blunc

just make sure it has leaks from places that normally leak, remember...headlight bulbs usually don't leak.

and some properly scaled kitty litter.

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I like to start my firing order on #8, even if it's a 4 cylinder.

Chris, that's why I posted the pic here (so you could use it if you needed something custom), you might be able to get a better photo from the site that sells those retro gage updates.

most car makers with very few exceptions routed spark plug wires over the valve covers unless the exhaust manifolds were upswept from the exhaust ports like some mopars and ford y-blocks. my six years of experience in a tune-up shop is how I know this, I've had my hands on about fifteen to twenty thousand cars. the "rivets" I count are: improper custom driveshaft installation, the u-joints need to be positioned correctly improper fuel line/linkage placements on engines, if you can make it to this forum then you should be able to find pictures of how linkage and fuel lines are mounted/attached upper radiator hoses but no lower radiator hoses missing power brake booster vacuum line, if you're gonna run brake lines...how about adding the booster vacuum line also? door/trunk/hood hinges that have not changed since the 1960's, I have the magazines to prove it. (and the tooth picks to hold said hoods/trunks open)

It looks like we're "preaching to the choir" in this thread and we seem to have strayed a bit from the original post, I don't have any models l feel I got skunked on that are still in presentable shape but I'm guessing there are still some out there that can be posted here. Maybe we could critique them if the people posting them want some feedback (just in case they wish to campaign their "skunks" again).

I understand and agree with your point, I think my point is that IPMS contests should have judges for the civilian car classes that are qualified and/or capable to place and judge civilian vehicle entries to the standards that they judge the armor/air classes. If they have none, they could ask local model car clubs for volunteer judges, preferrably persons who have placed or won awards.

I like that Bat-limo.

did Rockford actually drive a TA or was it just a Firebird?

awesome display!

Mike, that is an excellent blent of retro and late model styling on that Firebird. I had heard that IPMS is (supposed to be) judged by learned modelers but I have the personal impression that most IPMS shows are mainly about the armor and planes with the cars seemingly an afterthought and being judged by persons that usually don't have the depth of knowledge that the GSC judges have exhibited. I may be mistaken in this impression but it's my impression. An example would be that an IPMS judge would know what details would be needed to produce an authentic Wild Weasel but may not know what details/mods would be needed to produce an authentic Lil Coffin (and which version of Lil Coffin...since there were more than one configuration it had been shown). I can only relate that my time spent judging in Arizona contests that the judging teams were made up of persons that had a lot of experience and knowledge in the classes they were judging and lots of time was spent deciding best in show and all other master awards. I'm assuming(hoping) that most of the people that are still active in the Arizona model clubs are keeping these standards alive.

now did ya really think I was gonna blurt out the correct answer? but it does kinda look like a cross between a Lotus Elan and a Triumph GT6 to me.

I agree, that is an enviable work space, but I want to know what the frog is used for...

they say "Visine gets the red out..." maybe not, in this case.

that's the cutest Lotus Elan-GT6 I've ever seen.

Sauron is watching you from "More-door" Hobbits'z likes them cars.

solid core solder is easier to bend than aluminum or brass rod and should hold it's shape well enough to replicate the sway bar and flat jaw pliers can be used to flatted the neds where it gets bolted to the trailing arms. you should be able to find a size that will work at a Radio Shack or Fry's Electronics (or whatever version of electronics supply is in your area).

no problem, if someone else wants it more than I can afford, it's all good...

but seriously, how about having the fenders stay attached to the chassis and have the hood/cabin part pivot upward with the hinge inside the front of the hood. this would require gluing the hood to the cab and bracing it for the extra load but it may reduce your cabling/steering problems.

just tell anyone that asks, that it's one of those new-fangled "drive-by-WiFi" set ups but you have to plug in yer iPhone to make it work.

Chris, I took some photos of aftermarket gauge clusters at last years Good Guys, one of the pix I took was of the style that would fit the dash on this I have the pix in my flickr account, here is a link to the thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64962&page=2 [url= IMG_3316 by blunc1, on Flickr

greaaaaattt! thanx for bringing this kit to everyone elses attention here.

wait...you mean this isn't a 2010 Gaz Sport truck?

if the companies that sell plastic (or any other medium of kits) aren't watching this kind of info very closely and making plans then they are too dense to stay in business...I doubt they are oblivious to these advances. I think model companies aren't in as much danger as Harry thinks, at least not in the short term. My thought on this is because the cost of polystyrene (or any other type of plastic) can be bought in bulk at a better price to large manufacturers than regular consumers can get. The most likely step we as model buildres will see is companies (that make the investment in equipment) offering to print 3d objects for a price based on file/object complexity and amount of plastic material needed to achieve the object in the quality desired by the requestor. Initially the cost of the software/hardware will be passed on to the consumer until there is enough competition in this market to drive costs down and drive more affordable equipment. If the larger model companies have not considered these points by now it may be too late for them and we will most likely see these changes in our lifetime but most of us will still most likely be unable to have a 3d printer in our homes.