roadhawg

I've never seen them for sale seperately. The one I have came in an AMT Star Trek Enterprise D(TNG)with fiber optics. I think they were also in the Star Trek DS9 fiber optic kit. You can find these kits on Ebay, but they would be pricey for just the drill....maybe take the drill out and resell the rest? If mine ever stops working, I'm going to give up modeling. :o

Are they taking pre-orders, and will it come with a tiny monkey figure?

Absolutley gorgeous!

One of MY favorites is an electric pin vise. These things came in certain AMT Star Trek kits that had fiber-optic lighting, and I modified one to take a #76 bit. It runs on 2 AA batteries and you just squeeze the handle to make it run. It turns slow enough to not break bits, but fast enough to make drilling those wiring holes a breeze. I've been using it for about 10-15 years now.

Not taking time to eliminate the oil pan/transmission seam. I've seen some really nice models on here, built very realistically, but when you get to the underside pic, theres that seam! Plug wires that seem to defy gravity by shooting straight up out of the distributor and making a giant arc on their way to the plugs. I call this the "spider on the engine" syndrome, and the model would actually look better without any wiring at all. Another pet-peeve I have is seat belts, especially race cars. I have never seen a real race car where the driver got out, reached back in, routed the harness neatly over the back of the seat and the lap belts neatly over the side, and buckled them in the center. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, I'm just saying I've never seen it (been around a lot of race cars) and it's not likely. All of them I've seen are dangling over the sides of the seat, so the driver can easily get in without having to move them. Same deal with a 70's "period correct" street machine.....back in those days, the seatbelts were either shoved down in the crack, pretty much out of sight, or removed completley....NOT neatly stretched out across the seat. The only time you see that is at modern car shows or cruise ins.

I usually don't get involved in CBPs, but with a year to go, what the heck.......you guys have room for another here?

Ok, heres MY cheap tip......go to the hardware store, Ace, Home Depot, Menards.....whatever you got, and get a 3/8"X2" stovebolt, a washer, and a nut. About $1.00 total. Put a tire on the stovebolt, then the washer, then the nut, finger tight. Chuck this up in a 3/8" drill and you have a dandy little tire sanding tool. The taper of the stovebolt centers the tire. Some tires are too big, but this works on most of them.

I don't think that matters since they don't have a retail store anyway. If they did, I'd probably be loitering there on my days off!

You could start HERE. Personally, I use Diecasts And Decals. Whoever you choose should be able to tell you what you need to get your artwork print ready.

I thought about getting an Alps at one time, but for me, the most cost-effective solution to custom decals was to learn to do my own artwork (the most expensive part of getting custom decals made) and outsource the actual printing to someone that has an Alps. That way, I don't have to worry about ink, maintainence, parts, etc.

The toy guy is Noel Barrett.

That camshaft caught my eye too. Cool! I wish I was half as creative.

When I built that kit, I used Testors #1204 dark red and it looked close enough to me. If you want an exact match, check with MCW.

If you have a Hobby Lobby nearby, they carry Alumilite products and they have a starter kit that contains RTV, resin, clay, mixing cups, and instructions.....and with a 40% off coupon, its not a bad deal.

Ok, thanks. I'm building that car that's in the picture and that was the only decal that had me stumped. I'll check my decal stash, but I'll probably end up drawing it up and printing it myself.

Very nice indeed!

Very cool! Love the Bigfoot too!

This "3 second rule" might work ok under perfect circumstances.....both drivers paying attention to the road, perfect reaction time, perfect road conditions, etc, but how often does THAT happen? It usually takes the idiot thats 3 seconds behind about 2 1/2 of those seconds to look up from their cell phone.

Thanks. Checking them out now, probably have an order in within the hour.

No, not so much the lettering, but the tire itself. I build a lot of 70s era street machines, and I wish there was an easy source for tires ranging from an F-70/14 up to an L-60/15. I'm tired of robbing kits just for tires. Oh, I know Modelhaus has a few, but when I want tires, I want 'em now, not 4 to 6 weeks from now. Sorry for getting off topic....me shut up now!

Wow....thats really nice!

Very nice indeed. This has made me decide to go pick up a couple of these kits. Thanks!

Yeah, they're gettin' to be a dime a dozen, but finding good 60 and 70 series tires to use with them, thats another story......hint, hint.

Bingo, thats it! Thank you!!!

Sorry, best I can do.