@@DiecastResurrection ,Brother man, you are a phenomenal artist. I love these videos. Dude, I'm a wounded warrior that follows all your stuff. You inspired me to start dabbling in hot wheels and stuff. Thank you for the connection.
To every one ells that already said that the Burt Renoylds Bandit is a 76/77 i am to young to agree or argue so i will not but what i do agree to FordMan 2018 is that im also glad he didnt go the bandit way sure the Bandit Trans Am is a cool car in its way but not every damm Trans Am needs to be a bandit just because 👍
So glad you're painting it traditional. When i think of a 73 Fire-chicken, its white with the blue bird. Pretty excited to see this build. Cat pee....glad there isnt smellovision yet!
Dude. As a Pontiac guy, I can say that this is damn near my favorite resto youve done. Im still deciding on your apocalyptic resto mods or this. Beautiful work.
Ertl makes great 1/67 farm trucks not as detailed as green light but u can make really fun builds out of them. U can mostly find them at tractor supply. I loved playing with them as a kid🚜
That’s what I mainly collect 1/18 American Muscle. These cars now sell for about $90.00. Originally these were made by ERTL but are now owned and manufactured by Auto World.....the new ones coming out are super detailed. Wired and plumbed engines
You would be amazed at the amount of diecast and 10 toys Ertl made. It brings your supply of to do vehicles very high. Ertl has been around since 1945.
Ertl is a company out of Dyersville Iowa. They've been around for decades. And are probably best known for their diecast farm implements. Vintage Ertl tractors are highly collectable. Back in the 60's the company I now work for molded the rubber tires for their scale tractors and what-not. At the time we were the "largest" tire manufacturer in the world. :)
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I'm glad you're not doing a Bandit with that. Not only is it the wrong car for it, but it's kind of cliche. You have a chance to subvert expectations and bring to life something new or at least something we don't have thousands of. Knowing you, it'll be cooler anyway, haha
i have seen several of model car and toy restorations on this web site, i must say you are about one of the best. very meticulous about details and your craftsmanship is second to none.
Thanks for not doing a bandit replica ! This is my favourite car from the three 1/18th's you had and will look fantastic with a cool paint job. Thanks !
The more you work on these I can see the draw. WAY more detail on these by far. You found a little gold mine...(covered in fuzz and cat piss) but a gold mine none the less. Keep 'em coming.
Hey man great work with these 1:18 scales, the details are phenomenal! I’m surprised though you didn’t remove the doors. Passenger side door shut looked unpainted at the end.
Nice that you went with white. To me white is the iconic color of the early T/A's. Hope that you go with the blue bird with the black center to it. I love that graphic.
I subscribed to your channel for the Redline Hot Wheels stuff, but I like how you are tackling the 1/18 cars too. I also collect 1/18th scale cars and have a few custom projects on the back burner. If you are interested in getting more into 1/18 scale customizing, I would suggest checking out an awesome Facebook group named "1/18th Scale Diecast Junkies". Very talented artists there, as well as those who are more collectors than customizers. Very cool and supportive bunch of guys there!
Lovin' this one! Had the same year car in Hugger Orange with white interior and that cool machine turned dash in the late 80s.😎 Looking forward to that Jeep build you mentioned. If you dont have wheels and accesories in your stash, check the 1/18 rc market.
Getting ready to do a restoration on a real 1973 455cid bird in red I have owned for 27 years. Loved driving it till engine went away. It has been off road for 19 years
That car started off as a refugee from a cat litter box! 🙀💩Was very hairy inside! Austin cleaned it up nice. White is an awesome choice!!! Shows the details very nicely!👍🏻👍🏻
you should be doing a Thunderbolt and Lightfoot tribute....great Clint Eastwood movie with this year of TA. If you haven't watched it, you should...great car scenes
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was an awesome movie,a little history on that white Pontiac Trans am in the movie apparently it was owned by Clint Eastwood , and it was decided to be used in the movie.
