misterNNL

I've packed up my cars and baked some NNL bars,see you on Saturday!

Love this!Thanks for sharing.

Looking Barman tough and battle ready.Your base is ideal with the vehicle displayed at an angle instantly drawing the viewer's eye the car instead if the base.Thanks for sharing.

I am really enjoying following your build.Great overall theme,unique and very done details plus good clear photos to inspire us to do better.Thanks for sharing your talent with us!

Thanks Art.See you Saturday at the NNL?

I finally have figured out exactly what I need to build this barn as described in the book.If anyone is interested in knowing what that is just let me know and I'll post the list.The only brick and mortar stores in this area that carry basswood strips in stock are,Hobby Lobby and Menards.HL has everything needed in stock but is not always the best price.

Great build with a perfect color choice and spot on details.Hope your positive result with a resin body will inspire you to build more.Thanks for sharing.

Your all black theme looks really slick.I love it!Thanks for sharing your rebuild with us.

Looks great my friend.IMHO the name Boyd and the term"cop out"should never be used in same sentence.EVER!

I think I see a "Bread Sled"in your future!!

Looking nice so far.This is going to be a unique piece when finished and when it's on display other builders are going to look at it and wonder what the Blah blah it was built from.Thanks for continuing to share.

Ask your family Doctor about your problems to be sure.Everybody reacts differently so always be cautious but most if all see your doctor to be sure that something else is not the cause of your symptoms.

I'm sure that I am not the only person that learned what the parts of real cars were called through a combination of model car kit instructions and those 25¢ car magazines I bought.I wonder if the numbering of parts was an early attempt at marketing the kits to countries that did not have American English as their first language.

After doing some comparative price shopping yesterday,I will probably buy my basswood"lumber"at Hobby Lobby.I can buy five pieces of 1/32 x 1/32 in a package for $ 2.99.I checked at Michaels Crafts and their price is $ 1.29 each for one piece.That may not seems significant but if the entire structure is covered with individual pieces of siding(which looks the most realistic) if takes 151 feet of one size material.HL does not mark their basswood with metric or decimal dimensions.

Thanks guys!I knew the answer was out there and all I had to do was ask.

I looked at every package of basswood I have and none have metric or decimal information on them.All are in "regular"good old Amercian parts of inches.I like the basic concept of their book but with my weak math skills it's frustrating.There are still some very old post and beam peg style barns in this area so I will be photographing some of those as part of my research for this build.

I recently purchased the "building an old barn"from the model junkyard boys and have some questions for the diorama builders on this site.First of all I am attempting of convert their metric/decimal dimensions into inches to create a workable Bill of materials for this project and nothing works perfectly.An example is their decimal dimension of .31" x .31".Am I going to convert this to the next nominal size up in inches to get close in American basswood?I know that the rest of the world runs on metrics but basswood is not sold in metric sizes here.Anyone else attempting to build this old barn that can offer any suggestions?I found a conversion table on line that converts the decimals into 1/32's since converting it to 1/16th' s simply will not work on the small sizes needed. Thanks in advance for your time and help.

All great ideas!I'll be following along.

Rather than tear it apart and/or destroy it you might consider simply repainting the wall surfaces to eliminate the graffiti and reinvent it as something like a small business like a speed shop.

You might consider adding some weathering to your interior pieces before everything is secured in place unless this is going to replicate new construction.Will you leave the roof as a removable unit for photography and display?If son some small tabs in the outside corners can serve as locators for putting in back in place and for stability when handling the whole piece.

James,I see you are in Ohio.Are you planning on coming to the NNL Nationals next month?We would love to see this WIP on the primer(Ohio suede)table so everyone can enjoy it.

I tried to access this and it is marked as private.

IMHO the panel paint would break up the lean and clean flow of the body you have worked so hard to create.The fade paint effect would serve to better enhance the look,but that's only my opinion.Glad you're feeling better and back on the bench as this is way too nice to not finish.

Welcome.Be sure to photograph your '57 as the build progresses and share them with us.

Any update on this project?Are you planning on attending the NNL nationals in October again?