jbwelda

nice set of builds, thats a lot for one year not even counting this is only one of several posts!

i dont think it was british leyland back in the days of tr3s, ed. just triumph. is this the same kit as the gunze one? looks similar.

i see, i thought it was the accurate miniatures and was wondering why nothing looked familiar!

it has a dragon with it? that might make me buy it...thanks for the heads up!

heres one jerry amaral and i built up for a give away at NNL West a few years ago. i built the V12 flathead and a lot of the chassis, and chose, no INSISTED that we use an Orange Crate body. turned out pretty super. i want to build another one for myself this time! but i would have a hard time matching jerrys superb tangerine candy paint job and graphics. whoever walked out of the NNL that day with this really got a cool model in my book! yeah ok its kind of overshadowed by the autographed big deuce but what can a guy do?

yeah that wood really added something! looks great!

>Castrol CRC i am almost positive it is called Castrol Super Clean, or "CSC" for short.

i am afraid i cant really agree with that assessment of ebay, Ed. what it is though is a worldwide marketplace where there are people with money to burn who have never had the opportunity to access some products but now can through that marketplace. the models you and i remember as being in every cut out bin in town (and this is more so with another passion of mine, records) and dirt cheap, are now sometimes bringing big money from those who never were around our bargain bins. so while it is disappointing to "lose" an auction to someone who is willing to throw down big money, the other side of the coin is that you didnt have to spend money because someone else outbid you, there is always a next time with the vast majority of things we might conspire to buy, and perhaps biggest of all, it opens that same marketplace to you to SELL your stuff at what you might consider pure sucker prices. and i have always found that while something might go for big bucks on ebay one day, on another it will go for peanuts and it is often not real apparent why that is so. so i just keep my cool and wait for the right opportunity. personally i love ebay despite all the criticisms and rarely feel taken advantage of or that i paid too much for something because the fact is, that something just isnt available around here or if it is (again lets talk about car models) it is usually WAY overpriced at a (model) swap meet unless you really happen into a bargain at a non-model swap meet or garage sale or something. so with ebay you have the world at your fingers and the only constraint is your willingness to lay down the cash. and you know even a hundred dollars for a kit is cheap compared to doing *real* cars! there isnt a day at the track you dont spend 100$, right? and how much enjoyment do you get from a kit, even if 10 years ago you could have gotten it for 10$...100$ dont buy much fun anymore! if you wanna play, you gotta pay! so i do see your point but i have to say ebay has opened up a worldwide market for so many things that overall its a blessing, its all in how you use it.

>How would you dispose of it ? yeah thats the problem. so far i have been reusing it almost ad infinitem and it doesnt seem to wear out. so ive not had to dispose of any major amounts. i just know that by looking at what it will do to your hand if you dont wear gloves, you probably dont want that in your water supply.

that is just awesome! like someone mentioned, if you arent an automotive engineer at GM, you sure ought to be! and the execution of the design is breathtaking! im totally impressed and another vote for model of the year (though i would have to review the candidates!)

i have recently been checking prices for the old Monogram Black Widow, you know, the simplistic but still iconic kit from our childhood, in the wide flat box with the cool box art and the forerunner of the other "color insect" series, the Green Hornet, Blue Beetle, Yellow Jacket, etc. dont know if anyone here has kept up on this but let me tell you, this kit goes for BIG bucks. like twice within a month i have seen complete with nice box examples go for 150$!!! that was astounding. then the other day this auction finished and again i was floored! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT i really love these old kits in this series and revell/monogram ought to bring them back. they were simple but well engineered and easy to enhance. i loved em when i was a kid and i still love em. and there were some cool accessories with some of them like the scuba gear (complete with sea hunt single valve regulator on the tank) with the blue beetle. the black widow seems to consistently draw big money, 50 - 60$ for even a mediocre build up, though the others in the series dont seem to lag far behind, with exception of the green hornet. i assume that is because the green hornet is one that was indeed reissued not too long ago (and i grabbed a few of).

wow thats a lot of building!!! amazing! really love that wooly bully and that xk120! they all look fantastic though! man i got to get back on my workbench!

