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Congrats to former M.A.M.A. prez Lyle Willits.

Bags Unlimited carry the trading card boxes. https://www.bagsunlimited.com/category/226/trading-card-storage-boxes

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is a side project of the Primus front man. In 2001 the band recorded a live cover of the entire Pink Floyd album - Animals.

You could build something similar using the Ford C600 and some scratch building.

Beautiful build Peter.

Very nice Lee. I have on of these kits in the stash I hope to build some day.

I was thinking more production cars but you are correct the 550/718 are mid-engine - keep me on my toes.

Wikipedia: The Porsche 356/1 was the first real Porsche car created by Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche. This prototype car was a two-seater open roadster with a mid-mounted, air-cooled flat-4 engine of 1,131 cc displacement that produced 40 horsepower (30 kW). While the body was an original design, most of the mechanicals (including engine and suspension) were derived from the Volkswagen Beetle which Ferry's father, Ferdinand Porsche, had designed. The aluminum roadster body of the 356/1 was designed by Porsche employee Erwin Komenda in April 1948 at Gmünd and completed only a month later. Smooth and low, the 356/1 set the pattern for later 356s with one fundamental difference; the engine of the production cars was moved behind the rear axle (to reduce costs and make room for two additional seats). The car was registered by the state of Carinthia (Kärnten) with the license plate K45-286 and made its maiden voyage on June 8, 1948. I found this 1/24 scale diecast (Maisto) in a toy store several years ago, paid $3 IIRC. They had two and I bought both. I gave the other one to a resin caster in hopes I could convince them to cast it – no luck so far. Did a little detailing to the model but not much more. The mid-engine design would not be used again by Porsche until the 914.

Thanks William. No the hobby hasn't slowed down you just weren't looking in the right place.

Thanks Jason.

Powered by a Bristol engine which is effectively the BMW 328. Here is the build thread on that project:

Great work Dann. Where did you source the super fine wire? Does it come plastic coated or did you paint it?

Yea they took the US market 240Z and added Fairlady parts. However they do import JDM cars.

Thanks Guy. The overflow tube is clear tubing colored with an orange Sharpie marker. I scratch built the pulleys, fan, water outlet, carb linkage, oil pump, distributor and motor mounts. The alternator came from my parts box.

Thanks Joe.

Appreciate the comments gentlemen. Here is a better engine bay photo.

Stance is perfect as is the wheel/tire combo IMHO.

If you like Japanese "muscle cars" like I do (think a 240Z with a 3.2 liter engine putting out over 300 HP) check out the new show on Velocity - JDM Legends. https://www.motortrendondemand.com/detail/we-are-jdm-legends/0_2eg4wj9s/

Love it.

Thanks Bruce - It started as the Esci kit but there is not a single part on the entire model that hasn't been modified or scratch built. Thanks Marcos & Shay.

Thanks Dann.

Very nice Bruce.

Thanks David and yes I'm converting the 1/25 scale Revell to a '71. Here is the WIP thread.