If you have built the re-issued International Transtar 4300 Eagle in 1/25 scale;the kit was an AMT kit in the ERTL series.The ERTL division,of the the Learning Curve brands LLC;which owns Match Box,and Round 2 LLC,went bank rupt in the late 2000's early 2010's.Every once in a while,Round 2 LLC will clean up the vintage molds,and reproduce and re-issue plastic model kits;that haven't been seen in decades. In fact,there have been several ERTL kits that have been re-issued within the last 3 years because Round 2 LLC bought,and aquired;the ERTL brand in 2015.The molds and dimensions are not as precise;as the kits coming out these days;but that's what makes building them so fun!.Plus if they were to up date the molds;using today's technology,the kits would cost twice as much as the re-issued; vintage mold kits.I like the big rig kits that AMT and MPC have been coming out with in the last 10 years;but they would be expensive using today's molding technology. So instead of paying $44.00 for a 1/25 scale big rig kit from AMT,AMT/ERTL,or MPC,you would be paying between $60.00 and $80.00 for the same kit;molded with the precise tooling technology,we have today.ERTL was once an independent company brand;before filing for chapter 9 and chapter 11 bank ruptcy,back in 2011.ERTL is now a sub division/subsidiary of Round 2 LLC.
That is one cool looking TA! Im sure it'll turn out awesome as usual! A white SD455 with the blue stripe would be really nice! suits this car way better than a bandit tribute. its the wrong model for a bandit anyways
Yeah, no reason to do a bandit when Greenlight makes a really nice one for $70. I’m gonna start building some model kits again because of you and baremetalHW. The last one I built was the OG Cylon raider from Battlestar Galactica in 1978. This was cool and you’re still the best painter of toy cars on UA-cam.
You need yerself one of those small sandblast cabinets....I used to restore a lot of ERTL tractors and that was invaluable.....by the way glass, not sand
Some of the comments in here??cant believe any grown arsss man would hate on the Bandit car??!!. Best looking TransAm in history from body to color and finish..ONLY TransAm I would even consider owning.
I know you said you didn't like the Bandit tribute scheme but like you this is my favorite body style trans am & I would've loved to see it in the bandit black with gold accents.
@@ae86hachi I'm aware of that but in my opinion this body style is much better & I'd love to see what the bandit car would've looked like if it was made just a couple years earlier.
I had a SD 455 Trans-am that I ordered from the factorery in 1973 Believe it or not, I had it delivered with the Trans an bird delete on the hood, which cost me an additional $250-00, just to have it not put on. I shipped it to Germany the next time I went overseas and we both had a blast. Sold it to a German who I worked with when I rotated back as I now had a family and the Trans-am would have not been fitting.
Randy Purtteman that would be an incorrect memory Randy. The Hood decal of the Screaming Chicken was an extra cost option of $95 back then. Standard equipment was no hood bird decal,so no charge without it. Only extra cost was for options added over standard equipment. As a matter of fact, any time you deleted a standard equipment item, like a radio, you got a credit back for a factory preset amount that was published in the order guides on the sales managers desk.
@@marksmith6091 Perhaps I dis get it wrong but I know that I had to pay extra for not having something. I allways thought it was he screaming chicken. It might have been for something else. You're right , I did have the wheels changed. And it was a long time ago.
Dremel has a 2 pack scotch bright abrasive sanding wheels in the tools section that would help u in so many ways in the areas u cant or dont want to sand by hand
That body needed much work! But well worth the effort man... Glad you went with white, I have the same car with the blue stripe, but I wonder what a deep red stripe would look like?
Greetings from the UK. Have only just found your channel. There are so many “model restoration” experts on you tube it’s hard to find the good ones. They should have a “trust pilot” type score where it’s easier to find the good ones like you. I love the 1:18th restorations you have done. Not surprised the pitting in the Metal caused by old cats wee (I don’t mean the cat was old, but it will be now). Urine is acidic so it’s like those models have had acid on them for 20years...
Dam!!! You do some good work. I wish i could send you my 1942 Chevy coupe to work on. But it's a real car. Lol .i really enjoy your channel you are the best. keep up the good work, and be kool.
Love Rockford! Technically, that wasn't a "Trans Am". It was a Firebird Formula ('74-'78 models) re-designed to look like the less expensive Firebird Esprit. The '74 front end was different, and had no rear spoiler.
Maybe for cleaning a car like this you can try vinegar heated up and then mix it with blue Dawn dish soap. Spray it and let it soak for 30 to 60 minutes and reapply as needed.
Ertyl did licensed matchbox style cars in the '70s. My Batmobile and Dukes of Hazzard cars were Ertyl. Not the worst quality. -Note for Millennials: My General Lees were all thoroughly destroyed by me and my friends years ago.
Lego makes car models that are about 1:18 scale. I purchased a box of lego's from the Goodwill store and there were all kinds of big and small wheels and hubs. You could use lego wheels on your projects. What size is your air compressor? I have a pancake compressor and at 30 psi I wasn't getting enough pressure when practicing with plain water.
