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I would love to get my hands on one of these. I'm looking forward to your build.

Wow!!! Magnificent. Absolutely stunning detailing.

Magnificent!! I love these kits. You build is very impressive.

Here is Poteet's beautiful ride from Street Rodder Magazine,

Thank you. I hope to finish this one as soon as I get the '65 Galaxy I've bought on Ebay. I'll use its interior. My inspiration is George Poteet's black one. I'll post a poictaure of that one as soon as I can.

I have three of these awaiting their turn. I will build at least one of them in a late 50s style.

I'm currently working mostly on two projects. The first is the long stalled '40 Ford convertible I call Bluestar. I have actually been making progress. I'm working on the door latches and interior door panels. The latches have been a real challenge. I'm giving up on trying to make it to scale. When I do, it's too fragile. It'll still look okay. I recently began work on a '61 Ford Starliner. I've put together a '61 Galaxy body with a '60 Starliner roof. The galaxy is an old styline kit. The major work is almost done. I am proud of the results.

I have, in the past, owned two 1-1 88s; one a '49 torpedo back, and the other a '50 Holiday coupe. The latter was particularly classy looking, with 4 or 5 chrome headliner braces from side to side across the inside of the roof. I have recently bought two resin versions of the business coupe; a '50 and a '49. The former is almost done, with a blown 394 out of a beatnik bandit kit. The resin kits are based on the diecast banks, so they are nicely proportioned but poorly detailed. I am building full detail into them. I am using a stretched '51 Chevrolet as a chassis donor (the Olds is 5 inches longer ahead of the doors). You can build a Holiday using a Belair for the top.

I have the Union Kit from "The Memorial Collections". It's in 1/25, which is handy if you want to use a different smallblock Chevy engine. I haven't started it, but it looks very fiddley.

Actually, I won't be going to SLC, but NNL West in Santa Clara.

I collect car magazines (I have an almost complete HRM collection, as well as many more), coins of all types ($30,000 worth at last count), and unmounted gem stones.

I have begun work again on "Bluestar". You may remember it as "Fordoni Y Fallacy". I renamed it a more dignified name(G). If you remember I have sectioned and channeled a '40 convertible. Its engine is made from two smallblock Ford V8s, making a (duh) V16. I will bring more pictures as I make progress. I will take it to NNL West next spring, along with several others. I have gotten my building mojo back, thanks to George Hernandez, among others.

Here is my deuce that appeared in Contest Cars 2008.

Very nice mix of build styles. I like it.

Here is a car I built a couple of years ago. It is a model of a car built by Dick Graese in Loveland, Colorado in 1958 or so. The last car is the actual car as originally built.

Very fine build! When I was a teenager in the '50s I attended many indoor shows at Denver Coliseum. That's where cars such as this were shown.

I build everything from traditional rods and customs to sports cars and road racing equipment. I currently have a wild 40 ford under construction.

I'm getting back to building tonight. My first task is to get my building room back in shape. In the last couple of months, things have gotten very disorganized. Anyway, I'm glad to get back to my favorite hobby.

BTW, the prices you will see on this site are for a package of either 25/50/100, which makes them pretty cheap. Buy the uninsulated ones and save yourself some money and time stripping them.

Allied Electronics sells what you are looking for in several different diameters and length. Go here: http://www.alliedelec.com/connectors-wire-cable/crimp-terminals-lugs-and-wire-nuts/

I bought a gallon of methyl ethyl ketone and use it just like Tenax or Ambroid. The way it works is it goes into the gap between parts using capillary action. If you can't get any of these to work, use Testor's in the triangular black plastic bottle. Find it at any hobby shop or Michaels.

ColorPlace paint is high quality paint from Sherwin-Williams. It has to be applied wet in order to get gloss without clearing it. Clear it with Pledge Future for the best shine.

I originally had planned on a Lemans scene, but I have now changed my mind. George's gift will be the centerpiece of a rich man's collection of toys. It will include the helicopter, a Ferrari and a Porsche. Maybe I'll include a deuce or two. The Hughes 500D will use a white/yellow/orange/red fade paint job (if I can pull it off).

Nice detailing, Simon. I too really like the looks of the DB 4/5. I bought one a couple of years ago out of the box, so I don't know who built it. I don't think it was an Aurora/Monogram/Revell rhough.

It's by Hobby Craft