Junkman

As always. With the black one.

Nah, please post nothing of it, or I'll have a heart attack. Errrr.... What's the bleeding holdup ?????

Why not use the real stuff: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-24-Miniature-Red-Bricks-1-000-pack-ONLY-14-99-/370299365341?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models

Me again:

What's wrong with my grandma?

OK, let's toss the truck section then.

I can recommend you a superb book on the subject: The American Car Dealership by Robert Genat. It is available at Atomic Pinup: http://www.atomicpinup.com/ForSale.html In the late Fifties - early Sixties, the decoration inside the car dealerships was usually very minimalist. Hardly any decoration at all. Add a bit of G-Plan furniture and you are there.

I have an account on Emodels since it's very beginning. But I so far have never traded on it, simply because nothing I was particularily looking for was on offer there. Ebay is still no. 1, but seems to be on the retreat when it comes to offers from private sellers. The official statistics confirm my impression. Ebay evolves into a platform, where commercial sellers offer their wares for 'buy it now' prices, for the private guy selling a few of his surplus triplet or quadrulept model kits, it became a legal minefild best to be avoided. Ebay seems to encourage this. Consequently, less and less 'old' stuff from private collections is offered on Ebay. I haven't yet figured out where this business is shifting, but it certainy is not to Emodels, by the looks of it.

Even if you aren't interested in anything but cars, there is a lot to learn from modellers doing other subjects. For example, the weathering techniques some use on their model cars were largely developed by the railway and military folks. Them ship modellers can possibly teach us a thing or two about building a woody body from real wood, and stuff like that. I think it always has its advatages, if one allows an as wide spectrum as possible.

Well, at least a motorcycle section could be added IMHO. A lot of car modellers do enjoy motorcycles as well. What I certainly wouldn't enjoy is a section for all the stuff by people who think the war didn't last long enough.

Eh?

Merci bien. Il n'est pas du tout le français, il est belge!

I'm living on this planet. At least when I'm not drunk. Does that count? My wife is from Canada. Does that count? Et je parle francais aussi. Il's est en mauvais etat, mais la vous allez ou qua. Ce que ca compte?

It was plagiarised by Datsun, yes. So it goes like this: Austin Seven -> BMW Dixi (licensed) -> Datsun (rip off) -> Rosengart (rip off) -> American Austin (branch) - American Bantam (buyer).

Am I interested? Not yes. Hell yes!

Did I just say 'tacky'? Try this for size: Gosh, one sure can't buy taste.

The article is very informative indeed. The first thing I learned is that coachpainting was obsolete in 1934 hence wrong for this project. My technique is applying enamel with a paintbrush, then sanding and polishing it. I can show you soon an example on a 1910 Model T I'm doing this way. For the yellow, I would have rather chosen a primrose shade like on the Goldfinger Rolls-Royce, but after surfing the web and seeing a lot of Rollses in this combo I decided that I find it too tacky after all.

I would actually start mine, if I could decide on a paint scheme. I think yellow/black, but it's soooo riff raff. I will only lace the spare wheel, like Martin Swire did on his. For the road wheels, I'll use the disc wheels provided with the kit. Once I get going, WIP pics will be posted. One of the challenges I set myself is to coach paint it like it was done way back when.

Someone give this man a Kärcher! Naw, seriously, great wheathering job, Sir.

The most abvious for me is the AMC Rambler, which lived on as a Renault in France until well into the Seventies, and in Argentina as the IKA Renault Torino. Most notably: AC Ace -> Shelby Cobra (thanks god they tossed the Lucas rubbish and replaced it with Ford stuff, otherwise we would push them around like old Ferraris) Then the following come to mind: Fiat 600 -> Seat 600 -> NSU Fiat Jagst -> Zastava 750 Fiat 124 -> Shiguli Lada Riva Fiat 125 -> Polski Fiat Fiat 1500 -> NSU-Fiat 1500 -> Zastava 1500 Fiat 1800 -> Seat 1500 Fiat 500 -> Steyr-Puch 650 Fiat Ritmo (Strada) -> Seat Ronda Fiat Topolino -> Simca 5 Fiat 1100 -> Simca 8 Fiat Panda -> Seat Marbella Renault 12 -> Dacia 1300 Renault 4CV -> Hino 4CV Heinkel Kabine -> Trojan Bubble Car Morris Oxford -> Hindustan Ambassador Hillman Hunter -> Paykan The 1961 Ford Falcon and the 1965 Ford Galaxie were built in Argentina until the mid Eighties. The 1962 Valiant was built in Australia until when? BMC Mini -> Innocenti Mini BMC ADO16 -> Innocenti 1300 Austin Seven -> BMW Dixi Citroen 5CV -> Opel Laubfrosch BMW 327 -> Bristol 400 Opel Kadett -> Moskvitch 400 Simca 1307 -> Sunbeam Alpine Audi 100 -> FAW Hongqi CA7200 Rover 75 -> SAIC Roewe 750 The Borgward Isabella and several Auto-Union DKWs were built in Argentina long after the companies had closed in Germany. The Opel Rekord 'C' was built in Belgium and Switzerland as a 'Ranger' after Opel had switched production to the Rekord 'D'. The Peugeot 504 is still being built in Nigeria, same goes for the Fiat 128, which has been reissued in Egypt on demand by the Cairo taxi operators. Speaking of Taxis: Austin FX4 -> Carbodies FX4 -> LTI Fairway Shall I start with Jeeps? Just as an example, the CJ3 was built by Mitusbishi until 1998. There are countless other companies all over the world who built Jeeps which were long obsolete in their home country. Hotchkiss, Mahindra, VIASA, Ebro, Steyr-Puch, Willys Do Brasil, to name but a few. I could go on, and on, and on...

I'd like to see it too. At the same time, I suggest a motorcycle section to be introduced.

Shhhhh...

Can I have that engine now?

Chip Foose has it.

Playboy.