THarrison351

OK, it's done. Thanks to Guillow's forum, this turned out even better than I hoped. The tissue paper was a bit frustrating, but I read enough tutorials and followed the instructions, and things turned out OK. It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy.

Between work, home repairs and weather, I finally painted and decaled it. It is only mocked up, I still need to cut the window openings, clear everything and final assembly. I'm very happy with the results. Thanks for the positive comments, almost there.

In 1982 fresh out of Air Force basic training and tech school, I returned home for Christmas to find my dad had acquired a car for me (called from tech school for him to find me a car). For $500 he found a 1975 Ford Granada Ghia 4 door, 302 V-8, auto, PS, PB, am/fm stereo, white with aqua interior, vinyl top and trim. It was just under 100K miles, needed a new top and I loved it for about 3 years before I traded it and got a 1000 bucks toward a new red 1985 Ford Escort that I kept for 10 years.

Only one built and this is the only picture I have. Monogram 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville. Built in the early '90s. Great kit, lots of foil.

Is this the yellow plastic Cansian Mist promo kit? If it is, you did a fantastic job repainting and decaling it. I noticed the promo has no windows. Did you open them up or use the black decals?

Thanks, that table is part of a 3 piece set from Ashley furniture. I like them too. Strange you mentioned the FW 190. When I was a kid, my dad bought the FW 190, but he never had time to work on it. I tried to put some of the parts together, but just made a mess of it. That is what led me to this build. I had planned to build the 190, but couldn't find a kit at my LHS. I bought this instead becuase I work for Bombardier who owns de Haviland Canada, the company that built DHC-2 Beavers and still buillds the DHC-8 or Dash 8.

To build this balsa plane, I purchased a large corkboard. Eveything I needed to build fit on the top of the corkboard and I had a nice flat place to pin the plans to build the kit. It's portable and I carry it to an old dining room table in the family room when I was building the plane. After working, I could return the whole set up to my storage room and the family room stayed neat.The only tools needed were super glue, a razor knife, swiss files and sandpaper. No paint, which where I previously resided, took up several drawers in a table, an old wardrobe, and the bottles sat in the top of my tackle box converted into a model tools box. The unfinished room I plan to turn into a hobby/display area is filled with boxes of builts and kits. My old computer desk where I used to build, is covered with boxes too. Finally this keeps my wife happy because she doesn't have to see the mess of building a model.

Thanks for the great words. I have the plane covered with tissue paper, doped to shrink the paper and sealed with Krylon prior to painting. I'll paint when the weather gets better. more to come.

I've built it a couple of times and like several AMT kits from the 60's (I think the chassis is from the 1967 Cougar), bodies and sometimes interiors were updated, but the engines and chassis were neglected. I think when chassis was released on the '67 it was a welcome change to the typical promo chassis with everything molded in and wire axles through the engine block. These kits were mean't for kids and kids wanted to roll them around on the floor. It's not a great kit, but can be finessed into something nice.

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Looking at the design, it appears the driver would have difficulty seeing over the tops of the fenders. That is a car only it's designer could love.

Thanks, Looking forward to covering and painting. I'll post when complete.

Having stopped building plastic since I moved and don't have a dedicated room for building plastic, I thought I would try wood. I've never built balsa before so here is my effort so far. I still have to cover and paint, but it built up easily and quickly. It's a Guillow's DHC-2 Beaver @ 1/24 scale. I'm not building it to fly, just for display.

As they used to say in NASCAR, "the driver ran out of talent"

Well, the online description says it's not a direct replacement for the Johan body. Several cast in chrome parts were removed from the master and cast separately. The more I think about it, the more I'm ready to take the plunge. By the way Steve your model is stunning. My dad's was red with a full white top and had the fancy multicolored interior.

I want to build this kit. My dad had a 1:1 brand new until 1966. I have no memory of this, and other than a few pictures not much else. I have seen the Johan kits and warped promos sell for ridiculous prices on eBay. My question is has anyone on this forum built this kit and can they comment on the content? I have purchased lots of parts from Modelhaus and never been disappointed, so I'm pretty confident this kit is nice. I'm just not sure if I,m ready to shell out near $100 for the car. Thanks, T

Wow, I don't know where you found that picture, but that looks scary unsafe.

