TarheelRick

THUD!! That is the sound of my jaw dropping looking at this outstanding piece of art. You must have the hands of a brain surgeon and the eyes of an eagle to have hand-painted all those tools. The colors you use, the weathering, and the mix of textures brings this work alive. BTW, what is that beauty parked in the 1:1 garage?

Thanks for reposting these pictures. Looks really cool, nice work on the cookers. That waterfall and pond is quite convincing, beautiful work.

Outstanding scratch work on this build. Love everything about it; quality building at its best.

I have been lurking for sometime and figured it is time to let you know a bit about me. I am a retired USAF Hercules, Phantom, BUFF, Tanker fixer; also worked in Ground Communications for the last three years. I gave them 21 years 2 months and 18 days; but then who is counting. I was also a United Methodist minister for twelve years, but am now retired. To stay busy I drive a school bus for Starmount middle/high school. Strongly believe in UNC basketball and Carolina Panthers football. Got my first kit for Christmas 1959 - an AMT 40 Ford Coupe trophy series kit and was immediately addicted. Over the next several years I collected more than 200 kits, mostly AMT & MPC annuals, plus many of the trophy series. In '84 I sold off all my kits because I was no longer building and got tired of packing and moving them every couple of years. In '94 I was at Michael's and found a Lindberg '66 Chevelle and a Revell Gordon Monte Carlo NASCAR kit for $5 each - thoughts of a Smokey Yunick Chevelle filled my brain. Since then I have amassed more than 300 kits and build maybe two or three a year; the M/C has been built but the Chevelle is still waiting its turn. I guess if I had to choose I would say older circle track and drag cars are my favorite, although I like to stretch my imagination to full customs and the occasional over-the-edge build.

This topic is quite interesting to me; however for some reason I am unable to get the pictures. Any suggestions?