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Progress feels slow on this, but I guess there's really no rush. Finally finished getting suspension mounted, and got some more work done on the engine. I'm still really impressed with how well the Moebius kits go together. Very little play when assembling, everything lines up really well. This engine will look really good once I get some weathering and detailing done on it.

I built this kit, and my only complaint was the rear window. Not sure how to make it look more realistic. Still, I like the subject matter, and think this is a great kit of customizing. Love the idea of a frame laying Tahoe.

I'm still digging this.

Actually got some work done on the truck this weekend. Still nothing exciting though. Still painting individual components, test fitting, etc. Starting mounting the suspension. Once the suspension is all in place, then I can start working on running air lines. Also got a little more done on the engine. Once I get some detailing done on it, it should look pretty good.

Paintwork is excellent!

Not much to update with right now. Just painting the smaller pieces like airbags, and doing some more assembly on the engine. No pics to update with right now. I did some internet research, and from what I can tell, no one has built a truck (real or model) like I'm planning. I'm just hoping people will get the reference!

I would never! Mainly because I would never be friends with someone who ever wears socks with sandals. Or any guy that wears white pants.

Nothing wrong with voicing opinion. We all do it, and we all should continue to do it. But which is the better way to do it? Option A: "Meh, not my thing but it looks well done." Option B: "That's stupid." Food for thought anyway. Don't even get me started on Picasso.

Not trying to get personal, just pointing out the silliness of some of the arguments here. There's a big difference between constructive criticism, and simply making fun of someone for their tastes. Inflated self-worth? Only after I've been speaking with Sailor Jerry and Dr Pepper. Name dates back 25 years to my band in high school.

Well SfanGoch, by that reasoning... All people who use black and white photos in profile pics are obviously slow Luddites. Have they not heard of colour? Get off your dinosaur and get into the modern times. I mean really.

He built an homage to airplanes. I dig it. It's not my taste or something I would ever build, but this is the whole point of building a show car or a custom car. You build what YOU think is cool and what YOU want for yourself. Who gives a hoot if 90% of the gauges don't work? He built it for himself with a certain aesthetic in mind, and I say more power to him. Same as the builders of rat rods, imports, lowriders, etc. Not my style, but I always give props to those who put time and effort into their rides. People who deride others and make snappy comments about other people's tastes should really give their heads a shake. Let's look at your stuff and see how awesome and amazing it is.

Very 80s. It's perfect!

That Magnus Walker Porsche you posted is one of the vehicles rotating through my computer's wallpaper right now. Green and orange definitely work. As a side note, Signer built a 911 in Signal Green with orange accents. Looks amazing.

Great colour choice!

Last night on Jimmy Kimmel, that country guy Chris Stapleton did a bit about words we hate. It made me laugh.

I like it! Awesome choice of decals.

Was over at my parents' place this weekend, and found a box of my old kits. These dates back to the mid/late 80s and my junior high days. Going to be going through these and trying to rescue them. First one for a restoration, my Tamiya Countach. Other than painting the flares and some other trim flat black, and doing a little bit of detailing on the interior, this one is totally unpainted. The kit itself was originally designed for a motor and batteries, so there's no real engine detail. But I have some ideas for that. The kit is 100% complete, which is surprising considering that it has fallen apart over the years. Pics were taken right before it went into the purple bath. Here's a fun fact: the purple bath strips old Tamiya cxhrome from wheels and stuff in about an hour. I put everything in, came back out an hour later, and the chrome parts were completely stripped. Wish other kits stripped that easily! Not sure where I'm going with this for colours yet. So stay tuned.

