{"id":5142,"date":"2018-03-31T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2018-11-29T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T17:54:02","slug":"the-bench-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/importnut.net\/models\/the-bench-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bench – March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! My idea for reigniting my drive to build worked better than I expected!<\/p>\n

I quickly hammered through the AMT 2012 Corvette build and made great progress on the Toyota Celica. Having reignited my motivation to build, I pulled out a few of the projects that have been lurking in the background for the past few years. I worked through a few body details on the “Hemi” Charger, moved forward with the 68 Corvette build and pulled out my very long stagnant VW Golf race car build.<\/p>\n

The VW Golf, for me, was a very daunting project with considerable masking and decals. Using Tamiay’s narrow flexible tape made the whole process easier than I could have imagined.<\/p>\n

The 32 Ford rework project experienced a huge setback. I had prepped and painted the chassis as well as all of the bits and pieces of the chassis. While adding one final detail to the chassis, I was too eager to pull the masking and pulled a large sheet of paint off. As I shook my head in disbelief, I dunked the chassis in degreaser to strip it.<\/p>\n

While looking through my wheels stash for my Celica project, I pulled out wheels that I bought for my EG Civic and Glasstop CRX kits. I bought them a couple of years ago but never had the chance to use them. I quickly prepped them for installation and painted them. While the CRX and Civic were apart, I decided to add flocking. I love how they turned out!<\/p>\n

My son wanted to try a rat rod build. After doing a little research, I settled on process using white glue to make rust spots. Although we didn’t go crazy with shading and staining, the look was pretty convincing!<\/p>\n

Next month, I continue my forward moment and finish two very old projects and continue building.<\/p>\n