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• So I've been working on my new project......
• THE RECENT ROUND 2 VIDEO TEASER ALLUDED TO A TV/MOVIE CAR NOT PREVIOUSLY DONE, SEEMS TO ME....
  • That's a real possibility. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Wonder if they have the licensing or will just imply what car it is. *NM*
  • That's a good choice. But I am thinking the 70s Eleanor since they already have a Mustang and they updated it a bit already. :-) *NM*
    • That's another great possibility. *NM*
• Out of nostalgia, I bought the reissued AMT '89 Ford Mustang GT kit. Forgot about the chromed headlights 🙄... Anyway, not a deal breaker. Anyone build one of these lately? Looking for ideas. Let's hear 'em. *NM*
• In an earlier post alluding to Round2 announcing a new movie vehicle, would be great if it was the Two-Lane Blacktop cars, or the Project X 57 Chevy from Hollywood Knights, as they have the basic tools for them. *NM*
  • I'm crossing my fingers for the TLB '55, complete with the tilt front. The rear wheel openings, is that what is referred to as radiused? *NM* *PIC*
  • Do you think that maybe their next movie vehicle might be from the FnF franchise? 😬 *NM*
• Limited Sportsman Chevelle *LINK* *PIC*
  • NICE ....like I've said...I can see it running at Hickory or Metrolina!!!! *NM*
    • Re:Thanks Dave. This car ran at Caraway and Bowman Gray. *NM*
  • Looks great! "Limited Sportsman"? Hence the straight-6? *NM*
  • Looks good! But it would be even better if those wheels were detailed a little. Center hubs and lug nuts in silver or steel? Black wash in the slots? Just some suggestions. *NM* *PIC*
• I know this has been asked before...resin from a unknown vendor, no cleaning instructions. What should I use? *NM*
  • Westley's bleche white or POR 15 marine clean
• To everyone making plans for the long weekend. Have fun and stay safe. *NM*
  • Same to you Mike L, I'M PLANNING TO FIRE UP THE GRILL ALL WEEKEND and going to enjoy it *NM*
    • Where do you live? I'm feeling hungry! 🤣🤣🤣 Just kidding! *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Nice Pics Bill, the 32 Chrysler is a good colour scheme for the recent reissued kit. *NM*
    • That IS pretty! *NM*
  • Thank you for sharing the PICS! *NM*
  • Re: Thanks Bill and likin' the black Satellite in the first pic the best. *NM*
    • Re: I meant the SECOND pic. *NM*
  • The green on green '32--stunning, just flat-out stunning. Thanks, Bill *NM*
• Attention!! Theses cars at least the one on the ground is a Crown Vic with 69 charger skin on it.....
  • Was walking around that weekend looking at the stunt chargers and the had ford dashes in them ....pics
• WC-63 Underway
  • Very promising. Nice parts layout - gives a good hint of what is to come. Looking forward to your wip pics! *NM*
  • Charlie, just out of curiosity, about how many hours a week do you spend on each of your projects?? Thanks. *NM*
• A Model a Day. *PIC*
  • Great job on drilling out those pipes! *NM*
  • Were the "brass" pieces in the kit that way or did you coat them with something? Either way - nice. *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Terry!! *NM*
• It's time for this week's edition of Friday Evening Randomness.... Do you have a favorite??? ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
  • Re: Great pics Marty and thanks! *NM*
  • Nice Pics Marty!! Like the Ram p/up with the hot Hemi *NM*
    • I like the flames.... Sorry I couldn't help myself *NM*
      • I shot that pic just up the street from my place, earlier this week... Never a dull moment! *NM*
  • 61 Starliner and the 67 Bonneville convertible. Lots of great pics! Thanks Marty. *NM*
  • I can't pick *NM*
  • Really liking all the restored factory stock vehicles *NM*
  • The one that really stands out the most to me is not my normal can of Dr Pepper, but wow! *NM* *PIC*
  • Great pics as always. Now, if I had the $$, I'd buy this one in a heartbeat. *NM* *PIC*
    • Not if I got there first.........and had some money. : ) *NM*
  • The Ohio George Willy's has always been one of my favorites. *NM*
  • Thanks for all the cool (and one hot) pics. You rang my bell several times with todays selection. *NM*
  • Thanks Marty!! *NM*
  • OOOHHH how I want that 65 Wildcat! Thanks Marty. *NM*
• I want to thank Bob Daykin for sending me 64 Comet Chrome parts I made a request for a while back. Very nice parts. I appreciate your effort Bob. *NM*
  • A pleasure to help a Mercury come back to life! *NM*
• Finished An early sixties Ford. 3 PICS
  • Nice build Dave! *NM*
  • Nice! Looks like it's ready for some street racing! *NM*
