Claude Thibodeau

Hi Lee! Wow, nice and sweet, bravo! This thing would make the cover of the GoodGuys Gazette if it was a 1/1 car... CT

Hi Marcos! Impressive attention to details. I love your solution for the rod ends on your front suspension. Very clever! I'll borrow your idea on my next build. CT

Hi! Great work. I'm finishing one right now, and I know the basic kit has many shortcomings. Yours is world class, bravo! CT

Hi Randy! Great built, bravo! I know for a fact that this Tamya color is not easy to apply perfectly, and you certainly nailed it! CT

Hi Francis! Thank God, you used regular rubber brake hoses!!! Most Provincial or state DMV outlaw braided hoses. I would have been sorry if you would have been turned down on mechanical inspection... CT

Hi! A poet once said: "Life is a deadly desease, sexually transmitted". How true! CT

Hi Tim! Now, THIS is clean work, and the rolling stock fits the car really well. Bravo! CT

HI! Very nice, and you nailed the Bellflower look dead-on! CT

Hi Pat! Very impressive design. Now, I will show my ignorance: is-this a kit, or rather a creature of your imagination? I've never seen this vehicle before. Just curious... CT

Hi Ian! Absolute realism, bravo! I look forward to seeing the body in position. Keep on! CT

Hi! A friend who is in the plastic industry told me that most toys and household items made of plastic must have a high BPA (bisphenol?) content to remain supple or pliable. And this chemical is one of the most expensive component in the mix. Cheap products? Low BPA content. Brittle very early. He also indicated that the typical "new car smell" is, indeed, BPA vapors released in the early days after fabrication. Hence older cars not smelling "new" anymore: BPA already evaporated. Finally, I made a Pro-Touring out of a rare Javelin promo a few years ago. It was made by Johan, in a teal colored "plastic". I broke the cowl while cutting the hood away, and I was NEVER EVER able to glue it back, with ANY glue or solvent, for that matter. I figured it was some kind of acetate. Who knows? CT

Hi Francis! NSCA? Great, keep card number 2 for me! Great idea! As to your truck's stance, I think it is great, and the fun of modeling one-off creations is... There are NO rules! CT

Hi! Bought my copy at the newstand today. Should please those of us who miss SAE. In this special issue, they went further than they ever did with FSM as far as covering automotive subjects since the end of SAE. Weel worth my money, IMHO. CT

Hi Manuel" Great idea, superb execution, bravo! Every time I see the Queen on TV, she seems to be ever shorter... So, I guess the top chop won't be a nuisance... CT

Hi Francis! Very nice, it will be a killer! As to your oil pan clearance, I don't know the rules for NHRA, but the typical DMV or DOT policy is based around the notion of the so-called "scrub line". Their assumption is that if you should blow a front tire, and it gets totally shredded off the wheel, the rim would touch the ground. Therefore, if you trace a line from the point of contact of that bare rim on the ground, and go straight to the contact point of one of your rear tires with the ground, nothing should "hang" below that imaginary line, because it would actually "lift" the car and prevent the remaining front tire from steering the car safely while slowing down. Your pan seems to hang very low, but I can't tell if it is below such an imaginary line. Do you know if NHRA has a similar policy requiring a "safe" scrub line? Just curious... CT

Hi Bill! Very nice, and the stance is perfect for such a "stately" looking body style. Bravo! CT

HI! Great body of work, impressive. Our friend seems to have a fondness for the late 50's -early 60's era. I can see why. The 61 Buick Invicta is the most desirable to me. Bravo! CT

Sorry. CT

HI! Looks like something Karman might have built... CT

HI! Model. Carb is flat-topped, and the cowl has slots for the hinges. CT

Hi! Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. If anything, the pandemic got great creations to emerge from fellow modelers work benches. Bravo! CT

Hi Francis! Great work, and fantastic pictures. Bravo! I'm cerain you are having fun at this stage. Seeing all the work "falling in place" is its own reward, isn't it? CT

Hi RRR! Great, and it looks like the low-riding stance of the body is much improved vs the stock kit. Bravo! CT

Hi Alan! Very clean, and inspiring. Bravo! Now, we must pause, and think what it was like to drive those devices on the salt. Those guys had balls... CT

Thank you Al. Happy you like it. CT