Tommy Kortman

Oh yea Rob, I gotta agree. I dig looking for that exception to the "rules". That car that everyone says, "they didn't build one like that". Those years must have been a free for all. Or maybe the automotive equivalent of Disney World. "If you dream it, you can build it." I would love to see what they could build today with that unlimited 60's imagination. Can you imagine the horsepower the factory could be getting from a big block today?(if we didn't have to worry about insurance regs)

Lyle, Pick up the latest Nova Annual from Super Chevy Magazine. It looks like some new info has come to light. On Pg 64 is listed as " Possibly the Rarest Yenko Nova of All". This car was ordered by Yenko in a special Color (69 Caddy Firemist nutmeg), it has SS emblems, no sYc decals, an L-88 hood, a vinyl top, Bucket seats and a carpeted floor. The article says that this is a one of one car. It retains it's original L78 396. It was assigned stock #9769, is one of a total 38 '69 Yenkos built that year, and is one of 9 existing cars found to date. Man, I just love digging up all this old info. Those years were truly magical times.

Nice Job, The color looks fantastic. Very clean build.

Well it's good to see you back. we've been wondering why we haven't seen you at the MAMAs meetings.

Thanks, to all for the kind words. Thanks Lyle for the additional photos. I learned a lot about weathering military models and railroad stuff.

My appologiesfor the above post. This is what happens when your computer is left alone in the presence of a mischevious, latino trouble maker. I wont give any names, but his initials are ARIEL.

Why not wash it 6 times

Hey Jeff isn't that the same old car from 2 years ago. Come on show us something new. any project under your hat lately. Love the big guy

Thanks to everybody. I will definitely try to get some more stuff posted here. Right now I'm in the middle of moving, so it might be a little bit. I am not the fastest person when it comes to the computer. I have to work on one all day long, so I tend to shy away from it when I can. I will try to get some pics up soon. Thanks again for the kind words. I just remembered...Tim Powers from MAMAs took some photos of this truck a while back for their website. He got a shot of the engine & interior if I'm not mistaken. Here is the link to the photos. Tim takes great photos!!! Id like to thank Tim for the permission to use these photos. MAMAs model du jour June 2005 Model du Jour #2 model du jour #3 Model du jour #4

This is the first time I am posting photos of my work here in "under glass". This is a peice I did a while ago, and is currently the only thing I have some photos of on Fotki. Our very own Uncle Bobby was kind enough to post a couple of my photos on his Fotki site. THANKS BOB!!! Anyway, here they are. I built it as a shop truck, rode hard and put away wet. The louvers on the hood are open. (inspired by Lyle Willits) Under the hood is a full tilt flathead with all the go fast parts. (I promise I'll post the pics as soon as I can.) The hood is functional as are the door handles and latches(Bill Geary inspired). It is painted with Poly Scale Railroad colors, and weathered with Rust-all, washes, rubbed(sanded) through paint layers, salt, and pastel powders. The injected small block in the bed is a Ross Gibson resin peice.

That is a pretty cool avatar.

I have to agree with Harry on this one. Using the clear over the graphics that would have been painted on the 1:1 cars and then leaving the sponsor & contingency decals uncleared would look more realistic. I like to use a urethane clear and give the car a light even coat. Then once that is dry about 24hrs, I will lightly wetsand with 2000 girt to get rid of the decal edge in the clear. Finally clear it again with 3 more thin coats of the urethane. Once that is dry, I'll wetsand with the 2k once more and polish with Mothers extra fine rubbing compoundand finally polish with their liquid gold polish. I am not sure how the vettes were actually done though. They may have been 'wrapped'. This is where the teams use large vyinl stickers to cover the entire car. This will actually give the car a more satin appearance. You would never notice it on TV though. I got a real eye opener as to how rough the surface of a actual race car looks up close when we went to the Grand-am race at T-bolt raceway last year. Up close those prototype cars are all banged up with racers tape and patches etc. All the repairs are just color matched so they dont show up on TV. I would not recomend the satin finish though, it just wouldn't look right on the model. I would really like to see the photos of those cars when you finish them.

Nick, that move he (McNish) put on the 908 earlier in the afternoon was phenominal!!! It was a classic crossover that you usually will only see on dirt. It was a shame that he did not have some better equiptment when he was giving F1 a try. Do you know if Audi will be running the full season of ALMS? I am wondering what the field will look like at Lime Rock Park? A few of us Philly Boyz have gone up there a couple of times for the ALMS race. I'd like to go up and see a race on the new configuration. That's a nice place to see a race. There is not a bad seat in the house. Of course with Thunderbolt now open, and the Grand Am guys coming there, there is not such an urgent need to go to Conn. Especially in this economy. BTW, Did you ever get your room cleaned?

