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89AKurt

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  1. Personally, a much better modern kit of the '67-'72 Chevy, with separate chassis, and correct taillights, would be a hit. Classic Dodge Sweptside would be cool. WW2 Dodge Powerwagen, I know there *was* a resin kit, good luck finding one. The old Federal and Diamond T would be different.
  2. DITTO! Someone suggested the MCG - Chevelle for the CHEVROLET letters, otherwise nothing available.
  3. ? No way! ? Me too, I bookmarked this! Was*, I have a friend, when he was growing up in Prescott, saw his shop. I would need to learn how to paint, and he carved the animals from wood. I do a better job on vegetation, he just cut paper. http://www.askart.com/artist/Runar_Rodell/129956/Runar_Rodell.aspx
  4. BINGO! ? I owned a '69, now a '68 which is my favorite, though before either I liked the '72.
  5. OMG hope not, I've spent a few bucks collecting some. ? IMHO seeing the "reproduced from official factory prints" is a joke, the tailights are horrid, the chassis is toy-like, typical of the day. If anyone bothered to do it right, they would start from scratch. Otherwise, keeping my eye on this topic!
  6. Yay, someone actually built this kit! I have one in the pile, with extra detail parts. Came out really nice! BRG looks good too.
  7. Good thing you started this topic! Bill helped a bunch, I looked further into the tape lights, bookmarked. Once you get them, should test in various size cardboard boxes. I'm betting that if the box is too small, the lights would drown/flood the car and be too much glare. I'm posting this shadowbox diorama, last century there was an artist in Prescott who was famous for these, Bob Hope had some. He had to do with the incandescent tube light bulbs behind the blue shield at the top, which I assume washed down the sky background nicely. Hope this helps.
  8. This is story of my life, cue Ironic: "An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery and died the next day It's like too many choices to drive you nuts...." Depends what mood I'm in, today it's classics. Something with a V12, something you have to go to an auction, and hope that the Sultan of Brunei doesn't outbid you. If you're going to dream, why waste time on gussied up pedestrian cars? ? In this world of insane wealth of the lucky few, I've become jaded about dreaming about the ultimate "dream car". It's cool to watch Jay Leno checking out amazing cars, I'm happy with that, and having a reliable Honda that gets me speeding tickets just as easily. ?
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  10. Love the adaptation into real life and engineering accomplished.
  11. I had to fix the headlight covers, they were upside down, good thing used Elmers clear, plus I detail painted the rim. I poured sand into a cooking pan, knocked the bottom to create something like drifts, and made tracks. Had to aim down to avoid the lack of a proper background. My sophisticated photo "booth". ?
  12. Nice..... this project is coming along very well!
  13. Cool to see something unusual, plus a resin kit that might not be offered again, get built! Nice job. How does the mirror on top get used, is there a slot in the roof? Did you make it steerable?
  14. habanero limes. Forks
  15. The first generation of Audi TT would be a cinch to reverse.
  16. Final post on this subject..... took some finished pictures. This was a nice break from doing cars. Military modelers are bloody insane, with the microscopic photo-etch details, and individual track links. ? I did the usual flat clear mixed with Africa Korps tan, adding brown for the final coat. Then dusted with tile grout.
  17. Took me awhile to figure out what to look for. At least it's not one of those Magic Eye images, those drove me nuts!
  18. used for background
  19. That's sweet! Now I want to hunt down an X19 kit. ? Body-in-white, might be why WRC rally is so popular in Europe, and they race on real roads too. It's an almost unknown racing thing in the USA, I've worked numerous rallies, lucky if a dozen people show up to watch a stage. I think it's because there aren't hotdog and beer vendors out in the middle of nowhere. Sorry to veer off topic. Educate me on what the big deal is.
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