Junkman

Hey, nothing wrong with it. Make another one.

Wow, we have Round 2 pplz in this forum? I'm impressed! Feel a bit like Moses must have when God spoke to him.

Tyres can pop, you know. The only really serious thing about it is that you can get seriously killed. But such is life.

There are no dumb models, but there are dumb people building models. As for you and your rig, I find it anything but dumb. In a never ending sea of yet another rat rod, it is a more than welcome relief. Very original and very tastefully executed. Bravo!

Whatever wasn't bombed out was raided by the occupying troops. As I said before little or nothing survived and if it did, it was taken out of the country if it was deemed of even the slightest value. Documents in a car factory certainly fell under this.

Hey thanks for the info. A factory fire or something is good. I would call it a World War which had the effect that Germany was literally pulverized. There is not much stuff which survived, practically everything pre-war German which exists today has been outside the country during this period.

To call 'Maschinengrün' "just plain bilious" is nicely put, but imo still an understatement. It makes split pea soup look good in comparison. Btw, the term translates to 'machine-green' and has nothing to do with machine guns, which were hardly ever painted. In fact, Maschinengrün is widely used on - well - machines to this day: The tip to ask the AACA or the CCCA is a good one! Thanks for that.

Sorry for the typo, but I also clearly stated M 24 II engine. I somehow doubt that a customer would have bothered to specify which colour his engine is being painted, or actually had the option. And if, only very few would have done so and why would they all agree on black? Most customers would have specified the body style, equipment and paint, and 70 of them bought only the chassis and had it delivered to their favorite coachbuilder. That most surviving engines are black nowadays may well have to do with the fact, that Reseda Green is not exactly an appealing colour, but doesn't clarify anything.

Since you brought up the subject, I'm actually quite surprised that these cars don't find the fancy they deserve with the resin casters. Considering what complex conversions they often come up with, milking the GTOs and 442s would appear to be a comparatively straightforward thing to do for them. But, alas.

I keep mine in a photo album, with these clear 'pages' to protect the photos. It works with decals too. No further treatment necessary.

Gents, What I would like to know is the correct engine colour for a Mercedes-Benz 540K {W29}, i.e. the M 24 II engine. And no, it isn’t as easy as it sounds, I did some research and cannot find a conclusive answer. Years back, I was told (verbally) by an elderly German gentleman, who allegedly worked as a Cartwright apprentice in the Sindelfingen factory, that black enamel was only used on 'exhibition' cars, while 'regular' customer cars' engines were painted DIN 1844 'Maschinengrün', which is RAL 6011 Reseda Green. Unfortunately, the gentleman has passed away a while back, so I am unable to discuss this issue further with him. But his knowledge of the actual paint norms and numbers would confirm the plausibility of what he said. He also claimed that all restored cars he saw had their engines painted black, which is incorrect in his opinion. Can anybody confirm/dismiss/correct this statement? Unfortunately, I can only find contemporary black and white photos or pictures of disgustingly overrestored cars on the internet. None of the latter's engines look anything near authentic to me, what with all this polished and buffed stuff on them. All of the restored ones are enamelled black. There is one picture I found of an engine which looks like the owner did not max out his Platinum VISA Card when restoring it and this one is indeed Reseda Green: Does anybody out there know the facts? Or has proper literature? All I come across is a boatload of hype and folklore about these cars, but very little facts. Cheers, Christian

I would be surprised if there weren't any Hot Rods in Bosnia. Honestly now.

Firestone Supremes out back won't last 10 miles with a 429.

It is a plastic model kit, gazeeks. Don't forget, it's just a bloody plastic model kit. By Jove, a friggin plastic model kit, not the Crown Jewels. Oh, the latter fact might actually make it worth the doh.

I think the last time any of these trucks were produced, the tools were with Heller in France. Now just don't ask. No, don't.

Is hryh8er banned yet?

IIRC, I tried to approximate the colour the car on the box had. But this is 35 years ago and I had a lot of drinks and god knows what since.

Right. Who has the ones I'm missing?

Here is what I got. Please don't judge the buildups. These must be among the first kits I ever built. they all need restoration.

There is no LeMans kit, but you could "lemansate" a GTO. Same with the Gutless. You could modify a 442 kit.

Yes, there is a Cougar kit. There also is a ca. '65 custom Corvette. I'll post pics later, when I'm at home. And entirely btw. would you like to include the truck kits too?

Unbuilt kits are meant to be built, built kits are meant to be restored.

The kit looks a lot better than the box art (?) suggests. A Tognotti's T comes to mind...

What do you use to cut diecasts?

This would make it a nice scale model of our real one though.