With so much going on, we had to put it all into one video! @blueoxmodelshop3405 @MoonwalkerModels @Jeffsmodelgarage @chrmar Check out Chris's channel here: youtube.com/@c...
Hi Mike, lol! I know from your busy life that you probably have a lot of stuff. That's kind of idling in the wings waiting to get finished. I am getting there too I suppose! Thanks my friend and glad that you already know about Chris!
Hi Ryan! Thank you! Yep tons going on. Not a lot of time these days. Hoping to get these few group builds under wraps here soon so that we can get ready for next year's wave of group builds 🙂
Hi Craig! Yep tons going on here. The crazy thing is that since the weather is cooling off that will take away bench time for me. More people coming to visit plus the weather is good so more time spent outside and traveling equals less bench time. Here in Arizona. We are kind of the opposite for the rest of the country. 😉
Awesome card, I have that 67 Fleetside wrecker I built as a kid. I have it the rest of the way a part waiting for a restoration. This is awesome, I can go to his Sprue page and get some info on the kit. Thanks BG! Lot's of great information.... "A Walkabout" Right! Come's back all painted. Right! Good Luck with that... Lol My stuff leaves an never come's back! 🤣 LLAP 🖖
Hi Bruce, glad you like the video with friend. Hopefully Chris keeps on going with adding more information about model kits as as he grows his channel. I'm really looking forward to reading more about some of the history of kids. I just find it fascinating. There has to be a Nexus in the universe where all model parts go to after they've been lost. Kind of like how one sock always disappears when doing the laundry, 😀
Hi Spencer, thank you. It was from the instructions themselves. I'm now sort of thinking of trying this technique over different colors to see what it does for wheels for instance, doing it over copper to give it more of a bronze look like the new Subaru wheels have! 😁
Wow, that's a busy bench. The flathead with the blower is super cool, nice choice. I hope you can find that engine, I've heard of engines missing before but not disappearing. 😄
Awesome update on your builds. I always thought the Studebaker Avanti would make a cool Riddler car. I currently have 3 hobby rooms in the house. One for a "n" scale train layout. One for RC planes, and one for model building. I have coffee cups I haven't seen in a year.🙂
Hi Danny, yep lots going on here on the bench. Holy cow! Do you have three hobby rooms? One dedicated to each different hobby! That's my dream! However, here at Casa de BG we have a household rule, one hobby at a time! Time! 🙂 (I didn't make that rule) 😁 and I totally understand the coffee cup reference lol
Howdy! I am so excited about the California build. Now that I have some question marks for wheel covers and a stencil for painting the question marks on the car. All I need to do now is just build it LOL. Still looking for that engine. Haven't found it yet! 🙂
I did have similar issues with Californian. Solved with glueing the frame with epoxy to the body. Still had to lower it. You can easily check the ride height now with the axles and push the frame up. I also had to make driveshafts, because metal axle was cut.
Thank you for the tip! I was wondering if my idea would fix it completely or not. Yes, I'm also planning on making my own axle shafts because they will have to be at certain angles in order to match up with the lowered front suspension. Thank you very much for watching!
Howdy, yep we have plenty going on here! Funny thing is, here in Arizona, since the weather is getting better, we tend to get more folks coming to visit, and spend more time outside doing stuff. Stuff. So that takes away the bench time. I am hoping to get a lot of these done before it gets too busy around here and I lose all my bench time!
wow that's a lot going on and you're not lost lol and I am sure there is something you didn't show, you need to leave a little oil out in a dish for the motor that's walking around, so it has something to drink lol. Anyway with all that going on your going to need 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Hi Deen! Lol, you know that trick worked for my niece's cat. We left out the litter box and it came home the very next night. The little dish of oil is a great idea! 🙂 And yes, I didn't show everything that's in the works right now. I will take every cookie I can get my hands on lol
Hi Mike, thank you very much ! I'll get to each one of them in turn. I've actually kind of rotate through them a little bit when I get stuck on one or the other. Probably not going to make the deadline on everything but, it's all good in the end.
Thanks Mike! I like kind of sneak in the shop cards into the actual video that I'm going to be recording that day. It's kind of hard to do a mail call every time I get a shop card. I'm still looking for that 572 engine. 🙂
Hi Mark, that is an excellent idea my friend. After we get done with recording our podcast this evening, I'm going to start tearing through some boxes! 😁
WOW! Lots of projects on the bench. I like your plans for War Machine. Chris would love it. Does Mrs B.G. Know that you’re using her nice Rubber Maid containers to hold parts(Californian)? Hope that you have a great weekend.
