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If we all thought the same way, life would be soooo boring! The grille treatment came about for two reasons: 1) I didn't like how the chopped shell would look, and 2) wanter to give it a bit of a kustom look. So the almost-cartoony appearance is there on purpose!

Thanks guys! Nope, this is 1:25 scale. A resin body I bought eons ago, scratchbuilt chassis.

Build a rat rod! That toy show, it's just sales? Or do they have some sort of model show going?

Saturday, February 19, at the Live Oak Civic Center, 8101 Pat Booker Rd., Live Oak, TX. So I guess you won't be here for that date...

Apart from taking your time with paint, glue and test-fitting (all excellent advice), you might want to rethink your whole approach to modeling, and I'll give you my example. I used to be a modeling "big dreamer". I would imagine these amazing models with incredible bodywork and detailing. Well, guess what? I didn't have the skill, the time or the patience to get them perfect. That got me frustrated and many projects ended back up in their boxes. Fast forward in time and I realized that I wasn't enjoying the hobby because I was forcing myself to move in a direction that didn't match my reality. Now, this doesn't mean you won't try to improve your modeling skills, but on the other hand, you have to realize where you stand in relation to your modeling reality. So what did I do? I decided not to be as critical of my work. That it's okay if a hood or some other detail didn't fit 100% correct. It's 1:25 scale! We're working with tiny stuff--it's hard to get things 101% perfect. I realized that most of the time, people look at the whole thing and they're not nitpicking at details. So now, I'm not sloppy, and I try not to be, and I detail my models and give 'em decent paint and all, but I don't sweat it all that much. Really. I just have fun with it. Make models clean, nice looking, innovative and fun. Hope this helps a bit.

All joking aside, I'm planning on taking quite a few models with me there to compete this year. Who's planning on going? It would be cool for us SA auto modelers to meet each other! Click here to see the flyer in PDF format... Whaddaya say, guys?

Lovely! The mags and white letter tires are a perfect touch.

Bought patterned paper at Michael's. There's a lot of cool patterns in scrapbooking paper. And it's cheap! I actually got the idea from my wife, who used this type of paper as "wallpaper" for my daughter's dollhouse.

It's a bee!

Finished tonight!

I'll try this on my next project!

I think I'm gonna hit WalMart tonight! Thanks for the tip!

It's very rare to see drawn-in panel lines that look realistic. If you measure the gap in 1:25 scale, a 0.5mm thick line is a 1/2" gap! I've never had a problem with panel line definition; then again, I don't paint my cars like they have been dipped in paint, and I try to get away with as few coats as needed.

This is gonna be mighty cool!

That is sah-weeeet! Great looks and stance.

All I gotta say is: This is awesome, and it should be available in resin!

That's one mean wagon! Love it! The attitude it projects cannot be aptly described since we must watch our language here, but I think you get the message.

Excellent work, I love the color combo!

That is sexy!

This started as a club build back when I lived in Puerto Rico, but I never got to finish it until a few months ago. I managed to stuff a Dodge Sidewinder concept V10 and transmission inside, cut the roof open, and installed the Sidewinder's dashboard and seats. Window glass is cut from styrene sheet. Wheels are some custom two-piece Japanese units. The "grille" is guitar string, and the original grille became the intake manifold filter. The sliding ragtop is made of black construction paper. Why the "bee" theme? Well, the yellow color came from a no-name rattlecan I had used originally and of course I didn't have anymore. I had originally messed-up the hood's finish (one of the reasons I never got to finishing it). I got inspired one day, and painted the thing flat black...And then thought it looked "lonely", so I went ahead, masked the rear end, and painted on that black stripe. It's a bit odd, but it works. In these pics, it has no doorhandles yet (I ended up placing chromed pinheads as "buttons"), but everything else is complete.

You need to finish this car, it's looking awesome! I'd love to see how you did that sprue piping for the seats...

Okay, a few updates! After painting the interior, I redid the seats by "upholstering" it with patterned paper I got at Michaels. I also installed a radiator and plumbed it, and added the front suspension links. I like where this is headed...

Actually, if you look at my stuff, I love putting oddball, different things in my cars. So maybe it's not 100% pre-1940; the precise way to say it would be that I prefer 1930's bodies and chassis, and then add to that stuff from...anything! The car in my avatar is a Revell '32 with a Ford GTP 4-cylinder engine in it...

I like where this is going!

Don't sell them, man!