Russell C

Kurt's just that kind of inspiring guy. In following his thread here, it prompted me to get off staring at my photo alteration idea for my possible GSL-XXVII Common Kit category entry, and start sawin'. Further allows me to finally make some use of the bottom of the curbside engine in the Fijimi Koenig Porsche kit that's been rattling around in my parts box for around two decades. Time is short, though, the end of April will be here before we know it.

Everyone? Overnight low predicted to be 52° here. (this will boomerang back at me with a vengeance around mid-July)

Oh, God! Well, not quite. Very nice, though.

Thought about this last week, as I turned in for the night. Was able to count up my current unbuilt projects easy enough, 20, but only dredged up memories of around 50 before I fell asleep, of all the ones fitting the "completed" status. Had to use a spreadsheet program a day ago to pop in every one I could remember where I could use the column next to the list to rapidly count them all up. 95 altogether, with the bulk of them being from the early years where I could build them in a week or two and play with them in the carpet 'til they fell apart. And I still may be missing one or three in the ol' memory ...

Appears to be a '59 plate? Found a make-your-own image site here: https://www.licenseplates.tv/1959-utah-state-license-plate-2293.html

I'm of the increasingly endangered species whose phone is still connected to the wall with a copper wire. It couldn't track me if you held a gun to its head.

Yes, and when the wildly overpriced complete kits on ebay are skipped, these still tend to go for at least $60+.

Seeing the V8 conversions is entertaining, didn't give a whole lot of thought to it, but after listening to the dyno video of this one, I must say it creeps me out, not in a good way. Much as I like V8s, the flat 6 Porsche guy in me makes it hard to mix the image and the sound together. "1995 Porsche 911 with a LS1" https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=9250

Welcome! Calgary is a big city if I have it right, but another guy I know from there is Pat Bibeau (the fellow with the camera in the photo down the left side of this page) who's been a regular at the Utah GSL contest for decades, it seems. If the opportunity arises, I'd suggest finding a space in his convoy down to Salt Lake City next year.

That's fun! What would be really wild is if some guy showed up with ancient photos of it and said, "that's my old model!"

Amazingly realistic! Particularly entertaining because I could probably see the actual mill building from here if the trees and buildings weren't in the way. Biked across the new dam earlier this year, a glass jungle is rising around the mill these days.

Pair of thick gloves and maybe another cold weather item or two for the frozen driver? Meanwhile, at the risk of sounding like an enabler for demented -ia, I'd recommend staying on whatever meds brought this one and the BatCobra on. There's probably no end of heresy one could commit with these that would send purists climbing up the walls.

Eek. Maybe if the whole thing was sectioned, it could be salvageable. (quick 'n dirty alteration, original illustration here) Anybody else seeing ghosts of the '63 - '66 Chevy in this angle?

Actually, an image search I did on Google led right back here to this other Feb 2017 MCM blog post and the ones following it. Can't easily find the "Hemmings" article referred to in one of the posts, but I found a 2014 Hot Rod article containing the photo that was apparently used for the fake box art.

Ummm ... correct me if I'm wrong ... Revell of Germany took a monster shortcut and stuck a Marmon grille on a Peterbilt?

Got t-boned in my former little tin box hatchback by a '70s Caprice doing around 40mph (long story, my fault). One thing I was impressed by was the 3 rectangular purple bruises I got from the belts through a couple of layers of clothing. I was fine otherwise, as was the guy and his son in the Caprice, who were also wearing their belts. But the reason I wear 'em was from the driver's training films I saw in the '70s in high school, which featured really outdated scenes of late '50s big fin cars. In one, the car had only done snap spins in the highway median grass without rolling over, but the driver was thrown out the window, broke his back, and when he was put face down on the stretcher, he was screaming and had major clumps of grass clamped in his hands. To this day I feel weird in my car if I don't put on the belt.

Salt Wagon. Works for me!

I'll confess to not knowing beans about such old rods, so to make up for that, I try to figure out as much as I can from photos (I'm aiming to build a Revell '31 Ford 4-banger rod soon). The Jalopy Journal site is loaded with 'em, so if you use this kind of site specific search https://www.google.com/search?q=site:jalopyjournal.com/forum+Model+T+speed+equipment it should yield lots of photos and tech info. Click on the "Images" link to get straight to 'em.

I could just see this extended onto another show rod idea, something like "Li'l Salt Spreader Snowplow".

One of my favorites among many there: Michael Turk's "Das Heir Uber KerBoomerVagen" http://www.showrods.com/gallery_pages/red_baron5.html

No such luck. "Love The Looks Of A ’57 Chevy But Want Utility? How About The Bel-Kota?"

Fiberglass and wood don't mix? Senility prevents me from remembering where I found this, but I do remember it saying the thing was a 'modified Vette.'

Sorry to see your foreboding prediction about “plenty of fuel” after your sunset photo almost a year ago was unfortunately accurate. Ocean view, must have been very luxurious. Long as you keep your relative perspective on things, you should be fine. I doubt that even now you’d trade places with me, since I’ve never come remotely close to having a house like that, and - unless my lack of fortunes reverse - might not ever achieve it. Better to have lived luxurious and temporarily/inconveniently lost, than to have not lived that way at all. No chance of nature fires here, but I have renters insurance (poor as I am) because of the potential of my idiot neighbors burning the place to the ground. Put in my vote for the Dino.

Regarding other threads, I bypass the search window for the site and do a Google search that's site-specific instead, like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Amodelcarsmag.com%2Fforums+poseable+steering

Surfed across those years back, a demented 3D computer art guy. There's more where that came from: http://www.chrislabrooy.com/auto-aerobics/