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WOW! That's impressive. By the way, Welcome to the forum. Nice entry

It's going to be a great race. But there is a MAJOR conspiracy against me watching anything related to it or any racing for that matter this year. My SCC (Stupid Cable Company) dropped Speed, I'll be out of town all week and during the race I'll be out of town For the overall good of the sport it is good to see the top teams challenged. As much as I love MY Corvette team, and I really hope they kick butt, it is good to see the Astons and Saleen getting into the fight. Same with Audi and Peugeot and Porsche and Ferrari. And the talk of LMP2 challenging LMP1 supremacy is very interesting. Reliability is the key to this race. I hope to see at least a summary or something Thanks,

Jowett Farina, based on the Jowett Jupiter

Len, I'm not aware of any yellow '84 or '85 Vettes. However, yellow has a history of been a very hard to use color, sometimes getting the most warranty claims. Code 35 was first used in 1986, so I wouldn't be surprised if by 1984 they were experimenting with it. Rumor has it that that color and Competition Yellow, the one that replaced it in '90, were both a pain to work with. Those 2 colors were alternated during the C4 years. Code 35 yellow from '86-'88 and a handful of '89s , Competition Yellow code 53 in '90, then back to code 35 in '91 and '92 and back to Comp Yellow code 53 from '94 to '96. Thanks,

Hello, Sorry for not "closing" this thread before This model was finished and it is posted in the "Under Glass " section. Here is the link. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12074 Regards,

I knew there were no mainstream inline 12s, so it had to be special. I thought Packard but I also had Deusenberg in my mind. If any company could come up with something like that, those two (among a few others) could.

In line 12 cylinder monster. Maybe Packard?

That's the 302 "HEMI" Chevy engine prototype. The exhaust manifold gives it away

Beautiful build of one of the most beautiful racing Ferraris ever made! Nice job! I have the Fujimi kit and I want to do the yellow car as raced by Ecurie Belge...

Hello, Mirrors were cleaned up. Horrible mounting tabs removed. I pinned them at the base and drilling twice measuring once(or was it the other way around?) they can easily be installed after painting. Thanks,

the more the merrier :D

Thanks. I have seen excellent samples of his castings. I think I simply got one that is not at the top end of the specs, but still workable.

We talked about that in another post. As I said, she is bringing emotion back to motorsports. She would have rip his head off without scratching the helmet. Her eyes were melting her helmet spitting out laser fire. Roger Penske told Briscoe: "Get your visor down". In the awards banquet last night, Briscoe thanked Charles, the security guy Darth Vader himself would be proud of her marching down the pits. No wait, Move over Darth Vader! There is a new Imperial march benchmark.... Boy I want that video... Thanks,

Mine will help with a family trip to Boston around Thanksgiving to meet my first soon to be born nephew or niece...

They probably will... As soon as I finish scratchbuilding mine....

One of my favorite builders building my favorite car: PRICELESS! Beautiful job David! I have the itch to do a few more. Thanks,

Marcos, As I said in the other forum, spectacular work my friend. And this is from somebody who doesn't care for Mopars Thanks,

Art, Get rid of the spaces between the link and the [ ] brackets Thanks,

Hello, Hmm, I don't know what happened with my thread on this project but I can't find it So here are the previous updates: February update: After initial sanding and poking to reveal surface bubbles, this really needs more work than I initially thought. March update: After LOTS of putty, sanding, primer, sanding, more putty, more sanding and more primer and more sanding I am now attacking the more serious pinholes. May update: Begining to get somewhere, but this will take a looooooooooooong time to finish. I will need to remove the flat surfaces at the bottom behind the side pods. They are warped and it will be easier to scratchbuild them than fixing. Thanks,

If I could say it in one word it is: PRICELESS!! And you couldn't choose a better subject to work on! Congratulations and thanks!

Nothing like a quick build to freshen your soul! And when the subject is a Z06, well, that's even better! The color will look great on that car. Can't wait to see it finished. Thanks,

People that know me know that I am very Very VERY passionate about the Indy 500!!! It was a great race with a lot of drama playing all the way. Dixon drove superbly and deserved the win. Well done Scott! Welcome to inmortality! I love Danica. I've been rooting for her since day one. Not simply because she looks better than any other driver, (except Milka but that's another story) but admit it, the girl can drive! She had a good run today. I think that more than just Danica-mania, she has brought something even more important back: Emotion! In an era where everything is regulated, even the driver's behavior, she was about to rip Briscoe's head off all by herself. And he deserved it! The security director may have save his life I feel very sorry for Sarah Fisher. She put together a team where she is the driver/owner/administrator on a shoestring budget. Not even sponsors took her seriously. Yet she made the show, did a fairly decent job but ended probably without a car for next race! If that is not true love for the sport then I don't know what it is. Tony Kannan has always been a favorite, but again fate put him into the wall after leading a few laps. They all blame Marco for the daring pass but that brings me to my next point: Marco Andretti: He is a natural. He is already stepping out of the shadow of the Andretti name and making a name of his own. The kid sure has it! He saw the opportunity and did a daring pass for the lead. Can you really blame him? Marco is also bringing emotion back to the sport. He was not afraid to say after the race that it's easy to point at mistakes from the outside and he was clearly disappointed. What would you do if your car catches fire in the pits? Call it a day? NO! If your name is AJ Foyt and a number, this case IV, you clean up the damage and go back to the race, even of you know you are 20 laps down. Is it for the money? that is always a factor but passion goes beyond that. Bobby Rahal had 2 cars in the race, but his son Graham Rahal was driving for another team. As Graham said in a pre-race interview: Blood is thicker (than ethanol I guess) My favorites for the race were: Danica Patrick Marco Andretti Tony Kanaan Dan Wheldon Scott Dixon Helio Castroneves And they all had good runs. In summary, I really enjoyed today's race. For me it IS THE most important race in the world period. Thanks,

Hello, The body has been cleaned. Sanded and shaved all emblems, locks, handles etc. and removed the snap tabs. Filled the oversized mirror location holes. Panel lines were deepen and the first coat of primer shows how it's going. The hood is white because I alternate gray and white primers when doing bodywork. Thanks,

I just did

Hello, I've heard Ron Palmer had shutdown Rainbow Colors but the website is still active. But it seems it hasn't been updated since 2002. Thanks,