    • That is what I was thinking. *NM*
  • Great example of a quick build with nice results *NM*
  • Love the Ontario Plates.... *NM*
  • Looks Good,Great Foil Work! *NM*
• I need help again only this time with those that use an airbrush and MCW Lacquer paint. Does it take a whole 2oz to spray a body? I tried this paint last night for the first time. I used
  • I try to use a Dupli Color paint close or lighter to the final color for a base for a base *NM*
    • I was wondering afterward if I should use a base color first. *NM*
  • What does "did not cover very well" mean? Does it mean that you're still seeing the gray primer? I've never had a problem with MCW lacquer. I've switched to Tamiya white Fine Surface Primer (item #87044 for the 180ml spray can). *NM*
    • Yes you can still see the gray under at 3 least coats of yellow. I will have to try using wht primer for light colors from now on. *NM*
      • Re: I use gray primer if I'm spraying black or any kind of grey/silver colors and white primer for any other color that I'm going to spray and this has worked great for me. *NM*
      • I think that is the secret -
  • Yellow automotive paints are notoriously transparent, I usually apply a white base coat first. You'll use a lot more paint trying to cover the light grey primer. *NM*
    • Yeah so I am learning the hard way but still learning! *NM*
  • Yer not alone, Gabe. I could NOT get yellow to cover gray primer well. Folks here got me shoved in the right direction with white primer. *NM*
  • I use John Deere buff primer when I'm using yellow or orange as a final colour. Its essentially a yellow primer.. *NM*
    • Where do you get that from... and where is Von Zipper when we need him? *NM*
  • When I use their 2 oz. paint jars, I've never used more than half of that, so far.....just for the body and hood. I always use a lighter colored primer/base than the color that I'm spraying. *NM*
• Thank You.........
  • You are very welcome! And thank you for the support! *NM*
• Pontiac Muscle *NM* *LINK*
  • Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting. *NM*
  • Interesting. Wish Pontiac was still around, it had a much more interesting history and wider variety of vehicles than Buick. *NM*
    • Some context -
• Yeah, agreed that the chassis is a little disappointing - not accurate to the 1:1, and generic as GMs and Mopars had completely different structures. I haven't built mine yet, but the ones I've seen built online seem to look good overall, if you ignore the chassis details.
• Looking at my emails list, some with the message board name had subjects of men's "enhancement" products. Did the monitor boot them? Congrats, but if never here the board name may have been hacked for emails. Did not open them. Anyone else??? *NM*
  • awww mannnnnnn..I missed that. Could use some of that! *NM*
  • Did any of the packaging use styrene? Would make an interesting soap dish custom. *NM*
    • Us junior high guys dont know nuthin about that lol *NM*
• Does anyone know- in the Revell '32 Ford 5 window coupe, the one with the blue and yellow cars on the box (special edition)- are the rear tires larger than the front, or am I imagining it? TIA! *NM*
  • Yep, the Revell 1932 Ford 3 Window,5 Window,Tudor & Speedwago all have the same Big & Little tyre sets, however the Revell 32 Ford Highboy(red fenderless box art) has a much taller rear & much shorter front tyre & wheel set to give a "rubber rake" . *NM*
• Adam Savage got to drive (briefly) the Ectomobile from the upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife movie. *LINK*
• A Model a Day. *PIC*
  • That's about when I got mine too. *NM*
  • I would love to get my hands on one of those. Guess I'll have to build one myself. *NM*
  • Tsk, tsk, tsk. 😀 *NM*
  • Would love to see what you can do with it. Did you ever refurbish the '60 Chev wagon in the background? *NM*
  • Yeah! That would be nice to have. Lots of ideas! *NM*
  • Wanna see what you do with/to it. PIX, please... *NM*
  • Would make a great tow vehicle for that little modified you built recently... A Chevy II if I remembercorrectly. *NM*
• My club has been on hiatus since 2019 or so. We've moved locations several times over the years. The closest was the next town over from me. The other locations average about half an hour away from me. *NM*
• Maybe AMT should have done a model of the original design for the Ecto-1. *PIC*
  • I never cared for "Ghostbusters", don't understand the status it has, but had that been built I would have hated it with a vengeance. *NM*
• What's on my bench. And it's not what you'd think....pics.....
