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I built that kit last century, made the Out To Pasture diorama with it. It's an awful kit. I see Gerry posted an awesome review. I still have the Protar and Fujimi kit in my stash. I built the Italeri kit with some customization. The tires are the worst part, wish Fujimi would sell just their Pirelli tires. I had the Gunze kit without the engine, which I got a 3D printed engine, correct seats, but sold it at Desert Scale last year.

I finished another model! 👀😳🎉 This time I did a much better job with the chrome 'AK Interactive' paint. I used 'Rustoleum' gloss black for the base, which worked great! This is the second rocket based on the food can, with a better design "fin" structure. The business end. The first one had a cool swooshing sound during launch. I missed going to an official launch this month outside of Kingman at a dry lakebed, will endeavor to make the next one. We are so dry that I don't dare launch at all. Wondering if there is a Garbage class for this. 🤔

Appreciate your comment very much. That's what I like about forums such as this. Yes Russell and I are friends, and I love taunting him about a few things, keeps the blood flowing you know.

Awesome! First thing to check are the tires for dry rot. Yea prices are stupid for this kit. I'm stalled because I need to scratch a front suspension that looks somewhat realistic. In other words, I painted myself into a corner.

on my glasses 🤓

Thank you! Just in a slump, not the first time. It's just a pet peeve of mine, how the mold always has that offset ridge diagonal to the coil spring, and cleaning it up is such a pain, that it loses the fun, and that's why I have Shelf Of Doom projects going for years. Oh yea, me hand painting them, like eyes on figures. 👀

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I'm extremely biased because I own one! 😄 I was born 7 years before this rolled off the line, I crack up thinking it's a "classic", anything before 1960 is a classic to me. There is a car lot in Prescott that sells old vehicles, for more than they're worth, so I'm safe. This is a Ford I could dig having. But I still like the Advanced Design pickups. I had a '48 5 Window last century, which I never was able to fix up, the guy who sold it sent pictures after he was done, and I suspect this is it! Saw it at Valle (south of Grand Canyon). I like Studebakers, and the Dodge Sweptside too. But who knows, I might see something that will make me loose my mind, again. 😅 Like a '55 Chevy Cameo, blew getting one before the '48.

underground safe spaces

🤔 I haven't worked on a car model since the last ever GSL, all the ones in the WIP section won't qualify. But since I'm still a model addict, and there are two Porsches in that photo, I could do the Fujimi Porsche 911R Coupe '67 kit that I got last year, so this should get me to bust the slump. Also have the Tamiya Jagermeister Type 934 if I don't get in gear by summer. Won't be official until I clean the bench, finish some honey-do projects around the house, who knows what else, and take pictures.

Love the concept and execution! I spy a Porsche whaletail, and cigarette package foil (?). I also like the third photo with ghosted lid, beyond my ability.

snatching eggs for

I just stumbled upon this WIP. 😳 Reminds me of Gerald Wingrove, and David Cummins who I knew. Love that design!

I owned a '69, and now a '68 Chevy C-10, and I never knew about the GMC differences!

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Love the subject, and beautiful craftsmanship.

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That came out really nice! Love the concept, so many lousy kits can be saved doing this. The only critique I have is the coilovers, you did such a fab job but those bug me, and I know you can fix it. 😊

restored a Greyhound

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Heard something on the skylights last night, looked outside, saw it dropped a billionth of an inch. Now I have to clean the windshields again. Nobody can push their weather to AZ?

palmtree stationary stolen

Think I complained about Waste Management a few months ago....... who bought out a local trash service company. Their suck business model is to make it impossible to decline, or cancel service. I know many just rolled over. Today got a call, the ID showed it was them, so I answered, and was immediately put on hold a few minutes. When a real person answered, the script is "thank you for calling" which I pointed out that YOU (WM) called me. After explaining why I'm not paying, was transferred and put on hold again. Both times I asked "is this really getting recorded?" I said that considering WM is able to sponsor whole stadiums, they can write off $18.55!!!!! So after 15 minutes, he said it is taken care of and they won't be bothering me. I was hot under the collar, and apologized for being so stern to them, but I was pissed that I even had to be mad. What's pathetic, that won't even buy a model at Hobby Lobby!

Thank you. I was a kid when doing bureaucratic red tape didn't give me PTSD. Reminded me of launches I forgot all about. That holder was designed around the drafting light mount that I saved, black steel rods saved from mom's estate. Taking Slo-mo video is the best way to take screenshots, but uses up camera storage in no time flat. Never have attended a sanctioned launch. Since I seem to have lost interest with competing in model contests, a new chapter may open for me. Finished that LSR, but I sure blew it with the chrome. It's not AK Interactive's fault, my first coats were too much paint that coagulated bad, and there was no saving it, and I'm not going to sand all that again. The complex design also invited screwing it up with sanding and finishing, couldn't see things until it got painted. I was so bummed, that this is what I wanted to show, will look okay from launch control and then at speed. I'm planning to drive to Kingman soon, there is a dry lake bed that a rocket club uses, I just want to check it out and launch the 3 last builds, since I better not here because of drought. My goal is to set up a forced perspective glamor shot. Then I will attend an official launch to send the ones I was always afraid of losing.

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