Spooker

Cut a strip of black decal.

Nice job on those tiny things! I agree, Heller decals are some of the worst ever to work with. They will try your patience in ways you've never thought of. I've got a small collection of the Porsche/Mercedes/Peugeot LeMans cars. Fun little kits, but those decals!

Nice job on a so-so kit. An upgrade to consider would be the proper Firestone tires from Replicas & Miniatures. Also, there was a vac-formed windshield available from Classic Racing Resins, but it doesn't show in his current listing (might have an extra, I'll look). I'm currently working on all three cars in race livery using the Lance Sellers resin body/tire/windshield conversion kit.

Hey Rich, that's a great looking IMC build! Glad you took another shot at it. Proves that any kit can be made to look decent with some effort. I still have two of my teenage builds of IMC cars, the Gulf GT40 and the red MkIV. I have all the Union re-issues and hope to take my own second shot at them. Missed you at the October swap meet.

Rule one of dis-assembling a built model is patience. Looks like you've got a pretty decent build there, no visible glue, not a lot of paint. If it was assembled with tube glue, it SHOULD come apart fairly easily. Also, try the freezer trick on stubborn parts. Soak the parts in water and without draining or drying, put them in your coldest freezer over night. Many times the expansion of the freezing water will force the parts apart without too much damage. X-acto chisel blades are a big help, too. Good luck and don't fret over minor damage, it's only plastic! Most any breakage can be repaired.

Whatever happened to Bruce....oh, wait, never mind.

I've salvaged many old NASCAR builds just for their front clips. Tubular upper control arms, nice steering boxes, decent tie rod end shocks, easily narrowed or widened to fit.

Maybe, but if it's come apart far enough to see my note, it's probably a goner! I can see the comment now - "he should have used more glue"!

I've always signed and dated my commission builds in some inconspicuous (read: hidden) place. Some day, someone will disassemble one for parts and say "I wonder who this guy was"!

http://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=2264.0 Probably resin cast by Chuck Poi, Nostalgia Race Models was his business name (if I remember correctly).

Know anybody with a vacuum former? Or just smash form a sheet of thermo plastic over a wooden buck.

A fully operational standard trans came with the Visible Chassis kit, along with a "sandpaper disc" operating clutch and hydraulic (using water) brakes. You could turn on your V-8, depress the clutch, put it in gear, and watch the rear wheels turn thru an operating differential. It was pretty neat and taught me a lot about cars, way before I had one.

Engine, DRIVER AND FUEL TANK are offset. I watched the video yesterday, Thompson never lacked for new ideas!

Hard to pick number one, but this one is pretty hard to find: Followed closely by these, supposedly only 50 of each made: After these I would say some of my Fisher resin kits are hard to find, at least now, after the fire. Still looking for a Fisher Chaparral 2E.

Very confusing on all levels, it seems. I just purchased a rare old slot car on e-Bay, paid for 08/21, shipped from Portugal 08/22, e-Bay tracking began giving me notices that $$ would be due at my P.O. on arrival, arrived today 09/02 in my P.O. box, no additional charges assessed. I think I got in just under the deadline, but was afraid e-Bay was trying to pro-actively add some $$. I do believe my overseas purchasing, as far as possible, will be on hold for a while.