  • 1/35 scale Jeep?? Great job recreating the original! *NM*
    • No that's the Hogans Heros jeep with some extras. *NM*
      • Ah! Got one of those in the stash. May have to do a bit of tinkering!! 8^)) *NM*
        • The tires are resin I got from one of the military modeling sites. Other little bits too. *NM*
  • Great job on that jeep! *NM*
  • It is so cool how you are honoring and memorializing your grandfather like this. *NM*
    • Thanks. I just hope I can pull it off. *NM*
      • You'll do just fine. Model building is model building. And you definitely know how to do that. *NM*
  • That's very cool. I love documented replica builds. *NM*
  • That's a great tribute... *NM*
  • I went the other way with my Hogans Jeep :-) *NM* *PIC*
    • And I went yet another direction still :-)....... *PIC*
      • I built an Italeri 1/24 Jeep but did it stock. Did you chop the window on yours? Looks good ! *NM*
• WOW!! *NM*
• Round2 car and truck announcements in video chat going on right now PIX
  • Tha's NOT a dump truck...but could Round2 have found the engineering drawings for the old "vaporware" Garwood trash truck tooling?
    • Sorry meant trash truck, copying fast as the video was going. They said they found drawings and reverse engineered from what was found publicly. Appraently they were not able to cone to an agreement with the patent holder *NM*
    • Former AMT employee Tim Rice showed the 1/10th scale wood masters for the GarWood Garbage truck at the NNL Detroit a few years ago.... *LINK* *PIC*
      • Great "story behind the story" -
  • AND the Grissom AAAAAAAAND the Space 1999 HAWK in 1/48 !! *NM*
    • And the Mandalorian Razor Crest in 1/72 *NM*
  • Wait a minute--they're reissuing the Ecto-1A as a 'Surf Shark'...but the "original recipe" is back on movie screens THIS fall?!? *PIC*
    • Lack of licensing opportunity was the comment in the chat *NM*
      • Would be fun if R2 just went ahead and released it without a licence just as a reveng on behalf of Filmation. *NM*
    • No license for Busters AND R2 has TWO different Ecto kits so make some money on one of them *NM*
  • So he said there would be a movie car that's "missing from all the kits that are out there." What would that be?? *NM*
    • A Real Gone in 60 seconds Elanor?? A Max Flacon full detail? A Green Hornet Chrysler? Corvette Summer??? *NM*
      • Round2 already updated the grille on their recent (007) Mustang and the proper hubcaps. I am guessing they could update the hood and have a proper Eleanor? *NM*
        • The Mustang frm the movie has elements from both a '71 AND a '73 Mustang on it. *PIC*
    • "The car", the "Duel" truck, "Columbo" Peugot, a reissue of the "Ironside" van, "The Saint" Volvo. I'm in for every one of them. *NM*
  • I wonder what would be involved in making the Caddy a proper ambulance? *NM*
    • The only interesting version of that vehicle. *NM*
    • The rear bumper in the AMT kit is generally not accurate for stock. IIRC the Polar Lights kit has a rear bumper that's closer to stock, but probably won't fit without a bit of fiddling. Both Ectomobile kits have "Ecto-equipment" molded into the interior tub. For a hearse...
      • Thanks Brian! *NM*
  • If I understood the video correctly, it was alluded to that Round 2 is working on an important TV car. Dare I hope FINALLY we will get a proper 1/25th scale Black Beauty? *NM*
    • Rockford Files Firebird.....Adam 12 Cop Car.....Emergency Dodge Truck.????? *NM*
• Need airbrush help
  • Any will work I'm currently using the H3 have used lacquer and enamel thru it with no problems. *NM*
  • What TSK said. I almost always use the #5 tip. You will find that the Passche 'H' is almost bullet proof. *NM*
    • The odd thing about the brush I received is
• Because I can......pics......
