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Fabulous to see the basic ideas from 2D illustrations done in 3D!
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Imperial Rocker Covers?
Russell C replied to sfhess's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Was wondering what the origins of that "Imperial" engine was in the Mercedes shorty gluebomb I got last year off eBay ..... -
Holy toledo. One more reason for me to keep my daily driver VW GTI, which will be celebrating its 39th birthday sometime this year. German mechanic who was an expert in Mk2 VWs told me the solitary computer in mine (for running the fuel injection) was absolutely bulletproof. My problem, of course, is obsolete out-of-production parts, but fortunately, GTI enthusiasts are filling in that problem with aftermarket replacements.
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LMX
Russell C replied to Horrorshow's topic in 1:1 Reference Photos: Auto Shows, Personal vehicles (Cars and Trucks)
Never heard of such a thing before, learn somethin' every day. Did a quick internet search, and turned up these pages, nothing on current value I can readily spot, but when a vehicle is uncommon enough, some guys would kill just to get their hands on a project car. https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/lmx-sirex-coupe/ https://www.autoclassmagazine.com/web/lmx-sirex-vintage/ https://bringatrailer.com/2016/12/19/milanese-fiberglass-exotic-1973-lmx-sirex-2300-hcs/ https://bringatrailer.com/2015/12/10/never-seen-one-1968-sirex-2300-hcs/ https://www.theautopian.com/youve-never-heard-of-the-lmx-sirex-italys-camaro-with-a-ford-engine/ -
My favorite Christmas TV special! A decade or so back I found out that a company called "Playing Mantis" made a collectible toy version (this guy has a review of it), and I managed to snag one off eBay for $25-ish.
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Eek. Acquired 6 cheap buildups off eBay, 3 as major parts donors, 3 as restore/rebuilders, finished zero of anything. I've got to get my act together one of these days ....
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What would YOU like to see as a model
Russell C replied to JeroenM3's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Could it be that no kit or promos were made of the '80s GM N-body Pontiac Grand Am / Buick Somerset / Olds Calais? '80s widebody fan that I am, the IMSA race look option would be nice in such a kit. -
Really old, but still cool to me the way it was set perfectly to a TV theme song. How to survive no less than 3 PIT maneuvers. Or 4 if the last swing around counts.
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The Big Boys-Large Cars
Russell C replied to Falcon Ranchero's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'm bad that way, too, where I'd love to sink into the seats of this one ... but I'd add extra ponies just to give it a bit more zip that it might have been a tic short of at the factoryL https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-chrysler-new-yorker-brougham-3/ -
Ditto, and following, in order to borrow many of your detail points. I told in my Dec 6 "What didja get today" post how I got a "missing major parts buildup" of these and have evil plans to turn the back half of it into a fictional massive fender flare car body / F1-ish combo. I have my fun doing such comical things, such as my V7 4x4 top fuel dragster, and my 'use-the-available-1:1-engine-reference-you-have' NASCAR Mercedes. The objective is "technically accurate totally incorrect," allowing me to take some liberties here & there, but my goal is nevertheless to avoid the situation where a knowledgeable modeler would look at my blasphemous abomination and say, "Well, that's funny and all …. but you've hooked up the water pump backwards." Since I don't hardly have the first clue what I'm looking at, your kind of reference material is very valuable. Having finally found the time today to disassemble a bit of this old buildup, I was impressed to see that the lone driveshaft it came with has fully functional U-joints!
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Question about creating better headlights
Russell C replied to Monty's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Our own "89AKurt" had this foil reflector tip back in 2018. I'm almost out of round kit headlight reflectors that I bought from some guy eons ago, so I'll need to try out this solution soon ... -
Back Before the EPA
Russell C replied to thatz4u's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Squashed like a bug. I know where there is a squashed Crosley pickup. Don't know how my dad ended up with it in the first place, all I know is that in the woods part of our property, the poor thing was laying on its side with the chassis separated a few feet away. Don't have a particularly clear memory of it since I was only 7 - 8 years old at the time, but the impression I get is that it was originally a wagon like this with the back part of the roof removed. Don't think it had a rear cab wall. Anyway, relatives and their kids came to visit, didn't know we owned it or that it was on our property, and their kids smashed out all the windows. Mom declared it to be garbage that must be thrown out, so somehow it was loaded sideways onto my dad's new '72 Datsun pickup, and off we went to the county dump where I watched the bulldozer driver mash the cab flat with his blade. Couldn't watch the rest of the carnage. Should be under the dirt right around this area, square in the center of the view. -
Cyber punk ‘88 Dodge Daytona/Mercedes C9 kit bash
Russell C replied to Steve H's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Following. thanks for the mention back in your first post, and no idea how I managed to miss this thread back at the start. Do love such mashups, I kept one other guy's illustrations on such things. Great (or warped?) minds think alike? The cheap V12 Matra buildup I showed on Dec 6th in the "What didja get today" thread will be a donor for a similar but different project, classic American car front end to be announced at a later date .... -
brake lines and detail tubing
Russell C replied to Gil Riley's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
My wire scrap ... in classic kit boxes. Came from everywhere over the years, mostly dead electronic devices. Other folks through out dead DVD players & computer printers, I disassemble 'em because I see model car parts in 'em. Don't remember what the brake lines came from in my "Snoopy Steals the Red Baron" - second photo here - but it was the combo of right diameter and soft enough for easy bending but stiff enough to hold its shape. However, the TJ Models insulation wire I bought eons ago turned out to be perfect for the spark plug wires, a neat shade of red. So, commercial-bought wire is fine, too. -
What did you see on the road today?
