Russell C

Having seen enough varieties of actual barn / storage shed / carport finds in the "BarnFinds.com" website over the years, the thing that looks odd in that video is the seemingly inadequate about of dust accumulated on the vertical surfaces. Of course, more would accumulate on the horizontal surfaces, but after enough time in otherwise drafty rooms, the fine dust sticks to the upright surfaces as well, giving a vehicle a basic overall filthy appearance, and what's on the horizontal surfaces looks a lot more uniform than what's seen in the stills in this video.

The rod carrying the Ark of the Covenant plunder -- clever idea!

Heavy sigh. I remember when he had hair. I remember when I had more hair. I remember when Paula Cole was about my same age. She still is.

Never heard of the Radwood term before this thread. Irony is that those were my formative years - BBS spoke wheels, widebody flares over steamroller tires. When I got my current daily driver '86 GTI back in '93, the dream was the Rieger kit for it and synchro drive to at least give the rear tires a legit reason for that width (still dreamin' though, accepting donations, just remember to make the checks out to "Cash.")

Ancient thread revived gives me the model idea of a jet car Jet Car. Still might melt the nearby models if aimed in the inadvisable direction.

If you'd only shown the top photo and said the plan was to build a model replica of the 1:1 there, ya could have totally fooled me. Really nice work!

Cool, my guess actually turned out to be right. Usually I don't have the first clue what these mystery vehicles are. Didn't know that bit about the Italeri Ford "Jeep", I'll have to look at my parts pile to see that crossmember, which I'd gotten a couple of decades ago in order to use the frame & axles to create a 4x4 Cobra ranch truck abomination with a Jeep-style halfcab / hollowed-out trunk area pickup bed.

Alternative utterly offbeat suggestion, not for a particular 1:1 vehicle category, but instead for a particular kit manufacturer. Specifically, find whatever version of those old widely ill-proportioned 1:32nd scale Palmer Plastics kits (rescued glue bomb or unbuilt unloved kit, doesn't matter the source), and do whatever justice you can with it to make it into a really interesting model that it never would have been otherwise. Many of that company's box artworks implied these would be great Cannonball racers. Just a thought, anyway ....

PM'd a guess, but likely I'm wrong.

A nomenclature correction, if may offer it: CO detectors -- carbon monoxide, single carbon atom / single oxygen atom combined, deadly to breathe in large quantities. It's what folks do to take themselves out when parked in a garage with the engine running and a hose directing all the tailpipe fumes into the car. CO2 has two oxygen atoms, it's what we breathe out, and when there's too much of it in a crowded room with everyone talking, the air begins to just feel a bit stuffy.

Interesting - my profile page "Activity" that I'd never looked at before has at least partly returned, going back to October 5th.

Didn't see any problems before, don't see any now. But additionally, I don't think I ever looked once into my profile page "Activity", so whatever was there - nothing now - I don't miss it. If it helps with any diagnostics, however, I'm using a version of Firefox that is at least two years out of date, due to my iMac's OS being obsolete* enough that it can't load any new browser updates. *(Accepting donations to help me buy a new used iMac, just remember to make the check out to "Cash.")

My mom, a child in the late 1920s/early '30s, spoke more than once about her mom being technically a huge advocate of "People for the Ethical Treatment of Horses," where her mom was one who gladly advocated for the use of motorized vehicles because she saw way too many instances of horse owners - probably mostly delivery wagon guys in the big city - who were very abusive and/or careless with their horses.

Would the lights in your neighborhood dim momentarily if you turned on all 4 at once? ?

Wasn't initially convinced about Bill's answer since the Franklin engines I found in an image search didn't have exhaust pipes, but then I figured out what the caps in the tops of those cylinders were. A little more searching finally turned up this Pinterest page of what sure looks like the same dragster. The tell-tale is the circle thing at the front with all the bolts in it.

https://getadblock.com/en/ Wipes out all ads on my iMac. Youtube included, where that site tries to first load ad videos, but when I hit the play button for the video I want to see, no ads ever play.

Perfect!

Looks like the Albuquerque Model Car Club is still going. I don't live there now, but I was one of the original members way back starting in 1990.

Leapin' Fairlane! Won this as a single bidder on eBay for cheap, it's really arch-warped, but certainly not at the end of its shelf display life yet! I vaguely remember mentioning this idea to our MCM builder Brizio years back, this kind of thing can be salvaged by turning it into a caricature wheelie burnout dragster, complete with the exaggerated oval-shape tires out of the 1:32 scale Tom Daniel Snappers series of caricature dragsters, (or the Polar Lights repop variants) and with a double-blower intake sticking out of the hood from one of the old MPC Zingers kits, along with other requisite dragster bits.

Pearl turquoise / yellow scallops with the open trunk lid -- Kurt Womack, known as "89AKurt" here at MCM. I had fun with my "Snoopy steals the Red Baron" build.

At the grocery store before lunch.

Never knew those existed. Quick search for that vintage turns up, among other results, that somebody makes a diecast of 'em.

All works fine for me, no page viewing problems, can leave all the 'Likes' I want. I'm using iMac / Firefox / AdBlock.