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Post by mrmike on Dec 18, 2017 10:04:48 GMT -7
My new project is a kitbash of one kit and parts from another kit. And, it is also the return of McNally, Boston PI in a story called Truckin' To Death. Persons in this story are not related to anyone living or deceased. The BuildI had this kit in the stash for a while. I bought the kit at a deceased Club member's auction to raise money for his widow.  My paint will be Tamiya TS-92 Metallic Orange and Tamiya TS-45 Pearl White. These colors were influenced by the '62 Chevy Fleetside built by Martin Bros. Customs on Velocity's Iron Resurrection.  The rest of the build will be the Revell '65 Stepside kit with a '64 Fleetside bed and pieces from the '64 Revell Fleetside kit offered to me by Classic Plastic Model Club member Barry Fadden. The wheels and tires are from the Revell '62 Corvette kit. Dual exhaust from the '62 Chevy Impala.  The StoryEvery Friday night in summer, the Back Bay Burgers restaurant near McNally's house has a Cruise-In welcoming any and all kinds of cars and trucks. Music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s is played and raffles prizes are given away. McNally likes this event as he brings his late father's car, a '57 Ford Custom 300 known as Spearment to the show. He parks next to '65 Chevy Fleetside pickup that he has never seen before. He meets the owner, Peter Mathuis who tells him about the truck, saying he did all the electrical and mechanical work himself and had a local body shop paint the truck in orange with a white top. The next morning, Peter is leaving for some overtime work at 5:30 AM when he is brutally stabbed to death in his driveway. The killer takes the keys for the truck from Peter's hand and steals the truck. The following day, with the Police searching for the killer, Peter's widow Caroline hires McNally, Boston PI to find Peter's beloved '65 Chevy pickup. McNally will return... |
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Post by RetroSpectKustoms on Dec 18, 2017 20:00:39 GMT -7
Hmmm, I think McNally is suspect #1, seems a bit suspicious.
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Post by DeeCee on Dec 19, 2017 1:09:04 GMT -7
Nice idea mate, i'll be watching.... and reading.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 19, 2017 10:23:55 GMT -7
Well, I hate to disappoint you guys, but McNally is not a suspect. I hope you don't mind the story. I keep the story short so the model build is usually front and center. I like to add a short story to give me motivation to build kits that I might not build. The purpose of the story is to show what is driving this build and if Admin feels that adding a story is inappropriate, I'll remove the story. Thanks.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 21, 2017 10:29:42 GMT -7
The StoryA knock on the front door finds McNaly opening it to Caroline Matheus, wife of Peter Matheus, the truck owner. She wants to hire McNally to find her late husband's truck while the BPD searches for his killer. She only has $1000 cash to pay for his services for five days and he agrees to search for the truck. He'll start at BPD Homicide and Auto Theft units for any additional information they may have. The Build I decided to start on the engine of the '65 Chevy Fleetside this morning.   You'll notice that I didn't put on the valve covers. I don't have any chrome valve covers for a SBC, so out came my Molotow Liquid Chrome pen and I went to town on them. I'll let these dry for a week before I handle them.  More to come...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 12:42:19 GMT -7
Be sure and post up the next step with the rocker arm covers. I'd like to know if a week is enough time for curing Molotow chrome.
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Post by stitchdup on Dec 22, 2017 15:11:39 GMT -7
Cool, macnally's back on the case
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Post by mrmike on Dec 28, 2017 14:59:15 GMT -7
Be sure and post up the next step with the rocker arm covers. I'd like to know if a week is enough time for curing Molotow chrome. Steve, I had rubbed my finger along the sprue that the Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen had touched and the chrome had dulled right away. I'll spray some Alclad II Gloss Klear Kote on the valve covers to give them some protection from my handling the parts. A member of my Model Club uses Alclad II Klear Kote for his Molotow covered parts. I haven't done anything on any of the model kits that I am building for several weeks due to the Holiday. I will be getting back to building shortly. |
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Post by lowlife on Dec 28, 2017 15:49:14 GMT -7
Yay McNallys back ! !
Used to enjoy your stories, and builds, glad to see your back doing both again !
Must be a few cars you've built around the stories, how about a McNally thread ! ?
PS... I've used molotow chrome pens then painted them 24 hrs later with future floor stuff. Works fine ! !
