Snake45

Nice! You don't see these built in this style very often. Well done and model on!

I'm not a fan of Pro Streets but it's hard NOT to like this one. Beautiful!

Very, very nice! This is a great kit and you did it proud. Model on!

Beautiful! What's the body, resin or your own scratch/conversion? Either way, looks great! Model on!

Very, VERY nice! That's a great kit and you did it justice (we expect no less from you). Well done and model on!

I just bought a nice cheap Welly diecast 1/24 Porsche "Carrera S." Trying to google some images of real ones so I can add my signature details to make it fit for my shelf, but even trying several different ways, I couldn't find one that looked like my model. Oh the overall shape is the same, but I can't find one with the same front valence panel (front pan) and wheels as mine. My model looks like this. This is a Maisto 1/18, but it looks exactly like my Welly 1/24--same front pan and wheels, anyway. https://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/porsche-911-carrera-s-911-997-red-1-18-diecast-model-car-by-maisto/ So what is it? Maybe the question is, what year is it (that might help my research)? And are these wheels factory or some sort of aftermarket? Thanks in advance for any help or direction.

Really? The new Challeger's wheelbase is 6" longer than the original. That means its wheelbase is longer than a (full size) '55-'57 Chevy or '64-''67 GM A-body [Chevelle, GTO, etc], and is the same as a '68-'72 GM A-body station wagon or El Camino. (And most of the real first-gen ponycars were on 108" wheelbase; Cougar and Challenger were longer.) It's 6" taller and 500 pounds heavier than the '70. It's not a ponycar anymore, it's a midsize car (today it might even be considered a "big" car) dressed up with some 1970 Challenger styling cues. Not that I'd have a free one towed out of my driveway.....

I miss cars that need Sunoco 260. I don't miss not paying what they'd charge for Sunoco 260 today, though.

This must be some sort of record for me. Last Monday morning I didn't even know this model existed, much less that I wanted/needed one. By Thursday I had it Snake-Fu'ed and standing tall on my mantle. $9.99 at Rite Aid, and it was in such good shape I didn't even bother to take my customary pre-Snake-Fu pics. All I did to it was sand the tire treads, hit the wheel slots with a black gel pen, do a little Silver Sharpie touchup on the window trim where it didn't quite come down to the glass, blackened the exhaust pipe, painted the chromed muffler flat steel to tone it down, and hit the back of the headlight stems with white paint to kill the creepy "bug eyed" look so common to diecasts (and some kits). Didn't even have to take it apart to whiten the stems, either; I was able to get to them through the front tire openings. Took a little google-imaging, but I found a real car that looks exactly like this one. I usually think of these in silver, but I did find a red one. Actually found two red ones, but the other had chrome trim rings on the wheels. (I could have done those with a Molotow, but didn't bother at this time.) Total Snake-Fu time was under two hours, and this thing COMPLETELY scratches my itch to track down an AMT kit, probably pay too much for it, put 30-50 hours into it, and very likely never get it finished. Ten bucks, two hours, Gullwing on my shelf! DONE! And what would a 300SL Gullwing model be if the doors didn't open? There's even a little underhood detail. This my 23rd completed project for 2018, and my fifth Snake-Fu'ed diecast for this year.

I just spent a half hour cleaning old stuff out, but it's still showing full and won't let me me send you one because it's full. Maybe the board needs to update before the deletions take hold, or something. If it's important, just email me: SnakeACP45 at aol dot com.

At the Rite-Aid today, I saw a VW bus so took a look at it for you. Welly, nominal 1/24, bright red, $9.99, and a little button on the underside of the chassis opens the side door. The chassis said it was a 1972 or 1973 (I couldn't quite decide which) and I think it said Type 2 if that makes sense. Might not be quite as nice as your Greenlight, but it's not too far behind, at half the price.

I went by mine today and got a Porsche Carrera S, whatever that is (it looks fast and cool!). Should Snake-Fu up nicely. Even better, I got the guy to tell me exactly when the new shipment will come in! (A week from Friday.)

I really dig that Mirage. I have the Mini Exotics resin kit, but have never built it because I think the door and other panel lines are extremely crudely executed (like drawing them into modeling clay with a pencil point). Did you fill all those in and rescribe them, or fix them in some way? Because yours looks pretty darn good in this pic.

