popeye the sailor

I was the same way.......I did enjoy those types of cars though. they had one in 1/16 scale......I believe that Revell put it out. I built the Bel air and the Nomad. had one favorite comic......Magnus the robot fighter

what I usually run into are those pesky injection pin marks. some are raised enough to give a sloppy fit. look'in good though...your fix is coming along nicely

a very interesting model Jan....came out really nice

thanks J and Patrick..........appreciate the good word thanks also for all who hit the like button! wish I could give another update, but I haven't gotten any more done. it'll give the body more time to dry, so I guess it's a good thing. should have more soon

I wish this car was a Chevy............... 🏁 can you imagine this in the rear window field { don't tell Olive.....I'da gone for Jessica, but Roger can be a tough customer} any...who......I did a bit of work on the body.....gluing in the front partition panel first, with the two truss rods. I did a test with gunship gray, to see if it would match. I used Model Master and saw it was much too flat and the hue was a tiny bit off. so, I'll need to decant some touch up paint. the interior is rattle can primer gray. as can be seen, I have the roof sitting on my mouse pad. next was lining up the master cylinder with the brake lever, which is located on the passenger side cockpit panel. the windshield was in a sandwich bag.......meaning that before the folks at old model kits acquired this kit, the windshield was likely loose in the box. there are a few very minor scratches. the frame around the windshield was masked off and painted flat black. I only need just enough gray paint to do touch ups..........obtained a small bottle and did the touch ups. I also touched up around the inner part of the windshield opening, so no blue would be seen........the masking did quite well around the wheel wells and such.......only some minor touch ups in the corner of a side window opening the cockpit / firewall shroud was added next. we took off to go shopping..........when we got back, the rear deck partition panel was installed, gluing the back part of the cockpit shroud in place, seeing that it sort of locks in with the rear partition. originally, I was going to paint the bottom of the cockpit shroud gray, but later figured that it didn't matter. there are two braces that need to be added after all this is dry. the masking was removed from the windshield........ it's not perfect, but it doesn't look bad either. I assembled the drag link, but haven't installed it yet. I've begun to paint the fire extinguisher. once it's painted, I can assemble the steering. all this can then be added. but here is how the movable steering works....we start with the drag link, which is connected to the left side spindle. this joint moves freely..... near it is the cross bar that the steering box sits on. there is a pin, that will be inserted through the drag link linkage, through a mount on the frame, and cemented into the hole in the steering box. this will leave everything free to move, except the pin and box. the linkage also moves freely............I've successfully done it! I usually have a hard time.......something or other usually gets too much glue. it is held in suspension further down the frame {towards the front end} by a U bracket, to keep it from sagging. you'll see it when I finally get it assembled.

above and at the base of the seat sounds like logical places to have it.......I just might try for the seat. toughest part will be making the handle

are you still having eye problems?

mast work looks very good glad your feeling better!

superb progress OC.........I would have never thought of gun ports opening like that. just goes to show you........ they look great!

very nice job on the yards Jesse........more times than not, I use Ca on the brass too.

for this model, they just show the cable going from the chute to the rear deck. if I wanted to do it {per Mark's suggestion}, I'd have to make it from scratch. I think it odd that they didn't include it......the model is certainly big enough. I'll see about making one thanks Mark!

did you start a build log James? folks here could see and help you if you did Hi there Jerry! hope you and Charlene are well!

...or perhaps a narrow piece between the PE parts......drill the holes. what you need, needs to be thin

not a staunch sponsor?.........glad that I wouldn't feel like I was taunting you

ooooohhhhohhohhhhh......that my other poison!

that's the Calvin I was referring to.......I never knew what they called it either I have one image for Ford, one for Chevy, and one that has them both. I also got a couple of others.........the Duster emblem with the mini tornado, and the Plymouth logo. I may go with one of the latter two....the image is rather small........is it Calvin tinkling on a Plymouth emblem? 🏁

too big for the back window great paint work! no doubt you could do it.........right down to the lighter blue borders

does popcorn leave less crumbs?

the ignition wires are just that J........very thin electrical wire...the kind of wire you would find in toys and such. I actually could have substituted red wire.....I have some in my electrical box. I have other types of wire that would be suitable. the problem here was that being very flexible and needing to have a boot added to them, it would have been very hard to put the wires on the distributor exactly Ken........I'm sure you've used this type of thin tubing. it's very tiny. the pins on the engine parts vary in size....just enough to make life miserable. I have found that heat can be a friend in this dilemma.......I use my pick to spread out the ends. the thing here is that the tubing tend to go back to it's original size rather quickly. also from being balled up in the kit for so long, it has taken the shape of a balled up bundle of hoses I've already broken one pin off........to fix it, I did the same as I did with the left rear caliper, drilled out the broken pin and fitted a new pin made of brass rod. then I got a brainstorm......made me feel like a dunce..........why don't I drill the hole.......insert the pin in the hose while it's off the model.......and THEN insert the pin in the hole.....duhhhhhh I took the black tubing and ran it under hot water........most of the kinking came out, but some are coming back. I wonder if a repeated hot water spritzer would be helpful {I just did it to the black and the gray tubing......it seemed to do more to straighten it}. perhaps using a heat source, besides my fingers, will help in spreading the end to keep the shape longer. if you have some insight for this Ken.......by all means, add it. I'm sure this won't be the last model anyone will attempt........and I do enjoy these large scale cars. I'm positive that the information will be very helpful. there are some aspects in the model railroad medium that work quite well in the other mediums. I got a little done yesterday.......ooofff.......darn! some of my keeys arsticking! man......I gotta lay off the jelly sandwiches and coffee rolls, eating over my keyboard........I think the added sugar is making my keys fat........as well as my fingers! perhaps saran wrap over my keyboard will help..........>or a bib< the slicks are cemented on finally...........before I did that though, the brake lines were plumbed in. I'll get the cookie crumbs off the tires later

second version?.....how can you improve your first masterpiece? love the name plate........puts the finishing touch to a lovely model.

I can see a string ties around it to make for a decorative pull cord knob for an overhead light or ceiling fan

she's look'in great rob.........sorry to hear your experiment wasn't very fruitful. you never know though, it will likely happen, when your attempting to do something else sometime the results of achievement is attained by another result of failure, that when you don't feel so bad but hey, your really putting some nice touches to a sweet look'in model.......you've already succeeded!

she looks beautiful Jens sorry to hear that she isn't sail worthy, but with a finish like that, I'd be horrified to put her in water. she'll make a great display on your mantel though. can you find plans, so to build one to sail? you did a superb job restoring her!

the deck is filling out nicely............the detailing of your fittings is superb nicely done !

not quite......now I have to deal with the black and gray hoses.......and they're a bit stiffer. hot water does do wonders with getting the kinks out of them. it does tend to come back though after a while, so I have to work fast!