DonW

I think it needs a strategy and a proper engine!

Is the spare 'Vette shell you have on the bench destined to get a rear-mounted flat six and swing axles?

I wish our trash was that exciting! What was that doing in there? Did it come from another dimension? It reminds me of the Stephen King novel 'From a Buick 8', I hope the cat is still OK.

PM sent. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but there is a lot of motor car there!

Fantastic! I built this in the early seventies, but my version is sadly long gone now. Renwall also did a 'visible V8':

That's what I was getting at, Joe - the body did seem to rake down at the front too much, now I know why. Fools and children shouldn't see things half done! Thanks for you answer, I can't wait to see more. -Don.

I did notice the ground effects sump pan... But at least it's on the shelf, instead of in bits on the far side of the room!

I stand corrected, thanks! I may not like the 1:1 but the model is being built beautifully!

The devil's in the detail! Nice. Is the chassis sorted, inc. the stance?

A pot-pourri of the greats!

That's not a convertible, that's just got a sunroof. I'me sure they're marvellous. Same old same old.

Its loosely based around a Bell X-1 from the forties so it's hardly a 30's design! Total fabrication. Yeah it's pretty but real things look better to me.

The wheels had really thrown me, thanks for the link. I now know that Boswell made them himself to copy the Lambo design. He had square holes, Feruccio had triangles. Maybe that's where the strength came from...... Boswell makes me think of Roswell, who remembers that?

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! The new 'Fiat 500's and 'Minis' are awful! If you want to build a good car then do it. If you want to cash in on a marketing opportunity, make a 'cute' 'retro' piece of wasteful recycling (the first draft was one four letter word). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but it is very profitable. Having said that, have fun with your model, it looks challenging. The first car I ever drove was a proper Fiat 500 on the island of Minorca in about 1973, I'm 6'4" but I fitted fine and it was great!

Was it as good as it looked? I gather he sold a few, are there any left?

Are you sure it's got enough engines? Seriosusly glad to see this back, I love it!

I saw him live with Dweezil, it wasn't my cup of tea. He believed that cigarettes were food, anyone guess what he died of? Now all Chuck Berry ever wanted to do was make money! And did he influence anyone?!

Yeah I actually remember that at the time. Personally I love Street Hassle, my mum bought that for me for Christmas back in the seventies and of course she had no idea what the lyrics were like! But I reckon it did a hellofa good job in discouraging people from bothering with heroin, and it had some great music on it. Sha na na na man...

Yeah, Led Zeppelin never made it either, never troubled the singles charts over here! Seriously I have a lot of time for Lou Reed's music, that's my choice. If you don't then what are you doing on this thread? RIP Lou.

I have a framed picture on a wall of Juan Manuel Fangio holding one of these in a powerslide, and I think what progress have we made? He was the best. How about a 250F next? Lovely models.

Ha! PM sent, my life is complete, I thought I'd never get it. Thanks Ken, good one.

Yes it's beautiful - it looks Italian but it's right hand drive, or is the image reversed?! This one is really making me think.

My local mechanic, Carl, had my BMW 328i in to fix the passenger window that was stuck open. He ordered the relevent part, but ended up just cleaning everything and lubricating it, and did the same on the driver's side too. He's sent the part back and charged me half what I was expecting. Support these people!

The bonnet fit's not perfect either but it's not a trailor queen!

I absolutely love it and I'm impressed by your commitment with the headers. I The plug wires are too big, which wouldn't matter if the rest of the model wasn't so good. But I really don't think don't they spoil the overall effect and I can't wait to see more progress, sorry if I sounded mean in my inital post!