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Here were some of the first funny cars I remember: The Little Red Wagon was an IMC kit. The Hurst Hairy Olds a Monogram kit, and if I remember correctly, the Hemi Under Glass an MPC kit. Last time I looked, Lindberg kitted the LRW. The others I have not seen in kit form for many years.
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Sold! Payment received. Will go out in the mail to you tomorrow.
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1:98 Corel HMS Victory Cross Section Kit is complete, not started in any way. Everything still inside it's original packaging. Offered for $75 shipped to your address in the lower 48 states. Elsewhere, I will need to get you a quote for postage. Payment via Paypal. PM me if you are interested.
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My big brother was an extraordinary mechanic and a hot-rodder from way back. Learned almost everything I knew about mechanics from him and his friends. Because he worked at a local garage, I got first pick on so many great 2nd hand car deals. Funny how we can look back to realize how good we had it and didn't even know it at the time. For $40, I bought a '58 Bonneville convertible that only needed a water pump. For $40, bought a '63 Fairlane 2 door HT with a 260 V8. It had a cracked front windshield that I replaced with a 2nd hand one from the junk yard. I bought a '63 Nova for $90, he and I rebuilt the whole car...drove that thing over 100,000 trouble-free miles. It had the big GM straight six and a powerglide tranny. Most reliable and best transportation car I ever owned.
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I learned very early that hot rodding was mostly (only) affordable with a Chevy. Ford, Mopar, Buick. Oldsmobilt, Pontiac, all = super expensive for performance items back then.
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I once bought a promo model for the new 1966 Mustang Fastback from the local Ford Dealer. It was 1:12 scale. Had working headlights/tail lights, too. That was one of those models I should have held onto. Before that, I had a 1:8 scale model of a Jaguar, pre-XKE. Everything worked on that model and included a removable engine. That was another keeper, but I was too young to know I should save it.
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But I must admit, I enjoyed the whole Pirates of the Caribbean series as much or more than anything else I have seen for a long time. Very entertaining, light hearted, and the musical scores were great!
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Maybe since the 1:1 ship is a fictional movie prop, not an historical sailing vessel replica, certain artistic liberties are taken to simplify the construction of it yet still look authentic to a certain degree for the average person/movie enthusiast. In that case, functional gun ports would not be an issue that would warrant excessive spending to achieve. Let's face it, the average person is not well informed at all on early sailing vessels. A reasonable facsimile is good enough for a Disney pirate flick. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow is ample evidence of that.
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As a teen, the local drag strips were my favorite hangout on weekends. Won many, many stock class trophies with my '55 Chevy Bel Air. Mom was posed beside it here.
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If you get into more than a single model car project, you might want to consider buying: 1. Molotow chrome paint marker (easy to find on Amazon), and 2. A gallon jug of Super Clean product from Wally World, in the automotive section. The Molotow chrome paint markers come in various tip sizes and recreates "chrome" splendidly. Even if you don't do much or any model cars, this will come in handy when you want a highly polished metal appearance. The Super Clean will strip chrome off plastic parts faster than you can say, Bob's your uncle. It is also an excellent model paint stripper, and safe on plastics even clear parts. It's normal use is as a degreaser and is excellent for that, but just remember, it will remove paint so you have to be careful where you use it. I always wear latex gloves if I have to get my hands in it as it will really do some unpleasant weird things to bare skin. It's great to see you doing this old funny car. Will enjoy following your build of it.
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My guess is that it will be quite a while. After all this time, there are not a lot of detail sets for the 1:200 Hornet.
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I'm a sax player from way back. Alto and baritone sax. Played orchestra concert, dance and jazz bands. Have not picked one up to play in many years. Guitars are another story. Learned, practiced, and tried for several years but just never seemed to get the hang of it. My large hands made it more difficult. Not impossible, but challenging. Maybe too challenging.
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I love this model, Denis. Great subject and a superb job of finishing it. Happy New Year!
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I have often said my subscription to his website is the best bang I get for my modeling dollar, bar none. Every plastic modeler should know and watch Flory. He really does know the right way to do things.
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Flory makes everything look so easy to do. His speed tells me he has done this so many times, he could do it with his eyes closed I think and it would still look great.
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Shopping on eBay: A Primer for Newbie Ship Modelers (Parts 1 and 2)
CDW replied to ccoyle's topic in Wood ship model kits
I've been buying and selling on Ebay for decades...but it's not what it used to be. Lots and lots of bad deals on Ebay these days. Having said that, if you know what you're doing and are patient, there are still incredibly good deals on Ebay at times. Not yard sale good deals, nor swap meet good deals, but far better than retail good deals. If you don't have patience, or have a lack knowledge of the subject objects you want, stay far, far away from Ebay. But literally, I have bought exclusive items that retail for a thousand dollars or more on Ebay for 1/10 of their retail cost. -
This is the Mr Color leveling thinner: Since my local hobby shops don't carry Mr. Color paints and products, I buy it online here. He has great prices and the turn around time to receive the products is lightning fast. https://spraygunner.com/
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That hull looks amazing Denis. Can't wait to see the rest of it built.
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Wefalck Is "lining" and pin striping the same thing? From the context of your input, I think it is the same thing but have never heard it called lining before now. Yes indeed, I have watched professional pin striping painters and it is fun to see them work their craft. Those guys have a very steady hand.
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I am sorry to be so late responding to your post, but I just found it. Please PM me with your address, and I will send you my copy of the book to read.
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I must commend all the contributors to this thread. It has helped me learn a lot I did not know about brushes, even though I have been using them for many years.
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Welcome MHo I too began building RC model aircraft many decades ago. Wow, so much has changed since those old times.
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