Hi Tom! I am so honored to feel that you think Chris would like my build for war Machine. Makes me feel really really good. The Tupperware container is actually from my buddy Chris who was cleaning out his cupboards at home. Lol. We don't have anything that nice here! 🙂
Bryan that's a lot of group builds and builds going on for sure lol! I used to have that Monroe mustang and I give it to Tony Lantzer and it a rare one ❤
It sure is, I even had to clear off an entire shelf on the rack in the stash so I had a place to set the boxes when I'm not working on them. I suppose that probably caused me to feel a little more relaxed about finishing stuff since it wasn't causing an issue lettering up the desk. Oh well! 😁
That blown Flathead is absolutely awesome. And that GTR. Have to love a Tamiya. I also like the titanium gold calipers. Good look. Hopefully the engine turns up somewhere!! Nice updates.
Hi again Kyle! Oh yes, the blown flathead is probably one of my favorite engines from Iceman! Hopefully the engine turns up for the other build. However, I don't mind getting another one 😉. I'm really digging this GTR kit and I'm thinking I might need to get one for myself. My only downfall on this one is all the detail painting in the engine bay. All the masking I'm going to have to do. I'm not looking forward to.
@@BGsModelWorkshop yes it is me again, I am actually just getting into this modeling community on CZcams. Lol. Yeah, I’m going to have to get one of those from Iceman. And the GTR engine bay is unique. I’m actually working on Tamiya’s Audi Quattro rally from 1983 and it has a similarly molded engine piece. Lots of detail painting to go for me there too. But still a cool kit.
Oh ya, I almost forgot: Just trying to "spread the word" the next USACC selected to pick the next build consider a 63-67 Corvette any model make. Its time for a Chevy baby 😁 (MODEL CAR)(MAN CAVE) 👊😎👍
Hi Mike! Thank you very much. When I say white glue, I'm actually referring to a glue that's called canopy 560. It is available on amazon and most hobby shops have it too. I'm not sure if Hobby lobby carries it. I haven't seen it at mine, but that could be a little bit different than yours. The glue is basically the same thing as Elmer's school glue. However, it has a thicker consistency and dries much, much faster! You can still use white glue( Elmer's glue) to do your mock-ups however it will take longer and cause more of a mess because of how thin that is. The reason why I like doing this, is because I get a feel for how well everything is going to fit together. Ride height, stances and stuff like that. Also interior fitment to the body and chassis. A lot of things can get answered before final assembly. I find the extra amount of work put in at the beginning, really helps at the end of the bill where things can get really stressful. I hope that helps and answers your question. BG
Seeing how you built the Toronado from Johann before, do you see any similarities with the Californian kit? The engine looks pretty detailed. I think every work bench has a Black Hole. I've lost my Tamiya anti static brush in it. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Alan, so, funny story, I haven't finished the JoHann kit yet. However! I've got the body painted and I just need to start building the engine in chassis. I do see a lot of similarities between the two kits. However, they are very different as well. The Johan kit doesn't have that strange engine bay "box" the the MPC kit has. Which I feel is causing some issues in fitment and why the front ends it so high. The engine and transaxle do seem extremely similar. The interiors are different. Also, I'm not sure if this is a different interior just for the California kit, or if there was another version of this kit that had a different styled interior. It would be a good way to do a contrast and compare video right?
I was wondering if Johann maybe sold parts of the mold for the kit to MPC at the time. Possibly Johann maybe lost the body mold and MPC just made this Californian body out of something.
Hi James, I like to use a product called canopy glue 560. It can be found on Amazon and most hobby shops. It's actually a white glue that seems to be a bit thicker and consistency and dries quicker than normal white glue and doesn't run all over the place as easily too. You can use regular old school glue if you want to, you'll just have to watch out for being super runny and long drying times!
Lol! Yeah Vince, so much going on here and there are another three or four group builds that I want to participate in. Sadly, I'm not doing the cancer awareness build this year. Too much going on here at the house. Not to mention the fact that we will be at acme this year so getting ready for that too.
GTR is looking good, Bud. Nice shout out to our pal, Chris.
Thank you!! Hope Chris digs it too!
I think that blown flathead would be the perfect motor! Lots of projects to keep you going. Nice shout out. Take care!
Hi Larry, thank you buddy! Once I saw this engine on Iceman's website I knew it was the one for this build! Old Tom himself approves of it also! 😁
Blown flathead is going to be really cool Bryan, you definitely have enough to keep you busy, 😎👍
Hi Tom, thanks man! I really felt that that blown flathead was screaming your name! 🙂
Great shoutout for Chris, I love his website! Your projects are progressing nicely, you have nearly as many projects on your bench as I do! 🤣
Hi Mike, lol! I know from your busy life that you probably have a lot of stuff. That's kind of idling in the wings waiting to get finished. I am getting there too I suppose! Thanks my friend and glad that you already know about Chris!