Oh, remove the fire chicken and pleeeeaaasssse paint it Sierra Gold like Jim Rockford's Pontiac! I'm not a fan of the Trans Am, but Jim's was the balls, because Jim was the balls! And he did race cars for real, not just on the show.
For a power sander use an electric toothbrush by pulling bristles out glue on Velcro and use sandpaper with Velcro backing. I usethat on rc bodies. Works like a d.a. sander. Make sure you use a rechargeab,e toothbrush.
Since Createx is mostly for air brush artists, some would use the watered down (semi-opaque) for highlighting and such. They just didn’t have any sets of opaque at the store when I was shopping. Since I’m spraying whole bodies it doesn’t really matter. But if you were doing highlights on a mural or something then I think the difference would be known. I just needed a color set is all.
ERTL manufactured lots of large scale pressed steel toy cars - their 'General Lee' is a classic (and almost indestructible), as is the 'Knight Rider' KITT. They made 1/64 scale diecasts, too, as well as 1/24, an 1/18. The only problem here in the UK - they weren't that common, and damned expensive if you found them. I'm not surprised about the damage caused by cat piss. That stuff is pretty corrosive.
Hard to believe that you've never heard of ERTL....they've only been around for about 80 years or so...
As a model builder, I mostly know Ertl from when it owned the AMT/MPC brand. A good old Dyersville company.
I only know ertl when I found a farm set from them and later bought a green Pontiac police car of it.
I've only been doing this since Oct though :D
@@DiecastResurrection ,Brother man, you are a phenomenal artist. I love these videos. Dude, I'm a wounded warrior that follows all your stuff. You inspired me to start dabbling in hot wheels and stuff. Thank you for the connection.
Who didn't have Ertl stuff?! "The Fall Guy", "M.A.S.H" "The A Team"....all the cars from the shows we grew up with were made by Ertl.
Forget the Bandit. You can make the Eric Estrada Trans Am from Chips.
Good one. Gold color Nice.
Tku
Ponch’s TA was a ‘71. Respect the Ponch.
@TADionysus only difference is hood and slightly different nose
I'm glad you DIDN'T go the bandit route. Way overdone these days.
It is a 73 but I agree with you
Imthought the bandit was an 77
To every one ells that already said that the Burt Renoylds Bandit is a 76/77 i am to young to agree or argue so i will not but what i do agree to FordMan 2018 is that im also glad he didnt go the bandit way sure the Bandit Trans Am is a cool car in its way but not every damm Trans Am needs to be a bandit just because 👍
ill take bandit over an overdone white T/A with a blue screaming chicken, and some T/A Clone wannabe firebird spirit or some shit.
have you thought about turning a new 1:18 into a barn find? (patina'd and rusted out)
White with blue stripe, please. I love the Bandit cars but this was never meant to have that color scheme.
A white 455SD is way more cool than the Bandit bird.
Yes!
Was hoping for the snorkel style hood that goes with those.
It's not even the same year of the bandit car
@@sethmccormick6003 That's obvious.
no
So glad you're painting it traditional. When i think of a 73 Fire-chicken, its white with the blue bird. Pretty excited to see this build. Cat pee....glad there isnt smellovision yet!
Dude. As a Pontiac guy, I can say that this is damn near my favorite resto youve done. Im still deciding on your apocalyptic resto mods or this. Beautiful work.
Ertl makes great 1/67 farm trucks not as detailed as green light but u can make really fun builds out of them. U can mostly find them at tractor supply. I loved playing with them as a kid🚜
You're totally right, man. Bandit Trans Ams started somewhere around 1977. An SD-455 Trans Am would be way cooler (and more appropriate) for this.
You should get sccotchbrite wheels for the dremel. They wear out quick, but absolutly worth it with the nice surface you get.
He has 'em... He used one in a video. I can't remember which video though
That’s what I mainly collect 1/18 American Muscle. These cars now sell for about $90.00. Originally these were made by ERTL but are now owned and manufactured by Auto World.....the new ones coming out are super detailed. Wired and plumbed engines
You handled the pitting on the body to perfection can't wait to see the finished trans am
Look on Amazon or eBay for 1/18 scale RC rims/tyres. Should be fairly easy to make a axle to work for them.
Can’t wait for part 2!
You would be amazed at the amount of diecast and 10 toys Ertl made. It brings your supply of to do vehicles very high. Ertl has been around since 1945.
Coming out good. The White will be right for this year bird. Bandit started in 77. Thanks for not ruining the Reputation.
