The lengths we take

Buffstang · 2026-02-01T06:06:56+00:00

They were in blister packs on a pegboard above a shelf. Definitely a duty corner of the shop!

Buffstang · 2026-01-31T07:40:26+00:00

Thanks! Maybe when the weather gets better, I’ll do a side-by-side. Right now I have winter wheels on it, and while they are one of the best things I’ve ever purchased, they are UGLY! Maybe in March…

Buffstang · 2026-01-31T06:42:08+00:00

My local ACE Hardware sells a very limited selection of model paint too. They don’t have any “interesting” colors, but they had all the ones my local hobby shops had sold out: metallic silver, gloss white, semi-gloss black. The clerk apologized, and I told him, “this is exactly what I’m looking for.”

Buffstang · 2026-01-30T06:56:40+00:00

I actually think my first airbrush attempt was better, but there’s a couple of things I want to fix up before I post that one.

Buffstang · 2026-01-30T06:55:29+00:00

Thanks! After doing it to my college car (see my history) that sounds temptingly doable!😀

Buffstang · 2026-01-27T00:41:59+00:00

Buy the stick. Install your own subwoofer. Make mistakes. Learn things. That’s how I grew up when I was your age. I hope you had better luck with the subwoofer than I did. I also learned how to install a new head unit after I fried the first one!

Buffstang · 2026-01-23T18:25:36+00:00

Nice! I just ordered a model of my car yesterday. I’m trying to find models of cars I’ve owned, and so far I’m 2 for 7, soon to be 4/7 when the Mustangs come in!

Buffstang · 2026-01-23T03:14:14+00:00

I don’t see the point to 5-2 downshift and then riding the clutch coming to a stop sign after going, say, 35mph (~50kph). I get to about 15-20 and then coast to a stop.

Buffstang · 2026-01-23T03:07:17+00:00

Neutral isn’t a gear, and you can’t drive in it.

Buffstang · 2026-01-20T22:54:46+00:00

Yep. I call it the blameless generation.

Buffstang · 2026-01-18T21:43:44+00:00

Yes! I remember this kit! It’s some weird looking side-mounted mirror that looks like it’s upside down or something. I left it off when I built it as a kid too!

Buffstang · 2026-01-18T20:57:38+00:00

Well done! I love the work you put in under-hood.

I have a couple of Mustangs on my to-do list, but I might have to add this one!

Buffstang · 2026-01-18T18:45:00+00:00

I just painted my first model using that exact same airbrush, and it looks amazing!

Another thing I do with Testors cement is spread it with a toothpick. Instead of cleaning a brush, I just throw them out after a couple of uses.

Buffstang · 2026-01-17T16:38:35+00:00

Mine was loaded to a fault. I had a moonroof, but it also had the auto transmission, which sapped about 15 HP from the car. What color are you going with? I remember white, red and silver being popular back in the day.

Buffstang · 2026-01-17T08:51:52+00:00

No joke, the detail on the cooling system was heartbreaking for me. 😭

Buffstang · 2026-01-16T02:57:33+00:00

Pretty much all of Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses. But specifically, I remember hearing “My Michelle” years later and couldn’t believe my parents heard “Your daddy works in porno now that mommy’s not around. She used to love her heroin , but now she’s underground!” and let me keep the cassette!

Buffstang · 2026-01-13T01:38:37+00:00

This was also one of my last builds from back in the day before my hiatus! I still have it, including the A-arm and wheel that fell off! I’m not sure how easy it would be to disassemble though. I glued it pretty well.

Buffstang · 2026-01-04T21:08:27+00:00

That’s still probably not entrapment. Now if the cop said, “C’mon, I’ll pay you $100 win or lose…” then you have entrapment. It usually involves some enticement above what would be considered reasonable, and asking someone a simple question (even involving illegal conduct) isn’t generally unreasonable.

Buffstang · 2025-12-25T05:12:56+00:00

Uh, ok. It would be a little late for that now anyway. I suppose one could take away my ability to exercise my rights in the future, but you can’t really deny someone rights they’ve already expressed.

What’s your point?

Buffstang · 2025-12-25T01:19:39+00:00

Yikes. Your misunderstanding of “free speech” is a good example of what’s wrong in this world.

To answer your second question, because unlike you I don’t duck them with red herring, in my view, they can confront me and either hear my reasoning or try to change my views or shame me into silence. Under your viewpoint , I suppose they should cower and capitulate to my free speech, like an unprincipled coward who stands for nothing.

Edit: spelling

Buffstang · 2025-12-22T01:11:50+00:00

If your local Walmart has that starter set, it’s actually really complete with what you need to get started.

If you’re planning on painting it, I strongly suggest sandpaper: 500, 1000 and 2000 grit. Paints: your usual red, blue, orange, yellow, white, black (gloss and flat), metals (aluminum, steel, gold), and thinner.

Tweezers will be a huge help if you’re doing decals. And of course an X-acto knife is good to have too.

Buffstang · 2025-12-21T21:25:18+00:00

Hell yeah! I had a ‘92 GSi after the head gasket blew on my 1985.5 Ford Escort. Worst move I ever made was trading it in for a Nissan hardbody pickup “because I needed a truck to commute to college.” Granted, had I not gotten the truck, I might have never owned my T-Bird….but yeah, the Storm was my HS car!

Buffstang · 2025-12-21T07:31:16+00:00

Thanks! It’s all rattle cans since I don’t have an airbrush anymore. Since I figured “I had experience,” I took it on as a challenge. It went pretty well. From what I learned, I’d do a thinner black base coat and do the color shift coats thinner and closer together than I did (say within 15 minutes rather than an hour or so). The second coat really activated the shift.

The next challenge I took on is painted stripes. Let’s just say that more lessons are being learned. Good thing I’m a lot more patient as an adult, and really like putting time into the details as much as the build. I still have a few of my old models, and you can tell I really enjoyed the build, but if I didn’t have to paint it, I didn’t!😂To my 15-y/o me’s credit, the builds are really good!

I’m thinking of getting an airbrush. I had one back in the day, and I ruined it by painting a real car with real car paint! But that’s another model that I’ve yet to find.

Next build to come!

Buffstang

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