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Anyone familiar with this book? I am familiar with your build Bill. I have read the tread a few times and it has some great information.

Still haven't rubbed out the paint but couldn't wait any longer to see what the wheels looked like against the dark blue paint. It works for me.

Thanks Tommy. I am going to try and finish it with the side windows down so the interior can be seen better.

I have been wanting to build a ’32 Ford for quite a while now. But honestly I am intimidated by the thought. I would like to build a 50’s era hot rod but such a build is way outside my comfort zone. It is such an iconic car and an important period in rodding history I really want to do the build justice. I really enjoy researching my projects before I jump in. So I would like to request help finding good reference material. If you know of any good books or other sources of information I would appreciate your suggestions.

Thanks Martin. I'll give the paint a week or two to fully cure then I will start polishing. I'll post a full color mockup in the interim once I think the paint can accept handling.

Here is a link to the parts content of this kit - this saves me from having to photograph my kit. Note the hardtop on the clear tree and the wire wheels David mentioned. http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=41300

Here is the car the Heller Le Man kit is based on. The Briggs Cunningham entry for the '62 Le Man 24-hr

David, the standard E-Type coupe was also raced including Le Man. There were (11) Lightweight "Hardtops" and (1) Lightweight Low-Drag Coupé built. Lightweight Low-Drag Coupé Lightweight Hardtop

I believe this is the Heller Le Mans box Matt references above. The body is identical to the molded red version Matt showed except this kit is molded in white. The level of detail appears to be similar to the High Tech Gunze kit.

Matt, is the silver built kit in your photos the Gunze or Revell kit?

I assume then the Austin Powers kit is the same as all the other Revell versions.

This is the Gunze kit I was referencing in my response. I believe is is the same as the High Detail kit but without the engine. I could be wrong since I don't have the High detail kit to compare it with.

Pirelli doubts F1 will adopt low-profile tyres Pirelli is not expecting Formula One to adopt low-profile tyres in the future, despite demonstrating 18-inch wheel rims on a GP2 car in Monaco. The possibility of a switch to low-profile tyres has been discussed for some time and last year Pirelli produced a test tyre to illustrate what an F1 car on 18-inch wheels would look like. But despite other single-seater series looking to develop low-profile tyres, Pirelli thinks F1 will stick with the familiar high sidewalls and 13-inch rims albeit with wider tread at the rear. "I've got a feeling we'll end up with a much wider tyre, but on a 13-inch rim," Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery said. "That's my feeling for the direction we are going." Pirelli's rival manufacturer Michelin recently said low-profile tyres would be one of the conditions for it entering the sport in the future, while Pirelli insists it will remain open to satisfying F1's needs. "We are quite pleased with the decision to move to a 420mm-width tyre, we feel that gives a very big visual impact. Today we make tyres for high performance cars much wider than the ones in F1, so that makes it a little bit more visually important. "The hole in the middle? 13-inch, 18-inch or 19-inch, they need to decide what they want to do. There are two schools of thought: go towards 18- or 19-inch because it's closer to road cars and another school of thought that all of our other current circuit tyres are 18-inch so, bizarrely, keeping 13-inch differentiates F1 from what everyone else is doing. "I think the marketing department would like to keep 13-inch and a nice big sidewall for the branding, which we don't have to pay for - every cloud has a silver lining! We will do what the sport wants and we will try and find solutions to what they want." Hembery said the cost of developing a car for low-profile tyres, the added weight of the larger rims and the overall look of the tyres are the main reasons the sport is against abandoning the current tyres. "The rims are 4.5 kilos more per corner than before on he GP2 car, so the unsprung mass is dramatically more - it's a big wheel. There's cost, but also the belief that Formula One should have a certain type of look, so it does look like an F1 car. "The tyres have defined that for a great many years now and I don't think there will ever be a perfect solution to that. Would we [Pirelli] sell more tyres by having 19-inch tyres in F1? Probably not, in reality."

Very nice Eric.

The Gunze and Heller kits both look good to my eye. I haven't studied them extensively or attempted to check dimensions however.

Yea Joe I am happy with the color.

I use polishing pads, Shay. Once I get everything smooth I use just a bit of polish compound.

We have color: Tamiya TS-15. Once the paint is fully cured I can polish it up.

Chassis looks good, nice work Bob.

Porsche flat six with offset.

There was a good series of articles (a few years back in that other modeling magazine) called "Building a Monster" that explained how to wire & plumb a '70s era funny car engine. Track them down and they should give you the information your are looking for.

Shop looks good Todd. I did a tutorial on how to scratch build a body dolly. If you are interested let me know and I will post the link. Might be nice to have one around your shop.

Joe, I always replace my drive shafts with styrene rod or aluminum tubing. I used styrene on this Buick stocker. Looks better and much easier than cleaning up the kit part.

You find discussing Ferraris, Jaguars, Maseratis, Avantis and airplanes on a thread about Aston Martin confusing? Yea me too.

Think they are straight copies.