The new Challenger isn't bad looking...until you compare it side by side with an original "real" Challenger and you see that the new one is bigger, fatter, and doesn't really have the classic ponycar proportions at all.

I was a big fan at the time--watched the show, bought the model, had the first two, maybe three of their albums. But then I was 12, so don't hold that against me. Some of their music actually holds up today. Nesmith was actually a competent, respected musician, and some of their songs were written by names you'd recognize, such as Neil Diamond.

Despite a widely-circulated, completely dishonest email that circulated several years ago, McCain had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with starting or causing that fire. The truth is well documented in both film and official reports and plots of the deck at the time of the fire. McCain was in fact a victim of that fire, and was lucky to escape it with his life. If you've been harboring ill feelings toward him as a cause of that fire, please, please let it go--you have been lied to in a most disgusting and slimy way. Mods, I don't mean this post to be in any way political or disrespectful. I only want to set the record straight about this completely false allegation against the man. Thank you.

I miss the fact that all the cars looked different, make to make and even year to year. I could go down the street and tell you the make, model and year of 80-90% of the cars I saw. Nowadays they all look like used bars of soap, and good luck guessing the year. The only ones I can pick out from the rest are Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers, and Challengers. And they're all the same color! At least half (two thirds?) the cars you see every day are some shade of silver or metallic gray. And most of the rest are either white, black, or some kind metallic red/maroon. You see a blue or green or "burnt orange" car once in a while, but seldom enough that it's remarkable. I can't remember the last yellow car I saw that wasn't a taxicab.

I'm sure Round2 would gladly accept your check for funding R&D and tooling production.

What would make sense to me would be for the Holthauses to concentrate their efforts on creating some great masters that THEY want to do, then "sublet" them out to a caster with an excellent record for production, quality, and delivery, such as Motor City Resincasters. Royalties or percentages of the sales would go the Holthauses, of course. This would seem to be a win-win-win situation for everyone including the customer. But what do I know?

I thought there was an even chance that would happen. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

If you keep this up, you're gonna make me ashamed to post Under Glass pics of the box-stock one I started in the '80s and just finished up a few months ago (inspired mainly by you).

Simon, McCain, and Aretha Franklin. There's the Celebrity Death Trifecta. How long before the next one starts?

VERY cool! You really captured the feel of the era.

Your decals might well be usable. Put them in a window with sun exposure for a few days to bleach out the yellowing, then coat them with Micro Superfilm. Then cut them out and use them normally. I'd lay a modest even money bet that they'll work fine. I wouldn't hesitate to try using Airfix decals of '60s vintage after doing this (though I might have a backup plan in mind if it didn't work).

I started with a used Badger 200 at around age 17. I used that exclusively until the early '80s, when I bought my then-girlfriend a new Badger 350 kit that she never used. I started using it and liked it so much that's been my go-to airbrush ever since. Later I bought a used Badger 150 that didn't work as well as I wanted; haven't used it much. In the early 2000s I bought a cheap Testor Aztec that I used a few times for some fine jobs but went back to the B350 for almost everything. Few years ago I bought a Chinese knockoff of the Badger 350 at a flea market for $12 and have used it ONLY for clearcoats and it's worked well. Last year I found a Paasche starter airbrush set at Hobby Lobby for $25 which seemed like a good price, especially after knocking 40% off of it with the coupon. It too looks like a Chinese knockoff of the Badger 350. I haven't used it yet. A few months ago I heard about the $20 Campbell Hausfeld airbrushes at Walmart and bought one. It seems to be a Chinese knockoff of the Badger 150, much like the Harbor Freight one you described. I have used this one at least twice recently for some fine jobs and it works GREAT! It will now be my go-to airbrush for airplane camo. Finally, just a couple months ago I bought a genuine Paasche H kit on closeout at Hobby Lobby for just $25. Couldn't pass it up! That's $10 less than I paid for the Badger 350 kit in 1983! I haven't tried it yet, but it might become my main go-to gun, as my Badger 350 is almost worn out, after only 35 years of hard (and almost maintenance-free) service bordering on neglect/abuse.