A little background first. I run the leasing division for one of Canada's larger fleet companies.My department has around 3500 vehicles in it, and we have about 12,000 in our total fleet. Our fleet is everything from small cars to 5 ton Hinos, and everything in between. Before this, I spent a total of 13 years with Porsche (and to an extent VW) and three years with BMW. I've driven a lot of vehicles, and have been lucky enough to spend time with just about everything. Here's my least favourites: 1. Ford F150 - the most uncomfortable truck on the road today. For me anyway. I'm good for about 15 minutes, then I start getting a sore back. No other vehicles does this to me. As a result, I hate driving these things. Plus, the 2015 F150 Platinum I drove for three weeks last winter had three warranty claims in that three week period. 2. Ferrari - mainly because I'm 6'6" and these were designed for tiny little Italian men. Why is it I can fit in any Porsche, the Lambo Gallardo, Murcielago, and Aventador, and McLarens, but not one Ferrari? Awful. 3. Toyota Camry - might as well paint them all beige and include a free bed set from Sleep Country. What a boring, boring car. Does everything well, exceeds at nothing. Automotive NyQuil. 4. Honda Accord - same as the Camry 5. Most domestic cars from the late 80s, early 90s. Junk. Plastic interiors, rusty exteriors, overstyled, unreliable. Chrysler, Ford, and GM all deserved to go out of business because of the cars they built back then.Of course, there are going to be a ton of people defending them, but answer me this...how many cars from 1990 give or take do you still see on the road? Around here? Almost none. Now how many Japanese or European cars from the same era do you see? Around here, there's a lot of them. As for the perennial least favs, how many here have actually driven an Aztec? Yes, it's funny looking, but it was very typical 90s and drove like most 90s GMs. It wasn't bad at all. Had some need ideas, and I'm glad that GM had the nuts to try something different. Kind of like Chrysler and the Plymouth Prowler. What a piece of junk. Looks like a hotrod, interior is a plastic bonanza, drives like a crappy Chrysler Intrepid and shares the Intrepid's engine. But I love that that Chrysler built it. The Nissan Juke is goofy looking and cramped, but it actually drives okay, and is great for what it is.

Those cars that run the American LeMans series though are unserialized racecars. Not production cars that have been converted. Would that not mean they are exempt fro mthese proposed regulations?

Big difference though between guys like Edelbrock, who actually know what they're doing, and have experience and mechanical knowledge; and the guys who are hacking stuff together over beers on a weekend. The guys worth their salt, who know what they're doing should be able to ride out any regulatory storm that may appear. Bubba with his welder will hopefully give up and go back to making a still or something. I think you're right, in the whole scheme of things, racing represents a very small percentage of emissions or other things that concern the EPA. Doesn't mean racing should be exempt from the same rules. Spec-racing wouldn't suffer if cars were required to run a more emissions friendly exhaust system or whatever. As you said, level playing field and all that. As for something like a Trans Am series; every form of semi-pro or professional racing already has regulations about safety and horsepower and a myriad of other things. I hardly think telling teams to run cats on the cars will completely destroy the series or destroy the competition. I know in the spec-Boxster class in NASA, the only mention of emissions is in section 7.1C where it states: "The OEM exhaust manifold must be used. Any exhaust system aft of the stock manifold may be used. All emission related devices may be removed or disabled. Catalytic converters may be removed." So if you were to amend those sentences to read that exhaust systems must retain catalytic converters and meet stock emissions requirements, how would that negatively impact the series?

So to play devil's advocate, why would this be a bad thing? If all drivers/cars/race teams have to retain emissions equipment, then it's still a level playing field. Even though I have tracked my cars, and will continue to do so, I'm still concerned about the environment, and fuel economy. Why not try to maximize raceday fun, and be as responsible as possible to emissions and economy?

Awesome!

Love these buses. Looking forward to the finished product.

Have you got a pic of the car before you started? I too built this kit years ago. Not sure what happened to it though. I now have a replacement in my stash. Waiting.

The kids call that "stanced." It was a trend in the VW scene a few years ago. Almost as silly as donks. Personally, I think the entire aftermarket community needs a little more regulation. Prevents unsafe cars from staying on the road and puts the backyard shops out of business. Hopefully. Look to Germany for an example. Huge aftermarket scene, pretty much everything safe and clean.