OldNYJim

Left work today and saw a coupla cool cars in the park opposite - they were having a little Friday afternoon car show! More pics here...

Pfft, those kids aren't even really playing those instruments

I really like that gold color - looking forward to seeing it on there!

The Levi's ad that I keep seeing lately is an insta-mute for me. It explains that people are wasting the world's resources by buying too many clothes...so you should buy some Levis and that somehow solves the problem?! That's about as hypocritical as when the food delivery service Grubhub used to constantly pop up ads asking me to donate towards meals for the poor. You're a FOOD DELIVERY COMPANY (who charges me 10-15% convenience charge for ordering, and takes 20%+ from the restaurant) worth four billion dollars - YOU donate some meals to the poor! I am the poor! ?

With the timber prices as they are now, that car's probably worth Veyron money ?

Paging @3dscaleparts(or anyone else with the right skills ?)

It just occurred to me today that this could be a GREAT project (and a decent seller) for one of the 3D print manufacturers...

That's a great tutorial - thanks for sharing Roger!

Absolutely outstanding work on this - really enjoying this thread!

Someone sure likes The Grinch ?

Interesting! I’d love to see a WIP as/when you get around to building this one, Kurt!

Coupla shims on the motor mounts might be an easy way to fix that...

Hey Claude! Ahhh! That’s why I recognized it! I couldn’t put my finger on where I’d seen that design before. Way cool! Wish I’d got it myself! Thanks for jogging my memory!

Perfect! Just the set of instructions I needed! ? (I’m not above trying to figure things out myself, but it certainly helps seeing what the experts did!)

This looks great right out of the gate - I really like those wheels especially! Good start Joe!

Nice find! I hadn’t seen that one before...is it based on a real 1:1? I’ve been adding to my weathering arsenal lately - I’d used my wife’s watercolor pencils so much that she was irritated at me always having them put away somewhere where she couldn’t find them (she’s a full-time artist, so I guess she needs her art stuff sometimes). Found a set of 72 (crucially with 10-15 brown and rust colors) for under $20, and also picked up some crackle paint that I’d seen used to GREAT effect in this old post: Excited to do another old and crusty build now!

I once worked for an artist in Brooklyn - most of my job consisted of signing ‘his’ signature on stuff for him and spray painting canvases and stuff for him. Was a pretty easy gig for good pay, until Covid happened and put a stop to it... Guess he’s signing his own autographs now ?

I’ve been wanting to try a build using the Deuce frame from the Revell 29/30 Ford kits instead of their ACTUAL Deuce frame, and with DSC coming up it seemed like a good excuse. Used an AMT Deuce roadster body and grille, with the Revell frame (zeed out front) and a Revell Hemi backdated with some older valve covers. Tried to do a fairly simple flame-job but still have something eyecatching and put my new lathe to good use making some parts where I could. Was a fun build - will definitely be trying using that NEW Deuce frame under a hot-rod project! Thanks for looking!

Well, I kinda got on a roll with this one over the weekend when I realized everything was painted and mostly finished being detailed and all I really needed to do was just glue it all together...pics Under Glass soon as I upload them!

That steering wheel is really impressive - I've been wondering if I had the skills (and equipment) to make one of these on my Taig. I suspect I DO have the equipment, but will be found lacking currently in the required skills...

Never mind - they're out now. Next dumb question for anyone who's going to be building one of these - what planning to use for the suspension components?

Came here to post that Model Roundup has them too...I'll be picking a couple of sets up for sure!

Get another body so you can do both!

I forget exactly which one it is, but one of the AMT Fast and Furious kits has Z-shaped driveshafts :D

AWESOME! I’ve subscribed to and lost-interest in the Motor Trend online thing a few times - I wonder if this is one of the shows you can watch for free?