Brudda

I’m in. Have to get motivated on a build. 917/30 , 935/78, cobra Daytona coupe , Mercedes 300, Ferrari 250. I think I’ll get the 917/30 going. Ok 917/30 it is.

A lot of sanding to get things to fit. When I primed her , all of the imperfections came out. The worst one was the nose area. Had to sand to fit the prop and nose pieces. Not many parts but a little work to get things to look good. Reprime and hope to paint white soon.

Here is the greenwood car repaired. Made it to Laguna Seca

1930 fordpickup, I do have a bunch of parts. Doors, a hood and several fenders. Most of the parts are fixed but were badly damaged. Boy I would love to build a full car but it is way out of my budget. The badly damaged car from Daytona, was totaled but was repaired. These cars are so expensive it is hard to total one ,and even that, I could not afford to buy the salvaged car.

Well more cars. Like a 1:1 model kit. Ferrari race in Italy rained out. A lot of crashes. I’ll be busy for awhile. Another one being dropped off.

Hello NitroMarty. Would this work for you for the motorcycle?

Claude you have done another masterpiece. I see the Studio is not resting. Totally cool and of course striking. Great job

I see no problem with making a profit from your hobby, although it turns into work if a deadline is set. Work that you may like but with a schedule, its still work. I said I would not turn my hobby into work. But I have to admit , I did. I was very lucky to be able to build 1/8 scale models for free. I get them and build them , put the info into a forum and the kit is free. The people giving me the models asked if I would custom paint some for special customers. Because I did not want to do it, I said $1000 per car. And guess what I had several people in Europe that wanted their cars custom painted. Really weird, but I did them and they loved them. Still getting requests to do more. No time right now because I’m working for Ferrari Racing, but maybe later. Here is a pic of one that went to England. It does take a little out of the enjoyment of building I think. It sells a little of your modeling soul. This is just my very humble opinion. Everyone has their opinions on the subject this is just my experience.

Cool jag!

I really love these cars! Coolest build

Paint finished.

More cars.

Created jigs for fitting the front rails without a measuring machine, which are only 2 that measure the 296 cars. So rather than send them down to LA we can do it here and save them around $10,000 a car. This is just hot rod stuff.

Took me awhile to get her this far. So far she’s fitting good.

65 Riviera AMT

Thank you mustang 1989. I do have a pretty good collection of p51’s from the b series in revell, to the zoukei Muira . Tamiya 1/32 and airfix1/24. Have the new 1/48 airfix one also. That kit is pretty good. I’m foiling the whole plane except the wings. They are going silver. I’m not the best at planes but I do like building them. The award for the Pitts. I was pretty surprised.

Great job!

I have to finish this one very soon. Been working a lot of overtime to get this finished. No fun and games on this one.

Our contest

I’m totally amazed on 3D printing. These were at pour contest last Saturday. All printed

Great video. I met Jay at a Monterey Historic Event. A guy had a stuck hood and I was looking at it to try to figure out what we can do to open it. Jay walks up and starts talking to us and we explained the problem. He said just a minute guys and came back with a coat hanger and opened the hood. He said when he worked at the classic car dealer that these things would get stuck all the time. Fantastic guy. Watch Dr Phil’s interview with Jay. It fills in a lot of his life and how he got there . I agree with Jay on all points, I have worked hard , stayed away from drugs, alcohol, fast women, etc. and have a pretty decent life. Could have had a lot of trouble with very beautiful women at the Ferrari event but stayed away . Remembering Jays statement, I like all the things I have , not half of them.. I love my beautiful wife and would not risk it for a few minutes with a lot of trouble. I have tried to follow Jays rules and it has worked for me. Great guy.

Had to put a new rear aluminum frame section in a 296. Not all fun and games. Got to work at 4am to put it in. Got her finished in a few hours. The section cracked. A lot of stress on these cars, the trans, engine and suspension will be in today and off to Italy she goes. The pay was good so it didn’t hurt too bad. Just might have to celebrate and get another mfh kit. So I can go more crazy. I think I have reached the definition of insane. Here is what had to be done. First pic is the cracked section. Which was welded at the track , a temporary repair. Then came back to my shop to put a new one in. New one is on the floor in the last pic. Rattle canned the frame section. Under the gun so the paint job is not the greatest. Primed it then put a red coat of heat resistant paint. It’s totally covered up so it cannot be seen with the engine and gas tank in the way. Not my best paint job for sure but it will not corrode. They loved it because of the time frame. I’m their aluminum hero.

The little 1/43 monogram corvette that was a $2 purchase, took 1st place at the Reno IPMS event. I actually forgot my GTO so it was not entered. Had to help set things up so I forgot a few models to enter. Oh well , the little corvette did good.

Tim you will like this. I noticed it immediately. Looks like tin foil between the rear grill panel and the exhaust. You guys know what it’s for , so the rear grill panel won’t melt. For a car that is a lot of money , this soured the car for me. Looks like an after thought. Took it around the track and the grill panel was melted on the exhaust. This is Ferrari, they are right and we’re not.

Tim here was a 488 challenge car. Was beautiful. But the guys said that’s the “old version”. I didn’t care it was just great to see on the track