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Post by DeeCee on Dec 28, 2017 15:56:23 GMT -7
Covers look good in Molotow chrome, and the story line is perfectly fine mate.. anything that motivates a build, can only be a good thing  |
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Post by mrmike on Dec 30, 2017 20:17:26 GMT -7
Thanks lowlife and DeeCee! Been picking away at the Chevy, but no pictures taken yet. I'll try to post some up tomorrow along with another story excerpt.
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Post by mrmike on Dec 31, 2017 8:14:48 GMT -7
The StoryMcNally stops at BPD Homicide and parks his car in the spot marked "For Detectives' Cars Only" and goes inside and talks to his friend, Lt. Det. Adam Troy. Adam has very little to go on-no witnesses, no video surveillance, no murder weapon. McNally decides to run upstairs to Auto Theft and talk to Lt. Det. Macklin. Lt. Macklin calls McNally a "Breath of fresh air" as other PIs want Auto Theft to find their missing vehicles for them. McNally is looking for a place to start asking questions and says that he is not like other PIs. "I guess you are not," says Lt. Macklin. Lt. Macklin tells McNally about an active car theft gang in Southie, but they only steal high-end autos like Mercedes, Caddys, and Audis. He has a chop shop under surveillance in Brighton with a U/C cop inside. McNally thanks Lt. Macklin for the advice and he leaves Auto Theft to start searching for Peter's missing truck.
The BuildI've been picking away at this truck. I drilled holes in the cylinder heads for plug wires.  I've been filling in the gaps in the front of the grille and the edges of the hood.  I wanted to clean up the used bed so I removed the taillight panels since they were installed crooked.  McNally will return...
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Post by mrmike on Jan 2, 2018 9:02:53 GMT -7
The StoryMcNally will start at David Matheus' house on Estes Street in Brighton. He parks at the curb and gets out of his Dodge Challenger SRT8 and walks up the sidewalk to the front door. He knocks on the front door after ringing the doorbell and waits. No one opens the door and it appears that no one is at home. He looks in the living room windows and sees no one, just a homemade TV stand with a stereo and gaming console, an American flag tacked up on the wall and flanked with posters of a bikini clad girls. He looks in the back door and sees a short hallway to the kitchen. In the back yard is a single car garage and McNally opens the unlocked garage door and he looks around. Some old furniture, Christmas ornaments, boxes filled with junk, yard tools, and an old lawn mower. He'll come back later when David is home and talk to him. The BuildI re-installed the bed caps so that they are now straight using the tailgate.  The bed caps minus the tailgate which was held in place by friction.  When I sanded the bed end, I chipped the end with my sanding stick. I'll fill this with some Bondo and then sand it down.  McNally will return...
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Post by mrmike on Jan 13, 2018 19:19:03 GMT -7
The StoryMcNally drives over to the "chop shop" in Brighton, Ma. He parks his '09 Challenger SRT8 just down the block to observe what seems to be an active auto body shop with a couple of cars parked in the front of the shop with patches of primer and replacement body parts on them. He sits in his car for several hours watching and taking note of the vehicles that come and go from the shop and the people that work there. Now that he is completely bored, he drives from Brighton to South Boston to search out for the car theft gang that Lt. Macklin had told him about. The BuildAnother visit with my friend Barry got me another hood. The original hood wasn't put together to my liking and Barry offered me the hood for a second chance to get it put together correctly.  I did a mockup of the truck and found that the wheels and tires fit the wheel wells too tightly. These are the inner fenders for the bed and I will cut out the fenders and add them to widen the rear inner fenders.   McNally will return...
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Post by kpnuts on Jan 23, 2018 3:50:10 GMT -7
Coming along great and i love the story
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 23, 2018 4:28:53 GMT -7
Progress looks good so far Mike and the storyline is a good addition as well. I haven't found anything yet that I can clear the Molotow with that doesn't dull the finish and it doesn't take well to handling whether it's cured or not in my experience. It's good stuff but it's really temperamental like Alclad II is when it comes to clearing or handling.
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Post by mrmike on Jan 28, 2018 7:09:11 GMT -7
If you haven't tried it, I would suggest trying AlClad II Gloss Klear Kote with an airbrush. It works for me.
