Junkman

Afaik the glass and maybe even the chrome parts of the Model King 1959 Imperial were back engineered.

It's black, rectangular and has white letters and numbers on it What would you like to know?

This is flush enough for me: And here is another sticker bomb:

It was really funny. I actually didn't want to go, Frankfurt is quite far from where I live and not exactly a cheap place to stay. They all kept calling me and pestered me, hey, it's been 30 years and see it as a reunion and we haven't seen you in years and jada jada. The guys also know that I hate shows and avoid them like the devil avoids holy water. I finally caved in and went. When I arrived, I only saw that superb diner on their stand there. Only at second glance I realized that they had arranged all the cars I had given them over the years around it. I was moved to tears. I then added the AG diecasts which I bought at the show. And yes, you could say those guys have impressive collections. One of them has a house just to -well- house his model kit collection, another house to live in and an industrial hall to house his 20 strong real car collection. No, he is not a drug dealer. He is a musician/producer. The white 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix and the blue 1959 Pontiac Bonneville are modelled after real cars from his collection.

Toyish enough?

I just had a look at Mr. Daniel's website and there is a list of all the cars he designed for Monogram: http://www.tomdaniel.com/85_kits/frm_85kits.html The Quicksilver is listed, so it is actually the one that triggered all the spin-offs.

It's difficult to tell. Mr. Daniel designed various variations of the '60 Chevy Sedan Delivery theme, like the Bad News, Bad News II, Bad Actor, etc. Whether he actually designed the Quicksilver too, or whether Monogram milked the mold after the collaboration with Mr. Daniel ended I don't know. The California Vette was modelled after Mr. Daniel's real customized Corvette and is arguably the only model of a Monogram/Daniel design that actually existed as a real car at the time. Mr. Daniel still owns this car and there were efforts a few years back to restore it, but I have no idea what became of these plans. Several of the Monogram/Daniel designs were used to build real show rods by various car builders over the years. How is this for reverse engineering?

OK, but I must say that I did not build the Diner! It belongs to a friend of mine in Germany and it was used as a backdrop for my cars at last year's model show in Frankfurt. That maroon 51 Chevy convertible is one of the first car models I ever built, it is over 30 years old. The whole effort was meant to be a special occasion to bring together all the models I have given to friends during the past three decades. All those models are now back in the various collections. Needless to say I was well chuffed. They did not tell me anything about their plans beforehand, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw this at the show.

Which means it'll be a runaway sales success because every keeper upper with the Joneseser will buy one.

I can only hope that the Rat Rod movement will fade into oblivion as a fad of the early millennium, like billet did two decades earlier. I had seen enough Rat Rods in my life after I saw the first one. Now having written that, I admire how plausibly some people in here can translate this Rat Rod look into a model. If I was a judge at a contest, I'd probably give this more weight than yet another three coats of clear followed by two hours of using a polishing kit.

I'll start using the proper terms when Nobby stops saying "we blew the motor" after the engine went poof.

Why a De Lorean at all? It says in the article "but cost is projected to be in the $90-100K range". Makes me think. If I had that kind of money to spend on a car, and they'd show me a De Lorean next to a - let's say - Z06, I'd for some strange reason opt for the latter.

If a judge judges based on his personal preferences, he should be recused. He has to judge the quality and execution of the build. His personal opinion he can discuss at the bar, but during judging it is irrelevant.

Need I say Palmer?

Not if it is a Rover V8, which weighs nearly 20 kg less than that lazy PRV V6 they opted for in the first place.

It certainly wasn't for me. To the contrary. Thinking about it, I only know people who tried their own thing and not follow anybody.

Would you deny your children pursuing their dream? When I became involved in motorsports, my parents were fiercely against it and used every means available to them to emotionally blackmail me. Actually, you should have heard my mother when I so much as bought my first 50cc moped at age 15. I can assure you, that my children will not face such opposition from me should they demonstrate ambitions in this direction. I kept telling my parents what I truly believe: Don't forget who is really in control. We go when he calls our number, whether we do something dangerous or not, has zero influence on this.

What the De Lorean really needs, and always needed, is a big bloody V8.

Sometimes ya just can't win? You can leave the 'sometimes' away. I'm a pessimist. That's an optimist with experience.

I can achieve all your Achilles Heels without being reliant on a single disorder.

Dr. Cranky may find this inspirational:

I used very similar solutions for the past 30 or so years on red plastic. This is the first time where I really don't have the choice and have to confront the problem head on.

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The building has been knocked down long ago. Just look it up on Google Earth. This was also discussed in this thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20855