Jon Cole

No snow forcast here in northern New England, a good thing since it is probably impossible to use my snowblower with a broken ankle.

Mike, that's gonna be a nice fish! I have the Sox & Martin version I want to build someday. I also like your whitewalls. I have seen far too many home made ww's done wrong, with the stripe closer to the outside diameter, when it should be closer to the ID as yours is. We need a "thumb's up!" icon here!

Krylon (at least the current stuff) sprays like a fire hose. I would suggest decanting it into an airbrush. Model Master enamels... the industry standard. If you want it to dry faster, get a dehydrator, and it will be dry overnight. Lacquers... now the preferred paint. Again, Model Master makes a good lacquer, as does Tamiya. If you choose a metallic color, top it with clear. Also real automotive type sprays can work such as DupliColor, and PlastiKote. I have listened to new builders yak about jumping right into airbrush use. Don't do that. You know the old saying... you need to walk before you can run.

Wow. It's like reading the last two pages of a novel.

Does this count as a scale answer? Sorry, I just couldn't resist! I'm blaming the pain meds... that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

AlaKart engine in a deuce:

Here is a closeup of SubLime on a late model Charger... has a metallic pearl look

I'm not having any luck finding that info, but I did find there is a SSR enthusiast web site. Perhaps they could answer. My Google search turned up interesting news.. "The 2010 2011 Chevy SSR comes equipped with a more powerful engine and an optional six-speed manual transmission, the 2010 2011 Chevy SSR comes packed..." Interesting, because production ended after the 2006 model run!

For those of us not into Ferrari model ID... here is the 458 Italia:

Eero, nice job on the BugBed! Here is some 1:1 bug pickups in various forms: I probably have more... but I don't know what the photo limit is here. That build of yours is so smirk! I want to add it to my "Models-Misc" file!

Ja! Dieses Auto ist real

The Porsche 917K is such an iconic race car, and you did it good!

Cranky! That's the perfect road-rage machine!

Thanks everyone. Oh to be young again! Moving from a chair to the crutches (or just getting out of the chair) is somethig I took for granted... not anymore. My father-in-law says he can get me a wheelchair tomorrow. Other friends who live about 30 miles away are going to get my car and drive it here. Good friends!

What scale is it?

Last night around 10:30 I was going down a flight of stairs at my friends house, I missed the two bottom steps and took a hell of a fall. Both legs folded up under me as I landed. I went to the hospital via ambulance. X-ray confirms right ankle is indeed broken. Left foot nothing on x-rays, I think it was hyper-extended. Nothing they can do for foot. Right ankle has a splint. I am on crutches, BIG problem as I don't have the coordination to use them. I need a wheelchair. It's not a question of if I fall down again, it a q of when. They told me to see an orthopedic doctor Monday. I will be out of work for a while. I hope my model survived! It was in it's box, not yet finished. It, and my car are still at my friends house.

Jairus, yeah I like it! Is that done digitally? I don't view the board by "new posts" so it was by chance that I found this. Any other air-cooled rides?

I found this old photo showing a Carson Top on a '61 Chevy. Judging by the pic, it is either a new Chevy, or close to it. Why would someone do that? I thought Carson Tops were only on scale '49 Mercs

And a sweet 250 it is...

Great job! Much better than my stock built one!

Excuse me... I just dropped my jaw on the floor. That... is perfect!

What a fantastic build, Dave! That is one great Porsche. I have a painting by Nicholas Watts of that car.

I'm going on the belief that adding pics of our Craftsman era '59 Impalas only add to, rather than hijack a thread. Especially when the thread is several days old. I built this about a year before the Monogram kit was introduced. I stripped an ugly two-tone green paint off from it, and used resin bumpers and grille purchased from some guy named George in Pearl, Mississippi (anyone know him?) The wheelcovers came from the '59 El Camino. The seat pattern was hand painted, and the mirror and fender spears were scratch built.

No, it's a dessert topping!

I transport special needs kids, one in particular who loves model cars. The staff at the facility ordered him two model cars to build; a 1970 Chevelle, and the '57 Chevy; both "snap" kits from Revell. He loved them! He was absolutely ecstatic! It's not the end of the world for the adult builder... I'm sure more adult friendly '57 Chevys will come our way. And the kids love these easy build kits.