MarkJ

Donato, You and me both. Had a hard time getting time to do the finals. I just have a couple more to do and finally get them posted. I would have to end up finishing on thanksgiving week when honeydoos are at their highest.

David. I think somebody mentioned a store called Harbor Freight which I have a few miles away in the next town that I'm going to check first but I surely want this tool in my arsenal. Mark J.

David, what is the diameter of the outer ring? If it's less than 19mm you will be good to go with that hole punch kit you posted. I'm sure it should cut through a wide piece of masking tape. Man, I'd like to get one of those kits too.

Thanks, Ben. I'll see if I can find some of that for my next cage.

John , I did not know that tool even existed. Where did you get yours? From the looks of it though I don't think it would make a big enough hole in the tape to help David.

David, the kit people didn't make your job very easy getting that black circle inside the chrome wheel cover. I've been thinking of some way you could make a circular piece of masking tape over a totally black wheel cover and then come back with the chrome around that circular mask but for the life of me nothing is coming to mind on how to actually do that. I have a compass with a blade on one end of it for cutting out circles, but it would not go that small. Mark J.

Gilles, Excellent work on the Petty Charger. Do you find the 1/16 scale harder or easier than 1/24 scale?

Well, it's completely finished except for what used to be called future. But that only takes about 5 minutes and into the case it goes till I can complete the job of cleaning up my work area which will take forever. I never learned how to keep it from getting completely cluttered which my wip photos will bear out. Then I can turn the table into a photo studio or my lame version of one. Then take the photos, edit them for size and add my logo to the top right corner of every photo. Then on to the much-anticipated next build which won't be Nascar. Oh yeah, I will post the photos in the Nascar showroom or whatever it's called.

Only thing left to show is the big rig that transports the cars and the stuff. But you might have to scratch build that. I don't think Salvino JR does those yet, but they probably will. They make everything else.

Best detailing I've ever seen on one of these engines. I hope you will keep it on the stand forever.

Charlie, it still looks phenomenal. Especially the engine.

Pierre, I still can't get over how wonderfully that whole build came out but that seat was one for the ages. It looks like you took a real leather seat and miniaturized it to 1/24 scale. Simply amazing.

If you have any questions asked Pierre Rivard. He is a master of any kind of weathering. Especially rust. It looks positively real.

Awesome build, Ben. I like your approach to detailing. What did you use for roll cage padding? I have never found anything I like that's easy to procure.

Wow, you made a movie car from a race car kit. I had a real 76 Laguna s-3. you've got me thinking. The props are amazing. 1/24 scale beer. Never seen that before.