Allan31

Thanks all for the warm welcome. As I'm sure has happened to many of you, after I spent hours bending solder for headers, tubing for exhaust pipes and complete roll cages, hand lettering decals and markings, resin casting my own wheels and tires, I find I am directly responsible for complete kits being issued soon after my completions. etc.,etc.... And this is the main reason we still do not have this classic Peter Gregg Porsche in kit form yet, I haven't finished it....

HA !....Doming block, perfect. Thanks all, some wonderful suggestions. A shame MV is no longer. I think I read somewhere the owner of MV was in the service and was deployed but did not return. If others know more, would be interested to find out.

Thanks everyone !! I forgot about the Plastruct. Living the hills and woods with no hobby shops near means an Amazon order will be here Monday. I may get a package of assorted welding rods and see if any of those work. I'm thinking I should be looking at the ABS and PVC.... But oh-man, that Plas-T-Rod was the perfect stuff..... Thanks again, I will do a post about my experiments.

Once upon a time, in a hobby shop far, far away, we used to be able to buy from "Auto World" this stuff they called "Plas-T-Rod". It was dark grey in color, smooth, stiff but bendable without breaking (like styrene breaks) and was perfect for roll bars and entire roll cages. Without resorting to solder wire, what are we using today, and better yet, what was that Plas-T-Rod stuff anyway and can we get more?

So with the apparent demise of MV headlights, what, if anything are we using these days for the big lights required for 70's Le Mans type cars? At LEAST this size... They sure looked great when new but now the older builds have turned orange or brown......

Wow. I've just spent days roaming around here and I'm amazed I haven't found you all before now. I've been building models since I was a little kid. Aviation, armer but then not too many cars. I left model building about the age of 15 when I discovered real cars. I have always been fascinated by auto racing. When I was about 9-10 years old in the 60's, I had my first visit to Lime Rock Park and it's been down hill ever since. In the 80's, I got my competition license and raced Formula Fords on a limited shoe string budget. I was surrounded in the paddock by beautiful Ferraris and Porsches and realized I will never be able to afford those but if went to the hobby shop I could have a GT40 for about $12.00. Back then there was little or no aftermarket decals, no photo-etch, no resin cast race parts, I did everything with press-type and Bondo. I still have the first ever race car model I built then, Revell GT40 with my own hand made markings. Over the years I've collected almost every one of the UMi, Teapot Graphics and Fisher race car resin they ever produced all now waiting patiently to see the light of day. I build 1/24-25 scale. I finish them post race with rubber and grime. I build "curb-side" as working hoods to show engines always seem to break after a while. Looking forward to sharing future builds with you all.

Hi Bill, Just found this by searching the www. Is there any way you can print me a copy of the birdcage? I would love to add it to my collection of race cars. The resin Aardvarks are unobtainable. Does or did Bill Cunningham print a complete kit? That would be even better. Allan