Awesome update Bryan. Lots of very cool projects going on there. Ron
Hi Ryan! Thank you! Yep tons going on. Not a lot of time these days. Hoping to get these few group builds under wraps here soon so that we can get ready for next year's wave of group builds 🙂
Wow, so many Great Projects, Bryan Awesome! Love the hot rod pickup kit !
Hi Craig! Yep tons going on here. The crazy thing is that since the weather is cooling off that will take away bench time for me. More people coming to visit plus the weather is good so more time spent outside and traveling equals less bench time. Here in Arizona. We are kind of the opposite for the rest of the country. 😉
Awesome card, I have that 67 Fleetside wrecker I built as a kid. I have it the rest of the way a part waiting for a restoration. This is awesome, I can go to his Sprue page and get some info on the kit. Thanks BG!
Lot's of great information.... "A Walkabout" Right! Come's back all painted. Right! Good Luck with that... Lol
My stuff leaves an never come's back! 🤣
LLAP 🖖
Hi Bruce, glad you like the video with friend. Hopefully Chris keeps on going with adding more information about model kits as as he grows his channel. I'm really looking forward to reading more about some of the history of kids. I just find it fascinating. There has to be a Nexus in the universe where all model parts go to after they've been lost. Kind of like how one sock always disappears when doing the laundry, 😀
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Very nice update. You have a lot of projects happening on your bench. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Michael, thank you very much! Lots going on and I really wish I had gotten these done sooner, but, life happens as we like to say.
That is a lot going on! Have fun!
Oh yes! Lots going on and really looking forward to diving into the other builds a little more deeply! 😁
Great update! I'll have to remember that smoke-over-chrome for the GTR wheels, that looks perfect!
Hi Spencer, thank you. It was from the instructions themselves. I'm now sort of thinking of trying this technique over different colors to see what it does for wheels for instance, doing it over copper to give it more of a bronze look like the new Subaru wheels have! 😁
Busy busy, all the builds look good looking forward to seeing these progress
Hi Martin, I'm sure I have only a fraction of what you have going on on your bench my friend!
Wow, that's a busy bench. The flathead with the blower is super cool, nice choice. I hope you can find that engine, I've heard of engines missing before but not disappearing. 😄
Lol. Steve, agreed! For an engine to just disappear is a new one on me!
Awesome update on your builds. I always thought the Studebaker Avanti would make a cool Riddler car. I currently have 3 hobby rooms in the house. One for a "n" scale train layout. One for RC planes, and one for model building. I have coffee cups I haven't seen in a year.🙂
Hi Danny, yep lots going on here on the bench. Holy cow! Do you have three hobby rooms? One dedicated to each different hobby! That's my dream! However, here at Casa de BG we have a household rule, one hobby at a time! Time! 🙂 (I didn't make that rule) 😁 and I totally understand the coffee cup reference lol
Silver is laying down nicely 🔥
Thank you Paul!!!☺️
Great updates, I'm so excited to see the Californian build. I'm sure the engine for the pickup street machine will show up.
Howdy! I am so excited about the California build. Now that I have some question marks for wheel covers and a stencil for painting the question marks on the car. All I need to do now is just build it LOL. Still looking for that engine. Haven't found it yet! 🙂
That Chevy step side kit screams Roadkill Muscle Truck to me!
Hi Alan, I know right! I already have a plan for this guy though 🙂
Nice to see that I'm not the only one with a bazillion builds going on at once!
A bazillion builds! A great way to describe it. John! 😁
Cool stuff.
Lots of work on the bench.👍
Yeah buddy! So much going on how these group builds are just kind of piling up but I'm doing my best with them 🙂
I did have similar issues with Californian. Solved with glueing the frame with epoxy to the body. Still had to lower it. You can easily check the ride height now with the axles and push the frame up. I also had to make driveshafts, because metal axle was cut.
Thank you for the tip! I was wondering if my idea would fix it completely or not. Yes, I'm also planning on making my own axle shafts because they will have to be at certain angles in order to match up with the lowered front suspension. Thank you very much for watching!
Wow...u got a lot going on!! Hope u find that 572!
Thank you Johnny. Not quite sure where it's at but we'll tear the room apart. Looking for it!
Great shout out awesome work on the Porsche
Thank you Matt!
