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QUOTE: Originally posted by arki30 Gentlemen, I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pinkranger all I have to say is WOW. Way to go on your build. That is a very sexy car.

Kevin

Ok so the bar has been raised It is time to kick it into high gear so I am going to call the wife to help me. he he he that will teach her

That looks awesome!

I have been busy for the weekend and haven't worked on either car, but I do have my Aires gear wells glued into my Tornado. Let's see here, I have 5 current projects! Almost finished with 2 of them. P-40E and P-51B need paint, decals, and final assembly and they will be done.

EDIT:

Actually, I'm back down to 4 and you can remove the 31 Model A from my build list. I tried dry fitting some of the other parts such as the suspension, interior, and the body and the fit is absolutely horrible! There is a 1/8" gap between the rear fenders and the floor panel and much worse. I wish Tamiya made hot rods and classic car models.

QUOTE: Originally posted by PakNicK-40 QUOTE: Originally posted by arki30 Gentlemen, I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HA! Don't you have to pick a car still?

sweet cheby pinkranger, really like the blu. Did you do any scratch or am stuff on it??

progress on my 53 ford: body is chopped about 1/8 inch, and the top is chopped 1/8 inch. Everything is filled and smothed on the cab, and the nose has been choped and filled (but not sanded). Also started on the interior mods to get it to fit right. Engine is pretty much done except stuff that has to be done after the cab is mounted. I think the colors are going to be metallic purple and copper fade (my daughter picked the colors :D) .

happy modeling

jim

QUOTE: Originally posted by arki30 Gentlemen, I believe the gauntlet has been thrown down...

What do you mean by this and also what do you mean by scratch or am stuff for I am new to all of this and this is my first attempt at this modeling stuff. But THANKS for all of the good word on this car that you all have given to me.

In ye olden times throwing down the gauntlet was apparently a way off challenging someone to a dual. Today, saying the gauntlet has been thrown down is merely stating a challenge has been made.

As you finished first and exceptionally well for a first attempt, I (by saying the gauntlet has been thrown down) stated you've challenged all of us to finish and to a high level. Er, not that we wouldn't shoot for high levels anyway, but, uh, well nevermind. You get the point I think.

I'm somewhat suprised it needed explaining as it's always been a common saying as far as I know. But then again, what do I know?

AM = aftermarket. There are suppliers who provide accessories you can use to upgrade your model, such as spark plug wires, cast aluminum wheels, aluminum brakes, and so on and so on. Scratch = scratch building. Some of the more MacGuyverish among us will build additional detail from raw pieces of plastic or whatever we can get our hands on.

Some of the lingo is a little confusing, Pinkranger, so don't hesitate to call someone out on their babble.

Once again, nice job.

Well thanks for the info on all of the lingo here. Now I know. But I hate to say this but I am not finished with this car I still have the rear bumper, the radio antanna and some other things to put on the car. Plus I have to fix a mistake on the rear window where the glue ran and as r-cman73(my husband) calls it the glue FOGGED UP the window. Again thanks for the good words about my car. I will have some pix up when I do finish.

I'm sorry, but I'm pulling myself out of this group build. The AMT 36 Ford is horribly molded and I'll have to do a bunch of scratch building and kit bashing, which I don't want to do now.

YES!!! I finally have my supply shipment #2. Work can begin again.

And there was much rejoicing...

Ryanpm,sorry to hear that,but have fun with your other kits!

wow sorry to hear that ryanpm. our loss that 1936 ford would have been a cool build. well enjoy your other builds.

Kevin

Ryan, bummer to see you go. Sometimes that's the way it goes.

Progress report: Now that I have everything I need, I've made some headway. Engine is essentially finished and waiting to be wired for later. Suspension has final paint and underside has 2 coats of primer and ready for final color. Wheels and tires are together.

I'm making a change in direction though for assembly. I'm using enamels for the first time since I was 12 and , they are a pain to clean up plus the smell. I was going to paint the underside, suspension, engine and assemble; paint interior, seats, etc. and assemble; paint exterior body and assemble. With the hassle of the enamels I'm going to paint everything in big batches first to cut down on the number cleanups. Assembly will come last. Bottom line is that any pictures forthcoming will be of many painted pieces.

