of that now, much less come up with it in the first place at nine. Nice one!
• It is also when the most money is needed for gift buying....sigh. I am also needing to get a new computer. I am using my old laptop now. My old desktop says I need to reload the op system before it will work. I do not want to find and load Win 7 and or 10 and do not have
• Oooh, thank you for the info Rich! I guess I will have to go in search of that one! *NM*
• Thanks David!! *NM*
• Thanks Bill!! *NM*
• "just to get the boxes out of my stash". What a concept! Never started any for that reason. Actually, I don't start many. Finish fewer. Build on!!😎 *NM* -- Rich/NV -- 12/8/2024, 5:36 pm *NM*
• "just to get the boxes out of my stash". What a concept! Never started any for that reason. Actually, I don't start many. Finish fewer. Build on!!😎 *NM*
  • I've over done it. Same post twice. *NM*
• Box of Blunders *NM*
  • Phil, is that a kit type or a shelved project ? Or both ??? *NM*
    • Could be both or more *NM*
• Model Building Terminology Update
  • Great stuff!😁 *NM*
  • Great terms but I must be showing my age....70.......but no Grokking--- checking out whats in a new or reissued kit. *NM*
    • That's a good one! I use that term myself. *NM*
    • Added *NM*
    • Thanks to Robert Heinlein and our very own Ragtop Man. *NM*
  • "Show stopper" - when one little thing goes wrong, and puts the whole project "on hold". Possibly forever. *NM*
  • Out of the box, Kit bashed, Scratch built. *NM*
• Being raised in Northeastern New York State I saw my first races at Watertown Speedway. There were quite a few tracks in the Northeastern states. 3 OLD PHOTOS + WIKI *LINK*
• What is the red 4 dr on the lift? *NM*
  • A 4 door Barracuda. Plymouth was thinking about selling them. *NM* *LINK*
    • Nope, one of the designers commented on it.. said that if anyone got caught spending company time on a four-door, they'd get fired. Wishful thinking on the part of the builder, kind of like the Tucker convertible *NM*
      • Besides that, it looks hideous. *NM*
      • Well.....
• Thank you sir *NM*
• Very Cool! *NM*
• This probably won't fly very far, but I'm ISO two headlight units for early Corvair. Thanks. *NM*
  • I think I have one. I sent you a message. *NM*
• Arrived in my mailbox in North County San Diego today. ANOTHER exciting issue!!! *NM*
  • That is awesome! Lets us know what you think. *NM*
• Got my Christmas decorations up. *PICS*
  • Those are awesome, Terry! *NM*
  • Looks fun! *NM*
  • Too cool! *NM*
  • The Grinchfink is KILLER! Love it. *NM*
    • Ditto that!!!! I want one to put outside my front door!!! *NM*
  • Best Christmas decorations ever! *NM*
  • The Grinch, R&C, and Roth--best Christmas decorations! *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Terry!! *NM*
• Another nice batch, Bill. The A bodies are especially cool this week.
• A Holy Grail -- a model you've been searching for for years, usually one you had as a kid or wish you hadn't sold. *NM*
  • Or gluebombed *NM*
  • And just after you finally find one and pay $$$$ for it, it gets reissued. Happened to me with the Ed Roth Road Agent. 🙄 *NM*
• Saturday Random Cornucopia *LINK* *PIC*
  • Do I spy Marty's Dad's truck in the back ground of that little T altered pic? *NM*
    • Sure enough! *NM*
      • Cool!! *NM*
  • Great set of pics. Is that an early version of the Homermobile? *NM*
  • Not sure what year that picture was taken but that yellow truck in the background is Marty's truck now which belonged to his dad probably when that picture was taken. *NM*
    • 1999. Marty's dad was still kickin' back then. BTW, you missed my random last week. I featured your 56 Tbird. *NM*
      • The silver 56 custom? Sorry I missed that one. Mi kum puuder has been on the blllink as well *NM*
        • Here you go, Frank *LINK*
          • Thank you sir. *NM*
      • Yup.... The final Merc/Deuce Reunion, in '99. I have pics from that show too.....BTW, that cool little flathead T was one of Swede's cars.
        • I should finish that Henry J since it's in primer. *NM*
  • Thanks Dave, now I have pull that Fireball 500 Barracuda combine with the 66 Hemi Barracuda and start working on it...... I have plenty to do now BUUUUUTTTTT. *NM*
    • Ditto, now I know what to do with that F500 and extra HUG I have. Congrats on the treatment milestone, prayers continuing! *NM*
  • Love the Fireball 500 with the Barracuda roof,a guy local had a Jensen just like that. *NM*
  • I also have pics of the Black Flame that I took at the Midwest Lowriders' show in Rock Falls (IL) in the early 90's.... *PIC*
    • Anybody have a clue whatever happened to that car? Kinda funny looking, but worth restoring, IMHO. *NM*
  • Love those pics of old, abandoned roads. Reminds me of Missouri in the early 1960's where my relatives lived. And big congrats on your upcoming birthday, and completion of those treatments. Best wishes to you and the family for the holidays, Dave. TIM *NM*
    • Texas has its share of old "abandoned" roads. Traveled on a few of them during the COVID 'lockdown'.
