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eCOPO Camaro Concept
Jim N replied to Joe Handley's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Excellent point Trevor. You brought back to mind something my daughter told me when she was in college. She had to take an environmental awareness class. The professor and a number of the students were espousing battery powered cars as being great for the environment. My daughter says she sat quietly until she could take it no more. She informed the class that, as you point out, that these cars are charged with fossil fuels. She also reminded them that the electrical grid could not handle providing electricity to homes and businesses and then charging a bunch of cars too. She was met by a rather prolonged silence before the professor moved on to another topic. I never said anything to my wife because she is more of a go along to get along type, but I was extremely proud of my "little girl". -
Back in the day, an actress wore a dress made of lettuce on the Tonight Show. Johnny Carson was the host at the time. They had one heck of a time trying to keep that dress cool so it would not wilt due to the hot lighting on the set. I don't understand it either, but they do it because they can.
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Hobby Lobby has a very conservative ownership and they do not like that an energy drink sponsored product will potentially be sold to kids. I guess if Revell's new ownership is interested in continuing to produce modern NASCAR kits, Hobby Lobby may carry them in 2020. Monster likely goes away after 2019. NASCAR is suggesting that they will move to some sort of tiered sponsorship approach. They have yet the release the details, but I think it's supposed to be modeled after the NFL where they have a number of companies pay to be sponsors of the league. And then based on the company's level of sponsorship, that dictates the amount of exposure the company receives.
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I think the test shot looks great as well. This will be so much better than using a resin body or converting the Revell snap kit.
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Thanks for the kind words everybody. Mark, the car represents the 1998 livery, and as far as I can tell, they ran the two tone numbers for two years. Those being 1997 and 1998. Robbie Gordon was in the car in 97. In at least one other year, the numbers on the doors were one solid color and the number on the roof was a second solid color. So yes, it is curious that for these two years the numbers were two tone.
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eCOPO Camaro Concept
Jim N replied to Joe Handley's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I have never understood the fixation with batteries. They are expensive to make. Very expensive to dispose and they can be re-charged only so many times before they have to be replaced. They also take a long time to charge. I always thought hydrogen made better sense, since we can use the current service station model and they refuel quickly like a gas powered car. -
My favorite driver from back in the day. The model is built box stock. The paint is from MCW. I do not know the source for the decals. I bought them a number of years ago and they sat until I finally got around to this project. The three color paint scheme had me rather intimidated based on everything that can go wrong, but I am rather pleased with the way it turned out. Thanks for looking.
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Looks great! I also like the idea of mating a NASCAR chassis to the model.
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Great build. I never knew that Chad was a lawyer.
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Great job! The paint and decal work are excellent.
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Great job Dustin! I really like it.
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Looks fantastic! You did a great job adding all of the detail to what was a modified snap kit.
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Well said, Bill.
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I always liked the 10 - 12 shot six shooters.
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1/700 Titanic
Jim N replied to Lovefordgalaxie's topic in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
Great job Tulio. I just bought this kit and then saw your post. After seeing your work, I think I am going to move this near the top of upcoming builds. Thanks for sharing the article David. Time has a way of dulling one's sense of the scope of a tragedy, but this one is still huge by any measurement. -
Really stellar work Mark! Looks outstanding.
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Looks great! Your work with the decals is outstanding.
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Very nice. The color and your use of a wash on the grill and wheels look great!
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Tom, I don't want this to come across as argumentative, but Michael Jackson did. Which, according to the news reports, was why he was planning to go on tour again. He was broke. ESPN did a 30 for 30 show called Broke. It's about all of the athletes who made millions and blew it all. It was largely because of the hangers on who brought them down. Some of those athletes, Bernie Kosar in particular, said the best day was when he filed for bankruptcy. He didn't have anymore money so everyone left him alone. I think people really underestimate this and how hard it is to say "no". As another person posted, this is why many lottery winners wind up in the same monetary state within a few years of winning the lottery as they were before they won. On a much smaller scale, I see this about every 18 months. We have a neighbor who has a 19 - 20 year old daughter. The daughter has gone through 3 - 4 cars in the 5 years they have lived in the neighborhood. Why? Because some relative always buys her another car after she has destroyed the old one. This kid has a sense of entitlement and the relative can't say "no".
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Had a great time at Kansas Speedway over the weekend. Son and I saw a couple of real good races. Sunday's race was intense. Had a feeling it could be as Happy Hour practice on Saturday looked like a race on several occasions. He got to see his favorite driver, Chase Elliott, win on Sunday. Second time he has gotten to see a favorite driver win. Jeff Gordon was his favorite and we saw him win in 2014.
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Another nice one. Good job.
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Looks real good.