Jantrix

Not interested. Homie.

Check this from the section on forum rules. And yeah, we're pretty serious about the rules here. If you can't be bothered to make what you write, understandable then you obviously don't respect the rest of us. Spell check is NOT HARD. Using a period and a capital is taught in 1st grade. Our non-English speaking member make more of an effort to be understood. It's just pure lazyness.

After years of watching your muscle cars and racing type stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing you get your hot rod groove on Mike. That kit has a nice Ardun flathead I think, saving that for something else?

Whew. I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't care for it. Awesome workmanship though. Top notch.

Great work. I haven't seen that kit in a long time. And I just now realize, that would make a cool little Batmobile.

There IS a resin kit of the Car. It's a full curbside kit, but I have seen a few build ups that look right on the money.

Tsk, tsk, don't bother the Doctor with silly little details like reality when he's on a roll.

So far......so good. Do us a favor though? How about some punctuation between sentences? Maybe a capital letter or two, so that I don't have to read what you type three times to make sure I understand it.

Whoa! Man, I'm digging this. Fantastic work.

I've alwasys wanted to make an updated version of this. I thought that the AMT 300C would be perfect, but just never got around to it.

On the other hand (if there's no warped parts) it does lend itself well to drag car builds. I built one with a full chassis & roll cage (in my photobucket) years ago, that was made that much cooler for all the opening doors & whatnot. If you want to build a prostockin' doorslamin' racin' 55-57 this IS the kit for it.

Thanks guys. It was a very good time. This contest continues to get better every year. I used to be an occasional (time permitting, and when I lived there) member of one of the clubs putting on the show, and they are a really great group of guys. They do their best to please everyone, even though they know, they really can't. In the auto catagories, an older fella showed up with five builds with some of the most stunning paint I have ever clapped eyes on. NNL level work, if I'm any judge. He schooled us all. In the pics Jim posted, his builds are the carson topped Merc, the cream over copper convertible, and the blue '57 (I think). I'm hoping Wayne posts up his pics soon. He photographed everything! HEY WAYNE! Get on the stick! We want the pics!

I fell in love with the 66/67 Chargers when I was a kid. I love fastbacks, and it being a full size hemi car, just gives me all the right vibes. I've built two of the MPC versions in the past, one of the Revell versions with two more waiting in the wings for the right rainy day. For the same reasons I'm also partial to the fastback Barracudas, Torinos and Falcon XB's.

Fantastic work.

Very nice Ryan. I wanna see more.

So when you cut the door length rather than alter the roof length, what did you have to do to the interior? Where you able to shave a bit off the front and make it fit, or is it gonna be more cutting? Some excellent work.

I agree completely. It looks just fine. Paint looks smooth, no visible orange peel. No glue marks or obvious gaps in panels. No fogging in the windows or headlights. Foil work is good. Your effort shows, and I'd say you've got a winner there to be proud of. Looks like a classic Saturday night bracket racer. Nice job.

Great reference material for your classic factory stock builds. http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html

The fella I'm talking about, regularly does this very thing. In fact the show organizer had to speak to him about it this year. He has an El Camino street machine he insists on putting in light commercial because he thinks it's a truck. He puts some into the box stock catagory this year and street machine, next year. I really think this fella has a huge self image issue and requires the awards and attention to maintain it. I didn't mention all this in the original post because I didn't want this to become a bash thread, just to bring up a particular point and discuss it.

Great work. I really like this. Hmm. Check this http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/street+rod street rod  noun an old automobile that has been well maintained and typically has been provided with a powerful, modern engine and modern interior fittings. Yeah, I know what the NSRA calls a street rod, but geez, what is really that important to even mention?

Back atcha Wayne. The shop truck is planned for this year with my Cannonballer, and it will be a mildly weathered vintage AMT 34 Ford, using the duallie and stake bed optional parts. You'll likely see it next Jaxcon in the light commercial catagory. I'll fill it and the trailer with random junk and weatherd parts. I wonder if I should mention this fella to the contest organizer? Maybe we can get a no repeats rule added.

Racing bratwurst. This I gotta see.

Back atcha Jim. I only do Mags in Tampa (SESR Nats) and Jaxcon every year, so you'll have to find another wingman for Gainesville. Good luck. That's what I meant about road weary. A lot of the faults that we find are a result of all the travel and handling that these builds get. He does some spectacular paint jobs, and he seems to think that his finish will entice us to ignore a missing tail light or a gap between the firewall and the body. That may be the case in other shows, but not at this one.

I helped judge a model contest this past weekend and there is a builder that shows up (no names, but he's not a member here, so far as I know), and for years now he's bringing the same dozen or so builds, adding a new one occasionally. He's a very good builder and a serious compeditor but his builds are starting to get road weary if you know what I mean. Afterward he's got to grab a judge and ask why this build or that didn't win over this one or that. He can be a disgruntled handful and a bit of a drama queen. And we tell him the same things we said the year before, show him the same issues we showed him the year before. Last year he got the show organizer (who had better things to do) involved in his ego trip. I was tempted to take him aside and advise him to set these old champions out to pasture. But I didn't feel it was my place to do so. I was afraid of pissing this guy off to a point where he complains about me. I'm not a member of the club that was putting on the show, just a compeditor looking to help out. I have a good rep with the club and didn't want to change that. What's your opinion? Should I have said something? For myself, I NEVER bring a model (win or lose) to the same contest twice. If it won;it did it's job, time to move on. If it didn't win;it didn't deserve to, time to move on. In either case I start building for next year.

To mine too. Great work on both rods.