Dale W. Verts

Real nice mix! Dale

Well Papa, I reckon we've found the right place. 37 years for me, and am havin' a good time. Good luck with your coupe. Dale

Nice! Dale

Really like watching other new guys posts... I've worked on this one more several months on and off (third model started sinc ecoming back). Really need to get it done- Look a little familiar? Dale

Okay, this just happened a minute ago. I'm building "dream rods" for several of my friends. It's really too humid out to paint (rattle can) but I badly need a final coat of clear on a Roadrunner. SOMETIMES you can shoot a coat and get back in the AC quick enough. So I get the body & hood wiped down, go outside, shoot the paint, and RUN on my broken ankle just the very few steps to the house... And my daughter turns on the sprinkler to water her strawberry bed. It comes on less than three feet from me. Man. Dale

Excellent. Saves me alot of work. And gonna cost me some money. Dale

Now that's weird-lookin'. Dale

No Cory, what was it like? Dale

What a great effort with so little to work with- keep it up. Question- is it just the picture or is the back hoop of the frame really long? Dale

Hickbillies are what I call us... Yep. And Hickbilly ingenuity can do GREAT things. Dale

David, as a new guy here myself I share your feelings. Couple of thoughts- I "locked up" some when I found out what folks were doing with their creations (art). It affected my building. I got over it, and although I am trying new things I'm not trying to do it all at once. Baby steps work best, and this comes from a fifty-year-old who's "been there and done that". You'll have alOT more fun if you proceed at your own pace. Unless you're a genius freakin' ARTIST like some of these show-offs (just kiddin'). Then go for it. I continue to be in awe almost daily at what folks can replicate on such a small scale and again, my hats' off to everyone that contributes here. Dale

Wow, this was nice, but thise wheels and paint, WOWEEE. Dale

By golly, that'll do 'er. Thanks for your efforts- you'll be saving me a ton of work, not to mention lost hair. A good IRS transaxle as mentioned before will also sell- of course a souped-up Type 4 would work for the real die-hard guys... Dale

Patiently waiting. Sort of. Dale

You need bigger meats on the back... wow! GREAT lookin' hot rod. Dale

David, really neat and one of the things on my short-list to ge done. I also bought that pink "thing" and thought the same thing- that this body is gettin' cut up! We need good motors tho' (my personal stick). In real life I've owned three sets of those wheels, and I never used a set. Not one. Sad. Dale

Love the history lesson. Thanks! Dale

Man, that makes Nerdsville look GREAT! Dale

I like the story your pics tell... really neat. Dale

Thanks Skip- I owned a Judson once, but I guess I was thinkin' Okrasa did one too. LOTS of stuff you can do with the diminutive air-cooled bug (and any VW/Porsche) motors. Top-fuel pilot Cory McClenathan cut his teeth in an under seven-second nitro rail that was built around the VW platform. It would be hard to build a model to duplicate that technology. Not impossible, but certainly out of my skill and comfort range. I have a couple of sprint car frames that I've shortened to make 70's/80's era midgets. I'm going to put a VW in one of them if I have to hand-carve/machine every part. Dale

Not quite as Green as on the box... Dale

Thanks Shaun. Love my bugs. The next one will be better. Dale

Identical. We call it "God's Country", on the edge of the Ozark Plateau. A little short on frivolties, but a GREAT view. Dale

Being newly back to this hobby I really didn't know what to expect of myself, or what I wanted out of the whole thing. Now, with ELEVEN projects in the works that range from a sprint car still on the trees (and soaking in soap water) to a drag car that needs maybe an hours' worth of work to finish it; over sixty models unbuilt in-house (and four more on the way), and only ONE project finished in five months... Well, I'm needin' a judgement call- Is this natural? A broken-ankle and a LOT of down-time haven't helped things. I get bored easily, although I'm not bored with any of my current projects. My twin daughters are also workin' on their next projects, a '27 T and a '62 Vette. The kitchen table gets pretty crowded. Okay, just rantin' a little. I know I'm a little nuts. Seems that I'm in good company. Dale

In my opinion this is the nicest '32 I've seen since joining back up with this madness. It's incredible what paint and stance does to a model. Thanks for sharing. Dale