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Good looking Lincoln, Nathan. The two-tone blue sets it off perfectly.

Beautiful Lambo. That colour just rocks. Suits the build perfectly. And the photos are excellent, too. Interesting, moody lighting that really works with this car and colour. Very well done.

Love the modifieds. Nice looking collection.

Beautiful Merc, Bil. Tidy work. Love the colours. It's a shame that with the chopped top you can't see the interior colour, which I though were particularly cool. Enjoyed the build thread, too. Nice work.

I agree entirely. I'm not sure what oldracer is referring to, but the stuff in the old familiar red & white Testors tube is absolutely plastic-welding cement. Any one who has struggled with ripping apart an old glue bomb, or as a kid, having used too much of it to glue in the windows only to have the roof develop some unsightly divots weeks later, can attest to that. He also suggests it's not available in Canada, but it is certainly readily available on the East Coast.

I bought one of these decal squeegees on a whim when making a large order with HLJ. I actually expected it to be kind of pointless, but it has proven to be a real gem. I was struggling with all of the thin pinstripe decals on a JPS Europa when I remembered this thing lurking in my tool box. It really saved the day, and earned it's keep immediately. It comes out now anytime I am applying a decal larger than a contingency sticker.

Being a race car, are you working under tight time constraints?

Welcome to the forum, Scot. A great place to dive back into the hobby.

Welcome to the forum, Bill.

Very, um, interesting. Gotta love the creativity. I had seen photos of it before but knew nothing about. Interesting read. With improved engineering and a good bit of stylistic help it could be kinda of cool. I would love to have seen some interior shots and structural details, and would like to know how he worked out the steering for correct Ackerman.

Could be. I always thought it might be more of a chemical experiment. Lysergic Diethylamide, in particular. Or perhaps psilocybin, too.

Too cool!

Fantastic collection of wreckers. Nice work. When I build one it will be a '69 Ford. That face just works as a wrecker. And thanks for your endorsement of the accuracy of the kit equipment. That's very good to hear.

Just superb! That is a lovely delivery. Looks great as a '37. Excellent model building.

Well that was cool. That must be about the wildest and most eclectic group of cars to gather in one place. To see them out there slipping around on the ice and snow is surreal. If this event was nearby, I'd have to have a go in the Europa. It would be a fun day, and a very cool group of cars to mingle with.

When I used to do a lot of mechanical work on other people's cars I avoided Haynes manuals whenever possible, at least for American cars (their manuals for British cars seemed to be better). Chiltons were everywhere, had comprehensive coverage, and were very well done. The absolute best were MOTOR manuals, if you could find one. A proper trade-worthy manual. I still have a few out in the garage. In the late 80s I was selling a tape deck to a friend for $30. He showed up with the money, but then waved a like-new MOTOR manual for '72-'75 American cars in my face and asked if I would rather trade. You betcha! Perhaps the best thing about Haynes manuals is that they cover many subject that the others did not, especially specialists books. The only manual I could find for Stromberg carbs is a Haynes, brilliant in some ways and completely misses the mark in others. The black & white on newsprint quality paper doesn't help. But, who else produces a manual for bizarre subjects like the Lotus 49.

Cool! Nicely done. It's good to see one of these built. This was one of my favourite kits when I was young.

You must be getting tired. Here, let me bump this for you...

Man, that's looking cool!

I wish more vendors did this.

Welcome to the forum, John.

Welcome to the forum, Me. Nice colour on the Mustang.

Does anyone know how to browse Chimneyville products? I can't find a website and google is being typically useless, tossing up all kinds of random ebay ads, etc.

Fujimi 250 GTO decals

Great run-down. Very helpful. I have the Protar and the Fujimi in the stash. I've wondered how they compare. Hopefully one day at least one of them will get built.