  • Reminds me of a tv ad from a good while back with a view from behind a couple in adjacent tubs like that holding hands with a sunset over the ocean view beyond them. What was the product they were selling? *NM* *PIC*
    • Speaking politely, let's call it Love Potion #9. LOL. *NM*
    • Cialis *NM*
  • Nice set *NM*
  • I would love having that go-cart!...I still dig your Lawman. *NM*
  • That Hyper-Pak setup for the Mopar Tower of Power Slant Six in Dave's pix above was included in Revell's original 1962 Dodge Lancer kit.....TB *NM*
• Very nice build...one of my future builds. *NM*
• And the meetings didn't last 2hrs. Club fee was $25 a year. *NM*
• Need the boards expertise. Has any decal suppliers ever made decals for the 1969 Mustang "600" or for the 1970 Mustang "ARII" special builds? I want to start gathering info for the Mustang Specialty cars esp of the 69/70 vintage. TIA. *NM*
  • Vaguely rmember that ht e Mustang 500 was just a few badges, no decals or scale set ever done to my knowledge. And are you referring to the AR pace cars for Texas World Speedway, Ontario, and Michigan?
    • Thanks Jason for the info on the 600, and yes I am asking about the Texas Speedway Pace cars. There were five different ones but only 2 or 3 speedways existed before going bankrupt but the cars were still built. Actually the *LINK*
• I have an original tool Piranha partial built with remnants of a second
  • Thanks for the offer, the ones I have with the engraving are getting a little raggety so I decided to just use the unengraved ones, its only a shelf model but I still spent an hr or two doing the plug leads in the correct firing order last night...I slept well after, lol. *NM*
• GRR-RRRR! *NM*
• I don't know--30 minutes from north Fort Worth to central Irving (both the MCMA and IPMS-NCT)?
• You'd think he could take the time to answer an email. I don't care how busy you are, that's not too considerate. He could even set up an auto-reply. *NM*
  • Bill, not so unusual. I've emailed more than one person more than once. They never have responded to my emails. Maybe they just don't like me, right? *NM*
    • I've got several from you Rich - always enjoy them
      • Same here! *NM*
  • Its all good, when he was starting to get details of the car I was able to explain to him how the Predicta used 2 steering boxes in its tiller steering and we emailed back & forth, I just trust he's o/k. *NM*
• John was on the news this morning.......Photo is real....BUT....
  • Right. The one on the ground was a stunt car according to John. *NM*
• I thought I read an article where he sold off any of those cars he had years ago. *NM*
• To add to the Petty Charger kit conversation below, I found that Southern Motorsport Hobbies makes, among lots of other great stuff, resin NASCAR bodies of the Dodge Magnum and Mirada. ............... *PICS* ..........
  • .......AND, they make a resin 1981 Imperial NASCAR body. ............... *PIC* ..........
• A Model a Day. *PIC*
  • That looks nice. Sidebar - I wish someone would issue a first generation Dodge Dakota :) *NM*
• AMT 1960 Bonneville question. I spotted an AMT Bonneville Craftsman TYPE of kit. It's just like a Craftsman, but instead of chassis screws, it has molded in pins to fit into the body posts. Also, it's a dark gray. What issue would it be? ............ *PICS* ....