Oh yea, Ronin had a great chase scene in it. I think my favorite car movie is still American Graffiti. Altough the comedic tribute/homage "Hollywood Knights" was great too. ..."Lawrence...Lawrence of Arabia...he's an English guy...."

###### Ferraris, ###### Panoz. Dont they have brakes on the Panoz? That was one of the most competitive P1 races I have seen from ALMS in a long time. The GT2 class is always a good show, and even tough it was another Audi victory, that was a great race to watch. That was like watching a 12 hour sprint race. (OK 10 hours... had to brake for 2 hrs of taxi cab practice) I think I'll send Speed TV a nasty gram. ALAN MCNISH IS A BEAST!!! That guy can drive a race car!!!

Last night on Speed TV.com it was posted that the Peugeot's had the fastest practice times in the session after qualifying. That is probably a truer indication of how the race will go. Barring the breakage. The Peugeot's are the "tested" car in the field. I do like the Acura idea of building and testing the car in the computer before a single part was fabricated. I guess I'm not really pulling for anyone in particular in P1, I just want to see a competitive race. I am rooting for the Lizards in GT2 though.

ACURA IS ON THE POLE FOR SATURDAY!!

It's not about the plot...or the script. It's all about the car brother!!!

Hallelujah!!! Can I get an Amen Brothers!!

Dave, I couldn't agree more. Ther are no new ideas in Hollywood anymore. It just seemslike they are either not trying, or just care about the money, not the "art". I'm not real sold on those wheels. I loved the originals, but they just dont seen to translate too well in the larger size. Then again, I'm not a huge fan of Wagon Wheels on today's cars anyway. I like to see side wall. I know the ride is better with a little more rubber between the wheel and the road.

Well George the answer might just be economics. If the manufacturers can shrink a kit to save even 1% less styrene; when that gets multiplied over the entire run of a model, that could add up to a substantial savings. In these times everybody is looking for anything to save cost. Look at everything we buy. You know that you've noticed things at the grocery store just don't seem to look the same size they used to. Hell, Coca Cola even changed the style of the twist off cap on a bottle of soda just to save a couple of grams of plastic. Containers are thinner...It's all cost savings. There is another possibility for fudging the scale. I am not sure why Revell or any other manufacturer would do this, but I read Mr. Tamiya's book a few months ago and in it he revealed that he will opt for artistic license over scale fidelity because sometimes the model just doesn't look right if he follows the micrometer to the decimal point. To me Tamiya has always been pretty high in the quality and engineering rankings. To a lot of people they are the "Gold Std" of model making, so the guy must know what he's talking about. Like I said though, Tamiya's approach might not have a darn thing to do with this instance, but it's just a thought.

Tis truly a sad time we are living in. It looks like its up to us to educated the uninitiated! Somebody's got to set these clowns straight. They need to respect the history and those that have paved the way. They need to know who Toby Halecki was.

Willy, I here ya!! There is definitely something to be said about the originals. They were grittier. Another movie of this type for me would be LeMans. Although there has not been a remake, that movie is somehow fantastic. I have seen it numerous times. I cant tell you what the plot is, (if there is one), the script is almost non existant, but the camera work is fantastic. And it was all done before the advent of ILM and CG effects. I love the original Van. Point. It and American Graffitti are probably my 2 favorite car movies. I just wish that the sound was a little crisper. I dont think its my copy because I remember watching it on "The Lost Drive-in" on the Pre-NASCAR Speed Channel, and it sounded weak there too.

Sorry Will but Icant go there with you. I liked the Vanishing point remake. (well, up until the end anyway) and I liked both "Gone" movies. While each one was named the same, the story lines were just different enough to be able to enjoy and separate both.

Personally, I cant wait to get a couple. For me; my Pop had a 57 Chevy 150. In fact, this was the first car (1/1) that I ever worked on. I have always loved the 55 & 57 Chevys. Couple that with the nice pieces that Revell has brought out lately, and I am anticipating this one being just as nice. What I can't under stand is how we can sit here and complain about the lack of new tooling, then when a new tool does show up you immediately start to here a bunch of negative guff about it. Some people can never be happy. For my part, if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck... Personally I like to leave the rivet counting for the other modeling forms. Rivet counters belong right up there with the pen light Nazis. Remember... IT'S JUST A FREAKING HOBBY...Enjoy it.