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Great model! Legos sure have come a long way from the simple blocks I played with as a kid!

If you want different wheels then there are some options. There are both model kits companies, and aftermarket companies making wheel and tire sets. For example Aoshima and Fujimi (Japanese kit manufacturers) sell wheel and tire sets. Easiest to get them is on eBay (or possibly on Amazon). Aoshima has the widest range available. Go to eBay and in the Models and Kits section search for "Aoshima wheels" or Fujumi wheels". You'll see plenty to choose from.

I just did - thanks! Good to know that he is alive and modeling.

Good to know he is still alive and modeling. Thanks!

Naphtha (Ronsonol lighter fluid, or VM&P Naphtha from a hardware store) usually work well for this.

Doesn't Ford have a hyphen in there? F-150?

Maybe I should ask in the Large Scale section? After all, that is where Cato posted mos often.

They both enjoyed building detailed large-scale models (Pocher). Not sure about any other relation.

Very nice models! Are they plastic or metal? Were they kits, or pre-assembled models?

That is one on my short list of all-time favorite cars! Beautiful profile! None of the cartoonish chiseled bodies (which look like they came out of transformers movie) many cars have nowadays.

There are several large scale models of engines available - those are fun to build and detail. Like this one: https://model-motorcars.myshopify.com/collections/alfa-romeo/products/engine-kit-a001

Does anybody know why he stopped posting and even visiting the forum? I checked his profile and his last post was on Oct. 21, 2017, and he last visited here on April 4, 2018. I miss his presence. He is an excellent large-scale modeler and I thoroughly enjoyed following his superb Pocher Rolls Royce build.

That didn't even cross my mind - I almost never visit that section. I will - thanks!

Does anybody know why he stopped posting and even visiting the forum? I checked his profile and his last post was on Oct. 21, 2017, and he last visited here on April 4, 2018. I miss his presence. He is an excellent large-scale modeler and I thoroughly enjoyed following his superb Pocher Rolls Royce build.

Nice! I like white cars but the color you chose is also very pretty.

WOW!

I hope that you are using some sort of magnifying device when building this tiny model! I do quite a bit of miniature modeling and I couldn't work without my Optivisor (with a #7 lens plate) and a stereo-microscope for the really tiny stuff.

Funny - what was old is new again. Push-button shifting was all the rage in the mid-20th Century. SOme cars even hat the buttons in the center of the steering wheel. Forget the floor-mounted automatic transmission shifter. Many cars nowadays have those fancy paddle-shifters, for sifting your auto-transmission without taking your hands off the wheels. Those are included even in SUVs, for the Formula-1 wannabes.

Looks like just another repackaged CA glue (aka cyanoacrylate, or super-glue). Nothing magical about it. There are many similar adhesives available in hobby shops and hardware stores.

I fairly recent one was that Pontiac Vibe was a Toyota Matrix or vice-versa. Seems to me that GM and Toyota make strange bedfellows.

That is why I will never use it as a CA glue (super-glue) accelerator. If some of it remains free of the CA glue within the joint and remains open to the ambient air, it can start absorbing water from the air and leaching out of the joint. I know it is off-topic here, but I had to mention it.

Sounds like a plan! I hope that you'll photos of the completed model.

. . . you should enjoy this video. Watch the entire video - it is worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvzCTqkBDQ

I had the pleasure of attending the Shizuoka Hobby Show in 2005 and I can say that it was an amazing experience. They even had a military jets flyover! Not something you see during other hobby shows.

But "fully detailed" to me means that it is an exact replica of the 1:1 engine. So it would have brackets for alternator, AC compressor, power-steering pump, etc., oil and transmission dipsticks, etc. Most modelers do not include all those details in their miniature plumbed engines. Like others said, "plumbed" means it has some hoses and tubing/pipes modeled. And as a side note, when you configure an Ethernet interface on a computer, you are also "plumbing" it. At least in technical lingo.