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So since this is a hauler...what will it be hauling ?

A great big shout out to Photo Bucket for ruining most of the pictures! Thanks for nothing!

Great to hear you are back at the work bench. Getting lost for awhile while grinding on some plastic can be great therapy for us all now and then. When not at my work bench a part of my brain is always there planning and finding solutions to things I'm working on.

Try using a sewing needle as your applicator. I would of course practice before hand. Good luck with whatever method you choose.

I'm liking the attitude and altitude of this one!

Something like"aerodynamic tire cover thingy"?

Great time to be doing something positive in a time when some much negative stuff is constantly coming our way. Enjoy the forums!

You've made the right choice. Welcome to the best forums around.

Not trying to hijack this but sometimes we have to appreciate where we started and how far we have come In developing our individual skill levels and where we are now. When I started(1958) we lived in rural mid-west-central Ohio there was no one else that did what I was attempting to do. This pre-internet, no hobby shops and no model magazines for guidance or inspiration. All I had was a desire to re-create what I saw on/in the small pages of those 25 cent hot rod magazines of the day. I used paper straws for lakes pipes and hair comb teeth for grille bars. My first paint jobs were done indoors in a dirt floor basement. I did what I could with what I had at hand. I cut door open with one of my mom's old paring knives heated over a candle(I still have that knife in a frame on the wall near my model workbench). My body putty was called Plastic Wood in a tube,.Today there is maybe one other model car builder near me....but there are thousands a few key strokes away here on the forums. Ask any question and within a very short time someone will step up and offer whatever help or suggestions I have. I personally never encountered any "attitude" in modeling until the MPC contest series started. I'll admit I was more that a little surprised. Those "chip-on-their-shoulder" types were not about to share Anything With Anyone for "fear" of divulging some "secret" that might cost them an award. I see very little of that today thankfully. Keep having stress free fun on your workbench/card table/garage work space during these social distancing times and continue to make your scale dreams come true. These just may be the "golden years" of model building my friends. Enjoy your chosen hobby and sharing it here with other like minded crazy people!

Remember to always build to suit yourself. I found out that long time ago that there will always be someone doing better work than I can,smoother paint and more details. Don't be intimidated by those builders,be inspired by them and appreciate their skills. This is still supposed to be fun isn't it?

Glad everything worked out well for you. It seems like the older I get the more parts I scratch build.

I filled that open space in the tops of the axles I converted with half round Evergreen strip stock.

Yes,please send those images to me. Thanks!

I have built my own using a standard vintage axle. I add a sleeve of styrene tubing for the larger gear changing section and a small vintage starter to that. If course some massaging of those pieces is necessary to achieve the proper look but it's a quick solution that doesn't require buying another kit.

Wow,what a beautiful speedster. Where did you find that?

Thanks CT. Looks like I need to visit my local dollar store!

Great dio obviously a wealthy clientele.

That's what I do as well.

The more I look at the images on the Blastolene Brothers web site of their Deco Pods the more the overall shape reminds me of the gas tank of a mootorcycle. The Resin lambretta scooter I will use for the base builds out to be 2-1/2" overall length so that will be my starting point. I have never built a motorcycle larger than 1/25th scale so I have no idea what tank might work. Any sugestions? Any spare tanks laying around in parts boxes?

I would like to build a 1/25 scale model of the slick little scooter covering aluminum Deco Pods built by the Blastolene Brothers. I have considered using a plastic Easter egg but the shape is just not right. Anyone have a suggestion? i already have a couple of the Lambretta scooters from Replicas and Miniatures of Md.for the scooter part. Any help appreciated.

Don't wish your life away my friend, you should have turned the big six oh this last summer so you're getting there. I retired when I was 68 and in a couple of weeks that will have been 10 years ago.

That huge chunk of concrete over the rear axle should assist traction exponentially.

Isn't it amazing how many solutions our minds come up with when we least expect it. I have stopped working on one project or another cause I couldn't figure out what to do only to wake up the next morning with a solution.

Looking very nice. I like the structural look of that floor plan. I'll be watching closely.

Note that the gears used on these hand crank wreckers were about 4" thick so a thin brass gear won't look realistic at all.