Chris Mobley

Thanks. I have tried it and now I know I better get some water on the model!

Thanks everyone. I agree about the chrome and am playing around with a few things for that still. Bit afraid to try anything on the model since I am thrilled how the rust turned out and don't want to ruin it!

Been a while since I have been around here and been even longer since I have finished a build. Funny how the kids lives have taken mine over! But I get to have as much fun as they do so that's all right. This took me about a year from start to finish and is the Revell 1950 Chevy truck cab. I have always wanted to do a rusted out fire truck and this one just happened to be handy. No major modifications were done really, mostly just all finish work. The firefighting equipment laying about is a mixture of resin,plastic and scratch built. The look I was going for was that of a cab that was removed off a body to replace it with a newer one and the department recycled the main part of the truck. my department has been guilty of doing that a time or two. As with most municipal vehicles when retired the markings were painted over but starting to show back through the fading cover.

Not as much as being in a hotel every night, that's for sure. When at home I have a detached man cave that I have heated and AC in so I do what I want in there and if I need to paint, I paint!

The jack stand looks great! Thanks for going through the process, I have seen the kits but never seen the actual process and results.

The Oshkosh TFFT would be top of my list, would probably not want to see the price but it would be top of my list!

It just depends on what the part is for me, some things like grill covers and fenders in a heart beat. I have done the tool clamps, can say I have I have done them and don't think I want to do them again! Now on my firetrucks, I have used all sorts of PE left over from sets for armor and aircraft for a wide assortment of stuff. Just takes a little creativity and combining different things to make something that would be nearly impossible to scratch build and look as good.

That is looking great. I'm taking lots of notes!

I have sprayed Future over lacquers in the past and it was fine. I have had the opposite result though from lacquer clear coat over acrylic, that was not pretty.

I have had to deal with them a few times and every time it has been great. I know once the part was at my door in two days and they don't give you a bunch of crap about buying the whole sprue and charging a bunch in shipping because they messed up either like some companies.

Yup, figured it out gluing elastic for fire hoses on a build when I all of a sudden had a fire starting on my firetruck.

I gave up on the needle part of the system and just use the plastic refill bottle and the needle on it. Biggest problem I have always have is the needle getting clogged.

Dish Network has it, my kids love watching it when there is something cool going on.

Looks great. That helo is what got me to meet Gen. Scott. I was standing there at the museum in Warner Robbins probably with a confused look on my face trying to figure out how those blades worked and he came up and explained it to me and spent a good bit of time through the rest of the place. me not being a huge plane buff did not know who he was till we went by the God Is My Copilot display. Then it clicked.

As long as you don't let it freeze you are good to go with it.

Great stuff. On my second bottle of it.

Don't even remember how many AOL specific issues I have had to deal with. Had one forum software that you could not even mention AOL or it would set of a security setting and nothing on the page would show up.

I have my man cave out in the yard which like most of my build is a perpetual work in progress. Pretty much assembled it from stuff I was able to score on job sites so it pretty well a kit bash as well. I have reworked it a few times, but here is what it looks like right now. Have my area on the right and the boys have their area on the left, which seems to constantly shift more and more to the right. And of coarse the door says it all. Just wish it was still as organized as the pics show it. But then again I can't find anything when it is like that.

Thanks. Macro lenses do make things look a bit bigger than normal and I had the whole collection stacked together.

Inside the wheel well. Kind of wondering how I am going to get the wheel strut mounted now. I get ahead of myself at times. I'll figure something out. Some of the opened up areas of the wings. If you look real close you can see the tiny holes in the back of them. The start of a landing flap. This is the first steps. Still lots more to go. Gotta figure out what I have that I can use for the rod it says I need since it did not come with it. And the easiest thing so far to get done. The boat. More to come as long as I don't get to cross eyed to type.

This is the Academy SB-17 kit with the Eduard Big Ed detail set. They ain't kidding when they say big. Suckers got three times as many parts as the kit does easy. But the detail it has is amazing. Sucks that a lot of it is gone once the plane is assembled but hopefully the enlarged glass areas of this version of the plane will allow plenty to still be seen. Here's what it is supposed to represent when it is done. Progress is slow going, lots of tedious work and fair amount of cutting plastic. First up is the cockpit thus far. Still lots of little details to go on it. Had enough of lots of little details for one day though. Still a good bit to go but it is a little more interesting looking than the kit decal. Here is the rear of the cockpit. I found out after wards that I put everything on the bomb bay side of the thing. No way the stuff was coming back with damaging it, that Gator Glue has a hell of a bite so I just modified the cockpit floor to fit in the holes and trimmed the ribbing from below the door. Won't be able to see inside the bomb bay any way. Now the wall in front of the cock pit. Still more to go on it but I will wait till it is painted. Right side of the cockpit.

Pretty cool build.

Nicely done.

Nice job, can't say that I have any 30 year builds myself.

Very well done.