Richard Bartrop

As an iconic piece of Americana, I think a Checker would probably do well in both domestic and foreign markets.

And of course, you and every other creature on the planet, is spewing out carbon dioxide, but in turn all the plants take in the carbon dioxide, and turn it into plant material, which gets eaten or burned, which in theory should all balance out. Carbon neutral doesn't mean eliminating carbon, it just means the amount you put into the atmosphere is balanced by the amount that gets taken out of it, so fuel from plants is actually good. The fuss over fossil fuels is because we're taking a few million years worth of accumulated plant and animal material, and burning it all at once, and that's what's throwing things out of whack. On top of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide we emit, you also have people trying to restore the balance by increasing the amount we remove from the atmosphere. I live in the middle of oil country, so I hear you about jobs, so if we really can't use the stuff, somebody had better figure out what we're going to do with all the people who are in the industry. In any case, weaning people off the dinosaur juice is going to be tough.

A little background on an iconic piece of hot rod hardware, From Mac's Motor City Garage by way of Hemmings. https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-quick-history-of-the-gmc-6-71-blower/ includes a short bit on why it's apparently not actually a supercharger, even though it's used for supercharging.

You could get those old Lincolns in just about any colour scheme you want. Conceptcarz.com has some good reference pics, and just googling "1928 Lincoln" (1927s are practically identical) will yield a wealth of reference photos.

Calgary here.

I imagine back in the days when promo money from the Big Three was paying the bills, the folks at AMT could afford to toss out a few ideas to see what stuck.

Those would have been neat to have in model form, though AMT did eventually release a kit of the Thomas Flyer from the real Great Race.

Thanks for sharing! As I recall, just making a one piece V-8 block was considered a pretty impressive accomplishment when the flathead was introduced, and even then, it took a couple of years for Ford to work all the bugs out.

If you're taking suggestions, how about the very first LSR holder, the Jeantaud Duc? In 1898 it went a blistering 39.25 mph.

The same article also talks about bringing back the split rear window, so maybe take it with a grain of salt? There's always speculation about the Corvette. See all the mid engine 'Vette rumours over the decades. https://carbuzz.com/news/c9-corvette-will-return-to-front-engine-layout I suspect the C8 is going to be around for a while, if only because GM has other priorities. I'd like to see more too, both new releases, and some old favourites, but with all the stuff that's been happening with the company over the past few years, I'm happy they're putting out any new product at all.

We'll see, I guess. Right now, even with car sales taking a hit from the plague, the new one is outselling the old one. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/01/chevrolet-corvette-sales-numbers-figures-results-fourth-quarter-q4-2020/ The only thing I'd heard is that because of all the money and personel GM is putting into electrics, they're going to hold off on any major redesigns of the Corvette for a while, though they may redo the interior. https://www.thedrive.com/news/36039/gm-reassigns-corvette-engineers-to-electric-and-autonomous-cars-some-not-happy-with-move-report

So just like the C8. Though I haven't heard even a hint of a suggestion that GM was considering a FWD Corvette.

That built up nice. Thanks for sharing!

Darryl Starbird customized a Brougham, so it has been done. Honestly, it's not one of his better efforts.

I think that one is pretty much a certainty.

Congratulations!

A short article on Jack Leynwood. He didn't just apply his talents to box art. https://illustratorsjournal.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/remembering-jack-leynwood/

I think people have always been a little jaded about being exposed to so many quality images for nothing, or next to nothing, that they don't really think about where they come from. Now, you will have to pry my Wacom stylus from my cold, dead hand, but I don't think it's too much hyberbole to call that era a golden age of illustration. So many quality paintings were needed for magazines, advertisments, and packaging, and they had to be done quickly. There is certainly some nice art still being done digitally, but the big difference for the purpose of this discussion is no more originalls for the collectible market. There are people who will make a painting of a car for you, but it will cost you.

This painting by Jack Leynnwood has been discussed in the box art section. Here's what the original is valued at https://www.invaluable.com/artist/leynnwood-jack-l3bix5tuhs/sold-at-auction-prices/

It says gouache, which is a kind of opaque watercolor. You can use it with a regular brush, or an airbrush. A lot of the media commercial artists used were only intended to last long enough to be photographed, so it's impressive that that has survived to the present day in such good condition. As for what original art costs, it's like anything else where you want someone to employ skilled labour for an extended period of time.

Also something to consider is that since Photoshop is pretty much the preferred medium of commercial art now, gouache illustrations like that are pretty much a lost art. There aren't going to be any originals available of all that new box art, because they only exist as data.

I know that art from my youth. If we are talking about actual, original art, then that is a bargain.

It's a nice little kit that responds well to some extra attention.

Nice to know that it's still around and in good condition. Thanks for sharing!

Personally, I like using .010 inch styrene rod for 1/24-5 models, which works out to a quarter of an inch wiring.