Smoke Wagon

Felt my son make some big kicks today. He’s sure been a squirmy little dude.

These Buttera T kits look sweet with body colored grilles and headlight buckets. Very clean paintwork.

Nice lil speedster, the gray looks great on it. From the days before we did crazy things like adding carbon to rubber and vulcanizing it. Cars have really come a long way.

Well there’s a couple Earnhardt(Sr. & Jr.) cars and a Harvick car in there, but it’s still a sea of 24s... that would make just about anybody fall into a slump.

Still about 4.30-4.50 around here. I might have to take up gold prospecting as another hobby to help balance my checkbook

Was listening to that exact song earlier this evening.... gonna close the blinds now.

Elvis doesn’t have opinions. He’s just a hunk, a hunk of burning love.

HEY! THOSE WERE MY SHIFT KEYS YOU TOOK. YOU GOT THE WRONG HOUSE!

It would still be a change in infrastructure, but nowhere near the same level as ripping out or repurposing thousands of gas stations and building charging kiosks in stores’ parking lots. It also wouldn’t render the majority of vehicles on the road completely obsolete, so there’s that too.

Porsche was researching into synthesized fuels for ICE cars and trucks a while back. It was something about harvesting CO2 from the atmosphere and using it and hydrogen to synthesize hydrocarbons, leading to a gasoline without any useless byproducts left in it, resulting in cleaner burning, better engine efficiency, and less harmful emissions. On top of that, since the CO2 required to make the fuel would be sourced from the atmosphere, it would be carbon neutral. Sounded like a win-win idea.

My condolences.

Two amps, two 12” subs, 4 speakers, and 2 tweeters in the dash... you could open the doors, walk back a couple hundred feet, and still hear the music clearly. Excellent scratch building and the body colored bumpers and grille for sure give it that early 90’s look.

Beautifully done. I like the contrast in color and the satin gold wheels.

I have a few chew toys around the house to dissuade my lab from getting a taste for styrene. She gets to chew, I get to glue.

Not all of us have Alclad chrome and an airbrush. Especially not the average joe who sees a kit at Hobby Lobby and decides to give modeling a try. I find that most kit chrome looks more realistic than painted on chrome anyway. The only issue I see with chrome in kits are sometimes poorly positioned sprue attachment points.

Alright Steve. You’ve had your fun, now show us the shrink ray.

Now that’s cool. I really dig the paint and transparent spoiler. The bodywork is great.

Thanks gentlemen. I would’ve put the chrome badge on the trunk but I think my carpet ate it. Bob, for a rustoleum paint, this enamel laid on really nice. You oughta try it through your airbrush. Even spraying it out of the can I hardly got any orange peel.

Well if I had money, I’ll tell ya what I’d do, I’d go downtown and buy a tank of gas or two. Crazy ‘bout that gasoline. Lord I’m crazy ‘bout that gasoline. Had a few AMT stock Merc chrome parts and decided to put them on this one. Paint is Rustoleum smoke gray enamel. Added tail pipes, the two trim pieces on the back glass, used UV nail polish on the headlights, and lifted the ride height closer to stock.

At least with the Avalanche and Aztek, one could option one without the cladding after the first model year or so (not that it helped curb the ugliness emanating from the Aztek). As for plastic cladding on bumpers and around the wheel wells, we’d better get used to it. The people who are in the market for crossovers and lifted wagons (Outbacks) usually don’t care if the car’s uglier than a duck’s rear end as long as the salesman calls it sporty and active. If some plastic cladding slapped on your car makes Jennifer feel like a mountain climber, then she’s going to use it as an escapism for her suburban life and kids.

Great job. Nice choice on the paint color. WWs came out pretty nice too.

Cool stuff. Is the Suburban a resin piece or did you scratch build the body?

I hope the Ukrainian people prevail over this tragedy. I believe Roden is a Ukrainian company as well. They had just released their GMC bus kit a little bit ago.

I’ve got a 70’s release of the AMT ‘49 Merc molded in an off-white, slightly tan plastic. I didn’t notice any difference in durability or flexibility compared to normal white styrene though. So I sure wouldn’t be worried if kit manufacturers started blending in more recycled beads again to help combat the rising cost of plastic.