John E. Bowers Jr.

I'm making some progress on this. I have the panel lines scribed, body side trim removed, and after some final sanding it will be ready for a primer coat to show me where I have messed up. I will have some pictures up tomorrow when we get done with this tropical storm stuff.

It does, and thank you! The story Mr. Johnson did on its history is great. It made me decide to do it as the "Dump Car" and I'll tell you why. The primary film car was shipped overseas. The one that Mr. Johnson founc clearly exsists and is in a museum. But the "Dump Car"... It is said that it was reassembled, but c'mon man, a car that was under that much water surley has been sold for scrap. This is part of the reason we all build models, to express our imaginations, right?!

Great pictures Gregg, thanks. A wealth of ideas got my model building creative juices flowing... You see, I have three fully functioning brain cells! And don't stop farting in public... Chicks dig it!!!

So did I untill I did some rsearch. I'm probably gonna buy the dvd to see for sure. I'll keep you postrd on the buildup.

This one is looking great Ron!

I'll take two just for the box... That art looks good, man!

I'm going to attempt a replication of the Porsche 928 that was used in the movie Risky Buisness. I believe that the car is a champagne color with a tan interior. Im gonna be mixing up two kits... The Fujimi will be the most of the donor for this project since its body seems to be more perfectly proportioned than the Revell. I'm not sure if the movie car had a sunroof so I filled the kit one. I'll keep ya posted...

Mike- I'm fairly sure the transmission pan is from the kit. Since the street rods of today usually have an element of luxury to them, I removed the four speed from the 428 and mated the one that was original for the '32 kit. The distributor is original to the 428. It begged to have the posts drilled out so I used a .021 drill bit in a pin vise for the .020 solder used for the wires.

Guess nobody likes my Easter egg! Ed- how was the nationals? any pics?

Outstanding job on this whole build! The wheels are going to be perfect. Fantastic job on an old issue!

Thanks Ed. This has got to be a stay at home weekend. Kind of like 'life is in the way'.... I'll be out and about in no time though.

My stash is in the basement, within arms reach... I have a pretty cool area set up to be my personal space where nobody's gonna bother me unless it's important. I've got a few kits that will take me years to build and am still gathering more. And a Fathers Day card I recievd from my son last year... I guess I qualify as a redneck!!!

I don't do many street rods or hot rods, but my eyewitness views of the ones built by Lyle Willits have encouraged me to lean a little towards that genre for a short while. This is one that I had envisioned as something in a color other than red, but not to look like an Easter egg. Guess what I wound up with... An Easter egg looking hot rod! It's obviously not quite finished. So far, the paint is Testors M/M Bright Yellow on the lower and the same Testors M/M Dusty Rose Pearl over top covered with Boyds Super Gloss Clear and then polished a little bit. Plans are to seperate these two colors with a gold pinstripe. The engine is a 428 Super Cobra Jet from a 1969 Shelby GT-500 with headers scratched out of .062 silver solder, but I have not yet come up with a way to make convincing collectors for them. This thing is roughed out and I know it needs some finish work, but I thought you guys might like to see it before it hits the shelf. Some BMF, side mirrors, engine detailing and tire scuffing are in the works. See ya in the Under Glass section soon...

Looking really good Ron. It would be a cryin' shame to cement the hood closed on this one! Maybe the AMT 1970 Impala could offer something here, although I do realize that it's very lacking in the 'fine detail' department.

Exceptional build! This one is perfectly done in every respect. Stance and wheel combintion really is perfect, These two really make or break a finished build in my opinion. Well done!!!

Thanks for the kind words Gentlemen! I managed to miss the latest mothly MAMA meeting so you guys right here are my closest connection to the 'outside' car modeling world. texasfunk: This model is in fact a Baldwin Motion. I just didn't want to mask it up with the B/M paint scheme. I have two sets of decals for my next ones. Slim: The battery terminal connectors are details that are molded into the battery, I just hit them with some silver paint. I'm not sure if this is a kit supplied part though. Daniel Peterson: Thanks for the high praise, it made me feel all warm and swooshy inside, but wait, it coulda been that burrito I had for lunch. This kit does have some very discreet headlight bezels molded in the buckets, but its hard to bring it out. I used some BMF and careful trimming under magnafication.

Can you guys tell that I like red?! This is one I built about three years ago. It's an AMT 1967 Impala built mostly box stock with an addition of some wheels from a Monogram Porche 90 4after drilling out the centers and adding inserts from an AMT 1969 Chevelle. Some wires on the kit supplied big block round out the build.

This is one I did as as a quick build, sort of a test bed for one I want to build as detailed as I can possibly make it. We'll wait for Old Man Winter to sette in before I attempt that one. The paint is Testors Transparent Blue airbrushed over a silver base coat, and it went on smooth. 'Lotta people don't like Testors, but I do. The wheels are from an AMT 1969 Chevelle and I think they look right on this car. The engine is box stock for this model, but I added some wiring and an air filter from Arrowhead Aluminum. Other than that... What you see is what you get.

Thanks man. The louver detail is actually a portion of the MCG P/E set. Had they not been included I would have easily overlooked this small but important detail.

I try to build my models as a vision of what I would have if only I could afford a 1:1 car collection. This Nova would look right at home in my garage. I started with the AMT kit, used an engine from a Revell 1969 Z/28 and a TPI intake from the parts box. The hood is a resin piece purchased from PSF Hobbies some years ago that needed a little "massaging" for a satisfactory fit. The wheels are also from the Revell 1969 Camaro. Paint is Testors Model Master Italian Red with a follow up in plain old spray can Testors Transparent red decanted and airbrushed. Finished up with the usual BMF and MCG photoetch emblems I think this turned out to be a nice shelf model:

Thanks for the kind words, guys! It was a fun build. The spoilers are from a 1969 Revell Camaro painted the way I remember my good friends' car back in the day... The rear was body color and the front was a semi-gloss black. I built this one from memory. Those were the days!!!

This one has been on the shelf for a while. The paint is Boyds Orange Pearl with Boyds Super Gloss clearcoat, airbrushed and then polished. This is a box-stock build with the exception of wheels and tires from a '32 Ford three window, MCG photoetch and some BMF.

It worked for me, and thats funny, I don't care who ya are! Hey Clay, I just want to say that I highly respect you for what you are doing. I work aircraft structural modification on the V-22 Osprey Flight Test program at Pax River, Md. and work with quite a few United States Marines. Some are Vietnam veterans, some Desert Shield/Desert Storm vets, some Iraq/Afghanistan vets and some active duty. 99.9% of them are of the highest caliber human beings I've met in my 47 years of life. So, thank you man, for being a United States Marine. Be proud. I've been told many, many times that I have earned the right to say to you... SEMPER FI, BROTHER!

I agree. This one makes me want to take the one I built and hit it with a sledge hammer. This guy does outstanding work in my own humble opinion.

I made my point of veiw on another forum, and I'll make it here, too. My own experience: I have participated in two contests and have attended one NNL event, ever. Both contest entries brought home second place awards and one Honorable Mention. At the NNL I was graced with a very prestegious trophy in the catigory of Replica Stock. Winning an award at an event where the viewers of all the models on the tables pick yours as a favorite is far more rewarding than winning something from a contest where there are three "judges" who can't seem to agree on anything. Considering that Tim is one of the original NNL crew, what he says goes. - I simply can't argue this point... I'm so new to the exposed and organized world of model cars that I'll admit that I don't really know about the past. But I stand by what I say.