89AKurt

Very cool gift! I see you duplicated the license plate too. And changed the hubcaps. I owned a '48 last century, and have built 3 of this kit. Have a great 4th!

fireworks too close

amounts of orange

insulting names, that

offering a contract

Lamborghini 350 GT, their first car had normal headlights for the USA market, I had not seen the hidden headlight design before, when I stole the picture.

left by trolls

Y'all are wet under the ears about this very objective and subjective topic. Whenever big name manufacturers wanted something sexy, they hired Italians. Pontiac blatantly stole the GTO label, just because Ferrari made it legendary. Owners and fans have what amounts to orgies at events such as the Monterey Weekend, just the sounds of the engines are enough to imprint the desire to become very successful in ones life, and when we don't, we build models of said cars. So when you start a topic with "beautiful", this is what I think of.

tire testing lab

Ship building is an art unto itself. Someone brought a book to a model meeting, about ship models in museums, they used to build models before blueprints were done. I'm sure all the real ships are long gone, but the models remain. More power to you!

Nice job on those! Fitting tribute to the resin construction. Every time I see "Fisher" I wonder how he is doing......

wax dripping on

Thanks! Thanks for the number decals! I'm milking the gas station every chance I get.

I officially have my own Outlaw!

Kitbash of the classic Monogram Porsche 904 slot car kit issued 1965, with the Monogram Porsche March Indy race car from 1990. WIP build thread When the ladies at the copy shop gave me weird looks when I had the license plate reduced and printed, I tried to explain, Porsche + Indy, will bring it in to show them; it's the Phoenix International Raceway special plate. I have wanted to kitbash an Indy car, my original idea was with a '32 Ford or something. I was with friends at a model swap meet, saw "Porsche" on the box, they sold it for $5. I didn't know they ran at Indy, after reading the history, see why the car is kept hidden in their warehouse. I was at the GSL swap meet, saw the 904, offered $35, came with the Fuches wheels. The Porsche Outlaws & Hot Rods thread helped inspire me. Diorama is my California Pit Stop. Took about 180 hours to build. Paint is nail 'polish', shows really good in the sunlight. Will be interesting to see what category it will be allowed in at the Phoenix IPMS contest, since it's a fantasy and not real, much less accurate, Custom should work? Has Big Bend Open Road Race logo, the door number is for the year the kit was produced, if the numbers went up to 89, would have done that. My concept was to have the front and rear wings operate using speed and the pitot tube reads air speed, when I get around to "studio" pictures will show those in position. My guesstimate is 190MPH top speed.

Thank you, from Sweden!

Plug in solar

This is making me want to start a Turbo! Clean work, my only suggestion is painting flat black inside the exhaust tips.

Thanks for all the information! Had to ask....

Promise, last installment of this build! I got all 20 lug nuts installed. Since the fit of the wheels to hubs was practically non-existent, I relied on the 'Water Effects' for goober glue. I applied to the back of the wheels, pushing some into each hole, then dropped in the tiny nuts, then stuck onto the hub. I used the wood jig again. Was adjusting for awhile until I was happy with everything, then let it sit for several hours. These nuts are nice, the only criticism is they are four sides, not six. I tweaked the helmet straps. I have also added a couple wires to the battery, but not going crazy with more wiring, it's something I don't really like to do. If it's not windy, will take finished pictures in the morning with the gas station diorama.

I built two old Monogram models recently, issued 1965. I have the helmets, cute with the skull face. If that works, I'll send them to you.

I built what might have been the Monogram, for somebody, a long time ago. I whipped it together, painted tiger stripes on it, fun quickie.

armored Levis jeans

I tried that. the film is thick, won't curve like we are used to for decals. I've tried that. My last project, Pondy, but I did not thin it. Turned out just like any gold paint. It was their paint for Lexan bodies. Yes, that's what I saw! Note it's on a solid surface, I would have to ask them about "windows". $239 starting price, maybe not.

with the Coyotes