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• Need some help on removing molded in windshield wipers from a windshield.
  • I start with a sanding stick to get the majority off then use a polishing kit to finish *NM*
  • What Terry said. But the last thing you need to do is dip the windshield in Future to make it crystal clear. *NM*
• Finished. I built one of these a little while back with repro decals and I painted the body yellow. The decals had some transparency to them, so that didn't look good. I also didn't like the shade of yellow paint. So, I got another kit, used its decals and .....*PICS*.....
  • the shade of yellow paint. So, I got another kit, used its decals and .....*PICS*.....
    • Bondo - You can highlight and delete the text in the Subject Box then start your reply in there. If it gets full, finish in the Text Box. Then posts can be read without opening unless it is over the Subject Box limit. The indention shows which post you are replying to. *NM*
  • Looks fantastic Scott!! *NM*
  • That is a beautiful build! What kit is that? Also, where did you get the decals, or did you make them yourself? *NM*
    • What kit is that?....Not Scott, but it looks like the Revell Stepside kit to me(brown box art) *NM*
  • Nice squarebody - recent release? *NM*
  • Nice work and photos *NM*
• I'M HOME..... On a personal note: Turned out to be a really bad trip, got home on Sunday and trying to recover from a straight 23hr home. I did get to a few projects. PIC and thanks for looking
  • Boy it feels good to be home with the boyzo's. *NM*
  • Frank, you exhaust me! I could never keep up with an agenda like yours. And I'm very sorry for your family misfortunes. Please get some rest. *NM*
    • Thanks very much. *NM*
  • Rest up friend, you've got another trip this weekend..Enjoy the NNL and drive safe and stay healthy.. *NM*
    • Marty and Mario are meeting my house at 4am to head up the interstate.... 5hrs should be a breeze after what I just went thru. *NM*
  • hope you will add the running boards and convert the front end to a non lift off and remove the humps from the side. craig cochran *NM*
  • Ouch, but if you are safe, that's all that matters *NM*
  • Stressful trip. Model building is the antidote *NM*
• What's on my bench...something I've been chasing for years...and something Boomer might like! *NM* *PIC*
  • The foreground looks good, but what about in the upper right corner of the pic? How is that one coming along? *NM*
• GSL 1984 *PICS*
  • The magazine cover is familiar. I still have the bound set of the first 12 SAE that I won for first place light commercial fire apparatus after I built this rig.
    • Nice one. What did you use for the antenna? *NM*
• Shelby GT 350
  • Nice. *NM*
  • Awfully clean & sharp build, Dan. *NM*
  • I really, really like that!!! *NM*
  • Very nice! *NM*
  • Crisp build of a hot ride. Great whim! *NM*
  • sharp build *NM*
  • Love the style and that Silver/White combo always one of my fav's. *NM*
  • I love it! Those wheels really set it off! *NM*
  • Looks perfectly built to me! *NM*
  • I've done 3 of those. Red, Orange and Gunmetal. I may have to do a white one now. Looks great. *NM*
  • Very nice build. Looks great in white! *NM*
• A new braided line.....pics....
  • Good info. Thanks! *NM*
  • Found some of that stuff and it's nice to work with and very flexible. *NM*
• Where the heck is everyone??? No new topics, since Terry's excellent little Toyota! *NM*
  • I was thinking the same thing, it's been slow for the past two days... I guess everybody is doing Spring cleaning... *NM*
    • ... and I guess a few are putting things away and getting ready for Winter down under... *NM*
  • Is Frank still on vacation? I miss all the cool projects he's been working on. I myself am trying to button up a project. Just gotta do the dreaded bmf on a silver body. Note to myself: DON'T do that combination again! My poor eyesight don't like that. *NM*
    • Frank is home, talked to him the other evening... I figure Oliver probably grounded him for being gone for so long... LOL *NM*
• I will check, may have several. Hit me OTB *NM*
• Another one finished of the Hasegawa HIstoric Series. PICs This is the one that got me into this group of models from Hasegawa. Toyota GT 2000. I still have the front turn signals to install.
