TarheelRick

If I ever gave up my love for Mustangs this might be the one to do it. That is one really nasty Camaro. It just looks ready to 'eat your lunch' along with anything else you might have driven up. Great job.

Sweet looking short-tracker. I like your style of build.

Going to be one fine looking Willys. One thing you may want to be aware of is the location of the front axle, it is a bit too much to the rear, Good luck on that kit hinge. On mine I just used some tubing glued to the nose, bent brass rod into a U shape through that tube and glued two more tubes to the chassis. I slipped the two legs into those two tubes and I have an instant flip front.

If I had the money to drive that I would call AAA to change the tire, wouldn't want to mess up Armani jeans..

Definitely some interesting work on this conversion. I love the 40, but the 38 is a close second. I remember many of them running at Bowman Gray Stadium back in the early 60's. For the grille, have you considered using thin brass rod? I think it may be easier to make those curves.

Got to agree, that is one sweet wagon. Wish Round2 could find those molds and reissue that one. My thoughts on the trailer, paint it white and put some U-Haul decals on it. As soon as I saw the picture that is what came to my mind. That being said, it looks good just the way you have it.

I now have the rafters on, the roofing is on order and yesterday I picked up the lumber for the roof stringers. Also have a lead on "seconds" siding. I know this may seem trivial in the face of what we as a nation are facing; but it has helped me keep my sanity

That is one seriously beautiful Galaxie. But then IMHO, that was one of the most beautiful cars FORD ever built. You did an excellent job .

Got this one for a good discount. The only part pilfered was the T-bucket body. I have plenty of those, so it was a pretty good deal. I have scored many "opened kits" for 50% or more off from Michael's, A. C. Moore. and the former Roses store when they sold models. I do get burned every once in awhile. I picked up 70 Chevelle that looked to be missing the tires and decals (?); when I got it home I discovered the crook had slit open the bag and removed the engine and much of the chrome pieces. So I have a body, chassis, and interior, with no chrome or engine; looks like it will be another short tracker.

Wow, that is some ambitious work. Thanks for sharing it. One problem is with the "how-to's", many of them are several years old and the photos have disappeared, probably because of the Photobucket fiasco,

An old standby is Future floor shine (or whatever it is called this week). Of course before using it on a completed model I would test it on a scrap decal.

Tetanus city, that is one dirty hulk. Good job on weathering.

Sweet Chevelle, my favorite year. Like the idea of the fuelie engine. I have one I am planning on building as probably an O/S class car. Thanks for the inspiration.

I don't claim snobbery in scratchbuilding, to each his own and to what he/she can afford. My beef is when I spend a multitude of hours trying to scratchbuild an item from styrene, cardboard, wood or whatever I have available, It may not be 100% accurate, but it does represent the item well enough to get the point across. I then take the finished model to a contest and I am placed into the same category as the cars that are built with computer controlled machines and their multitude of machined parts. I do not necessarily enter contests to win, but a bit of recognition of my work involved is appreciated.

It probably is his only tank, and I'll bet when it is full it makes the handling pretty awkward. However it is way too much for a racer and could be easily replaced with a traditional moon tank for looks and a regular tank in the original location for actual travel.

Yeah, but can you go back four or five years to bring up a copy that has an article you need to help you finish that award-winning model?

One of my favorites was Traditional Rod & Kulture Illustrated, it was a quarterly mag with plenty of nostalgia rods and customs. Another is Hot Rod Deluxe, similar format as TRKI. Also miss Model Cars Magazine. Oh well, I guess all good things must pass eventually.

This is one really fine looking old style hot-rod. A retired friend owns an old gas station where he runs an oil change, state inspection, minor repair shop. He has been a gear-head as long as I can remember. He dragged in a '41 Plymouth sedan to set in front of his shop, it is pretty rough, floors are all gone as is all the glass. Anyway, inside the engine bay was a dual carb flathead six with split manifolds. He has pulled the motor and hopes to someday get it running, right not it doesn't want to turn over and is pretty tightly stuck. I'll try to get some pictures next time I am down there.

Since I drive a school bus I knew I would be out of work at the end of May, Luckily my retirement and SS are sufficient to keep me living comfortably, not luxuriously, but comfortably. The local home improvement store was deemed essential and was allowed to stay open. So wearing my mask (I am so tired of breathing lint), I have done a bit of shopping. Since these pictures were taken I have got the wall studs in place and half the rafters up. I was building this project as a storage for my garden tractor and implements, unfortunately the tractor's hydrostatic drive unit expired, and since it is over 20 years old there are no parts to repair it. I know of one extensive junk yard that may have parts, but I have not had time to get down there yet to see what they have.

Definitely a street car. No drag racer worth his salt would hang a 20 gallon fuel tank under the grille.

Outstanding build. Really like the kit-bashing you did to get this finished ride. Also your color separation is excellent.

Excellent build, really like the color combination and the details you have added to the interior. I had a '72 Westphalia which I traded for a '78 Rabbit, boy was that a dumb move.

Beautiful build, nice clean work. Everything looks right. Nothing against your model, but looking at it I just realized how obtrusive those hood vents are to the overall design of the truck. Chevrolet design team at its best - not.

I have noticed HL has a couple different sizes of embossing powder. The smaller size jars are a bit expensive for the amount of powder. However the larger, coarser, version is a bit more reasonable. Has anyone used the coarser stuff with pleasing results? My hobby budget is pretty tight and I really do not need another jar of useless material sitting around my workbench. I have used flocking for many years with somewhat mixed results and I have a plastic shoebox full of colors, so switching to embossing powder is going to be quite a drastic change for me. Any comments? A couple pictures of a Mach 1 using flocking for carpet and headliner. I used paint as a fixative.

" I'm too old to be speeding and too old be getting tickets." That is what I thought too until I got a ticket last spring doing 73 in a 55 in my V-6 Ranger. BTW I will be 71 next month; that little excursion cost me $410. And that is a nice looking Vicky.