Nice updates, Bryan. You've got plenty to keep you busy for a while!
Howdy, yep we have plenty going on here! Funny thing is, here in Arizona, since the weather is getting better, we tend to get more folks coming to visit, and spend more time outside doing stuff. Stuff. So that takes away the bench time. I am hoping to get a lot of these done before it gets too busy around here and I lose all my bench time!
Wow they're all looking good
Thank you so much Travis! We appreciate that my friend. 😁
wow that's a lot going on and you're not lost lol and I am sure there is something you didn't show, you need to leave a little oil out in a dish for the motor that's walking around, so it has something to drink lol. Anyway with all that going on your going to need 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Hi Deen! Lol, you know that trick worked for my niece's cat. We left out the litter box and it came home the very next night. The little dish of oil is a great idea! 🙂 And yes, I didn't show everything that's in the works right now. I will take every cookie I can get my hands on lol
Lot of projects. Got a few here need to get back to the bench. I have passed a few to friends.
Hi Phil, thank you! I know how it feels to want to pass projects on to friends!
Thanks for making my Hearse the profile car on the FB page! Scott
Hi Scott! You're very welcome my friend! That was a piece of art!
See what happens when you clean.... how does one loose a Big Block Chevy Engine?? Great update, thanks for sharing.
LOL! Right!! I did find it in another kit. I guess I was doing a mock-up and forgot it was in there! ☺️
Hi BG that's a lot of projects on the bench good luck with all of them.
Hi Mike, thank you very much ! I'll get to each one of them in turn. I've actually kind of rotate through them a little bit when I get stuck on one or the other. Probably not going to make the deadline on everything but, it's all good in the end.
Nice shout out. You've got a lot going on Bryan. Hope you find your 572. I'll be watching
Thanks Mike! I like kind of sneak in the shop cards into the actual video that I'm going to be recording that day. It's kind of hard to do a mail call every time I get a shop card. I'm still looking for that 572 engine. 🙂
That IS a lot going on, GTR is looking sweet btw!! 😁✌️
Thank you very much! I'm really hoping to get that guy wrapped up here soon.
Look IN some kit boxes that you may have had opened since you bought the Iceman motor, especially ones you may have considered the motor for. 🙂
Hi Mark, that is an excellent idea my friend. After we get done with recording our podcast this evening, I'm going to start tearing through some boxes! 😁
Man you have a lot of projects. I can only handle 2 at once lol 😂👍😎
Howdy! Well, honestly speaking, I can only handle one or two. Also! That's why these guys have been sitting on the shelf lol 🙂
WOW! Lots of projects on the bench. I like your plans for War Machine. Chris would love it. Does Mrs B.G. Know that you’re using her nice Rubber Maid containers to hold parts(Californian)? Hope that you have a great weekend.
Hi Tom! I am so honored to feel that you think Chris would like my build for war Machine. Makes me feel really really good. The Tupperware container is actually from my buddy Chris who was cleaning out his cupboards at home. Lol. We don't have anything that nice here! 🙂
Missing a 572? That danged carpet monster is going to be even faster now!!!
Lol! Right? How crazy is it to lose an entire engine! Maybe Mrs. BG stole it
You best hope that Mrs. BG ain't the carpet monster. You will be losing entire kits next!@@BGsModelWorkshop
@@rickzinck9326😂😂😂
Bryan that's a lot of group builds and builds going on for sure lol! I used to have that Monroe mustang and I give it to Tony Lantzer and it a rare one ❤
Hi Shawn! So it really is that rare? Wow! If I ever find one in the wild you can be sure I'm going to snag it! 😁
@BGsModelWorkshop I hope you do brother
Wow thats one busy bench BG!
It sure is, I even had to clear off an entire shelf on the rack in the stash so I had a place to set the boxes when I'm not working on them. I suppose that probably caused me to feel a little more relaxed about finishing stuff since it wasn't causing an issue lettering up the desk. Oh well! 😁
That blown Flathead is absolutely awesome. And that GTR. Have to love a Tamiya. I also like the titanium gold calipers. Good look. Hopefully the engine turns up somewhere!! Nice updates.
Hi again Kyle! Oh yes, the blown flathead is probably one of my favorite engines from Iceman! Hopefully the engine turns up for the other build. However, I don't mind getting another one 😉. I'm really digging this GTR kit and I'm thinking I might need to get one for myself. My only downfall on this one is all the detail painting in the engine bay. All the masking I'm going to have to do. I'm not looking forward to.
