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Such magnificent work, as always, Francis. That Lenco is fantastic! Thanks for sharing your work, my friend!

Thanks, Barry! Much appreciated!

I was working in a hobby distributor, when they were released. We couldn't believe it, when we opened the first case! That was hilarious!

That is cool as hell! Nice work, Gary. Very, very interesting piece of history.

I got them from Jack Smith. I believe he still has some. The only way I know to contact him is through Facebook. If you're interested, I may be able to put ou in touch with him. Thanks, Carl! I love these old kits! They are just cool, ad a lot of fun, to build. Thanks, Steve. I must enjoy this type of modeling--I keep going to it!

1/32 scale parts are pretty difficult to find. If you CAN find any of them, Monogram did a series of 1/32 kits back in the early '80s that were beautiful! They were glue kits. There were a Nova, Charger, and a late-model Camaro. There were street machine versions of each, that had aftermarket wheels. Revell also did a series in the mid-late '80s that were more basic, but, that might have some wheel options. I know there was an early T-bird, in that series with custom wheels. I only recall that, because I recently found some around here to use on an AMT 1/32 Ranchero. I wish I could be more help.

It still needs a little work, and another shot of Dullcote, but I think it looks pretty cool! I used a lens cloth for the blanket. I coated it with white glue, and smeared some grey Gunze Sangyo paint on it. Then, I found a saddle blanket pattern that I liked, and printed it on clear decal film, and applied it to the lens cloth, then, I basted it with Micro Sol, like a Thanksgiving turkey. I shot it with matte clear, then made the fringe from embroidery floss on masking tape. It still needs to be adhered to the seat, and folded around it. As always...And, thanks for looking!

Thank you for your kind words, Misha. They are much appreciated! I love to huff nitro, most of all, but, I've always loved the lower class cars. Just good, old race cars!

It's yours, and it should be as you want it to be! I enjoy your work, and find a lot of value, in it.

Ah! Thank you, Francis! That is a brilliant idea! I now know exactly what I am going to do. I appreciate the photo! It's a big help. Broken and lost stuff just comes with this territory. There isn't a one of us, who hasn't spent hours of work on something, only to have to do it again!

We can all meet at Muroc!

Thanks, George! Yeah, they are a lot of fun!

I thought you might like seeing these! Yeah, that silly extra pipe. I made mine from Contrails plastic tube. I just discovered that I have an unopened package of that stuff, still! Thanks, Bill. I have discovered, through the years, that old Monogram kits hold a special place in my heart. I have built more of their kits, than any those of any other manufacturer, by far! Despite their flaws, with some work, they can be made into respectable pieces. Hell, I placed fourth in the circle track class at Salt lake, with the Indy car. No idea how that happened, because I didn't do anything to take away the "soul" of the kit, it's just an old Monogram kit that's dressed up, a little.

I took note of that, as well.

Beautiful work, Tim. Your hard work is certainly being rewarded! You and Francis have inspired me to learn more about, and experiment more with my mill. I appreciate your work, and the inspiration!

I'm obviously not Tim, but, the blue is the Renshape, which is typically used in modeling and prototyping. If you check out the thread about The Issues With Scratchbuilding, there's a more thorough description of it.

Got these, today. The smallest elliptical punch will create the badge for the radiator shell on my Model A. The others are just-because! The .020" wire is because, like paint, styrene, metal stock, etc., you can never have too much variety, in your wire selection! The hinges for the Model A photo-bombed me. That's all six of 'em--both halves...

Well, all of them are rescues, except the '32. I started with a new kit, for that one. The others came to me at different times, all in pieces. Questions, comments, critiques are always welcome on anything I post! Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Ian! The paint was actually pretty down and dirty. It did turn out to be pretty cool looking, though!

Neat pieces, Misha. Nice work!

That works, for sure! I used the embossed foil, for the added texture.

For pink slips? ?

That certainly caught my eye! Thank you, m.w.! Much appreciated! Thank you, John! I agree, that 'a' pillar is the main reason I haven't dived into that part of the project, yet. I like your suggestion of fabricating the inner door structure, prior to hacking the doors open. With those in place, it should provide a bit more rigidity. I have all the hinges made. I'm just waiting to build up my courage! ?

You'd better hurry! ? I can see exactly why. Neat piece!

That's what I figured, too. Weren't we discussing the yellow variant of this kit, just a while back? At that time, I don't think I had realized, yet, that it was missing! ?