  • It is a very stylish, classic design. Good work. *NM*
    • X2. Nice, clean build, Terry. *NM*
    • Thanks *NM*
  • That's a nice looking car. Bet dollars to donuts there is a Ferrari that looks 90% like that. What are those panels for just behind the front wheel openings?? *NM*
    • The one on the passenger side is for battery access *NM* *PIC*
      • Thanks for that cutalway pic. I want to build another one and put an engine in it. *NM*
      • The driver side door gives access to the engine air filter *NM*
    • I actually want to build another one and I have a Ferrari 250 GT engine that I want to use. *NM*
    • Thought it was a golf bag door like on he old classics...lol *NM*
  • Beauty queen *NM*
  • Clean build Terry!! *NM*
  • Nicely done! I've always thought these were such cool little cars. That and the Mazda Cosmo. :) *NM*
  • Nicely done.... I recently purchased that kit from our hosts.... Thinking of stuffing a twin turbo LS in mine. Don't tell Frank!!! *NM*
  • Pretty sure those have a pretty big fan base and starting to get into the collector market as something to have. NICE JOB. *NM*
  • What a cool little car! *NM*
• GSL 1983
  • *PICS* above. *NM*
  • That's a really great build. Very creative use of resources. Very realistic detail. Nice artwork as well. *NM*
  • Your sheepherder's wagon has the touch of realism of what a sheepherder with low funds and the ability to make do with what he could scrounge and some do-it-yourself skills might actually come up with. Nice job. *NM*
  • Great stuff sir...... *NM*
• Hey! I put a few(5) things together yesterday! What you ask? A dining room table, and four chairs!! Eeeeeha!! L.O.L. *NM*
  • Scale? Out of the box or custom? ;^) *NM*
    • Knowing Boomer, he built them out of boxes!!! 😁 *NM*
    • Been really busy, as the wife had a "medical procedure"(toe). By the way, It's a 1:1 scale(table & chairs),10 "bolts", and a small allen wrench., in answer to your question, Bill. L.O.L. *NM*
• Can I spray Testors Doll Cote on plastic w/o a primer?? Thanks. *NM*
  • I have over chrome parts before to tone down the shine, no issues there *NM*
    • Me too, but I'm not sure....... *NM*
  • YES *NM*
    • TKS Dave *NM*
  • Hey Jim: Where do you buy Doll Cote? Askin' for a friend.----------------------------------------------KIDDING!! *NM*
    • Boomer, it's right next to Dull Cote on the shelf in any hobby store. Haven't you seen it there??? Hehe *NM*
      • No wonder I couldn't find it. I was lookin' for it next to the Gloos Cote! Eeeeha!! L.O.L. *NM*
  • Yes. It is a very mild lacquer, Glosskote with a dab of white in the mix.
• Some museums may be on the way out. Saw a story recently on ho the National Motorcycle Museum is closing....
• Went to the drastic plastic fotki sight. Here's the pic a mentioned by Bill. *NM* *PIC*
  • Thanks. I looked there but some how I missed it. *NM*
• I think they went away one other time and then came back but I could be wrong. Someone will pick up those tools and reissue them. They are just too nice of a kit to be trashed. *NM*
  • I have 2 Fleetlines 1/2 and 3/4 finished, and 4 more kits in my stash, plus a Galaxie Cheby S/D. Galaxie kits rank right up there with Revell's '31 Ford Tudor. Have 5 total. L.O.L. *NM*
• There is a tiny pic of it on the box side at Drastic Plastics.. *NM*
• Thanks for the info and pics. *NM*
• It could print small bodies and truck cabs. Beds also but seperate from the cab. *NM*
• Where is Art Anderson when we need him. Perhaps someone else knows...when did American car manufacturers start using metallic paints on production cars?? Thanks. *NM*
  • I know it was available in the later 30's by GM , other than that I don't know . *NM*
    • According to Body Shop Business Magazine's "Behind The Paint: History!" article... *LINK*
      • Excellent article on auto paint history. Thanks for posting the link. *NM*
  • I may be speaking out of line or of the wrong person, but isn't Art Anderson buying time? *NM*
    • No, you are speaking of the right person. Art isn't in jail anymore though. They transfered him to a nursing home suffering due to dementia. *NM*
      • ...due to him suffering from dementia. EDIT here since we can't edit our posts lol *NM*
  • My understanding is that metallic type paints started to become common in the mid 30's,I know that my 1940 Oz assembled Dodge which was Plymouth based was a metallic light brown/gold,the original colour when I bought it in September 1971. *NM*
  • Check out autocolorlibrary.com. Pull up the specific vehicle you have in mind, and see what was available that year *NM*
    • Thanks Mark....found what I wanted. *NM*
• The triangle edges of the engine compartment and barely visible yellow plastic--it's the 70s-era issue of the Monogram Nomad *NM*
• Been going through the early SAE issues on the DVD recently--neat to hear some stories behind the photos! *NM*
• Jeez Terry, you build nice models, you write nice books, you draw neat pictures....and you can arrest people. You've got it all!! *NM*
• PIF time! *PIC*
  • me please *NM*
  • sent email OTB (This is a Godsend for me.) *NM*
    • You got it! *NM*
• Good to see another Zappa fan! *NM*
  • Bought the "Freak Out" album just after it came out in June 66. Sill one on my top ten albums. Got to see them in December of 66 when they headlined a benefit for "The Paper" an underground newspaper from Michigan State U. Got to meet all of them when they did a record store *LINK*
• I still have the master but I don't think it will be reissued unless there are a large enough request for them *NM*
• Very good! Thank you for the information! *NM*
• Yes that's why I reacted, I know Toyota is very protective of their trade mark. *NM*
  • Other than valve covers, there is little to distinguish Ford/GM/Toyota NASCAR engines. However, it is very difficult to find decent pictures of whatever they are currently running. It's getting to be more like F1 where you never really see the engines. *NM*
    • THere is no problem to find pictures if you know what you are looking for...
• It's supposed to be a R07 engine...but if the R07 really is a Chevy is questionable as it's not available in any Chevrolet cars that can be bought from the showroom floor.. *NM*
• What did I do this weekend???? *PIC*
  • What a great piece of equipment to have. Glad you were able to get it set up to avoid having lines and hoses under foot. Having tripped and fallen last week and broken my right collar bone I can say tripping is definitely to be avoided. ;^) *NM*
• Re:I was in a car stuck behind a RX-8 at a traffic light this weekend...and the smell of gasoline was everywhere behind it. *NM*
  • There are good things about a rotary too though
• 3 types that I've seen... The I-Frame, the X-Frame and the V-Frame *NM*
  • I was wondering where my post went... I posted it under the wrong post... see below... *NM*