Big John

Outstanding, can't wait to see the transaxle/gearbox.

great work on the drive line and chains! Scale roller link chain can also be had at MFH and Micro-Mark railroad accessories. Not everyone wants to invest their time and big bucks in machining equipment just to join the "Real" world.

Fantastic eye for detail Ken, and skilled draftsmanship. Love the break mechanism, springs are bear in CAD. Thanks for sharing your project with us, looking forward to getting color on this cutie.

Son, you're gon'a drive me to drink'n if you don't stop driving that Hot... Rod... Lincoln!

Hi François, Looking at the 1:1 green leather in the previous post I would suggest trying a reverse casting of a fine grit sand paper as a possibility. 380 or 400 grit coat liberally with mold release and spread a thin coating of urethane mold making RTV this should give you a dimpled surface more closely resembling the leather and be fairly flexible.

Cars was a song by "The Cars".

Solo he wasn't unless you don't count the Wookiee.

Section and Chop are two of the basic techniques used in custom car fabrication.

"Star Your Engines" usually signals the start of an exciting racing event.

Not to get too far off topic but Fernando does post the 251 fairly often on theebay auction site. Bellow is one that Curt Raitz had at NNL West22. I navee several of the FP models and am fascinated by Fernando's use of embedding wires for the suspension or in this case for the fender mounts! Looking forward to the rest of this build.

Absence of anything good to say deserves silence.

Wood You Look At That!

Avoidable accidents should be avoided at all costs!

Together we are one.

"Disintegrate Them" cried the Major Domo of the Alien fleet as we made our desperate escape from planet Ziotcvh!

Thanks for the photo of the 1:1 wood body frame Francois. Being a woodworking guy at heart I can really appreciate the craftsmanship that went into the hidden coachwork that lay beneath the skins of the the early vintage cars.

Anything by Fisher Model & Pattern! Unfortunately Paul lost everything in the devastating fires that raged through California a couple of years ago. I never got around to buying one of his kits and and greatly regret my inaction. I would suggest that if anyone has an unbuilt kit that they contact Paul at Fisher website and offer the loan their kit as tooling to replace his lost molds.

Will it squirt oil out the back?

Frequently I will opt for an old Noir movie rather than one of the new Wam Bam Pow CGI epics.

Headline(s) under the Toupee.

I get the one off custom hand built, even from a rare kit. No these are the same models that I can get near mint in the box with papers for under $100. or less. I do buy some discontinued diecast and kits for high but reasonable prices (to my mind) partly as an investment and partly because I appreciate the cars design and history.

Know your limitations Harry Callahan said, as he sighted down the barrel of his 44 Magnum, the most powerful hand gun in the world!

I see this all the time on certain buy/auction sites where people take high quality photos of models like Franklin Mint and Carousel One and ask $1,000+ prices for them. I don't know who they think they are fooling or maybe they fool enough buyers to make it worth their time. ?

In the 50's Summer Fall Winter Spring was a character on the Howdy Doody show!

Mosquitos were Awesome twin engine fighter plains from Briton and made of plywood!