  • Was that one reissued around 1967 or so? My (1969) Flower Series issue has a similar "no screws" chassis (instructions still show them) but that series was molded in white *NM*
  • Apart from the overly large rear axle and basic styled front suspension the rest of the chassis, exhaust etc is exceptionally crisp molding, you'd be forgiven for thinking at 1st glance that theres separate parts there, nice. *NM*
  • The Buttercup Bomb. *NM*
    • Re: The Buttercup Bomb. Molded in various colors; white, gray, blue, etc. *NM*
      • Were they? Every Flower Series kit I have ever seen was molded in white *NM*
        • Agree - AMT backed off molding in color for a while, at least until the Countdown Series *NM*
          • Re: Agree - AMT backed off molding in color for a while, at least until the Countdown Series--maybe not. I've got a 'Construction Series' '65 El Camino molded in yellow, and had a '65 Malibu wagon ('Superwagon' reissue)in black. And my Craftsman reish Pontiac is black. *NM*
            • If you do an internet search for AMT Buttercup Bomb you'll find more than one molded in other than white. I had one years ago that I believe was molded in blue. I've been wrong before but not often. *NM*
            • AMT always had a piece or two out there in color. Meyers Manx original issue was yellow, and I have a TBP '49 Ford in yellow. I've just never seen any of the Flower Series or "cartoon desert racers" in anything except white *NM*
  • Identical to my Craftsman - believe it was the second release with the more updated, less ornate box graphics
• 2 hours to Moncton then 2 hours drive back... But we haven't had a meeting since the very beginning of Covid. *NM*
• Woodgrain from the dollar store, different styles available :)
  • It would have a lot of uses in modeling. *NM*
  • Re: I still have woodgrain sheets from Modelhaus and they look great. Hopefully I'll get to use them someday??? *NM*
  • What store? Any in the US? *NM*
    • The price sticker says "Dollarama" which appears to be a Canada-only chain. *NM*
  • I do not know if it is still around, but at one time you could get wood grain kitchen shelf and drawer protective paper or plastic film. It came in all kinds of patterns. I cannot remember if the wood grain was fine enough to use on a scale model, though. When I got my
  • PS - It came in rolls, fairly wide, so you could do a whole lot model cars with it. ;^) *NM*
• Worry not....Mark is around and well....and up to his neck in commitments for the GSL Finale in 2023 and the museum....TIM e *NM*
  • Is he among the retired now? Just wondering. *NM*
    • No, Mark is still a very active attorney at law from my most recent understanding....TIM *NM*
      • Then he's got a lot on his plate, doesn't he? Good that he finds time to help the hobby. I liked the articles he wrote in the past, and hope he does some more in the future. *NM*
  • Tim...........thanks for the update.......have you heard if the Predicta book is still coming as I would particularly like to get a copy, 1:1 scale hotrod & custom car history as well as model histories are something I enjoy...lol. *NM*
    • Andy....I don't know any specifics on the Predicta book, but my takeaway is that Mark is overextended in a number of his projects, so personally I wouldn't expect to be seeing this break cover very soon nor for an extended period of time...hope I'm wrong on this, but....TB *NM*
• I see Italeri is offering a 1/24 BJ44 Land Cruiser. Looks like a curbside. Never done an Italeri kit--never had any. Wonder if they're "quirky" like some of the Heller stuff I've seen... *NM*
  • I think that's a rebox of the Esci kit. I built one years ago and it was fine. Nothing like Heller.( it is curbside ). *NM*
  • They're old ESCI kits. They go together very nicely. *NM*
    • Terry, I seem to remember you building at least one, right? *NM*
      • I have a few of the ESCI Land Rovers. *NM*
• What do you think of the C1 chrome powder, Gerry? Got some, haven't tried it yet. *NM*
  • It is not bad for handling scuffs and light scratches. To use, wear nitrile or latex gloves and a mask. I apply with a Q-Tip and then buff. Treat it like fuzzy fur, it will go all over. I use a large model box from a old kit to contain any spill *NM*
    • Haven't tried it beyond that at the moment *NM*
      • I've had some C1 for a few years. Only gone as far as a test application as in this photo. Wish I had been able to get one more tin. Test .......PIC ..........inside.
• I suspect these are "fake" photos. What say you.......PIC.....?
  • For sure fakes. those are models. look at the tree limbs, they are twigs guys! *NM*
• NICE PONCHO GERRY *NM*
• VERY nicely done!!!! *NM*
• That is what I think of when Indian motorcycles are mentioned. *NM*
• Did this board turn into The Onion? *NM*
• Just right! *NM*
• The GL under the tree is definitely a model. That's a BS photo. *NM*
• Here are 2 pics of the Chargers that I enlarged. ............... *PICS* ..........
  • So are we to believe that there are no brakes on the one in the tree? True weirdness. Of course they could just be movie props? *NM*
• Nice GTO Gerry! *NM*
• There are no A-pillars. That whole pic looks like a bad photoshop job. *NM*
• Nice replica build of an iconic car. Congrats! *NM*
• Two thumbs up! *NM*
• Re: Thank you. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to make a copy. As a last resort, if you wouldn't mind and if no one else can help out, I can send it to a resin caster that I work with sometimes and he can make a copy. It usually takes him anywhere from 4-12 weeks tho
  • I sent you an email. *NM*
• OUTSTANDING! *NM*