SpeedAndViolence

I was not able to send them any artwork. So I just sent them a link to a photo gallery of the car I'm basing my project on. 99% of the decals on the car are sponsor decals, so I assumed (maybe incorrectly?) that would be easy. Find the company logo, trace it, make it solid black, boom, done. In fact, the only deviation from what I wanted other than what was already on the real car, was changing the '429' to a '520', to rep a 3D printed 'John Kaase' block.

For those that are interested, I called them today and was told that the artwork for my decals is complete, and that all that is left is to size them for printing (my words not theirs) and I should expect to hear back from them within the next couple of days. ( I'm assuming proofs of the art prior to being sent to print?)

Not to derail the thread here, but your "Greenwood Corvette" comment piqued my interest. 🤔 Care to elaborate?

This is fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing this Bill! I was wanting to go a bit further than just adding fender flares. I'm wanting to build something heavily influenced by the SCCA Trans-Am series, with a bit of Pikes Peak International Hill Climb sprinkled in, but restrained, and equipped with modern components. And this is exactly what I was looking for to do that.

Nice work! Ever figure out what caused the paint issue on the original?

I've purchased from Hooligan in the past.. 5 Stars for: Communication Customer satisfaction Shipping As far as quality, being one of my first purchases of 3D printed products, I'm not sure if his quality is lacking, or maybe I was expecting slide-mold injected Tamiya plastic. Your mileage may vary. What I was not happy about was the diameter of the wheels. They looked fantastic in the photos, but in reality *much* to big for my taste. To my dismay, Ive realized to my financial detriment, that the ideal wheel/ tire sizes I'm looking for are are scaled 18 or 19” fronts and 20 or 21" rears. What I believe I bought were the equivalent to 21" in fronts and 23" or 24" rears...

Very very cool... Thank you very kindly for sharing that Gary! Off to look for some Evergreen sheet now. 😁

Sky vermin... Rats with wings. The amount of fecal matter a group of 5 or 10 can leave behind is unbelievable, and they are rapidly overpopulating. They're disgusting. Would not surprise me one bit if some sort of pandemic 'bird flu' strain originates from Canadian Geese.

Nice work so far! Very impressed with your scratch building skills. How did you execute the large metal overhead door?

Anyone know if the above contact info is still valid? I have money to burn...

Nice work! I have a 58 Edsel Sedan Delivery I'm stalled on, but I'm not sure how to tackle the interior sidewalls aft of the back seats. . Keeping an eye on this!

Watching...

No more WIP Pics? Seriously? I was watching... Living your best life based on 'likes' or what you perceive as 'interest' to others, is a dark, lonely and miserable road. Post anyway... Im confident that there's way more interest in your work than you realize. I don't have this kit yet, but I'm planning out my project for when it shows up at my mailbox, and what you are doing is more than likely the same thing I'm going to have to do to attain the look I'm going for on my build. I'm going for something like this: Keep posting my friend!

Very cool! Been wanting to build a 250 GTO myself.

Chat GTP is absolutely crazy... I threw out a couple of project ideas based on Dave Kindig's build style..... and....just.....well.... My brain melted.

I recently ordered from him (approx 3mo ago?) and received everything in a timely manner. I will say though, in one instance I put everything in the 'cart' on the website and then got sidetracked and forgot to pay. When I returned, my cart was empty. He actually called me(!) to verify that I was not having tech issues on the checkout end. We had a pleasant conversation and once I figured out everything I had in the cart previously, I paid and everything transpired as well as I could have expected. So no issues here.

Ok... I appreciate your concern. Thank you. I am going to give them time to return from vacay and get settled in before reaching out.

Yeah... I have been away from the hobby for close to 10yrs, but returned seriously about a year ago, and this is the first I've seen/heard of the S & M Cuda! I'd definitely pick one of those up if I seen it on a shelf somewhere... Edit: They're currently pulling $125 on Fleabay. Speaking of FOMO and Fleabay... I have no problem spending that and more on decently detailed or curbside OOPTamiya/ Hasegawa/ Fujimi, or a cast resin Studio27/Profil24/ Alpha Model kit, but to drop that kind of cash on a OOP Revell/ Monogram/ AMT kit, is really hard for me to justify.... Does that make me wI3rd? 😂🤣

Very nice! Thanks for sharing! I could actually see myself building that without any modifications at all!

Have another photo available? Link is dead.

I wish I myself could do that. I'm sure that's the preferred way to get your decals quickly. In my instance however, I made it known that I was unable to provide that, (nor do I have the time at the moment to invest in learning to do so), but he agreed to help and sent me an invoice, at which I promptly paid.

Not even a primer/sealer will work? I thought that was the whole point of using a sealer?

Thank you. I appreciate that. I deleted my FB account as well, so phone and email are my only contact options that I am aware of. Full disclosure...their phone number is in every email I received, but making a phone call vs sending an email (and this is solely my opinion) presents the attitude that I am throwing a tantrum and demanding to be at the front of the line ahead of everyone else in the queue. And that is absolutely not how I want to be perceived as a customer. It's just decals. I was happy to pay upfront because of all the positive statements made about STS. And because of those (and additional positive statements made in this very thread even! ), I would much rather have a sheet of sharp looking custom decals, instead of a refund. I paid, honor your agreement. That's literally all I'm asking.

Thought I found a way to get away from the ads, but silly me, they were back in 10min.. *sigh*