Jantrix

Very nice work. It just screams for some suede paint in my opinion.

"Thrown clear" seems to have been less common than "crushed under the rolling race car". I can only imagine the mortality rate back then.

Wow. That's looking awesome.

Honestly I don't really care how you build your models. It's yours and I'm never gonna bash you for what you build. But when someone posts a build and says, "What do you think?" I'm going to be honest. Because thats what I'm being asked to do. Is that wrong?

Umm..........no not a chance. There was a builder here that routinely did that and he and I had long private discussions on the subject, but I was unable to bring him back to the light side of the force. As for the ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!, man I feel your pain. I've been there. People say the camera adds ten pounds to people, but it also makes any error pop out and yell, "HERE I AM!"

*insert great big "thumbs up" emoticon here.*

That is a really groovy looking truck dude. Great work.

Absolutely true. However this thread is ABOUT what we don't like and here we have been asked to freely voice our opinions. You can even voice your opinion about our opinions. Whick in my opinion, is a great thing.

My peeve is when the laws of physics and/or general mechanics are thrown out completely for the sake of ride height/wheel size. Wheels/tires too large or wide for the front wheels to turn side to side or tires touching the wheel wells/fenders in any way. Yeah I know it's just plastic, and people should be free to flex their creativity, but the subject is mechanical and it should look like it could work/run if it was 1:1.

I'm really enjoying this build, keep it going.

Very cool. It's one of my favorite movie cars, and Melonie was pretty darn sexy in it. I have also built a replica of this car. It's in my Photobucket at the link below if you want to have a look.

Okay what you have effectively done is notched the frame, which is commonly done. To help hold the front together, you just add a gusset between the frame and the spring perch which will give you the strength you have lost in the cutting. I think you still have a save-able chassis there. In case you weren't sure what I mean by a gusset.

Donn, I'm gonna order your dvd this week, so you can add that $ to your new PC fund.

Okay, I'm going to play the devils advocate here. There are ways of dropping your stance without scratching a new chassis. You could z-cut the existing chassis like they do in 1:1. You could trim the springs. I can totally sympathize with wanting to learn new techniques. However if I can impart the least little bit of wisdom I have gathered in the years I have been building is to take it slow and learn to build cleanly first. Jumping in on some heavy scratch-building on your second model is not something I'd advise. That's not to say don't look into it at the same time. There is a thread that still pops up from time to time that was just about scratch-building. Using the search function might find it for you. Lots of good info there for the aspiring scratcher. Seriously, jumping into advanced building techniques before your ready has been the downfall of many a young builder.

Yeah, thats a good one! Thanks for reposting it. I'm sure theres folks that don't know of it.

Gary I love that halftrack zombie cruncher. It looks great. Robert, I like everything about the Hammerhead except that turret. I know this CBP is a huge leap away from reality, but the gun looks way out of scale and frankly the suspension couldn't take the weight.

It's the shaved everything part that bothers me. All body lines, all window trim, trunk lid, wheel wells or skirts. Everything that makes it look like a car is gone. I'm sorry but I just don't care for it.

The Mongram 1/24 '40 Pick-up is a venerable old kit, There are fit issues with the hood and the firewall. The engine is a disappointment. The holes the hinges poke through are over-large. I wouldn't recomment the kit, especially due to the fact that it's 1/24 and hard to do parts swaps with the AMT '40's. My $.02

I think if this was a serious fault in the kit, I'd have seen it brought up by now and I can't remember anyone bringing this up. The chassis looks primered, is it? Was all the plastic molded in the same color? Was this kit sealed when you got it?

Very cool! I'll be watching this one.

To answer my own questions. I think my skills are all where I'm happy with them, except painting bodies. I desperately want to learn to use my airbrush, but having no place to paint is a real downer. I also need to get some stick-to-it-ivness going as well. I think my strengths are scratchbuilding and choosing interesting projects. As for commissioned work, I've been asked by co-workers before, but I have zero interest.

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Recently we had a new member open a thread to sell commissioned work when his building skills were clearly not up to the level to do so. The thread was quickly and rightly shut down. However it got me thinking about my own skills and I wondered whether I thought MY work was up to the level to do commissioned work, with the confidence that the buyer would be happy with the purchase. So I thought I'd open a topic for conversation. How are your modeling skills? Are they where you think they should be considering your modeling experience? What do you think your strengths are? What things do think you need to work on the most?

Reason I ask is that normally an old field wrecks are sorta hunkered down in the soil some with the local fauna well grown all around and in between.

Frank, I always love your work so don't take this as a bash, but in my opinion heavy camber just doesn't work in scale. The tire just won't squash down enough to look realistic. I am seriously looking forward to your paint work though.