Ertl is a company out of Dyersville Iowa. They've been around for decades. And are probably best known for their diecast farm implements. Vintage Ertl tractors are highly collectable. Back in the 60's the company I now work for molded the rubber tires for their scale tractors and what-not. At the time we were the "largest" tire manufacturer in the world. :)
Could have made it into a Rockford Files tribute car, but T/A's are bad ass no matter what!!!
sean robison that would be cool! Loved the Rockford files as a kid. James Garner was the boss!
Yes perfect choice to paint it white with blue - the best looking color combination on those old Trans Ams.
Can't wait to see the finished product. Looking good so far.
blub it in! blub,blub,blub,blub,blub LMFAO-The commentary is great! Step Brothers' references...
Хочю сказать огромное спасибо за ваши ролики.
Хатя я и в англискам язызе и не силен на смотрю с большим удовольствием.
Еще раз спасибо за вашу работу.
Лайк за каждый ролик.
Вы ТОП 1.
От души.
Thanks buddy!
I'm glad you're not doing a Bandit with that. Not only is it the wrong car for it, but it's kind of cliche. You have a chance to subvert expectations and bring to life something new or at least something we don't have thousands of. Knowing you, it'll be cooler anyway, haha
Good on you for not doing a bandit.
Ertl was a massive player back in the day. The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team diecast from the 80s were all Ertl.
Why is it so satisfying to watch the paint peel off? Probably because it’s the gateway moment to awesome possibilities!
i have seen several of model car and toy restorations on this web site, i must say you are about one of the best. very meticulous about details and your craftsmanship is second to none.
Thanks for not doing a bandit replica ! This is my favourite car from the three 1/18th's you had and will look fantastic with a cool paint job. Thanks !
Dang that’s a full on 70s shaggy bush! 😳 #729
Love this kind of stuff! I just wish that i had a steadier had... but CP makes things a lot harder sometimes... :/
The more you work on these I can see the draw. WAY more detail on these by far. You found a little gold mine...(covered in fuzz and cat piss) but a gold mine none the less. Keep 'em coming.
He painted it white! That's the color I suggested!
I commented about the color on the Corvette part 2 video.
Same! I said white with blue decals! So stoked! Great minds think alike 😂
Hey man great work with these 1:18 scales, the details are phenomenal! I’m surprised though you didn’t remove the doors. Passenger side door shut looked unpainted at the end.
Great that you talk through the videos. 🇬🇧
Nice that you went with white. To me white is the iconic color of the early T/A's. Hope that you go with the blue bird with the black center to it. I love that graphic.
"so much more room for activities!" LOL - nice pull! Love your vids, as always!!
I subscribed to your channel for the Redline Hot Wheels stuff, but I like how you are tackling the 1/18 cars too. I also collect 1/18th scale cars and have a few custom projects on the back burner. If you are interested in getting more into 1/18 scale customizing, I would suggest checking out an awesome Facebook group named "1/18th Scale Diecast Junkies". Very talented artists there, as well as those who are more collectors than customizers. Very cool and supportive bunch of guys there!
Very nice restoration. All that dirt... boah... Hope you will do a Trans Am in the colors of the early 1970th.
Anticipation on the white paint job with blue decals!
I really like the 1:18 scale cars you've done,
it was hilarious as soon as you said " cat pee" you noticed the hole in your glove.
Ahh yes, the benefits of shooting my audio live instead of doing voice overs like some of the other guys heheh
That is one of the reasons I like DR over the other guys. The commentary is great!
Lovin' this one! Had the same year car in Hugger Orange with white interior and that cool machine turned dash in the late 80s.😎
Looking forward to that Jeep build you mentioned. If you dont have wheels and accesories in your stash, check the 1/18 rc market.
Glass bead blasting cabinet would save you fair bit of time on these 1:18 scale cars for sure
OK done watching part 1, ready for part 2!
Keep the 1/18 restos coming!
Getting ready to do a restoration on a real 1973 455cid bird in red I have owned for 27 years. Loved driving it till engine went away. It has been off road for 19 years
White with a blue birdie on it will be real nice, had the opportunity bk in the day to buy a 79 camero with a similar body and color deco.
"So much more room for activities!" I see what you did there😂
That car started off as a refugee from a cat litter box! 🙀💩Was very hairy inside! Austin cleaned it up nice. White is an awesome choice!!! Shows the details very nicely!👍🏻👍🏻
This is gonna look awesome with the blue bird decals on it, super keen for part 2!
you should be doing a Thunderbolt and Lightfoot tribute....great Clint Eastwood movie with this year of TA. If you haven't watched it, you should...great car scenes
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was an awesome movie,a little history on that white Pontiac Trans am in the movie apparently it was owned by Clint Eastwood , and it was decided to be used in the movie.