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Post by mrmike on Feb 1, 2018 8:58:57 GMT -7
The StoryAs McNally drives down to a pool hall called Sticks-n-Cues, he wonders about the chop shop he just left. They seem to be running a fully functioning body shop, but how are they processing the chopped cars without getting caught? Apparently, BPD Auto Theft suspects them as a chop shop and they got someone undercover in there, how did they come to suspect them? Could the Chevy Pickup be there? He may have to find a way in there for a peek. The BuildI removed part of the inner fenders to enlarge the fender wells.   I cut out the new inner fenders.  McNally will return...
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Post by stitchdup on Feb 1, 2018 9:27:10 GMT -7
Nice work Michael, enjoying the story too
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Post by mrmike on Feb 1, 2018 13:40:05 GMT -7
Thank you stitchup! I like writing stories on the side to help motivate me to build certain models that I wouldn't otherwise build.
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 1, 2018 15:06:40 GMT -7
I've been down this road a time or two with truck beds. Good progress Mike!
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Post by kpnuts on Feb 1, 2018 23:19:47 GMT -7
Looking good and enjoying the story
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Post by mrmike on Feb 2, 2018 6:17:13 GMT -7
Thanks Joe and kpnuts!
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Post by mrmike on Feb 16, 2018 6:39:06 GMT -7
The StoryMcNaly parks his Challenger SRT8 near the front door of Sticks-n-Cues, a pool hall and bar. He walks inside and goes over to the bar and orders a draft beer and pays for it. He turns towards the middle table out of three in the hall and observes a small group of people shooting pool. There is a small stack of money under a chaulk cube on the edge of the table and the players are all talking smack to each other. One fellow wearing a leather jacket appears to be the leader of the group judging by his actions and he seems to be the only one with a gun which is tucked in his belt. The BuildI started working on the engine with painting and detailing along with adding some parts like the carb and the belt assembly.  I have been widening the wheel tubs in the bed and these are getting a coat of putty to smooth everything over.   McNally will return...
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Post by DeeCee on Feb 16, 2018 16:17:26 GMT -7
Good work on those tubs Michael, keep at it mate, i'm watching and reading.. |
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Post by vcv8273 on Feb 16, 2018 20:54:57 GMT -7
Coming together real nice and nice job on the mods, looking forward to more updates
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Post by mrmike on Feb 28, 2018 5:50:34 GMT -7
Thank you guys! The Story
McNally walks over to the table and says Hello to the Throttles. "What do you want?" "Just a little conversation," he says as he puts a Fifty Dollar bill on the table. "Talk is cheap and it'll cost you double that to talk to us," says the ring leader who then breaks the pool cue in half on the table and raises it to hit the Boston PI. McNally pulls his .45 caliber SIG P227 from his shoulder holster and aims it inches away from the ringleader's face. "Everybody stays here while you and I talk outside," says McNally as he grabs the ringleader's jacket and pulls him away from the table.
The Build
I got some painting done this morning.  The engine is in process. I need to add plug boots, wire the engine, find an aftermarket air cleaner, and paint the transmission.  I want to lower the front suspension by cutting off the spindles and raising them about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch.  More to come... |
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Post by kpnuts on Feb 28, 2018 10:10:32 GMT -7
Looking real good
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Post by mrmike on Mar 4, 2018 19:57:53 GMT -7
Thanks kpnuts! The StoryMcNally drags his prisoner outside the bar and throws him across the hood of a car. "I'm looking for a stolen and restored '65 Chevy Pickup. Talk!" "We don't boost no trucks, man! We only do high-end luxury and sport cars! There's more money in it!" "And, if you did know of someone who wants a restored Chevy truck, would you tell me?" "Yeah! I heard of some guy named Davey in Brighton. He was looking for one last week!" "Ok," says McNally. "If I have to come back here to find you, there's no place anywhere to hide from me! Beat it," and the guy runs back inside the pool hall. The BuildBeen working on the interior today. The dash needs to be detailed.  The chassis has been detailed. I broke off two of the bumper mount brackets by accident.  A mockup with the engine, chassis, and interior.  McNally will return... |
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Post by DeeCee on Mar 4, 2018 21:37:25 GMT -7
That interior looks real nice Michael..
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