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Wow, the computer gods are against me this AM with both laptop and ipad crashing on me on photobucket So I have also been working away on the two dashboards I made. Harry P did a little how to on this in one of his Big Boy builds so hats off to him for helping, merci! I found the kit decals for the dials pathetic so went to the internet to search the TC's dials. They are beautiful analogue works of art- Jaeger dials I took this dial and shrunk it down and overexposed it to brighten it up, then through trial and error printed out the little dials until I got a couple close in size. White glued the paper to thin styrene sheet (Evergreen) and then white glued a bit of plastic cut with an appropriately sized hole punch. Cut it all out and dry fitted them in. I need to diddle with the exposure and saturation still to get all the dials to match, but getting close. My computer at the office is the best one to use as the home printer sucks and slows me down The process is shown in the picture below moving left to right Close up of the pear wood dash.....need to match those dials a bit better; the spedo on the left looks better than the washed out tach on the right. Look at that vs the kit decals though..yikes! C'est tout pour maintenant Scott

Saturday Morning Miscellaneous Ramblings.....remember those articles in Road and Track?? The past week I worked on a steering system out of brass and aluminum. Not going to solder it as my soldering sucks so will be CA glued Also got in mail from Las Vegas some ID tabs for my builds. This will look good for the little diorama I have planned for the MG

And you can still participate, contribute and help other with their builds while you recover...keep those modelling flames burning while sharing your experiences with numbskulls like me Best wishes for your health in 2015

Skip Jordan has helped me with build advice and info on many occasions and is a great modelling friend to me We talk on PM's and he participates in my build threads.....More so than most other members here He has sent unsolicited reference material and is a huge value on this website He often speaks his mind and can come across abrupt and "he suffers no fools" as the saying goes So when you start a build thread out and then don't finish it, it kinda sucks, no? There are hundreds of those on here . That is what he is saying. Those who took offence "me thinks he doth protest too much" to quote Shakespere I am thankful that he didn't get po'd and just bail out on this website FOUR YEARS AGO when this thread was started and this disgusting pile on against him started. Why even bring this topic back to life???? I am soundly in Skip's corner and will defend him.....even if he is dead wrong about chrome on an MG Scott

Wow that is a great looking car...GT350 clone in the making??? Similar blue/grey /purple to my GT

I haven't found a big review of the kit and did a few searches as I was looking to buy in 1/16 scale For my point of view, I have a the 'new' AMT kit unbuilt and a glue bomb parts kit from E bay as well The body looks good in coupe form, doors open, hood is removable, have a couple of versions that you can make There is obvious weakness in the pillars since the doors open....working on re-enforcing from the inside with styrene and doing this for a new windshield http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93860&hl= A hole runs through the engine from side to side for a metal rod 'axle' for the wheels..very toy like the suspension detail and engine detail is minimal, but not uncommon with NorthAmerican kits...it isn't a Tamiya! still lots of room for modification For me it is a good larger scale start to modify and customize as I see fit. Nice if it was a fastback option, but that could be done too I love my Mustangs and this is sweet old school 'stang Shoot me a PM if you want anything further Scott

Thanks for this It is a super read...I am hooked after the first page, have to finish my chores and a gym trip. You are going to make me stay up past my bedtime reading about cars, again That is a great Bugatti history article and really well written. Another reason to visit Europe and tour the museum in France.

Yes, those are the videos I have been watching instead of doing work at the office

Cool stuff man, this is what a modelling site is all about learning how to do it, not just seeing what someone has done. Thanks for this!

Hmm, this is coming out you might be interested if you have a spare kidney to sell http://www.pocher.com/1-4-model-kits.html

I was reading that last night...they were arguing over a lost/stolen type 35 that has resurfaced for auction They sounded very snooty and condescending to each other like a bunch of Inspector Clouseaus Do any of those guys actually own a Bugatti??

I have been watching Jay Leno's garage videos getting myself all revved up for my Pocher builds I really wish they had done some old Bugatti's...these are such cool cars. I am not into the modern Lambo's that Pocher is making I love the comment on the video below where some doofus says he could "eat this" car with his Opel

I found this video for you Cato; it isn't a TC, but similar idea Jay Leno is my new hero

Great work and imagination!

I jumped into your build form the tips and tricks section to see how you did the new windows for this build. Now you have total sucked me into reading the whole darn thing! I really want to commend you for SHOWING how you do stuff, the process and giving sources for materials Too many threads from high end model builders show pictures of the finished result and how pretty it is to get a bunch of gushing compliments from us pions..but we never learn how to do anything So now this pion will take stuff I learned from you and try to rebuild the 1/16 AMT 65 Mustang glue bomb I got from E Bay for $11 Thanks man, Scott

Thank you for posting this, makes it so I don't have to re-invent the wheel

I will play around in one of the Mac apps it will just take some fiddling...I can't stand working in windows, but my work software necessitates having it I was looking at the MG's gauges last night and thought I might either draw or paint them right onto the decal paper as the decals from the kit are a bit sad I know Harry did something with a dash and gauges on one of his builds, will have a look for that too

I am on a mac, but run windows parallel so I can use both I think I need to invest in a better graphics program I have both ink jet and laser printers

This is timely for me I got a pin striping book and some brushes as a Christmas present Will get moving on the One Shot if I can use it in modelling......never thought of that, duh

I need a bit of a tutorial on how to make those decals I have the sheet of paper, but not sure how to get the images properly organized and sized

Thanks Dan, I am just plunking along recording this mostly for myself. There are some amazing modellers on here with faaaarrrr superior skills that I aspire to I appreciate the good vibes

JB, that is the darkest wood I had in a bag of veneers from Lee Valley (woodworking company in Canada) It has a clear floor varnish and no stain on the wood, so it's a pretty dark exotic wood ......Jatoba, Paduc not really able to ID it I used it b/c it was the thinnest of the whole lot of veneers that I had without a lot of big grain that would pull it out of scale Believe me, I like it a lot, not much hope of changing it's colour though Had fun making both of these

That is awesome!!

I liked the idea of dark contrast to match the edging on the seats, but kid's votes won out Neither came out as nice as I wanted How about I go dark fake wood painted steering wheel???