Finished: 1932 Ford Sedan

I finished another model today. It was going very well, then turned to garbage at the end. I messed up the original trunk lid- the one I scratchbuilt a hinge for- and had to use the louvered trunk. That's not that big a deal. The super glue fogging things like I've never seen before, that almost killed it. I finished it anyway, as all I had to do at that point was the headlight lenses and paint the second trunk.

But I'm not happy about it, and I consider the model a failure now...and this is the second time a Revell '32 Ford has gone bad on me at the very end. Totally different reasons but this kit seems like it may be becoming a foil for me, which stinks as it's a very nicely detailed kit.

This is my second consecutive 1932 Ford build. That actually is just coincidence. I had started this one months ago, but it's a very complicated kit and took a long time to build- longer still since I had scratchbuilt an interior for the trunk, and wired the engine with actual wire, my first time ever not using a pre-wired distributor. The Monogram kit has nowhere near the amount of detail, but is so much more fun.

It is my fourth time completing back to back versions of the same car in my modeling career. I track the order, and if known date of completion, with this album on my website. So, I went through it when I realized that I would finish two 1932 Fords back to back and realized it wasn't the first time. In 2001, I finished two 1956 Chevrolets. In 2005, I finished two 2004 Chevrolet Cup cars, and in 2007 I finished two 1996-02 Pontiac Grand Prix Cup cars, which were both Kyle Petty #44 Hot Wheels cars, the 1997 and 1999 cars. I believe that was the only time I ever did it on purpose. Although, had I been paying more attention, it could have been the third time I did it this year! I build two 2016-18 Ford Fusion Cup cars and two 2003-05 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Cup cars, but I did it Ford-Chevrolet-Ford-Chevrolet. Oh well. I'm on a street car kick now and I'm not sure if I will do any more NASCAR builds in 2019. (This reminds me to post them on here, something I forgot to do. I will back-date them to the actual date of completion.)

Anyway, here are the photos. The paint is Testors Extreme Lacquer Flaming Orange. The car has multiple coats on it so it's a little darker than it comes out of the can.

Finished: 1932 Ford Convertible

After I finished the Impala Lowrider on August 25th, I decided to start a 32 Ford. I had purchased a copy of the 2001 Revell reissue of the Monogram kit at the last TNMCC meeting from a club member who is moving away. The kit ended up being just about perfect...the entire build time was only about 5 hours. Everything fell together, and since I used lacquers, it dried very quickly. I hadn't had this much fun building a model in a very long time! The green I used is Testors Extreme Lacquer Mystic Emerald, which looks even better in person than it does in photos.

Finished:1964 Impala Lowrider

When I started this build in 2018, I had originally planned to make a factory stock, red Impala. Well...the paint can I chose to do it, Guards Red from Testors, decided otherwise. It came out splattered. I was pretty dejected but my family. and one of my model club members who saw it, encouraged me to finish it. So...I did. And with a paint job like that, the only way I could go was a lowrider. I ended up using parts from two or three kits, that's unknown. The front seats and the gold wheels came from a Revell 1963 Impala, but the tires came out of my parts box, so they MAY have come from either of the Impala kits...I'll never know. (I had gathered up all my lowrider tires and wheels for a different project that never progressed past the wheel and tire gathering stage)

Since I was going full lowrider, and since I wanted the left side to be showcased, I engineered it to have the left front wheel up in the air using the three options of suspension height provided in the kit.

Since the exhaust pipes were visible behind the left wheel, and possibly into the engine compartment, I had to build a full engine, something I don't do all that often.

Finished Model: 1961 Ford Ranchero (1/32 scale)

I finished my first model of 2019. It's a 1961 Ford Ranchero, in 1/32 scale. The paint is Tamiya Coral Blue.

It doesn't show much in the other pictures, but I did BMF the Ranchero script before I painted it.

Modeling 5/2/19

I'm going to try to document what actual model work I do on here, rather than just posting a finished build and then forgetting about it...

Started:
1988-90 Pontiac. Currently leaning towards 1988 Rusty Wallace build
1991-92 Pontiac. Likely to be Mickey Gibbs Air Force car
1993 Rusty Wallace. A build I've wanted to do for a very long time.
1988-92 Oldsmobile. Likely to be Rick Mast #1 Skoal Olds from 1992
1991 Dave Marcis Coast Guard
1995 Busch Chevrolet. Debating between Bobby Dotter #08 Hyde Tools or Phil Parsons #99 Luxaire. Intend to do both at some point.

Painted:
2nd coat on 1961 Ranchero
blue on Marcis
white on Yarborough Olds, first time laying paint on a Salvinos kit
tested gray I purchased for chassis, too dark.

Built majority of chassis for Marcis car

Finished: 1979 Ford Pinto Wagon

Finished 5/28/2018
My model explosion continues! This is the new issue MPC kit, which I got when it was released in 2016. I started it instantly when my skills were not good and managed to get runs and bubbles in the Tamiya primer! (hard to mess that up) I set it aside then but got back to it this year. When I saw the yellow and brown stripes I knew instantly that I would paint it metallic brown- Root Beer from Testors One-Coat lacquer-which then took 4 coats of clearcoat to get the proper shine. The interior is painted "Skeleton Bone"- a color from the local gaming store. This ended up being my 300th built, when I finished it on May 28th. A major milestone for me, in my 19th year modeling.

Finished: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Street cruiser

Finished 5/25/2018
Revell kit, has been in my stash since either 1999 or 2000, one of the first kits I bought when I began modeling.
It has been in my stash longer than most other kits. The paint is Testors 1630 Gloss Custom Green Metal Flake, and there's something like 4 coats on the car because it's VERY thin. it's darker and has more gold in the flake than appears in the photos- thank the sun for that. I actually built the engine and the chassis fully! Had to do that because I chose to use the open hood. This car is inspired by the kind of cars I see at the Adirondack Nationals.