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I have to agree with that, it is kinda fun just looking through and figuring out what you can do with it (which is always 'anything', but there's always something to give a little inspiration leaning towards a certain build). I have yet to build any Tamiya kits. I've heard they're mostly curbside kits, and being a sucker for detail, I like to build the Revell and AMT kits. Painting is fun and all, but it's a little more satisfying fabricating little details that most people won't see, but you know they're there. Although I have a couple curbsides to build yet, so if those go well, I might give them a shot

Those look like interesting little cars, a mix of elegance and aggression. I wonder if anybody makes a model kit for one.

That's kinda what I was thinking, too, since it'll be in a small glass case (when I buy one anyways). Maybe put a wrench or two on there somewhere, like it's getting worked on. And I have to do that with the hatch on my foxbody, and used to with my explorer as well. My nova has wound springs, like in a wind up watch, that hold the hood up, and those work well. I've seen people 3D print stuff like that that works well, but so small, I'm skeptical.... Anyways, I'll probably go that route. It would be cool to be able to close it, but I don't exactly play with my models, so it might be unnecessary. Maybe I'll make some with my GT350 kit later on, I don't think that has them either.

Alright, guys, I want your opinions on something. So I found these hood hinges in my parts box, off of a 66 chevy, and decided I'd use them instead of try to make my own. It just hit me that with these, the hood is going to have to stay open. So my question is, should I use them and keep the hood open (I won't need the wire prop rod at least), or go without them? The alternative to those would be make some, which I thought about trying to use mirror tape for it since that's stiff, but I can't seem to find a small enough spring to hold it open, so are there any designs similar to stock where they would be functional? I've seen them with shocks instead of springs, so thought about doing that and use a prop rod, acting like the shocks are worn out. I'm not quite sure what I want to do, what do you think? Here's pictures of it with the hood open vs closed, in case that helps.

It would be a model, for that reason. My 1:1 cars I like to be 2 things: nice and fast. I wish you could get away with things like that still though, people getting offended and BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH just kinda ruin the fun. But I don't think this is the best place for potentially political conversations, so I'll leave it there. Hey, me too! I like to look through the forums a bit every day to see what other ideas I can 'borrow' as well, or at least use for inspiration. There's a lot of builds on here to thank for many of the ideas incorporated into this build, as well as some of my personal experiences. Figure if I keep this pace, I can maybe have a running 1/25 scale car by this time next year! ...Alright, maybe that's a *bit* far fetched. It would be cool though!

Definitely do, this is the first car I've weathered and it's easily become my favorite part of the build. I don't know what makes it so entertaining, but I love it. Actually, I would agree that it's too clean. I'm working on weathering it, and I likely will add in some old receipts and such floating around. You can't see the dust all over as much in the picture, but I'm not quite done anyways. I'll finish that when I get the seat belts in (hopefully next week?). I also made a driveshaft and added the parking brake cable, but I'll show pictures of that later. Here's interior as is at the moment. Also, that idea with the Budweiser labels? Beautiful I don't think I'll be doing that with this car, but before too long I want to build a beater out of a 2nd gen camaro, and that is most definitely going to be on the fenders lol

Have one of those novas, I've had it for a couple years. The catch? It's STILL a shell. I really need to get it done, it'll be fun when it's done

Yeah, that might be a better word. It's certainly unique either way, and it would be a head turner for sure

While reading Quick GMC's comment, i though about something. What about taking the most common responses here as products, and then have a 'by request' section on a website? Where someone can put what they want made specifically, maybe a reference image if they have one, and how many they want. You would have to go back and forth a bit (email?), but you could charge a little more for these kinds of things, and it would give a little variety for the machinist as well. The more popular special order items, depending on what they are, could also be thrown together into little 'packs', like Detail Master's Interior Junk sets. Obviously it wouldn't be photo etched (unless he figures out how to do it), but a similar set of items that work together could be good