yes the rarity and value of the kit is of little concern to me sometimes. i actually got the first kit (not counting when i had it when it was originally issued) because i wanted to build the King T. not that i liked it so much, but because i got to know don tognotti over the years a little bit and he was a guest judge at a contest i entered once, and he awarded me his "pick" trophy, and i wanted something to display with or on it! so i actually got the first kit for about 60$ in very nice shape a few years ago. not a bad price at all. i never did get to building the King T yet, but will attempt that one next. my biggest obstacle to that build right now is not being able to match the paint even close out of a spray can. i will have to beg a friend of mine to mix up some paint and airbrush it for me. but unlike the wild dream, i DO want the King T to be as accurate a representation as possible...and the thing was just restored and it was at a show here a few months ago and i got great detail photos to use as a resource. i always really loved the Wild Dream and once i got the kit i just gravitated to building it first. i once read an article in car and driver i think it was, about how "odd" cars seem to multiply when stored. it mentioned some guy who bought one corvair and before you know it, it had multiplied all over the field it sat in, because the owner kept buying others for parts, or just because it was so darn cheap he couldnt pass it up. so it has been with me and this kit: i have gathered up a few examples over the past couple years. that means to me its not all that rare. they seem to go for about the same as i paid, 50 - 60 for a decent example though with a torn up box or missing a minor part or two, and come up pretty often. so i have to conclude they really arent that rare afterall. in fact, for that price i think they are competitive with modern, imported kits and surprisingly cheap considering it is two complete cars, including display stands and everything! i have 4 boxes in my closet right now and at least one of those boxes has a couple of semi-built examples in them. i have already supplied some King T parts to a friend of mine also building the car but have a lot of misc parts if anyone needs specific ones, PM me and we can work it out. if you are going to build it, i can support that! while i wasnt aware that it (the molds) had been pillaged for other releases, i dont doubt it either. (btw, what other releases are parts of Wild Dream in?) i just thought the kit disappeared into the clouds of obscurity. RIP Don, a permanent solution to a temporary problem. thanks again for looking and commenting on this thread, i am really pleased how well this kit went together and look forward to starting on the King T soon. i really consider it an honor to read the comments from people well known and not so well known but respected just the same!

i could use a job like this and i spent many years in the printing trade (pre press actually...exactly what we are talking about) before getting a degree in computer engineering. i work relatively cheap and have a keen eye for details. so i will expect that PM soon!

i would mix a bit of laquer thinner in with the tamiya putty to keep it liquid and its the best i have found in the hobby world. that means like you say theres better in the pro auto world. but i am going to miss the tamiya putty. sure beats whatever testors is selling these days. 2X the $$$ though.

a brush on a dremel works pretty good if you can hold the piece your working on. or a toothbrush with some toothpaste or other abrasive. it can get kinda tedious but just keep plugging at it.

it really does affect different paints different ways. maybe you just got some stubborn paint? ive noticed it will strip some paint starting right away but other paint even after a couple of days nothing much happens...but then it finally starts budging. it would probably work better in warmer temps too but thats just a guess. i definately would not recommend dumping it down the drain though...and especially not if youre on a septic system. just sayin.

wow too cool! and a look at a 3D printer "printing" resin parts! on to part two!

take some pics, especially of the hillclimb, and post them here please!

the defense rests. but remember i mentioned bobbing them to about 3/4 their size to raise the back off the ground a bit.

oh this is going to be great, ive wanted to follow a build of one of these forever. are you going to do full detail, or omit the stuff necessary to get the body panels on? or are you going to challenge that limitation by making it all fit under the body panels?

yeah thats really looking unique and like it belongs together!

ah yes thanks for the replies! i am not in a particular hurry though within the next year most likely. and harry, i would leave that up to whoever wanted to help out. whatever way would be easiest and would still work. i think the decal sheet would survive being mailed in a reinforced envelope so i dont mind sending off the original. heres a photo of the sheet i need done...i am sure if we needed better photos i can take them with a proper light setup, this one i just handheld and pointed the camera. you can see the crinkling i am speaking of accentuated by the shadow from the flash: and heres a close up of the problem: and the kit they are for...i have to assume this is a pretty obscure kit, but if anyone has one and the decals are good and wants to part with it, i would probably buy it for the decals alone: by the way, an excellent example of how box art CAN be, ready for framing essentially! whatever help i can get from this i sincerely appreciate a lot, and we can talk about some kind of payback plan if not just $ up front! i realize even more now looking at the photos that what would probably have to be done is a really good copy stand digital photo of the sheet, that could be imported into photoshop or similar, cleaned up (and thats where labor would start to really come in) and then printed out on some decal material (easy to say...not necessarily easy to do). if that all turned out to be too much trouble, i would be open to compromises. thanks again!

cool topic! heres one i built some years ago, of a hoped-for 1:1 scale. but i saw the light and got a toyota land cruiser FJ60 instead! ESCI land rover 108" wheelbase model i believe, on one of those pretty darn cool prepainted display bases that someone (AMT? Revell?) was selling a few years ago. the land rover has been fairly extensively modified, with interior and some undercarriage scratch build, tires (i believe bridgestone mudders) from Satco (are they out of business? would be sad if so because they provided some super tires!)

well not exactly an overwhelming response!