Message Index

• I think the chassis on my resin Packard is warped. Can I straighten it out by heating, straightening and cooling?? Thanks. *NM*
• How many of ya's are goin' to the CAMS show on the weekend?
  • CAMS - As in Capital Area Modelers from Fredericton, NB? Leaning towards it and it’ll be my first time. *NM*
• GSL Coverage now updated with Awards for models that I photographed.... *LINK* *PIC*
• How do I tint a bubble on a Roth car? Thanks. *NM*
  • This might help. *NM* *PIC*
• Just take a break then come back. The board needs your input *NM*
• Straight Line Saturday....top ten part two.....
  • CD..great pics & info, keep 'em coming, most enjoyable....thanks. *NM*
  • Great choices and I like the info added. *NM*
• Here's an all-too-brief video of clips of car stunts from silent films *LINK*
  • ...and here's a similar one of train stunts from silent films *LINK*
  • Sure to bring a smile to everyones face! Thank You for that! *NM*
  • Wow... simply... WOW *NM*
• What 'hotrod' engine is represented in AMT's '32 Vicky?? Thanks. *NM*
  • I believe it's a Ford FE *NM*
    • I agree, a big block "FE" ford. Could be a 352, 361, 390, 406, 427 or whatever... *NM*
      • Thanks *NM*
• Revell spray chrome test, , , , [PICS]
  • Most of these 'chrome' products are really ultra-bright silver...
    • true, it's not "real chrome" but it's pretty close. This stuff is completely opaque so I don't think it matters what color's underneath. That 442 bumper is just sprayed over the faded chrome with the plastic showing through in a lot of places and I can't tell the difference. *NM*
    • Looks like polished aluminum, just like all the other "chrome" paints. Thanks for the test run. *NM*
      • True, but a bit better then Alclad and Molotow but plus spray can simple. *NM*
        • The price though! It is pobably more cost-effective to send parts out for re-plating. Plus they'll look more like real chrome (if that's what you want). *NM*
          • Yes, kinda pricey. But the last time I sent a couple rack for plating it cost more for shipping then it did the actual plating. [over 100 bucks CDN.] I'm in Canada, remember. I probably will still be sending bumpers for plating for restorations. *NM*
            • Just to be clear, that was 100 bucks total, not just for shipping. *NM*
  • Thanks Steve! *NM*
  • Do you mind mentioning what the cost is, for how many ounces? One reviewer said he paid $35 for his can. Thanks *NM*
    • I paid 44 cdn. about the same as a regular kit. *NM*
      • Thanks. *NM*
• 2017-02-11 4th Annual Concours In The Hills. Reposting an old show. As you can see from the 1st photo it covers a lot of rolling ground area. With my problems didn't make this year's show. Have enough trouble walking across the street to the mail box, then making it back up *LINK* *PIC*
  • Some great photos. Thanks for posting. Sorry about your lack of mobility. Hope you get better. *NM*
    • Ditto all four points! *NM*
  • I would "kill" for a kit of that '48 Buick!! My late father had a '47 Buick. This was in '53, and I was a SIXTEEN year old snot nose kid with a brand new driver's license!! Eeeeeha!! *NM*
  • Thanks Wayne!! *NM*
• HH Matt/Dawn: When are you expecting the 1965 GTO? *NM*
  • Facebook says Matt & Dawn just got them.. *NM*
• I got another 2021 Charger from Spotlight to build...... *PIC*
• On this Armed Forces Day
  • I second that!! *NM*
  • Sah... LUTE! *NM*
• WOOT! Finally landed an order for the Revell Spray Chrome online
  • Just got back from my LHS with a can myself, Bob. Gonna try some on some stuff later today and post the results. *NM*
    • Steve, are you telling us that Scott finally got some in? *NM*
      • He got a can for me. I didn't look on the shelf though. *NM*
  • Haven't tried it yet, but seen that you can spray it on bare plastic or resin and get the same results. No particular base coat required. *NM*
  • You can shoot it over whatever, and the results are identical. Unicorn Tears, for sure. *NM*
  • To clarify - no LHS' had it, but, a tip from FB put me to an online shop so we will see...
