OldNYJim

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I do, yep!

Got my RR! It's signed too!

Meanwhile, reissued Rommel's Rod kits are back in stock (in Tom Daniel's store anyway...) tomdaniel.com/td_store/signed_model_kits/signed_kits_pages/td_mk.031_rommels_rod_18.html Just ordered mine! Exciting!

Someone on the Coffin Corner posted this today: "Just got this off FB today ???? GOOD AFTERNOON everyone ! Some cool news to pass on , straight from the man himself ( Mr. Tom Daniels ! ) The new Revell Germany merger will have a separate line called :Revell USA LLC. They will be releasing in the first 1/4 of 2019 the TDs classic's " Baja Bandito " and " Rommel's Rod " Also east coast model co. ATLANTIS , who recently purchased some old toolings from the Monogram plant in Illinois , will be releasing many old TD monogram kits ( many rare ones we have not seen for sometime ) Starting with the "Ghost of the Red Baron" and the "Lil Red Baron" snap-tite ! This is all good news for the hobby we love !" http://coffincorner.proboards.com/thread/20493/atlantis-model-revell-tooling-stored?page=1&scrollTo=190551

Urgh, that's why Grandma keeps sending me those terrible kits ?

I posted a link up to this thread on the site anyway so everyone can see - its SO cool man, nice job! That thing with the passwords suddenly not working is a known Proboards issue - a bunch of members on there have got locked out before and had to make new accounts

Those guys are good at what they do huh? You TOTALLY did this justice! I saw the pics on the Coffin Corner, but then when I went back to comment they'd gone...I think they got moved and I can't find them or you deleted them maybe? Anyway, GREAT build dude, absolutely amazing!! Love the paint, and you've really captured the look and all the detail of the 1:1!

I've been wanting to build a full-detail Mk1 Miata (or a Miata NA, as Mazda called them) so I picked up a Revell kit a little while back and started messing with it this week. The detail is pretty good - not as crisp as the Tamiya model of the same car, but this has an engine so it's the only game in town... This isn't going to be a quick build - I'm spending a lot of time researching and referencing to get it as nice as I can make it. I have a Mk2 Miata for reference, luckily, but there's some differences between the cars so I picked up some literature to help. First up, I shot some primer on the body to get an idea of how much work is gonna be involved in getting that as perfect as I can get it: You can probably spot some of the minor stuff this will need to get the body straight, but the main thing that bugged me right away is the fit on that hood: The panel gaps aren't even all the way around, and the front edge of the hood sits low compared to the pop up lights, as you can see. It should be nice and level, like this: Rather than just using filler to bring the hood up and level at the front there I decided to use a little thin styrene strip, which I'll attach here, where the knife blade is: Like so! A little preliminary fitting shows that the front of the hood is now at the right level...but some sanding reveals that it droops a little at the front edges: I added a thin coat of Squadron white putty, let it set and then levelled it out...I think that MIGHT have got things a lot closer - I guess I'll see tomorrow once I squirt some primer on there: Meanwhile, I got the engine halves together so I can what I'm gonna be working with here: I need to strip the chrome from the head, and clean up those molded in plug wires so I can run real my own: Got some great reference material to work from here luckily! I'm really gonna push myself on this build, see how good I can make it - so any pointers and constructive criticism from our wealth of super experienced builders very welcome! More soon!

Huh! Cool! I'll need to keep my eye out for one of these!

Just ordered some too! Thanks dude!

Huh! That's cool Mark! Where did you get yours?

What are the rear tires from BTW Pat?

Oh wow! Nice start!

I always assumed if the yellow car was the Badman the lavendar one was the Badgirl

I think the phrase you're thinking of is "Pobody's Nerfect" ?‍♂?

Yes!!! I'm never in a rush to finish a build...once I've finished it I can't build it anymore, so...

Brilliant! I can't wait to see some progress - get building! ??

I can't wait to see what you're going to do with this. Besides your normal super-clean building style, what do you have planned for this to really push it over the edge to do well in this contest? Lots of paint detailing, I assume? Interested to see how you tackle it

This post resonated for me more than the article. More often than not I'm DIS-satisfied with a finished build more than I'm satisfied. Perfection is the (unobtainable) goal...but trying to reach it is the fun part for me. Not even in a sense of pushing myself to do the best I can do...but trying to do the best ANYONE can do. I'm very unlikely to ever hit that peak...but it's much more satisfying to get CLOSE than to say "well, this doesn't look very good but at least it was fun". Not for me anyway.

Oh wow! Those are AWESOME! Fun!

I like the look of their sleeves, assuming you can slide the standard 23" wheel in there: https://www.hobbylinc.com/pegasus-23-sleeves-wheels-aluminum:tires-4-plastic-model-tire-wheel-1:24-scale-2398

Man, that body was ROUGH. The trunk opening looks like someone drunk drew the lines Good salvage work!

Can your buddy call the MTA next and get the trains working?

The Red Baron has a massive chrome gas tank hanging off the back of the chassis, and the Rommel's Rod has a big gas tank on the front ?