blunc

I've seen what comes later in the build, the guys here are in for a treat. I really like your scratchbuild and detail work.

I see you found the hood ornament.

looks good to me.

what..you've never seen a 1975 Scripps-Booth Mosquito? well, you still haven't.

I would say the raw truth of this issue is that if you can copy a part in your own home with your own materials that there is really nothing anyone can do to you until you try to sell (or otherwise profit in some fashion) what you copied. Does this help support the resin cast business...not really unless you count the companies selling the resin casting supplies. it's most likely legal until you try to profit from the copies.

I have seen a project log of this show car over on coffin corner2, I wonder if that builder has decided to join our wonderful group of styrene addicts.

excellent tutorial, couldn't have done it better myself.

if you haven't found a solution for representing squished bushings, I suggest insulation from 16 or 18 gage wire, it can be sliced thin then added to the brackets.

for anyone not familiar with the carbs on the Allard, those are 2 Rochester 2bbl carbs, very common on GM cars/trucks from the 50's thru the late 70's

there seem to be a lot of them out there on auction sites so I wouldn't really call them "rare" unless you have one that's well built and detailed.

great work on this, like the reworked grille and the detail work on the engine.

I would suggest using 28 to 36gage wire (commonly used in electronics or small motor armature windings) for the wire wheels instead of thread or fishing line. you can also experiment with larger gages of wire to see what works best for your wheel projects.

Kris, your carter/edelbrock carbs look more like vacuum secondary Holley carbs to me than real carter/edelbrock carbs. (just my opinion). The holley dominators look correct.

those do look like excellent representations of vacuum secondary four barrel Holley carbs. it's hard to find a kit carb that doesn't just look like an incorrect blob of plastic. I may put a thermoquad on a mopar motor just to see if anyone recognizes it.

ah, the Tempest, built with 1/2 of a 389.

great concept, love the detail work!

nice bracket! are ya gonna scratch build the brake pedal next?

I agree with Harry. that is one saxy Jag!

that interior is great, nice work.

I would think the amount of shows worthy of having this compete in can be counted on one hand and still have fingers left over.

looks like it took the russians 4 years to copy and market the 1934 Terraplane Cab Express pickup.

there are a few ways to "look" at this question, you can use the internet to browse sites that sell suspension parts, you can study/replicate kit parts for modification to your own design, you can take the "create your own" approach. Here is my understanding of car suspensions: suspension parts are designed to allow the wheels to move within a specific range(within a fender most of the time) and specific direction (mostly straight up/down) while keeping the wheel assemblies from shifting laterally or forward/backward with relation to the vehicle. it won't really matter what kind of rear end (3rd member) you put in your model (unless it matters to you) since you can just say that you chose to build it that way. Here is a link to some car show pix that includes some photos of street rod suspension kits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blunc/sets/72157632047609935/show/

"I think so Brain, but I'm not sure flocking the side pipes will impress the judges."

you will need to buy more than just a compressor. research carefully and make a list if the items you will need to make sure you can supply clean dry air to your airbrush. I have a friend that is a professional car painter/airbrush artist, I have seen him use both tank and compressor, but he uses the co2 tank mostly for mobile work. I'm not an expert but I know one, his work has been on magazine covers multiple times, an airplane he painted (and painted a mural on was displayed in the San Diego Museum of Modern Art a few years ago).

this site: http://www.modelencyclopedia.com/ is a treasure trove of information and old model magazines, you just might see a very young Tim Boyd in a few of them.