Jon Cole

Wow! Ambitious! If I may note, the rear windows appear to be high up. A little higher, and they could be sunroofs. I doubt the driver could see what is behind him... but that is typical of many cars... Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc.

On a related note, it's baffling to look at automotive kit auctions and find anything from aircraft to tank models. How can ppl be so stupid?

Maybe make some from FIMO clay?

Fantastic build as always, Jeff!

I doubt there will ever be another in scale plastic!

I always thought the heavy tread on the sidewall gave the tires a truck tire look. Sorry, I do not know which set, I just see heavy-handed tread engraving.

I agree, Skip.

Take whatever you want Jim! I don't mind. Happy hunting.

With mention of Studebaker somewhere on the board, I thought I would share this album with Studes, and other racecars. Hope you enjoy. http://public.fotki.com/JCole/11-race-cars--trucks/11-race-cars-la-car/

My wife gave me a mini tripod as part of a Christmas gift. She bought it at a dollar store. It broke before I could get the camera mounted to it... cheap plastic.

I have plenty of scrap plastic, so although I have never tried it, I suspect that old credit and gift cards can be used as scrap plastic for scratch-building and fabricating. Everything from gas & brake pedals, suspension brackets, whatever you can think of, really.

We're not going to see this until August at the earliest, are we?

I have a Fotki file for automotive related logos, stickers, and signs: http://public.fotki.com/JCole/logos_signs__euro_plates/

So I shot my laptop for nothing?

Photo looks straight up & a minimum (if any) retouching. Real.

So... congress could not even get that right!

I would say my goose-neck magnifying lamp. Without it, the eye strain would be too much.

Had a fish once. All went OK until I fell asleep with the fish on my lap. I should have bought a lap fish.

We don't get some cool stuff due to product planners and bean counters. These ppl are so cheap, they turn their bar stools upside down so they can seat four. EDIT: Dave, u went to Portugal? Wish I could afford to travel. I can't even afford to go to Portland. Any one of them.

Yep... the po-po just busted some dude here in Nude Hampster on a go-kart for DUI... his fouth arrest on this charge. http://www.officer.com/news/10287053/nh-man-charged-with-dwi-while-riding-go-kart

(with a hat tip to Mike... it took me a while to make this)

Really? I am NO "Jumped up yuppie". Lumping ppl into a social group based on what they drive is elitist, arrogant, and naive. In short, you know nothing about this Passat owner.

I they go driverless, fine. Just don't take my right away to bang it down a few notches and blast past the drones riding in their appliances! I actually like to feel my car respond to my right foot! Funny how the Gub'mt seems to like the idea of robot cars, yet just this week the city of Boston banned the right to drive a Segway on public ways. Segway tour groups will fight the ban.

Only if you want to see your parts go from 'something' to 'nothing' in in about 4 seconds! Those belt sanders are for woodwork; I have a hand held Makita belt sander. They are fast & powerful.