You do very nice work and your videos are very enjoyable to watch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm searching for 1/18 honeycomb wheels with Firestones for a project....now i have a direction!...thanks!!
The cannonball run trans am would be cool! But white with blue stripes is sweet too.
this would look sweet in orange with white stripes,candy apple red with a sweet looking flame design or green with white stripes!!!!!
Love watching the 1:18 scale Restorations. You do a great job.
If you have built the re-issued International Transtar 4300 Eagle in 1/25 scale;the kit was an AMT kit in the ERTL series.The ERTL division,of the the Learning Curve brands LLC;which owns Match Box,and Round 2 LLC,went bank rupt in the late 2000's early 2010's.Every once in a while,Round 2 LLC will clean up the vintage molds,and reproduce and re-issue plastic model kits;that haven't been seen in decades.
In fact,there have been several ERTL kits that have been re-issued within the last 3 years because Round 2 LLC bought,and aquired;the ERTL brand in 2015.The molds and dimensions are not as precise;as the kits coming out these days;but that's what makes building them so fun!.Plus if they were to up date the molds;using today's technology,the kits would cost twice as much as the re-issued; vintage mold kits.I like the big rig kits that AMT and MPC have been coming out with in the last 10 years;but they would be expensive using today's molding technology.
So instead of paying $44.00 for a 1/25 scale big rig kit from AMT,AMT/ERTL,or MPC,you would be paying between $60.00 and $80.00 for the same kit;molded with the precise tooling technology,we have today.ERTL was once an independent company brand;before filing for chapter 9 and chapter 11 bank ruptcy,back in 2011.ERTL is now a sub division/subsidiary of Round 2 LLC.
Nice that someone tried to flock the seats before you got it.
That is one cool looking TA! Im sure it'll turn out awesome as usual!
A white SD455 with the blue stripe would be really nice! suits this car way better than a bandit tribute. its the wrong model for a bandit anyways
White is definitely a great color for this one.
White with blues decals 454 sd is one of my dream. Cars wouldnt have looked right as a bandit
Yeah, no reason to do a bandit when Greenlight makes a really nice one for $70. I’m gonna start building some model kits again because of you and baremetalHW. The last one I built was the OG Cylon raider from Battlestar Galactica in 1978. This was cool and you’re still the best painter of toy cars on UA-cam.
You need yerself one of those small sandblast cabinets....I used to restore a lot of ERTL tractors and that was invaluable.....by the way glass, not sand
In the future I plan to get something set up like that. It takes me forever to strip the bigger cars chemically.
Can't wait to see the finished car!
ERTL is a huge name in die-cast toys. They’re biggest market is tractors and construction equipment, I think.
Some of the comments in here??cant believe any grown arsss man would hate on the Bandit car??!!. Best looking TransAm in history from body to color and finish..ONLY TransAm I would even consider owning.
Great job, I enjoy watching you work!!
I know you said you didn't like the Bandit tribute scheme but like you this is my favorite body style trans am & I would've loved to see it in the bandit black with gold accents.
@@ae86hachi I'm aware of that but in my opinion this body style is much better & I'd love to see what the bandit car would've looked like if it was made just a couple years earlier.
Great video, love watching the 1:18s being done...... Well done..,✌️
I had a SD 455 Trans-am that I ordered from the factorery in 1973 Believe it or not, I had it delivered with the Trans an bird delete on the hood, which cost me an additional $250-00, just to have it not put on. I shipped it to Germany the next time I went overseas and we both had a blast. Sold it to a German who I worked with when I rotated back as I now had a family and the Trans-am would have not been fitting.
Randy Purtteman that would be an incorrect memory Randy. The Hood decal of the Screaming Chicken was an extra cost option of $95 back then. Standard equipment was no hood bird decal,so no charge without it. Only extra cost was for options added over standard equipment. As a matter of fact, any time you deleted a standard equipment item, like a radio, you got a credit back for a factory preset amount that was published in the order guides on the sales managers desk.
@@marksmith6091 Perhaps I dis get it wrong but I know that I had to pay extra for not having something. I allways thought it was he screaming chicken. It might have been for something else. You're right , I did have the wheels changed. And it was a long time ago.
