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Brave work! Slicing and dicing is so much fun that I just can't force myself to finish all the little details because a new S&D idea has enthralled me.

Bugatti Atlantic 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Alfa Romeo Canguro Cisitalia 202 coupe

A beauty! Was this based on 1/1 photos?

Curse you, Mr. Engwer. I was already to use my resin copies of the AcMin Vette Webers vertically on my Al Groom tribute custom. Then I read this topic. Oh well, back to the workbench. Your good info was appreciated.

Such a wild assemblage of crazy pieces! The excellent weathering helps hold it all together as an almost believable vehicle. Great work!

Very realistic!

I might go with the Aurora/Northstar DOHC from (I think) the Shelby Series 1.

Just another great Cruz build!

I love looking at super builds like those by John Teresi, Bill Geary or Bill Stillwagon, but I'm not going to stop building because I'm not as good. My hat is off to anyone who builds model cars.

Great OOB build! I had to dig mine out of the stash. How did you get the louvers looking so good?

No, but it was a crowd favorite. If memory serves, Al Groom wasn't trying to compete for the Most Beautiful prize.

When I saw a photo of Al Groom's Ridler entry, I just had to make a model of it. Of course, I'm not building a replica, but a custom interpretation. Here is his, followed by the pieces I have made or selected for mine. Only the front suspension and partial roll cage (NASCAR), the PU box sides, part of the frame, the back of the passenger area, and two styrene sheets below the 1950 Ford PU hood are not my own resin castings. My intention is to actually finish this build in time for the 12 May MAMA show. I still haven't decided which wheels to use for the dually rear. I don't plan on doing a distressed patina paint job, but, who knows.

Salvinos JR Company is releasing a kit of this car. See http://www.spotlighthobbies.com/sajrmobubagg.html for more info.

Salvinos JR Models is a new styrene car kit company with a website and one model, a NASCAR, listed. The MAMA newsletter (excellent!) quotes them, and was where I discovered this. Hopefully they'll be doing more than NASCAR. $40 for an injection-molded kit with 128 parts from a new company! Buddy Baker's Grey Ghost 1980 winner is the car.

Well done! The bits of bright color really set this one off and give the car pop. Great detail everywhere. I remember that issue . . .

It is wonderful to see such well-executed creativity, and such a fun subject!

Super sanitary! Great build!

After I posted this, it finally occurred to me that, as Mr. Littman pointed out, styrene molding tools don't like hollow cylinders. Sorry to have taken anyone's time. I didn't consider that military modelers deal with smaller tires.

And of course there is the Fotki disaster.

Would anyone else be interested in kits having styrene tires again? This would allow multiple sidewall alternatives to be included fairly cheaply. And eliminate rubber rot and chemical interaction problems, and probably enable better tread detail. Also, it would allow more customizing possibilities. For myself, I prefer painting my resin tire copies for improved realism. I would not suggest this for starter level kits, only more advanced ones.

Simply superb builds!

Really excellent!

I agree. When I saw the first photo, I thought "he overdid the rat rod patina!" Put some outrageous wheels with rubber band tires under those strange fenders and it would have been outstanding. Well, it would have stood out.

An unusual build - great!

Definitely a good TROG car.