@@BGsModelWorkshop yes it is me again, I am actually just getting into this modeling community on CZcams. Lol. Yeah, I’m going to have to get one of those from Iceman. And the GTR engine bay is unique. I’m actually working on Tamiya’s Audi Quattro rally from 1983 and it has a similarly molded engine piece. Lots of detail painting to go for me there too. But still a cool kit.
Oh awesome! I think that Quarto kit is pretty sweet! I don't have one of those, I have a different brand of kit.
@@BGsModelWorkshop the Tamiya one holds up well for its age. I’m enjoying it.
@@kyledehartsscaleworks glad to hear it! If I ever find one at a swap meet, I'll snag it! I dug out my kit and it's an Aoshima kit. No detail at all.
good stuff dou i know what you mean cant find it just saw it twas in my hands talk about chur model car archeology🤣😁🤩scooter d😎ps if it fits i sits🤪
Lol! You know Scooter, that is exactly right 🙂
I’m thinking Henry Ford might not like the Flathead/turbo trans nate! 😂😂😂
Lol, I bet you're right! He's probably rolling over in his grave right now! 🤣
WUW !!!!!!!
Hi Steve! Yep tons and tons to do. Sorry I didn't get a chance to hang out with you too much last night. BG
Oh ya, I almost forgot: Just trying to "spread the word" the next USACC selected to pick the next build consider a 63-67 Corvette any model make. Its time for a Chevy baby 😁 (MODEL CAR)(MAN CAVE) 👊😎👍
Yeah!
Busy, busy
Yes indeed. However! Since the weather here is getting nicer, more company comes to visit and this less bench time. 😉
Great video BG. Lots going on. Question what do you mean when you say you white glue your mock up. What glue do you use . thanks mike.
Hi Mike! Thank you very much. When I say white glue, I'm actually referring to a glue that's called canopy 560. It is available on amazon and most hobby shops have it too. I'm not sure if Hobby lobby carries it. I haven't seen it at mine, but that could be a little bit different than yours. The glue is basically the same thing as Elmer's school glue. However, it has a thicker consistency and dries much, much faster! You can still use white glue( Elmer's glue) to do your mock-ups however it will take longer and cause more of a mess because of how thin that is. The reason why I like doing this, is because I get a feel for how well everything is going to fit together. Ride height, stances and stuff like that. Also interior fitment to the body and chassis. A lot of things can get answered before final assembly. I find the extra amount of work put in at the beginning, really helps at the end of the bill where things can get really stressful. I hope that helps and answers your question. BG
Thank you BG for answering my question sir. I appreciate it.
@MikeOwens-hy5fi very welcome!!
Seeing how you built the Toronado from Johann before, do you see any similarities with the Californian kit? The engine looks pretty detailed. I think every work bench has a Black Hole. I've lost my Tamiya anti static brush in it. LOL. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Alan, so, funny story, I haven't finished the JoHann kit yet. However! I've got the body painted and I just need to start building the engine in chassis. I do see a lot of similarities between the two kits. However, they are very different as well. The Johan kit doesn't have that strange engine bay "box" the the MPC kit has. Which I feel is causing some issues in fitment and why the front ends it so high. The engine and transaxle do seem extremely similar. The interiors are different. Also, I'm not sure if this is a different interior just for the California kit, or if there was another version of this kit that had a different styled interior. It would be a good way to do a contrast and compare video right?
I was wondering if Johann maybe sold parts of the mold for the kit to MPC at the time. Possibly Johann maybe lost the body mold and MPC just made this Californian body out of something.
A very good guess! I feel there may be some sort of cross pollination going on there with the Jo-Hann and MPC kits!!
What white glue do you use?
Hi James, I like to use a product called canopy glue 560. It can be found on Amazon and most hobby shops. It's actually a white glue that seems to be a bit thicker and consistency and dries quicker than normal white glue and doesn't run all over the place as easily too. You can use regular old school glue if you want to, you'll just have to watch out for being super runny and long drying times!
Holy mackerel!!! Hope you have enough fire for all those irons you got going!!! LOL GREAT stuff Buddy!!!
Hi Oron, yes, definitely a lot going on here. A lot of these projects have been going for quite a while now. Just want to get them done and done well!
Wow! You've got a lot of builds going on Bryan. Holy Group Builds Batman. Get to the bench!
Lol! Yeah Vince, so much going on here and there are another three or four group builds that I want to participate in. Sadly, I'm not doing the cancer awareness build this year. Too much going on here at the house. Not to mention the fact that we will be at acme this year so getting ready for that too.
@@BGsModelWorkshop Yikes! I can barely keep up on 2 builds at one time. 🤔
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I have set everything based to complete just one model. Which feels like I am going backwards 😔