I have several. All of them stock cars. #33 Pearson NASCAR GTO, #71 Isaac Daytona, 1965 GTO modified stocker, and Mustang super stocker (#99 Dick Trickle)

Well, for those who have not followed Formula 1 over the years, I'll try to explain. Unlike NASCAR, Formula 1 is all about racing and not running laps under caution. They even use a high performance safety car with a professional driver. if a car spins, runs off, or there is something threatening on the track, corner workers display appropriate flags. Cars usually don't slow much for single yellow flags, only the double yellows, also they are not allowed to pass. If a yellow flag with red stripes is displayed, it means something is on the track to reduce traction, and the cars will slow down as needed. Formula 1 cars are unhappy if driven slow or if they come to a stop. Red flags happen, but only under rare and extreme circumstances. I think there has only been sixty something since 1950 and it's usually for weather or when a crash blocks the racing surface. If a car crashes or stops and is not in the racing line or is in a nearby runoff, The officials make decisions if the car can be safely retrieved. If it is safe for the track workers, they usually use some type of crane. Sometimes it's an actual crane and sometimes they use a front loader with an improvised sling. This is on the host track to provide the workers and equipment. If it is determined by the officials that the car cannot be retrieved safely, a safety car is deployed. From videos I have observed, there were double yellow flags displayed for the area where Sutil's car had crashed, As someone explained at the other website, the corner worker beyond the crashed car went from yellow to green when Sutil's car was being pulled back. This mean't cars could resume racing after the corner. The area before was still in double yellow. Bianchi's car came into that area at a high velocity. I know the rain was increasing at the time and some cars were in the process of going from intermediate tires to full wet tires. The officials were looking at deploying the safety car due to the large amounts of standing water. This has always been a problem at Suzuka. I'm thinking Bianchi had not changed tires and came into that corner too fast for the tires he had on and hydroplaned off the course. It's unfortunate that the loader was in the wrong place at the time, but it looks like it might have been a bad accident anyway. Also the loader was not on the racing surface, it was near the catch fence. I hope he recovers and the FIA will rethink when is the best time to race at Suzuka. It rains too often in the fall and the track has poor drainage.

My kid (25) has always preferred Lego models over scale models. I think it is because he has very shaky hands and gets frustrated with the steadiness required to build glue models. He can also change things and be creative on the fly. I find them interesting, but I like regular models because they look realistic in scale.

yes, and with a hint of metallic also built that one and it's painted

hub caps are off Polar Lights 1965 Dodge Coronet 500

My biggest pet peeve is scale and detailing. Especially on late model NASCAR models. I think the Ford Boss 429 was the only engine in NASCAR to use the Holley Dominator carburetor, but I have seen them on hundreds of models built for showing off the engines. Plug wires that might scale to 1" thick, miscellaneous wiring that looks to be about 10 gauge thick, unrealistic braided hoses and huge wheel studs and lug-nuts. My list goes on and on. Many models suffer from over detailing and trying to fit every aftermarket photo-etch or resin bit the builder can find. I also saw where someone else spoke of molding seams on small parts. These always catch my eye on the shiniest of models.

I built the '64 Ford Modified Stocker as a kid in the early 70's. Don't remember too much except the two piece tires would fall apart and the bumper and side braces kept falling off. I liked to push the cars around and crash them into each other. Now I have all the reissues including a case of the 66 Chevys. I built the Falcon, Olds, and Buick to look like the box art. I wish they would have left the '65 GTO alone. The stock version is pretty poor. I have the reissued AMT (MPC) Monte Carlo and GTO Super Stockers, too bad the Mustang, Camaro, Barracuda, and Chevelle were lost or returned to stock. Don't get me started on all the lost MPC NASCAR stockers and pro stocks.

I'm guessing the green is for the rare sage green Hertz model?