More spray paint hell for the Kris Krampus Weihnachten Bier Wagon build? My favorite generic brand spray paint no longer in production!
Part 3: OL’ KRIS KRAMPUS MUST NOT LIKE IT! XMAS BEER WAGON BUILD FROM HELL?
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Part 3: Ol’ Kris Krampus must not like it! Xmas Beer Wagon build from Hell?
Angry gods punish me for Procrastinating!
The video doesn’t do a good job of showing the mold growing on the plastic model kits.
Part-1:
Got a nasty surprise when I decided to go through one of my storage tubs in a storage shed. The 40+ years old sheds decided to start leaking this past Winter during the snow melt. Still making scary discoveries even after months of clean-up.
Part-2:
Use it or loose it!
Got a nasty surprise when I decided to go through one of my storage tubs in a storage shed. The 40+ years old sheds decided to start leaking this past Winter during the snow melt. Still making scary discoveries even after months of clean-up.
Part-2: Why the Canadian Beer Wagon is bigger!
Intro: Beer (Wagon) for Xmas?
Can I make the 01DEC2023 build deadline?
Part 2: 
1970 CHEVY MALIBU, REVELL-MONOGRAM MERGER, WAS IT WORTH IT?
Part 2: 1970 Chevy Malibu, Revell-Monogram merger, was it worth it?
I continue my laborious ramblings about why the one time issued Monogram 1/24 scale 1970 Chevy Malibu is so significant to me.
How did I end up in Idaho, and is ‘following the jobs’ worth it?
Part 1: 
1970 CHEVY MALIBU, MY OLDEST SURVIVING CAR KIT & WHY IT’S SPECIAL TO ME
Beware the Corvette Ghost!
Part-1: 1970 Chevy Malibu, my oldest surviving car kit & why it’s special to me
In 1982, I built this 1/24 Monogram kit as a reward for myself, for legally graduating high school at the age of 16 and being able to join the military at the age of 17, despite the fact my parents, and high school principal, said it couldn’t be done.
Kit Bashing: WHERE IS BLACKBIRD NASA 831? AND THE PROBLEMS WITH THE OLD TESTORS KIT.
New looks for the old Monogram Beer Wagon
http://thepastpresented.com/index.php/tag/monogram-models/
The classic Tom Daniel’s Monogram Beer Wagon (also issued as a Cola Wagon under the Revell-Monogram brand) was first issued in 1967. Apparently, it was last issued in 2016.
Photo by me.
I built two Monogram Beer Wagons as xmas gifts for two guys who love their specific brands of beer; Pabst and Iron Horse Brewery’s Irish Death.
Photo by me.
I used aftermarket Pabst decals meant for a 1970s gasser/drag racer. Alcohol based chrome paint was used on the headers, works good but is expensive.
Photo by me.
The markings for the Irish Death were cut from Iron Horse Brewery’s 36 square-root package, thinned down and pasted with clear setting glue. Then I covered with lots of clear paint.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
I tried using different brands of gold spray paints, all claiming to look like gold chrome. None of them lived up to their promise.
Photo by me.
Video, the real 1:1 scale Beer Wagon:
Photo by me.
Notice that the front axle doesn’t sit properly on both kits.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
Photo by me.
These old kits have a lot of fragile parts. Besides the plastic chains being prone to breakage, the rear light posts also like to break. On the Pabst Wagon I had to make new posts out of skinny plastic sprues. I drilled holes in the chassis to fix them in place, they turned out to be sturdier.
Photo by me.
I got this cool stretch version from a builder in Canada.
The kool thing about these old kits is that they’re great starting points for kool kustoms.
VEHICLE I-D with kit review: MODEL T & WHITE MOTOR WARRIORS
DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLES!: REVELL USA IS DEAD, LONG LIVE REVELL GERMANY!
BLACKLIGHT REVELL DEAL’S WHEELS
Cool looking kit, but fiddly construction with instructions that don’t help.
REVELL 1937 FORD PICKUP OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
The hood got a clear coat of Plaid acrylic matte. The inner lip of the front fender wells had to be sanded slightly thinner so the Bullet Mustang tires would fit inside. I think the problem was caused by the way I mounted the disc breaks on the front suspension.
MORE PROOF INSTRUCTIONS ARE WRONG:
Woooo, it’s the ghost of Willys’ van!
An old MPC custom Corvette and an AMT 1995 Corvette, missing parts, broken or unusable parts, combined to make a unique kit.
SALVAGING TWO DIFFERENT JUNK KITS INTO ONE UNIQUE CORVETTE
Open wide! In hindsight I should have used a wider/stronger chassis as the modified 2006 Mustang body is very heavy.
2006 Revell-Monogram MUSTANG FUNNY CAR DRAGSTER conversion