  • The Barracuda roof on the Fireball body is straight cash money, would be a very cool resin item *NM*
    • Pretty sure that's a Frank Luque build. *NM*
• Butter dish = A model with lines and features not well defined sort of like an upside down Butter dish. *NM*
  • that's funny :) *NM*
  • Re: Butter dish = A model with lines and features not well defined sort of like an upside down Butter dish.
• Transparent Vinyl report covers, CVS has them for less than a buck a piece, and available in many tints - red, blue, yellow and of course, clear
• Bingo, the exact look. *NM*
• A few....
• Does Auto Modeler Magazine sell at Barnes & Nobel? Thanks. *NM*
  • Wish they did, there is one about 20 min up the road from us
    • That would be Scott Colmer a board regular. *NM*
  • We would love to have AMM in B&N. Unfortunately, Barnes and Noble have pricing and supply requirements that make it too great of a risk to use their marketing services at this time. *NM*
    • Scott, looking forward to #3, hopefully before Xmas here in Oz......lol. *NM*
      • Good luck, Andy. I hope you get in time to. I'll go yell at the planes to hurry up! *NM*
• I've never seen any plastic packaging that wasn't all scratched up. *NM*
  • Lots of flat sources out there. If you need a windshield or rear glass with some arc to it, Listerine 1 L or 500 mL are clear and a little stiffer with some segments that might work well. Just need to carefully select good ones when buying. *NM*
• scribing PIX
  • Impressive. Any idea where one could get such a scriber? *NM*
    • Thanks, Jonathan. Modelpaintsol.com is where I got them. He does not carry any kits--only airbrush related stuff--not competition for Dawn & Matt. *NM*
• When a part goes flying, "Gravity is a wonderful thing." All my models except for the finished ones are "In progress." (Even if I haven't touched it in 15 years.) *NM*
• On the bench, AMT 71 Charger R/T (pics)
  • Plum Tasty!!!! 😋 *NM*
  • That's my favorite Mopar color. Keep going, it's looking great! *NM*
• So I've been doing some work on the Impala convertibles and some other stuff. I also picked up another convertible from evil bay (PICS)
  • Nice find on the '62 convertible, the stance and wheels give a 90s vibe *NM*
• What do you call it when a project you know you have just totally disappears? *NM*
  • It's in the wrong box ?? *NM*
    • Probably, but I've looked in all the boxes it would make sense to be in. *NM*
      • That's the trouble, when you find it that won't make sense where it was. *NM*
      • I've actually had a few projects projects that seem to have disappeared in recent years.... I have come to the conclusion that I must have sold them during the big purge when we moved and just forgot that I did so. *NM*
• Or, failing any of these other sources, Evergreen clear sheet from the LHS. *NM*
• HAPPY BIRTDAY Barry Payne!!! *NM*
  • X2 ! *NM*
  • Thanks guys!! *NM*
• Sellers remorse = wanting to build a kit you sold X number of years ago and can't get another one cheap enough or at all (unobtainium for you) *NM*
  • Re: Sellers remorse = For me that usually kicks in the next day. *NM*
• The styling made look bigger than they were. 5-10” shorter than a Deville of that era and smaller than the new Cybertruck. *NM*
• In a modeling funk. *NM*
• Every model work area has a black hole where important parts go. *NM*
• Glue Bomb! A model put together with too much glue. *NM*
  • Re: Glue Bomb! One of my favorites! Glue Bomb! *NM*
• Cool idea! Here are a few more...
• One of my fellow KKIM members displays his unfinished projects on a wall known as the "Wall of Shame." 😁 *NM*
  • I have a display case like that! *NM*
• And I often use the word often!! *NM*
• What is the best method for removing side trim (as an example, the '49 Ford)? Slicing most of it off with some kind of blade, and sanding the rest, or sanding it all off? Thanks. *NM*
  • I "shave" it off with an exacto blade and then sand it. *NM*
    • Same here. *NM*
      • Ditto that!!!! *NM*
  • I've used the Micro Mark scraper. Doesn't seem to gouge surrounding areas as much. Just a suggestion. *NM* *LINK*
  • I do this, but I get ghosting with hotter lacquers. One of the Davids/Daves posted going over it with Tamiya Extra This cement after shaving, then sanding. No ghosting! Super tip!!! *NM*
  • IMO, the best for this are the chisel tip Xacto blades, but go easy and shave a little at a time *NM*
    • That's what I was planning on using..do you use the bevel towards the body, or away? *NM*
      • I use it towards and take several passes. When I tried to take it all in 1 pass, I wound up going too deep--gouged into the body. I find a light coat of primer helps me know when enough is enough. *NM*
        • Primer idea is great. *NM*
        • Like many things in life, patience is rewarded...
          • I've also used fast-drying (think, Krylon) flat silver spray paint on the localized (mask it off) area, lights up the remaining/ghosting like a highlighter *NM*
            • Have also heard of using liquid cement applied lightly to raise the grain, but I'm not brave enough for that yet. *NM*
              • Use Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, Ragtop Man. It dries very quickly--doesn't penetrate like regular styrene cement--only goes deep enough to stop ghosting. *NM*
                • Going on my shopping list next time I'm in a town with a good LHS *NM*
• Obsolete or rare/expensive = unobtainium *NM*
• Not finished = stalled project, part goes flying = into the black hole! *NM*
  • Unstalled - Back on the bench! *NM*
• Thanks all........