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  1. David G.

    Ah, I found you!

    It was great chatting with you at DSC on Saturday. I look foreword to seeing more of your work here on the boards.

    David G.

    1. Russell C

      Russell C

      Likewise! Been bogged down with 1:1 scale home improvements where I'd been disorganized ever since the middle of last summer when I moved out of one place and into a much smaller one. Hope to get enough free time carved into my schedule soon to get back into model building, maybe the first among the projects will be a slight restoration / improvement of the old roadster buildup I show in my Wanted post here. One of the other guys here at MCM answered my ad and plans to snail mail the blue flame decals he doesn't have any use for. And perhaps I can do another simple WIP thread on a different little roadster project that would clear out various scrap parts I've had since forever. My other projects, like my mod/rebuild of an old Quicksilver, take on levels of complexity that invite building burn-out. Counted 'em up one time for somebody's MCM thread of "how many projects have you started?" -- got 18 of 'em.  If only I had more time ......

    2. David G.

      David G.

      Yeah, we went through the home-improvement hustle last year. I lost about six month's worth of bench time. Don't you just hate when real life interferes with hobby life? As it is, I already have more kits in my stash than I could finish even if I lived to be 110! I'm way behind schedule! :D 

      That Quicksilver looks like a fun kit-bashed custom rescue.

      Catch ya later!

  2. Russell C
    MPC Switchers '32 roadster arrived in the mail today, I was the single bid eBay winner on this decently put-together original build (judging from its interior dust). The kit is a current reissue, but I figured if nobody else put a bid on it, the final price including shipping would be a lot lower than buying the kit retail somewhere. My gamble worked out. I need its chrome plated grille for one of my stalled roadster projects, but from the looks of it, the headers will work fine for my arched caricature dragster project, plus I can use the highback seats for some or other street rod project, along with the valve covers, chrome oil pan and wheels/tires.
  3. Russell C
    Spotted this on my bike ride - somebody drove their pickup through foul weather to fetch this Camaro, with its dusty-from-sitting-in-storage roof?
  4. Russell C
    Scored this Polar Lights "Manglia" buildup from one of the vendors at the Desert Scale Classic contest/swap meet in Phoenix. Objective is to apply the wheels and bits of chassis / parachute on the warped Fairlane promo I got off eBay last fall. Just need to get one of those double-stacked blowers from a Zinger kit and some kind of Ed Roth Fink-style driver with the right arm out the passenger window on a shifter. If my thumb in these photos is a usable scale measuring device, it looks like I'll have to add a bit of meat to the front tires …
  5. Russell C
    Survived the drive across town to north Phoenix for the Desert Scale Classic contest/swap meet. Much like any other big city (and some small towns!), it's travel-at-your-own-peril these days. Nice to see old friends again, and there was many great quality entries there.
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  7. Russell C
    Good question. My Preview photo altering program is a little primitive, but sometimes I can trick it into doing color variations I want ....
  8. Russell C
    Had no clue. Man, that car begs to be sectioned, and for larger diameter wheels.
  9. Russell C
    Could. Not. Resist. . . . . fixing his rearward visibility problem.
  10. Russell C
    Including the abominations in proportions done by the Palmer kits? I've seen them on eBay in various colors - red / black / yellow / different shades of green ....
  11. Russell C
    Years back I saw this Tom Sehloff Packard/Airstream cast iron toy creation (the man made those kinds of things for a while), so I thought I'd see if I could come up with something similar in 1/24th scale. Greenlight Models puts out a reasonably affordable diecast 24th scale 16 foot Airstream Bambi trailer, and the Lindberg '31 Bugatti Royale kits still seem to be around in plentiful form … but at the rate I'm going, I think I'll never find the time to take this idea past my photo composite stage.
  12. Russell C
    Welcome! Are you aware of the International Model Car Builders' Museum in nearby Sandy?
  13. Russell C
    Flyin' Dodges - not always restricted to The Dukes of Hazzard!
  14. Russell C
    Somebody with better memory than me might be able to chime in on this, but I know I read somewhere that while the Red Baron kit is 1:24 scale, the World War I Mercedes-Benz aircraft engine in it is actually significantly undersized in relation to what a 24th scale replica would be.
  15. Russell C
    Got links showing that? If I have it right, that's a basic elemental copyright violation - you capture an image, it's yours, without the necessity of getting an official copyright or putting the little c-circle mark on it. But of course, better legal minds than mine can offer better info on it all, https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html
  16. Russell C
    Juh ....eeze! https://blitzway.com/hervin_portfolio/afterlife-ecto-01/
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