Dremel has a 2 pack scotch bright abrasive sanding wheels in the tools section that would help u in so many ways in the areas u cant or dont want to sand by hand
That body needed much work! But well worth the effort man... Glad you went with white, I have the same car with the blue stripe, but I wonder what a deep red stripe would look like?
Great video, you gave some great info on bondo, and liquid masking. Thank you
Glad youre doing a anniversary style paint and decals bandit is soo done to death
I've not seen many 1:18's and this one is a good one! Glad to see it get new life.
dam now they some blubs for jimmy
Room for more activities! Love it! This one is going to be sweet!
Man... That cat pee just goes down to the metal... I'm convinced that's what flows in the Xenomorphs veins. Cat pee.
Nice alien reference😂
Greetings from the UK. Have only just found your channel. There are so many “model restoration” experts on you tube it’s hard to find the good ones. They should have a “trust pilot” type score where it’s easier to find the good ones like you.
I love the 1:18th restorations you have done.
Not surprised the pitting in the Metal caused by old cats wee (I don’t mean the cat was old, but it will be now). Urine is acidic so it’s like those models have had acid on them for 20years...
Ponch's Trans Am would have been cool also
The paint remover looks like spicy garlic sauce from BWW. Now I want wings.
Dam!!! You do some good work. I wish i could send you my 1942 Chevy coupe to work on. But it's a real car. Lol .i really enjoy your channel you are the best. keep up the good work, and be kool.
Hey
I think the white is great! My uncle had a white firebird with blue and black decals. It looked sharp;)
Good to see this channel is Trans positive.
Rockford files for sure!
Love Rockford! Technically, that wasn't a "Trans Am". It was a Firebird Formula ('74-'78 models) re-designed to look like the less expensive Firebird Esprit. The '74 front end was different, and had no rear spoiler.
Maybe for cleaning a car like this you can try vinegar heated up and then mix it with blue Dawn dish soap. Spray it and let it soak for 30 to 60 minutes and reapply as needed.
Ertyl did licensed matchbox style cars in the '70s. My Batmobile and Dukes of Hazzard cars were Ertyl. Not the worst quality. -Note for Millennials: My General Lees were all thoroughly destroyed by me and my friends years ago.
Super Duty 455 trans arms were only offered in 1973 1974. Almost got one new. Insurance was 2,400.00 per year. Car new was 4,200.00 loaded.
I'm really feeling this one. Can't wait for part #2.
Dam that 1973 Trans Am looked like it hit puberty hard in the interior and Diecast when in cleaning and shaving lol
Lego makes car models that are about 1:18 scale. I purchased a box of lego's from the Goodwill store and there were all kinds of big and small wheels and hubs. You could use lego wheels on your projects. What size is your air compressor? I have a pancake compressor and at 30 psi I wasn't getting enough pressure when practicing with plain water.
25-30PSI is where I like to be. I have an Iwata SmartJet
The will ferrel reference with the activities comment had me smiling! And that's why I love your channel!
kool , thanx
Robert
Much respect for not making it the bandit car, fun fact my strp dad had that same year TA white with the blue bird!
The interior looks like every car i ever owned.
That's looking SUPER EFFEN MINTY!!! Cant wait to see part 2
Oh, remove the fire chicken and pleeeeaaasssse paint it Sierra Gold like Jim Rockford's Pontiac!
I'm not a fan of the Trans Am, but Jim's was the balls, because Jim was the balls! And he did race cars for real, not just on the show.
For a power sander use an electric toothbrush by pulling bristles out glue on Velcro and use sandpaper with Velcro backing. I usethat on rc bodies. Works like a d.a. sander. Make sure you use a rechargeab,e toothbrush.
Love the way it’s looking so far. Question, why semi-opaque and not opaque? What’s the difference?
Since Createx is mostly for air brush artists, some would use the watered down (semi-opaque) for highlighting and such. They just didn’t have any sets of opaque at the store when I was shopping. Since I’m spraying whole bodies it doesn’t really matter. But if you were doing highlights on a mural or something then I think the difference would be known. I just needed a color set is all.
You had me at 'more room for activities'
ERTL manufactured lots of large scale pressed steel toy cars - their 'General Lee' is a classic (and almost indestructible), as is the 'Knight Rider' KITT. They made 1/64 scale diecasts, too, as well as 1/24, an 1/18. The only problem here in the UK - they weren't that common, and damned expensive if you found them. I'm not surprised about the damage caused by cat piss. That stuff is pretty corrosive.