Russell C replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Yesterday's arrival for me was a free plastic cone-shape piece for a future cement truck comedy act. Today's arrival is more elaborate and fun, a nicely priced $25 + shipping eBay score. I spotted this one around a month ago, the seller misID'd it as an Indycar, looked like '60s F1 to me, but probably not a Ferrari. The seller had a tape measure next to it showing it as a foot long, so via a combined internet search of the "Matra" lettering on the valve covers plus my guess of it being 1/12 scale, it turns out to be a Tamiya or Ebbro Matra MS11, confirmed by our own MCM forum's John Brolin in his ongoing buildup of one of these. Never heard of the Matra team, I'm more of an early '90s F1 fan, so I learned about how spiffy their V12s were, plus it was a French team with blue cars. Who knows what the long-ago builder of this one was thinking on painting it candy apple red. I alerted the eBay seller what this was, he fixed the title/description in his first listing. No bidders in that one or the 2nd, same happening in its 3rd relisting, so I just could not resist on the last day. Single bid win! It's missing the nose / radiator, but that's ok, I have alternate plans that I've been kicking around in my mind for a long time based on computer illustrations like what's seen in the bottom image from a guy who combined exotic cars with F1-style exposed engines. Seen that similar idea drawn by another illustrator, plus there was a image right here at MCM a decade+ ago of a C10 Chevy pickup with major F1-syle enginework out back. A cheap 18th scale (close enough for government work / custom work!) diecast American classic car is "in the mail" to me.
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Got a tapered plastic cone today. Found it where house building contractors had thrown a bunch of scraps into a dumpster, might be a cap end for PVC pipes or something. What I've been thinking for several years after I won a pile of glue bombs in an eBay auction, is that I could use a cone shape like this for the one really forlorn-looking 32nd scale Pyro Ford Model T Coupelet that was included in the pile. (I couldn't bring myself to toss it out because … save the gluebombs by any means possible!) Now, with this cone and a bit of re-shaping and 'angle work' to the roof, and some other scratch built mixer machine items, I'd be able to prove Steve Scott really did use a T truck cab from a 1915-era cement truck to make his Uncertain T. 😂 Mixer drum probably needs to be a tic shorter, and have a tic smaller diameter front section made from an old film canister or similar diameter thing like a small aspirin bottle.
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?? You might be thinking of someone else. My Sept 2 irk would more likely start with an "N", as in nutcase.
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Elvis would at least get the person sorta back on track for the season. But this is the same increasingly irrational neighbor (with equally similar visiting relatives) across the street that I described in my Sept 2 irk. White, red and neon super bright green lights right now would at least make sense for the next 4 or 5 weeks. But this 6 months-out-of-date show makes me wonder if the resident is not right in the head. With my luck, the person would instead start blaring Yankee Doodle Dandy music or the William Tell Overture and start firing off roman candles.
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Since I'm a stickler on "Christmas starts after Santa arrives at the end of the Macys parade," it's a little bothersome to me when folks put up their Christmas lights barely into November, but that isn't the irk. It's the display of the neighbor across the street. Her all-LED lights are up now a day early, red and white - Christmassy colors so far - but the 3rd color is best described as 'nuclear-reactor-meltdown-radioactive blue.' Super bright. It looks like the 4th of July over there.
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Ever go on a Road Trip in a Classic Car?
Russell C replied to Falcon Ranchero's topic in The Off-Topic Lounge
My one-and-only daily driver didn't start out as a classic, was only 7½ years old when I got it in late 1993, but with just the exception of the last two years in a row (local obligations interfering) and with one other school attendance obligation, my annual summer vacation road trips to SW Colorado have always been around 540 miles each way. Replace the items that wear out, and they just keep on going. Will celebrate its 39th birthday sometime next year. Really needs new paint these days. I'm poor, however; accepting donations - just remember to make the checks out to "Cash." 😂 -
Got jagged scraps and sorta roundy scraps ... 'cause ya just never know when one of those will come in handy in this hobby.