Richard Bartrop

Depending on what your painting and airbrushing skills are like, of course, but that's just begging for some sword and sorcery mural that would do Frazetta proud.

It's been integrated with the regular model car section, so the builds are still there.

I'd be all for one too..

Some more progress. I took some more out of the bed, though I didn't want to go for a full bobtail look. The Model A I used as a reference had a wine cellar in the back, but I went for something more like a regular bed cover. I added more of a rear overhang for a gypsy wagon look, though on reflection, I may trim it back a bit.

Lucky you, that's about average for sending a car kit across the border. As a rule, I don't bother unless the seller is in Canada.

Back in the day, there was a demand for cars from the dawn of the 20th Century, and an industry devoted to filling that need. https://theoldmotor.com/?p=184075

There has been a boom in the hobby due to Covid, so with more people chasing the same kits, maybe it's not that surprising that eBay prices have gone up. I tend to avoid eBay mostly because of the stupidly high amounts that get tacked on for shipping and handling. I get that shipping to Canada is a hassle, but when you're tacking on an extra $90 to ship a 1/32 kit, maybe you don't need to handle it quite so much.

I love it. The Japanese cartoons have some of the best spaceship designs.

There are people who think model cars aren't real modeling, and they're wrong too.

There's a connection in the sense that basically every carmaker on earth ended up copying the Mercedes Simplex. It's one of the most influential designs ever.

Pierce-Arrow was using cast aluminum bodies as early as 1904.

As I recall, the Monogram '41 is quite a bit bigger than the Pyro Lincoln. I'd be tempted to think that you may be better off trying to scratch up a set of fenders and a front end for the Monogram kit.

I was the one who suggested the idea to him.

If you don't need it to bend, bend a piece of styrene rod to the right shape, then wrap some really fine styrene rod around it.(Plastruct makes some in .010") . Cement in place, and if you want to model the wrinkles, build those up with a brush, and some paint. IF it does need to bend, maybe use it as a master to cast it in RTV?

There is a definite resemblance, especially from the rear 3/4, and the front and rear owe a lot to the 1958 Ford La Galaxie concept. Maybe not that surprising, considering that ex-Ford stylist Elwood Engel had just replaced Virgil Exner as head of styling at Chrysler, and he had taken some Ford staff with him, including the guy who designed the La Galaxie. More details can be found here: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/07/chrysler-turbine-car-started-ford/ Come to think of it, the Ford connection probably also explains the resemblance between the '64-'66 Imperial and the '61 Lincoln Continental I built the Jo-han kit way back when, and it is an amazing kit. I managed to snag another from Okey that still awaits assembly.

There is AMT's '41 Plymouth kit. I suppose there are people in the group who could tell you how much Mopar flathead sixes have changed between '41 and '57. EDIT: According to https://www.allpar.com/threads/flat-head-engines-plymouth-dodge-desoto-chrysler-six-and-eight.229897/ not a lot was changed.

In Calgary, Trains and Such is my go to place for small bolts, bolt heads, and other scratchbuilding needs.

Seeing what people are charging for the ex Monogram '59 Eldorado, whoever owns that mould might want to think about bringing it out again.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/03/07/how-do-you-put-a-price-on-the-only-1964-chrysler-turbine-available-for-sale-in-decades

I had the MG TD, but that was long ago.

I bought the reissued "new" '23 T, and both the engine and frame are indeed nicer than what was in the old '25T kit. Also, unlike the '25 T engine, the Fronty head from the '27 will fit on this one. Also a question for people with real world knowledge. One of my projects is a '20s vintage Mercury speedster, and while I'm tempted to equip it with the DOHC Frontenac head, I'm also wondering just how practical they would actually be for street use, seeing as they were advertised for racing only.

I like epoxy for gluing trim to painted surfaces.

It's just funny when the people who keep lecturing us about how we should be grateful for every lump of plastic that gets foisted upon us suddenly decide that a decal sheet is intolerable.

You know how it is. You offer free ice cram, and some people will complain that it isn't chocolate.

I can think of a couple of projects where tossing them after lighting them on fire would have been tempting.