Ok, I've rambled enough...how's everyone else doing? Jim, I'm looking forward to seeing that pickup!

Arki, I have some MORE sanding to do, the I have to paint the inside and out on the cab and bed, then more pictures. As for pictures of pieces, those are cool too, cant waite to see them. I understand your irritation with enamels, I usually use acrylics, and my daughter picked an enamel metalic purple and copper for the body. As for the rest of it I'm using acrylics on the rest (for the cleanup and kids/birds health).

well everyone else.......pictures????



happy modeling

jim

Well lets see the duster and challanger engines are together and mostly painted, but no wires plug wires yet, I am waiting for my spark plugs to get here. I knew I should have ordered them sooner. rear end is junk in the amt kit so scratch building will be fun. I dropped my challanger distributer and am still looking for it, All in all having a great time. I did manage to get primer on the bodies though. I have pictures but everytime I try to get thm on there they do not show up

Kevin

By the way I was at my favorite airbrush store and they showed me a new product that you spray on you plastick parts, It replaces your primer coat with a basecoat coat that is clear very thin like water almost and you fog it on wait 5 minutes and you can lay down your acrylics paint and it like glues down the paint. the bond is awsome dries fast. I will be doing more experiments with it and let you know, but so far I like it. and it is way cheaper than buying those darn little 1/2oz bottles of primer all the time.

Kevin

Oh, alright. Just to get some pics up I'll paint the underside the final color and assemble what I can. That'll at least prove I'm doing something Sheesh.

Alright everybody just to let you all know I am finished with the 1957 Chevy Street Rod. As some of you know I did have to have my husband, R-CMan73 do some work on the car for me. I messed up the rear window and had him try to fix it. Well the fix did not go well and he had to scratch build a new rear window for me. So here goes the finish pix and there are 7 so bear with me here:









So I hope that you all like it and now the CHALLANGE has been thrown down.

Your pictures look great pinkranger. I just need to spend more time to figure out this posting of pictures thing. I know I am doing something wrong but what?. where are my kids when I need them?. oh I forgot they are at the mall or some where else blowing my hard earned model, and supplies money

Kevin

Pinkranger, once again looks great. Glad you're finally finished and lived through the rear window tribulation.

Kevin, we might be able to help with the picture issue if you could tell us what you're doing when you try to post.

arki30 I am just not sure what the heck I am doing wrong. which box do you put the url in. I am using photobucket and for some reason I get nothing. I tried the img inside the brackets and all but ???????. i have read the threads but still not getting it. and hear I thought I knew a little about computers.

Kevin

I have some of the Interiors done and some of the motor work done. the exaust is almost there too. getting close to putting down the first coat of paint too. The wind screen on the challanger is not even close to being right so not sure of a easy fix, a hard fix will most likely be the deal of the day. rats.

Kevin

platinum,
since I chop most of my cars, I buy my daughter a new barbie in the clear plastic "box", and use that to make my windshield. Its thin, and you can cut it to size from a template made to fit. When giving it the right curve, i just start glueing it in on one side and work my way around. It can be recurved and hold some of the reshaping.

as for the pictures, it took my wife showing me how before I got it down.

jim

THANKS JIM that is a great idea. wish my daughter was 10 again. there is something wrong about a guy buying a barbie for " plastic sleeve" he he he lol. My wife is no help on the picture thing I told here what i was trying to do and for the last half hour she has this wierd look on her face. If I could find one of my kids, it would be a snap. but they are always off to the beach or mall or at friends houses.

Kevin

platinum: heres how it shoud look [ img ] blahblahblah [ /img ]
but there should be no space between the word img and the bracket.

Here's a shortcut for posting pics if you're using Photobucket. When you are logged into Photobucket and looking at all the great pics you've uploaded, you'll see 3 boxes below each picture. One is titled Url, one is Tag, and the last is Img. Inside each box is some text. If you click inside the Img box, the text becomes entirely highlighted. Copy and paste that highlighted text into the reply field here on the forum, and voila, you're done.

lets see if this is working.
Kevin

you guys are are the bomb. and after looking at it I saw that on the end [img] the forward slash was missing.

Kevin

By the way the picture is the chasie primed and suspension done the car will now have the correct stance.

arki30 should I make the images smaller? now that I know how to post the pics. man was I stupid
Kevin.