Jon Cole

Dale has it correct. "1969 Camaro Z28 that entered the old yard in 1969 or 1970 with just over 5000 original miles on it after the driver hit a bridge abutment at high speed"

Look closer! The answer IS in there!

We have a Bingo. Hold your cards please! OK, I bet you can get this one... Meantime, I'll be working it over with the buffer...

Nope. Not a Spyder. You do have the first letter correct, tho.

Finally! My LHS got this in, and saved one for me! As hard to find around here as an honest politician!

This sounds like fun! OK, let me throw one out there....

Let me tell you, I could have bought a lot of model kits with what I paid for this, but I have never regretted it. It may well be the only time in my life that I buy such a fine piece of automotive art. The artists name is Nicholas Watts. It's the Porsche 911 EVO from the late nintees. The painting is signed by the artist; numbered, and also signed by all the drivers of this car, complete with photographs of them during the signing! Guess where I have it? (shamefully hands head) It's not. It's in the basement, on the floor, leaning up against a pile of model kits. I have GOT to hang that up over my work bench once again!

Happy Birthday Gregg! Here's a little birthday story to put life in perspective.... "Age is a Funny Thing" Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. How old are you?.... "I'm four and a half" .... You're never 36 and a half .... you're four and a half going on five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number. How old are you? "I'm gonna be 16." You could be 12, but you're gonna be 16. And then the greatest day of your life happens .... you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony .... you BECOME 21 ... YES!!! But then you turn 30 .... ooohhh what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk .... He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There's no fun now. What's wrong?? What changed?? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40 ..... stay over there, it's all slipping away ........ You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, you're PUSHING 40, you REACH 50 ..... and your dreams are gone. Then you MAKE IT to 60 ..... you didn't think you'd make it!!!! So you BECOME 21, you TURN 30, you're PUSHING 40, you REACH 50, you MAKE IT to 60 ...... then you build up so much speed you HIT 70! After that, it's a day by day thing. After that, you HIT Wednesday .... You get into your 80's, you HIT lunch. My grandmother won't even buy green bananas .... it's an investment you know, and maybe a bad one. And it doesn't end there .... into the 90's you start going backwards .... I was JUST 92 ... Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again .... "I'm 100 and a half!!!!" It's not like it used to be, is it? Have a good one! -Jon-

Sorry about the double-post. Q for Rudy or anyone else... what is the red object under the fuel cell on the 'Stang? -Thanks-

First, my daily ride is... ...the bosses! Once I drop off the kids at school, I can get 95% of my errands done "on the way home" nudge, nudge; wink, wink! The other 5% of the time, It's my '95 GC. It's great in the winter! I had this one for a long time, a '65 Corvair Monza. Lots of fun at a full service gas station (back when they had such a place) telling the kid to "check the oil", almost always go the front of the car! But the Corvair that my avatar stands for is this '63 Corvair Spyder. Previous owner rebuilt her mechanically, my plan was to re-do the body. I kept saying that for almost 15 years! Finally sold it. I had it registered for about six months, then parked it to "restore" it. Yeah, suuuure!

First, my daily ride is... ...the bosses! Once I drop off the kids at school, I can get 95% of my errands done "on the way home" nudge, nudge; wink, wink! The other 5% of the time, It's my '95 GC. It's great in the winter! I had this one for a long time, a '65 Corvair Monza. Lots of fun at a full service gas station (back when they had such a place) telling the kid to "check the oil", almost always go the front of the car! But the Corvair that my avatar stands for is this '63 Corvair Spyder. Previous owner rebuilt her mechanically, my plan was to re-do the body. I kept saying that for almost 15 years! Finally sold it. I had it registered for about six months, then parked it to "restore" it. Yeah, suuuure!

Hi I am contemplating building my first diorama. Something basic for photography porposes of my models, like a parking lot. The edges may contain trees or brush. I keep trying to picture how in the world am I going to store this? Do you install trees in a way so you can remove & bag them so they don't get covered with cobwebs? The foam core board I will use is 40" x 32" Any tips or advice would be appreciated! -Jon-

So you're saying the Lindberg '40 Ford Coupe is a former... Palmer kit? I thought it was the old AMT kit, or at least a copy of it. This kit is what's currently on my bench. Any comments on what the consensus is to it's origin is appreciated.

I really enjoyed building it. I think it's miles ahead of the AMT/MPC kit. I made my own removable hood hinge support... that tab on the far left hooks in to the top firewall opening. Keith Marks supplied the missing 'TRANS AM'' text

Another item to consider- DAHM's Window Tint, sold at any well-stocked R/C supply hobby shop. You apply it to the outside of the window. It actually looks darker than this photo shows, due to the lighting:

What little ambition I had just got popped when a decal didn't come out the way I had hoped, and upon my attempt to remove the decal about one hour later made a real mess! Solvaset didn't work too well on running board decal that I had made from a JNJ Decal black film, this is how it ended up after trying to remove the decal with more Solvaset, then a pull with masking tape, and eventually with a wire brush and working at it with a tooth pick. Fortunately, the damage didn't go beyond the running board, and though it looks bad, it should mask and paint OK (knocking on wood)

Hey thanks for the head's up on that! I normally wouldn't waste the $1.50 on my local Sunday news rag, but even when you add that cost to what I spent for the model with the coupon, it was a deal! And, I still have until Friday to use the 40% off coupon!

That is just too cool! What a great concept. I remember the 914 you did in orange, how many Porsche models do you have?

My "Way Out There" build would be the Centaur When the first "Batmobile" (can we say that?) movie car model was available, I told someone that I was thinking of building a custom out of it. They laughed... and that's all it took! The challenge was on. It's a blend of Batmobile, Pontiac Banshee, some stratch-building, and a Callaway Corvette windscreen was vac-u-formed and cut down. This was all done some time ago. I don't recall if it was before or after SAE's "Build a Bat******" contest. Thanks for reading.

’40 Ford w/ a flathead & 2 Stromberg’s… how many lines to/from the fuel tank? And where would the fuel pump go? And for that matter, what does a fuel pump look like? Sorry about the “picky†details. I just want it to be relatively accurate.

These are from the Modelhaus... front tires are T-120's, rears are T-180's

Thank you all! I was finally able to post my reply (more like a question) in the "Workbench" folder (see post on the BMW 320i) Again, thank you!

Stanley, I could use some help with my CITICORP BMW 320i This model build has come to a halt… all because I need to feel as though it is somewhat accurate, and fully researched. That is a problem for the turbo engine for this car. This is as far as I got with the engine: Here are some reference photos I have. It doesn't really look like the kit turbo, do you think? I don't know how to make the kit parts resemble anything in the above pics. Maybe I should just glue the hood shut?

I have a Fotki account. I have posted photos on many other sites, but this board has me stumped. I have tried opening the photo in the Fotki album, click on the "share photo" link. I have tried to paste the url. I have used the "Insert Image" icon here on this page, just below "fonts". I have tried the "browse photo" link down below, pasted the share url. and clicked "upload" Nothing I do works. Oh, and yes it's a paid Fotki account, not free. As I said, I can do this elsewhere, but how is it done here? Man this is frustrating! Thanks!

I did a five-day hospital stay because of pneumonia! Went in on Christmas eve! NO fun... PLEASE go see a doctor, this is nothing to ignore! Godd luck! Hope you get well! -Jon-