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I'm super impressed at the apparently tight door gaps and lack of the sag I'd expect to see in a vehicle of that age, build style, and condition. Heck, the roof doesn't even look caved in! Very weird, very cool.

I too have been noticing that there seem to be fewer items on Ebay, frequently listed by high-volume flippers of estate-sale junk....and people hoping a sucker will buy their insanely over-priced kits/junk lots. Prices seem to have at least doubled in about 8 years. I'd love to find a way of locating re-builders and gluebombs that doesn't involve Ebay (very high shipping prices) or Paypal (just don't trust 'em). I received an email from Paypal recently asking for "confirmation of identity" and a ream of personal data and documents. I thought it was a spam/phishing message at first, but apparently it has something to do with Canadian tax law. I'd be much more comfortable just cutting Paypal out of my life entirely, thanks very much! I barely trust 'em with my linked credit card. There's no way they're getting anything else.

I see you pronounce the plural for "roof" the same way we do in Canada As opposed to the american "ruhfs". Ed's resin is always immaculate. Those up-tops are sharp!

I love it ! The paint color, pinwall tires, and brass details make it look bang-on for a car show circa 1965 or so. I dig all the very delicate-looking details, the flat fenders, the windshield frame and crank, spindly independent suspension, wide stance...just a neat style that we don't see much any more.

Cool! It's definitely looking better. One thing I wish I'd been early enough to this thread to suggest...would be moving the front wheel "wings" forward a scale 6" or more, so that the front tires are even with the front of the grille, or even projecting a little beyond it. Kit-stock, the wheelbase looks a tad short.

Cool stuff! Those "mystery carbs" seem to look a lot like AMT parts pack Carter WCFBs, but those are part number 118. Maybe a Corvette or 50s Mopar kit?

The $200-300 junk lots of random 70s-90s car and truck pieces and badly painted glue-bombs are blowing my mind. Not a gem to be found in that mess, and they're still hoping for a sucker...I'll give ya 10 bucks.

Just a note on surface texture of 3D prints...there are self-levelling primers that apparently do a bang-up job of filling the very faint stepping on printed parts. The other day someone recommended a primer called Stynylrez to me...I haven't tried it, but it looks pretty good. All the 3D parts I've ever used have needed some cleanup. I consider it a fair part of the admission cost; in exchange I get to have something that doesn't otherwise exist in scale. Mad Mike's stuff looks like it's being printed on a very high-end machine, wow. Cha ching!

Those are some great drawings! Definitely accomplished. I really dig the 50s/60s show cars/styling studies. I used to draw a lot of cars as a kid, haven't really been at it much over the last few years. Oh well, other pastimes intrude sometimes, and that's OK!

I love the way that Phantom Vicky frame looks in red. Wow! Nice work on the hood side panels, roll pan etc...it's all looking tight and neatly packaged. Can't wait to see it sitting up on its tires again!

I find positive-offset wheels to be generally unpleasant, and these are no exception. I salute Chip's drawing and design skills, but this car misses the mark for me. Half of it is the original form of the car; the side graphic makes the rear quarter-panel look disgustingly tall and out of proportion. I googled " '71 Mustang" to try and figure out what was bothering me, and concluded that the car is just awkward to begin with, and really needs some sidewall on the tires and negative offset in the wheels to visually counteract the weight of the car's beltline area and C-pillar. Honestly, a widebody kit or pushing the rear tires outboard would probably help too. It looks so narrow. It looks like a rollerskate. I kinda like what he did with the taillights, though. Aaah, relief:

Lol nope. Nice try though! One indication that it's probably Photoshop: a clean MKIV Supra was sold at auction for something like $130k last year. Too valuable to cut up!

Well, well, well! Now that's a fresh front-end treatment, but using entirely traditional and period-appropriate parts! Well done ?

I like where this is going! Nice work blending the Viper parts in!

Khyzyl Saleem's work is killer. I love his 3D/2D works....they're pure eye candy, sometimes with only the barest nod to functionality but always with some cool visual "hook". I've been trying to learn some more 3D modeling/rendering with the goal of eventually being able to make something that looks that good *eye roll* We'll see!

Is that wood panelling on the doors of that truck? I kinda like it! Has a mid-60s "Tiki" style going on.

Loving the surf-truck idea. Radical, dude!

The tooling on that sedan is way older than 2004! Try 1964

This is pretty darn cool so far!

I like this! The taillights work really well. Looks like you're using vintage Aurora parts pack spokes on the front wheels?

I've always thought the 2 in 1 version was a pretty fantastic buy. Stock wheels and tires in addition to a nice set of deep chromed steelies with baby moons, teardrop taillights, and a spare 327 Chevy mill to use somewhere else. That red box art version is so wonky, no wonder people didn't jump to attention upon its release (or re-release)! It looks nothing like the actual kit contents (thank goodness). It certainly wouldn't catch the attention of modelers previously disappointed by the sedan version's severe shortcomings. I remember receiving this kit as a gift and thinking "oh well, I guess maybe there will be some good kitbash parts, but the body is trash" only to discover that inside the box was a perfectly acceptable '34! Determined kitbashers can tweak the front fenders, hood/hood sides, and a few other little areas to get a more accurate version. The kit has tons of potential, and your example is a stylish one Tim! *edit* and I love that stocker, Bruce.

I might have some debonder somewhere, but whenever I glue my fingers together (and yes, it does happen!) I can usually get 'em apart with very careful application of an X-acto blade. Needless to say, there are probably better ways to do it than my method ?

Love it!! The visor, jets, and general detailing are very entertaining. Nice punchy color contrasts and highlighted edges; it's stylized but realistic. Now I'm eyeing up some of my kits, wondering which one should become a jet-rod

Very cool mods so far!! Can't wait to see where this one goes...

Wow. That's beautiful. Your attention to detail (and very nice photography!) results in a model that could appear to be the real thing at first glance. The gorgeous paint and jewel-like engine don't hurt, either! Saving these photos to my inspiration folder :D