Before I start, I want to ask, how long does it usually take for Detail Master stuff to ship? Here's the interior as it is, and I finished the bumpers (besides license plates). The headlights look pretty fake, unfortunately. The interior is turning out good though. You can't see it very well in the pictures, but the gauges are all painted in by a toothpick. None of this is finally assembled (besides the steering wheel and dash glass), and the shifter isn't present in the pictures either. I was going to make my own seat belt hardware, and found it more difficult than anticipated. So I have that and some floor mats coming from Detail Master, which is why I'm asking about shipping times. The model is pretty much on hold until those arrive. Once those get here, it's just the belts, assembly, and dirtying it up a bit. Still have to make a driveshaft, but I have an idea for that, and I want to make hood hinges yet (not your traditional model ones, more like the real ones, but I can't seem to find a small enough spring so there will likely be a prop rod still). After that, I think this build is about done. Oh, and since I was bored today, I decided to make a little manual and a model box to put in the car somewhere. I might yet do keys in the ignition as well, we'll see. I stole the model box idea from someone else on the forums (I forget his username), I thought it was a cool idea to have the model's kit in the back seat. Same with the keys idea. I thought about tools in there on the floor too, I guess it depends on how much time I want to spend making them (I'm too cheap to buy the Interior Junk sets from detail master apparently). Hope to get my stuff soon so I can continue. Till then, maybe I should start another....

Nope, I type it here

That is one goofy looking car. I have to say, I kinda dig it. As for me, I don't want any original car that is expensive or well sought after. I'd love to have a replica GT40 mk1 or something, but nothing original. You can't ruin a replica. Also, I second the XB Falcon. Great car I think

I have yet to build a model A or B. I want to do those and a tudor or two eventually. Good to know who makes the good kits. Cool builds by the way, particularly the second

Yeah, that's a good point. Doing it once and casting it in resin would be cheaper than billet stuff, but I know he wants to do machining work. Although he could cast it in aluminum if he had to, that's relatively easy. Still metal, but not machining.... It seems drag racing wheels would be good, or wheels in general. High demand. And I like the pulley idea, that would be great. Just need to figure out belts

No, I still had it in my clipboard from copying and retrying before so I was working with that

For scale suspension??

I second this. However, perhaps build only a few 'universal' kits that can be relatively easily modified to fit a large range of cars. That way you don't have to make so many variants, it would make things simpler. You could have one for older pony cars (firebird, camaro, cuda, mustang), one for mid sized 60s cars, one for full size, one for 21st century builds. It would come down to fewer suspension kits, but all can be made to work (especially considering most people buying aftermarket model parts like that are likely okay with the idea of fabrication). Just a thought.

The packaging does look good, but there is the name issue. Perhaps you could clear it up with somehow making it clear that this is billet parts, not resin? I think the name is entirely up to him, but I would at least modify it to avoid confusion. As for parts, those do sound look good ideas to me. Personally, I would like to see more wheels out there, and perhaps carburetors. There's too few from what I've found. Tire's also seem relatively limited, though I know he isn't doing rubber (yet...?). Small gauges of difference sizes and intended placements could be something simple and quick that people might buy, too. I have a lot of things I would like to have from aluminum (engine blocks, heads, and internals would be awesome, I would definitely pay for things like that simply to have a tiny engine ), some of which I can't even get to work with my 3D printer. I look forward to seeing his company (hopefully) grow, I would be a customer I'm sure. I wish him well!

Just tried adding the next line, and rather than the usual 404 error, it simply said that it was too long since the reply was posted.... Here's the original reply it wouldn't let me post before.

I wondered where you disappeared to, I've been looking for updates. There was another project I was looking at that seems abandoned now, makes me sad to see people abandon their projects like that.

How did you do these tops? I've always wondered how people made those and vinyl tops...nice cars btw!

See, Ford is what even Mopar guys look up to Nice builds guys. I'm seeing some I wanted before, and quickly wanting more. If I didn't have a long build list already, I'm certainly getting one....

I just tried, and it wouldn't post here either. Not the whole post, not just that line.

I didn't either, not at first. I had it pointed out to me by a body guy that it's the easier way to do it. And thanks

That's not a bad idea, although stripes aren't always painted on top like that. I've seen cars more often where the stripe color was painted, masked, and then body color came last (before clear). At least for cars that were repainted, that doesn't seem to be how it's usually done from the factory. That's how I painted my model, which is rather evident in person. I didn't do a super great job of evening out the paint. I might do it anyways, we shall see.