Jon Cole

Not 100% sure, but I think he may be referring to this kit...

I have some of the old clear cases from JoHan around here somewhere. They have two holes for each tire location... run the wire through each hole and twist. I used a typical small gauge "hobby & flower" wire.

Some visual aid...

I have exhausted any possible sources for thin hollow tube... thin enough for antenna. Thinner than K&N stocks. Anyone know of an on-line source? This project is in limbo until I locate tubing.

Passat W8 4motion

I won't use Krylon any longer. It seems to be too chemically hot for plastic. My fav primer is PlastiKote. Tamiya is very good, only reason I won't use it is cost per volume, I buy primer in full size cans.

HOLY THREE LEAF CLOVER! Now that is green to the Nth degree! Nice too!

Lower buckets and console molded to the floor? Sad. Ditto on the bucket style interior, as the new normal is separate sides. Not exactly the type of car to tweak with dark tint windows to hide these shortcuts. Still, better than nothing.

Since this pic was taken, it has had a guide coat, sanded, primed, and resanded. Plans have changed, stock '57 is out, a custom '58 is in. I still have resin '57 parts from the Modelhaus, so I think I would like a resin copy of this body, now that I have tweaked it for straightness and sans trim. Who should I contact? How long would I be waiting?

Yeah! How outrageous is this?!!! Be it pickup or sedan, I never knew it existed! Looking forward to this.

Thanks all! Especially Charlie! I love those "way up north" comments!!! Yep, the ice finally went out of the lakes last week! BTW, I am just a quick 1/2 hour from the Mass border. In fact, I love Mass, it's my home state. In less than an hour I can "Pahk the cah" and take the T from Fitchburg to Boston! I will start looking for stainless tubing at a local medical supply, and see how that goes. Even if they have it, I know they will ask "What size?" And I am, well, metric challenged. Aw heck, I'm numbers challenged! As in "too-pid!" It was difficult to learn in school, when I had to keep an eye on who Sister Mary Left Hook was stalking next! I guess I will bring a piece of 3/32 aluminum tube, and tell them it has to fit in this, like a scale car antenna. Below is an actual staff photo from my elementary school...

Meh. Any rich fool can drive an exotic. But only a select few get to boast that their exotic went up in flames! "EH! I wasa gonna sell it off anyhow!" Next one was alledgedly a 360 Modena! Fried exotic... the new status symbol!

I plan on building a custom that will have frenched antennas. I have the standard 1/16" and 1/32" K&S aluminum tubing (for recessed mounts), and I also have two diff size wire, a .70 and another I cannot recall the size. I need metal tubing thin enough for the lower parts of an automotive antenna. I have some hypodermic needles. Is that stainless hypo tubing available anywhere via mail order? Also I wonder if a local medical supply house could help me? Thanks!

There is something bizarre about a heat shield... catching fire! It's like the fire extinguisher bursting into flames.

Hey! This is a nice surprise! I usually cringe at the thought of looking at a show rod... but this one is sharp!

Fantastic scratch-building, John!

Letting this (police) issue of the Charger slip by was a big mistake! Lingberg and/or Testors (are they connected at the hip?) are in business one day, then someone says otherwise, and then someone disputes that... on and on it goes. BTW, there was a kit of the police version, but it is based on the pre-painted die-cast body kit. Because it is pre-decorated, you would need to remove the graphics to do another agency.

Like this one! I didn't build it, and I'm not going to restore it. It's too cool as is!

HARRY! Thank you!

Brad, I think Dave is suggesting you tape it up yourself if you are not going to go to the hospital. Also, you could at least call your doc for advice... and inform them you cannot afford any treatment. Unlike your toe, it can't hurt.

OK, make me hunt for it! Cranky, can you go into more detail? Sorry, I don't recognize the names listed.

Fotki is indeed back up! Thank you Danno for the info explanation as to what happened... yes, it could happen to any service. Still, I am always interested in alternatives. Can someone tell me if it is possible, as well as easy to make individual folders, or albums in either Photobucket, or Flickr? Can you explain how to do that? I'm a photo junkie, I hoard them! I need separate folders. Gracias!

I don't know for sure how many thousands of photos I have on Fotki... it may well be in the tens of thousands. I'm not going to start over now. I did a trial once of Photobucket, I could not figure out how to set up different album pages. With Fotki, I have a "download here" page, then I transfer each photo to one of my hundreds of albums.

I have been trying for hours now... they seem to be DOA

Ultra brite BMF looks better, but the durned stuff just won't stick! You made the right choice, grasshopper.... buy regular BMF