TarheelRick

'55-56 Lincoln.

A very interesting build, looks like it should have been factory. Just my opinion, but it seems the bed is a bit too long, makes it look a bit tail heavy.

All I find in barns are rats and a few snakes. A piece of true hot rod history for sure.

Beautiful workmanship on this build. You are a master craftsman on bodywork. Thanks for sharing it.

Very impressive build. Really looks the part. It's hard to believe these big old boats were NASCAR front runners.

Very well done. Never thought of a 64 Impala as an AWB, but this one looks righteous. Good looking paint job and decal work. Two thumbs up.

I remember watching that build come together before he left that other show. Looking pretty close to the real one, really like your concept.

I was looking through a post yesterday and came across a video showing how to use graphic masks for flames. The YouTube video was from StickIt Graphics. When I try to go to their website I get a page showing "Domain for Sale". Is this company still in business or are there other companies doing this type work? I will be in the market for some scallop type graphics in the near future.

Love what you are doing with this one. Reminds me of the "Baht buses" when I was in Thailand, except they were all imports - Datsun, Toyota, etc. We were told not to ride them for safety and/or security reasons, but what GI ever listened to such nonsense. For $.05, equivalent to a Baht, you could ride hanging on the side of a pickup through some of the most horrendous traffic imaginable.

Outstanding weathering. Looks like a bunch of tree sap, black mold, and some stuff that would get this post censored. Thanks for sharing.

This year's theme at the Carolina Kustom Modelers show is "Screws and Axles" kits that came with screw on chassis and wire axles. I have been planning on a fully stylized '61 Galaxie for some time. While looking through some other kits I came across the twin bubbles in the Monogram 58 T-Bird. A bit of measuring and I realized they could be fairly easily adapted to the '61 Galaxie, so out came the scribe and razor saw. Within a few minutes the top was no longer (I envision it on a '49 Ford custom). I am using the complete advanced stylized custom pieces for this build and will probably be scratchbuilding an interior since the kit interior is one piece including the seats. Anyway here is where I am right now. This sucker is going to be long, each of those blocks are an inch wide.

That is one outstandingly smooth silver paint job. The whole build is over the top, excellent work.

Looks really good, the chop is subtle and I really like the suicide doors. Because of the rounded top of the Willys I know that chop was a real trick to accomplish, but you did a fine job.

Looking forward to where you go with this one. I really like the older style customs, from mild to somewhat wild. As already said your eye for proportions is superb.

1949-1951 Chevy.

That is one wicked Gasser. Mighty fine job on the build.

Outstanding build and beautiful photography. The diorama setting is eye candy in itself, but that big Pete really sets it off.

About a month ago I broke one of my hearing aids. Don't really need them that badly, but they are handy for watching TV. I used the box the VA sent them in 5 years ago, with the attached, preprinted return label. Waited about three weeks, called the VA in Salisbury, NC asking about them. Was told they were supposed to be sent to a facility in Denver and they were not at the Salisbury clinic. A couple days later the Tech called and told me they had been found in the mail room, he would repair them for me and return them. Today I received my left hearing aid, the right one was not in the package. When I called the VA I got a huge run-around (can you believe that ) and was told there was no way the hearing aids could have been sent to Salisbury, that the Tech would not have fixed them, and there was no way my other one was there. Final recommendation was to call the VA in Kernersville, NC (closest unit) and reschedule for another hearing teat and set of aids. Called K-Ville and was told the earliest appointment was August 20. However the person kept looking and found a cancellation at 1:30 today, it was 12:30 when I was talking to her and I live 45 miles away. I made the appointment and will be getting a new set of hearing aids July 3rd. Nothing but kudos for the lady in the K-Ville facility, and plenty of blah blah blah's for the arrogant response from Salisbury.

Stopped by Hobby Lobby today, saw this knife and thought it may come in handy trimming around intricate decals.

Just completed a trade with Sam I Am. Got exactly what I was promised. Excellent trading partner.

Mighty sweet "Effie", really like the color combination.

Going to be another fun and creative build to watch. Of course comparing a Porsche to a Meyers Manx is the ultimate of sacrilege, but then that is where the fun is. It is only plastic and you can build it.

I am pretty sure this build has been completed and it is definitely one cool rat. There was a question about headers. A few years back in one of the magazines there was an article on building headers using paint brush ferrules. It was fairly simple, cut three or four pieces of solid copper wire or solder for outtubes , drill the ferrules for these, epoxy into place, finish and paint. Here is a picture of a set I built and yes you will notice they are a bit too long and do not clear the door. That would have been a simple fix to cut the ferrule shorter or to have used a shorter end tube.

Paraphrasing a great literary work " Basements are the best of times and the worst of times". When my Dad built the house I now own he did not see any need to spend a lot of money on basement waterproofing. Over the years the weep tiles crumbled, filled with dirt, and one corner of the basement settled deeper than the others cracking the floor loose from the walls. Over the years the basement has flooded with every heavy rain. Most of my late 60's and early 70's 33 1/3 rock and roll albums were destroyed along with my 50's collection of baseball cards, luckily the majority of my models were stored in a closet upstairs. But I digress. Since moving back into the house and having some intensive renovations done I had the basement worked on. Now I have an inside weep tile system that dumps into a three stage sump pump system (with 12 volt battery backup) and a large enough dehydrator to keep the basement quite dry. When I rebuilt the shelves to store my models I put a sheet of 20 mil plastic between them and the walls just as an extra security. So far everything seems to be staying quite dry. I may purchase another smaller dehydrator to place in my model area just to ease my paranoid mind. All that being said, I am sorry to hear of your basement woes and know from where you speak. Keep the faith and things will get better.

Is this before or after you finish the Nova? Hee, Hee.