highway Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I guess it's a 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28, oh wait, wrong game!! You've been fooling me with your little pro built 1/8 scale diecasts the past few times, Harry, but not this week!! The poor fit of the front and rear bumpers and the door alignment issues I seen when I zoomed in on it are all just like they were on my REAL 1979 Firebird!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmodeler2 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 The poor fit of the front and rear bumpers and the door alignment issues I seen when I zoomed in on it are all just like they were on my REAL 1979 Firebird!!! I agree with Matthew, If you were going to build one of these, would you intentionally have the back bumper/clip fit as terrible as they were in real life? And while the model makers make a valiant effort by accident to screw up things like this, I don't think a kit is this bad. It's never in scale.....regardless of how hard the kit manufacturers try to get it right. David I say real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) I agree with Matthew, If you were going to build one of these, would you intentionally have the back bumper/clip fit as terrible as they were in real life? And while the model makers make a valiant effort by accident to screw up things like this, I don't think a kit is this bad. It's never in scale.....regardless of how hard the kit manufacturers try to get it right. David I say real! Edited July 20, 2010 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt31 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Mark T and Highway, I'll rephrase to make it clear. It's real and I found the proof. Sorry to be such a spoiler, but I was SO excited I just couldn't help myself! Edited July 21, 2010 by chopt31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Mark T and Highway, I'll rephrase to make it clear. It's real and I found the proof. Sorry to be such a spoiler, but I was SO excited I just couldn't help myself! I don't see what you have to make clear to me? I didn't even need to do a search to find that it's real!! All I had to do was look at the picture closely!! If you reread my post, I said I had a REAL 1979 Pontiac Firebird, which anyone knows is basically the same car as a Camaro!! They both share many features, including the poor fit issues!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) You are SO busted on this one! I just did a Google image search for 1978 Camaro Z28. Betcha can't even guess what the VERY FIRST image is! I vote FAIL! Where do you think Harry would find the pictures at? I'm sure he doesn't have a picture of every car ever made! By the way, Harry, I'm not trying to hijack your thread, just prove a point, even when you google (I prefer Bing myself) images, that does not mean they're pics of real cars! If I Bing images of Ford LTL 9000 , I find pictures of my current project, but it shows in the image search anyway!!! By the way, chopt, I don't remember seeing a real name anywhere in your post. Edited July 21, 2010 by highway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt31 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Where do you think Harry would find the pictures at? I'm sure he doesn't have a picture of every car ever made! By the way, Harry, I'm not trying to hijack your thread, just prove a point, even when you google (I prefer Bing myself) images, that does not mean they're pics of real cars! If I Bing images of Ford LTL 9000 , I find pictures of my current project, but it shows in the image search anyway!!! By the way, chopt, I don't remember seeing a real name anywhere in your post. As you can see by the number of posts from me, I haven't 'played' on this forum much. Sorry to have upset you, that wasn't the goal. I'll go play somewhere else. Have a wonderful day. Rich Robertson - Honolulu, HI Edited July 21, 2010 by chopt31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 As you can see by the number of posts from me, I haven't 'played' on this forum much. Sorry to have upset you, that wasn't the goal. I'll go play somewhere else. Have a wonderful day. Rich Robertson - Honolulu, HI You did not offend me, and sorry if I offended you, that was definitely not my intention! I'm sorry, I was merely stating facts, and I'm truly sorry you took them the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 It's impossible to offend Rich. He's been in my house, and he still talks to me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69*Goat Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 <<<<<<<<<<<Real>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Real! I were wrong on the GTR. Hope this one is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC Auto Industry Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Real...and dang good looking, too! My favorite Camaro of all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt31 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) It's impossible to offend Rich. He's been in my house, and he still talks to me..... Not True! Gregg offends me nearly every time I see him. :-) I'm a very sensitive old man........ Edited July 22, 2010 by chopt31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well, this one is a little messed up. Chopt31 gave away the answer, and I don't know how many of you saw that, so the voting isn't really legitimate. But anyway, 51 said Real, 12 said Model. It's REAL. Auto ID Quiz coming Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMc Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well, this one is a little messed up. Chopt31 gave away the answer, and I don't know how many of you saw that, so the voting isn't really legitimate. But anyway, 51 said Real, 12 said Model. It's REAL. Auto ID Quiz coming Monday. Hey....I don't vote in the Windy.......and only vote once........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Well, this one is a little messed up. Chopt31 gave away the answer, and I don't know how many of you saw that, so the voting isn't really legitimate. But anyway, 51 said Real, 12 said Model. It's REAL. Auto ID Quiz coming Monday. Looks like you need to make your advisory about not giving away the answer a permanent part of this set-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yeah, i saw that too Harry! But what the heck, I had already voted on it, so I WAS RIGHT!!! First time in a coupla tries that I finally hit it right! Cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Zoom Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 This one was painfully easy without the "help" or any need to research after pulling the trigger to vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbdolfans Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hey Harry,the giveaway happened after I voted real. What made it real to me is that the front tires are more compressed than the rear. Hard to do that on a model!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 dirt on the fron tire gave it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 This one was painfully easy... I know. It's getting harder and harder to find photos that'll fool you guys... and that I haven't used already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang67 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hey Harry,you could show a piece of a car or model or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopt31 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Sorry All! Being unfamiliar with the rules, it won't happen again. I guess I'll have to be more careful - I usually behave pretty well. I usually post on totalruckus.com and we tend to play around and even talk bad on occasion! I enjoy this site and the variety of ideas and help it offers. Gregg is just a couple valleys over and we are in the same club here in Honolulu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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