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Super glue can be dangerous, especially if there are donuts around. Sitting at the kitchen table one morning gluing something together for my wife. The glue leaked onto the waxed paper I was using to keep it off the table and, not paying attention, I set the donut I was eating down on the paper. Picked the donut up, took a bite and glued my lips together. Wife thought it was hilarious. Me, not so much.

 

@porkshop scored this 100 percent complete partially built kit at a yard sale for $5 the box is almost mint and great color.
I was fortunate to buy it from him.

 

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Just what I need... another project. This is a '57 Ford F100 conversion using the AMT '60 Ford F100 and Foose truck kits. 3D printed '57 parts are from Texas 3D.

The bed and ch***is are shortened a scale 22". The bed floor was raised to clear the ch***is components. Interior is pretty much out of the '60 kit, I used the Foose steering wheel and Scale Motorsports boomerang decals on the seat.

Final-ish body work and exhaust is next up.

 

Cool!, But, it makes me nervous seeing that intake manifold left open! You don't want anything dropping in there!

 

Looking for my scale roll of duct tape....

 

That Woody was based on my friends car. I came up with the personalized plates "LOGRIDE". I still have it in the box. along with all my Roth models.

 

got my display cases ready, now i just got to move my 350 models lol

 

what are people using for paint these days? bought some satin maroon rustoleum to paint a fat tire Schwinn a while back and the **** would not spray at all, just came out in spurts. tossed two cans in the trash and sold the bike with no paint.
today at Walmart the custom AMT 53 (?) F-100 was calling my name.

 

Look for testors extreme lacquer. Hold on I hunt a pic of a model I did with it

 

Ha nice. First example I came across is hamb friendly as it is an original 1960 release amt 32 Ford kit I revived from a basket case lol

 

Another 1960 release 32 I restored. Engine is original paint from the early 60s. Body wasn't painted so I matched the extreme lacquer to the engine paint
And a 61 or 62 release amt 32 Ford roadster new build

 

Y'all seen this, but done with Extreme Lacquer. No clear, it came out shiny enough.

Their gloss clear is quite good too.

The Demon was done with Duplicolor.

 

Avoid hardware store paints. I start with a good primer, automotive grade. Deplicolor, SEM, Transtar. Good hobby primers I use are Mr. Surfacer and Tamiya.

Top coats, Extreme Lacquer of course, Duplicolor (which has a blush issue lately), Tamiya TS sprays and Mopar touch up paints that I'm really liking.

Duplicolor is a BCCC paint, it goes on flat-ish. The same with the Mopar line.

 

Tamiya rattle cans are great. Sprays very thin so details like emblems aren’t buried, yet covers well. But it isn’t very shiny so clear is required.

 

I find that the TS sprays don't hold up to handling that well. So if you have a lot of test fitting to do, wait to paint or use something more durable. A couple of coats will help.

I just did a NASCAR ch***is, painted with Ace Hardware store brand paint. It dries fast and holds up well.

If I find it too shiny, I go over it with Mr. Surfacer matte clear.

 

Started on the model of my coupe. Found a reasonably close match to the maroon paint on the car. I bought a 62 Impala AMT model to use the 409. One of my staff is big into 3d printing and he made me the air cleaner to match the one I fabbed on my coupe. Pretty cool what he can do with that thing!

 

Pretty awesome on the air cleaner! Few fuel lines and you’ll be doing double takes

 

I will take 2 of those!

 

I am 70 and still build them

 

Just finished g***er

 

Hopefully they re-release the Boot Hill Express again... I have one built, stashed away, but I'd like another. It's one of the first model cars I remember my uncle Doug building (I was only six or seven)

 

I have a Boot Hill Express, from the last reissue, un-built in the box. I’ll probably never build it, but it’s just so darn cool to look at!

 

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If your into model kits the Connecticut Street Rod ***ociations is holding another Model Kit Show if your in the area of Connecticut here's the info Built models, kits, collector builds and local clubs displaying their builds there's lots to see.
This year I'm bringing a collection of 1/8 scale builds all from the 1960's as one would do as kid some history for sure.
Ronnieroadster

Sunday December 7th at our club house 316 Woodhouse Ave Wallingford Conn doors open 10AM

 

Do you have a flyer for the show that you can post? I'm not that far away. Thanks!

 

Just a hack

 

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