• Hoping one of. my DTW area brothers will post club nite pix from the Downriver show Fri. PM
• What kind of spray do I use on decals to keep them from cracking apart when applying them? TIA *NM*
  • Brush on Liquid Decal Film. It's great stuff. *NM* *PIC*
  • I've been using Tamiya clear sprays--all 3 of them--for years over a variety of kit & aftermarket decals--light mist coats every 15 - 20 minutes. No problems yet. (FWIW, do NOT try Gunze clears--eats decals as you spray!) *NM*
    • FWIW, Slixx decals suggest that you do NOT use Tamiya clear as there have been some issues with it in the past. *NM*
• Small steps forward on my 1923 Ford T *PIC*
  • Ok Dave, just between us here on the board have you been sitting on a board and making motor noises? LOL, I only ask because I know I would! Great start! *NM*
  • Wheels and tires for motivation to get rolling?? ;^) *NM*
  • Nice retro hairpin setup. Love the slots too! *NM*
  • What motor are you going to drop in? *NM*
    • Ford 302 w a C4 or C6 auto. thx *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Bill, would you happen to have any pics of a '67 Charger, in D Medium Blue, with a white interior and one with a blue interior? Working on one and am having a difficult time envisioning how they would look. TIA *NM*
    • Code D is Light Blue Iridescent, Code C is Medium Blue Iridescent. Which color? *NM*
      • The medium blue looks good with white. I don't think there ARE any light blue '67 Chargers. No pics anywhere! *NM* *PIC*
        • Found a 66 in light blue on GIS. *NM*
        • The pic shows what I'm working on, and the colors. There was a Hemi Charger in Columbus this color, though with a black interior. PIC
          • Bob, here are a couple of pics of my '68 Dodge Coronet build......
            • Thanks David. The Turquoise looks closer to the shade I'm looking for. What brand of paint? *NM*
              • I go to my local auto paint supply store and have them mix me a 2 or 3oz touch up bottle.....
  • Thanks Bill!! *NM*
  • Thanks for posting. Some nice pics. *NM*
• Still extremely busy moving everything into the bigger apartment, but I found a few minutes to throw together a few pics for Friday Evening Randomness.... ENJOY!!! *PICS*
  • Thanks for posting. *NM*
  • Hey Marty, thx for including a picture of the "Tangerine Dream" '51 Chevy Custom...TB *NM*
    • And, speaking of food, that creamsicle Coronet! *NM*
      • You should save that one Bill... It's a good one... *NM*
    • The '51 still looks good after all this time, Tim *NM*
  • Always love your dad's photos. *NM*
  • Thanks Marty! *NM*
  • Great pics! Always a treat. Thanks for posting. *NM*
  • Thanks for taking the time to entertain us. *NM*
  • Saturday morning confusion here in the BH but loving the shots just the same,
• Coincidentally, Terry....
• Thanks Matt and Dawn (and the U.S.P.S.) my package arrived safe and sound today. *NM*
• Well, a Packard showed up on my porch today. It is a '41 180 Limosine, in resin and 1/25 scale. It is a bit below JF standards in some ways, but have wanted a 1/25 packard for many years, and I think I can make it work. Only problem is about 80 parts to clean, prep,....
  • Who produces that resin? *NM* *PIC*
    • Frontier Resin & Designs, in Pennsylvania. And thanks for the great pic, I'll make good use of it. *NM*
  • Speaking of '40s Packards, if anyone is building or considering the '41 Packard Clipper 1-35 scale Roden kit, there is a huge set of Hemmings pics of a post-war '46 civilian version - essentially the same car - at the enclosed *LINK* *PIC*
    • To be more exact about the size of the Hemmings pics collection of a '46 Packard Clipper sedan I linked in my post above: It has 100 PICS and does not even include any of the underside of the car! *NM*
• Hey, Boomer...have the bumpers shown up yet?...sent 4/28. *NM*
  • Not yet, my friend.That's o.k. though, as I'm still in a model building "slump". Opened up a kit earlier, look at the constructions, put it back in my stash!!! ARRRRGH!!! *NM*
    • What got me out of a slump was building the Lindberg 48 Lincoln,I just polished its green plastic body,brush painted the interior & replaced the kit wheels/tyres with some better AMT 49 Merc rims & whitewalls,it got me started again & 100+ kits later am still at it....lol. *NM*
      • My big problem is(my opinion), I LOVE to build, HATE to finish!! Have app. 17 partially built, that NEED PAINTING!! They're primered, sittin' on a shelf! DUH!! L.O.L. *NM*
        • PLUS, Tamiya is releasing their 1/35th scale M3A1 Halftrack!! My favorite military vehicle!! Can't wait. Hopefully soon!! Eeeeeha!! L.O.L. *NM*
        • Can completely relate to that. Can spend days or weeks researching, detailing the engine, tinkering with the chassis, even doing the interior, etc. Got to paint the body now. Back in the box and let's tinker with something else. *NM*
• That's the assumption, same thing that kept 60s Ford trucks off the market until Moebius *NM*
  • Wasn't there a Hurst Polara? That would interest me. The others are just to plain jane for me. *NM*
    • No Dodge Polara I know of, just the Chrysler 300 H *NM*
      • That's probably what I am thinking :-) Thanks *NM*
• Heal up quick! *NM*
• Very sorry to hear, hope things turn around soon *NM*
  • Thank You *NM*
• No model company, their mind is made up. Easier to print at home or soon will be *NM*
• I have also been working on a 1:43 scale Chrysler railroad track inspection car
  • This build was inspired in part by the Dodge inspection car posted here from time to time that now resides in the collection in Union, IL. *2 PICS*
  • COOL,,,,neat use of the HO slot car chassis... *NM*
    • I also used a slot car chassis in the drive truck of a railbus, and will use more in some street car projects down the road. *NM*
  • That is just too cool for words, Brian. (Enjoy folks who post RR & military stuff--ALL modeling is interesting, I think...) *NM*
• A few of you might remember my 1:48 scale electric locomotive. I've been making progress! *3 PICS*
• I thought I had posted this one before but I guess not. Been pretty busy and tired the last couple weeks since I went back to work after my knee surgery.
