THarrison351

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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?

Sorry to dispute you, but those are Ford truck hubcaps, Used from about 1980 to the mid nineties

I always enjoy reading comments about everyone's home town hobby shops. When I was a kid in 70's and 80's my models where purchased at Air Force BXs and department stores. When I visited my grandparents in eastern NC there was a drugstore that had all these old models. When I visited my other grandparents in Hickory NC there was an ancient toy store downtown with old models. When I joined the Air Force in '82, my first base had a hobby store was that was centered around NASCAR. Unfortunately that guy only lasted a few years and closed shop. There was another couple of shops in Greenville, SC that I would patronize when my tanker was at Donaldson Center for inspection and maintenance. They went under also. Here in Wichita I have a great hobby shop I can go to plus Hobby Lobby, Michael's, and Hobbytown USA. When I was up in Quebec I found a great store called Udisco in Montreal. If you are in Montreal, you have to go there. They have everything and large quantities. Having this Forum has opened up possibilities to find other hobby shops when I travel. There seems to always be someone on here that knows a shop near by. Thanks to all.

For the short time it is started and raced there isn't enough time to over heat the water if that is what is used. For every few pounds removed. the car will accelerate quicker.It looks like with everything removed, the car is on the ragged edge of weight removal (no front brakes, narrowed body, etc..). If you look to the left side of the engine there is a silver tube with a blue cap. That should be a reservoir to collect/cool the water as it expands in the block. Somewhere (the cap usually) is a way to relieve the pressure from expansion after the race. If they are running alcohol, the engine runs even cooler due to the low BTU of alcohol. After the race the system will likely be hooked up to a pump and cooler water to circulate and cool the engine for the next round.

Very impressive. I work on airplanes and here is a strip and repaint of a 747 from Northwest Airlines to Delta.

Texting is illegal in most places, but eating, drinking , reading maps, even adjusting the radio can take your attention away from driving long enough to cause an accident. There are a lot of things that are illegal, but unless the criminal is caught by the law, they keep on getting away with it. Sure, you could add more law enforcement, but then we become a police state and I don't think anyone wants that. I have driven in almost every continent in the world. I think the Germans and Scandinavians have some of the best drivers. The act of driving in those countries is a privilege, costly, and requires lots of tests. In some other countries the act of driving only seems to require possessing a car. The US drivers have some of the best roads in the world, and some of the worst educated. Most high schools use to have drivers education programs and gave the students a good start on how to drive properly. After the driver receives their license it is their responsibility to drive safe. The problem is there are no more tests to see if the driver has developed bad habits. Only if they get caught doing something illegal and the court decides to take their license is there a chance for reeducation on driving. Of course this doesn't stop some drivers from driving anyway. Today's cars are some of the safest and sensory depriving cars built. So many cars do things automatically for their drivers, a blind person could almost drive them. This puts the driver in an almost unconscious state. I remember when the proponents said if we raised the speed limits above 55 MPH the drivers would have to be more attentive to driving due to higher speeds. This may have held true for the cars built at the time, but now we have family sedans capable of speeds in excess of 150 MPH so driving at even 80 MPH seems pedestrian. I'll get off my soapbox now, but I will leave you with this. It doesn't matter how powerful a vehicle is, If it is driven unsafely, 80 hp or 800 hp can kill you.

I'd guess it's a Tamiya Mercedes Benz 500 SEC. I built a Lorinser version back in the early eighties. Nice kit, I think I still have it moldering in a box. Your version looks great, I'm not sure about the Isuzu 4 cylinder, but a Mercedes in NASCAR would be cool.

The seat decals look great and so does the paint. I have one question though. Why did you mount the mirrors on the doors instead of the window frame? It messed up the flow of the decal. I'm not sure how easy it would be to fix at this point.

1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? Las Vegas, NV Nellis AFB base housing. 2) From whom? Well, as I recall there was an unbuilt model car in a desk? or some other drawer in our home. I was very curious and found a tube of cement (don't know what kind, but I don't think it was model glue) and attempted to glue the car together. It was a multi-piece body and I pretty much made a mess of it. Don't remember who made it or what kind of car it was but the color was a dark red. When my father discovered my work, he was very upset and used colorful words to demonstrate his anger. After he calmed down, my mother talked him into buying a model for me to build. I don't remember the model itself, but it was made by Hawk and looked like a red Italian open wheel race car. I've never seen another kit that jogs my memory. (update) I decided to look on the Internet and see if I could jog my memory after writing this. It looks like the Lancia Ferrari with a picture of a built model might be my first kit. 3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? Yes, I built anything I could talk my mom into buying. My dad was Air Force and was rarely around. 4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ? My dad was an aircraft mechanic on bombers (B-47), tankers (KC-135), business jets (T-39) and fighter planes (F-100, F-111 and F-16). I would later follow his footsteps and work on the same exact tankers at the base where I was conceived. 5) How old were you? 5 yrs 6) About what year was your introduction? 1970

Thanks, I'm going to try to go to Udisco next week when I trade my rental.