  • Pretty slick, and innovative. Nice build. *NM*
  • Excellent build! I would have replaced the radiator support but otherwise awesome goodness *NM*
  • That is 1960's cool. *NM*
  • Not what I expected at all. Really neat salt flat racer. *NM*
  • Neat idea, Bob. I'd have never thought to do a build like this. *NM*
  • Really cool build, very unexpected but totally on point *NM*
• A Doll Store? *NM*
• Hey guys, thanks so much for the comments and compliments on my black and yellow step side square body. Here is a pic of the box art. The copyright on the box is 1980. It's the same kit as the current Revell step side. .......... *PIC* ..........
• Lookin' good Scott! *NM*
• Are you working on the old 1980's issue AMT '68 Camaro Z/28 by chance? I know the early kits had the wipers molded onto the windshield. *NM*
  • Rear view mirror, not wipers. That kit was tooled by Lesney, the "mirror inside the windshield" worked for Matchbox cars but wasn't so great on kits *NM*
    • Right you are Mark! I sit corrected! Lol *NM*
  • No it's an early 70s Monte Carlo Saico diecast. The entire roof, windshield and rear window are molded together. *NM*
• "It started with A Kiss" (Red Lincoln Futura- Batmobile) is on TCM now *NM*
  • With young Debbie Reynolds and Eva Gabor plus Glenn Ford *NM*
  • I had the wife look at the screen and asked her what that car was and she said it's the Batmobile. She thought it was funny how little was done to create the Batmobile from it. *NM*
    • Barris got lucky to find it, imagine a Bat Ala Kart. *NM*
• et al *NM*
• I got to see Zappa at the Capitol Theater in NJ Dec. 1975. He had Captain Beefheart with him. *NM*
  • I got Captain Beefheart autograph in '77. Saw Zappa a couple of times. Trouble coming every day! *NM*
    • Have you ever heard the 6 CD set "The Hot Rats Sessions" ? It's fantastic! *NM*
      • My favorite Zappa record. Heard tracks on line but buying the cds means less models!🤣 *NM*
        • I downloaded it (actually a lot of music) from the Pirtate Bay.....
          • I tend to like the Mother's records more then a lot of the solo Zappa records. Sugarcane is one awesome fiddle player. *NM*
• Both builds are very realistic. Nice Job! *NM*
• Very nice - especially the engine bay :-) *NM*
• I live in Lauderdale. If you ever come down and want to talk models :-) That was a road trip and a half there. Glad everything's good. *NM*
  • Wish I would have known... diffinitly would have been a visit. Though had some car issues we would have figured it out. Maybe next year. *NM*
• That's a good looking truck ! :-) *NM*
• That came out nice not being painted. I would have never known it wasn't painted. *NM*
• Nice Shelby. Smooth paint and detailing. *NM*
• OT: I reached a milestone yesterday! (PICS)
  • Nice clean work!!!! Should drive great! *NM*
  • Quality upgrade. It should drive nice *NM*
  • If I remember right, that's a Delray, correct?? *NM*
    • No, it’s a 2d door hardtop Bel Air. *NM*
      • Well, I just bought a '58 Delray the other day from MCW, so it must have been in my head. *NM*
  • Boom! Nice that all the parts decided to play nice together, not always the case with 1:1 aftermarket
• Have a safe trip there and back..Enjoy the show.. *NM*
• Great looking build. Really "Pops". All kinds of Sporty looking. *NM*
• Thank You All Very Much. Compliments and kind words greatly appreciated. *NM*
• If it's TOO flexible you could possibly run solid copper wire inside the braid. *NM*
• Also, I suggest you tape off all parts of the windshield that you are not actually sanding on. *NM*
  • Yep, good point. One other mention, “glass” tends to be more brittle than other plastic parts so go lightly and try not to flex it to prevent it from cracking *NM*
• Looks really good. One of my favorite kits, which I built about 30 years or so ago. *NM*
• Just some fine wire. it bends easily so care is the word of the day when handling it. *NM*
• Who says polished plastic can't pop!?!? *NM*
• It's on hold for now. A '32 B400 from JF on Monogram '32 Roadster kit. *NM*