novadose71

Both of those look great so far! I bought the kit but unfortunately won't be able to start on it anytime soon, too many other projects going, but it will stay close to the top of the pile. Meanwhile I'll watch yours and all the others.

Pretty sure I'm not Jairus, but thought you might like to see some of the conversions we did for our club display last April, we started in December. I built the white one, and helped with the display base. I posted some of these a while back. A few might be in negotiations to be resin cast in the not to distant future. If it happens I'll post it here. BTW the snowflakes were made with the Kit rim and tire and around 50 other plastic bits each by an obsessive club member, would be nice to have these cast too. Later

Very nice Enzo. Great pics also.

Cool. I agree with your choice of wheels and I don't think you are gonna see another 350Z with them on, unless someone see's how good they look on yours.

Twist away

That was a dramatization of sorts but I always keep a bottle of Rain-X in each of our vehicles. I don't use many acrylic paints, whitewalls and lettering,amber and red lenses mostly, never sprayed it on a model. Sprayed a lot of latex in homes and industrial, might try it in these situations sometime. Have you had any fisheyes in your paint, acrylic or otherwise? That's what I would be afraid of. I could see it making cleanup easier.

Thanks for the kind words. The figure is a Jimmy Flintstone prepainted I think. Bill "maverick"Golden maybe? He's supposed to be flashing the peace sign, but he lost his middle finger somewhere. In my haste to get to bed while posting I forgot to mention this. The re-issue came with a resin one piece hood with sides that fit like......well you know. I used the hood and hoodsides from an older 32 roadster, it was yellow and came with wire wheels (1/24 Revell maybe), smoothed the louvers, I think the grille shell came with the Crate. Well I glued it into a one piece and made it fit. Worked pretty good except I forgot to make the holes in the hoodside, like the original, for the velocity stacks to breathe. Oh well, it doesn't run anyway

Built shortly after re-issue came out. Alway's wanted one in my case. Automotive urethane base/ PPG clear. Can't recall what color I started with, but added extra pearl and some HOK tangerine candy intensifier to base coat. Fiddly little thing, got some superglue gassing frost on some of the chrome, but I don't care. Enjoy

66 Chevelle Wagon for parts for $8 . I allready built one OOB. And a Hot Wheels radar gun for$12, it actually works,1/1 and 1/64 speed, it's for my kid for Xmas so I'll have to wait till then to use it. I love clearance shopping.

Try it on your windshield, you can tailgate big rigs at 80 mph in a driving rain with your wipers off,I've been doing it for yearsHAHA

No kidding. That front stub looks killer, it's almost too bad it get's a body.

Me too. I like how it incorporates the vintage style grille/split into the Camaro bumper fascia. Keep it goin'

Hi Rob S. here, from Neenah, WI for the last 11 years, grew up in Iowa, two miles from the Mississippi river. My dad is and grandpa(r.i.p.) was a car guy/farmer/mechanic/model builder/toy collector so it's all in my blood no matter how hard I try to get it out . Been building since I was 5 or 6, to date myself that's closing in on 30 years building now. Only a few short lags in building in that time, mostly in high school when my downward spiral into drugs, alcohol and everything associated became a priority, I should have been focusing on school a bit more(duh), I might have graduated and not gotten kicked out(I did eventually get my GED thanks to my future wife's nagging ). In 1996 I was 23 and newly married with a fresh baby boy, which gave me the kick in the rear I desperately needed. Building models(my surrogate addiction) has helped me keep my focus, and my hands busy. After my son was born, we moved to WI, some trouble with the man helped to prod me up here. I was so tired of finishing drywall, so from 1998-2000 I went to Fox Valley Technical College for collision repair, and worked in a collision shop for 3 years during and after college. During this time I joined the Winnebago Auto Modelers, which really kicked my modeling up a few notches. Now it was time to put my diploma to work, enter my dream job, restoring vintage Ferrari's and Alfa's. I was lucky enough to work on some very significant cars in this area, and several Pebble Beach 100 pointers. This really helped hone my eye for detail,,,,,,, or else. During this time my daughter was born, she's just awesome. Anyway, I was in heaven for three years until the reality of the power struggle between the owners trickled down to the workers, and a lot of us started to seek other employment. I found a great job in the paint shop of the worlds largest custom emergency vehicle manufacturer, good bennies and pay, no more weeks of 18-36 hour work day(s) before the "big show", work doesn't come home with me anymore, much less stress and a lot more time for models and family. I enjoy just about anything with wheels(even vintage farm tractors), vintage stereo equipment, rock and metal music, and in my 1:1 world I have 2 early Honda CB750K's(stock and a chopper,my daily driver until the snow flies) one CB350, and a 71 Nova I'm gathering parts for that's in desparate need of a restoration, not to stock though. Currently my modeling consists mostly of our club build display(diorama) for the Milwaukee NNL, club challenges, and some commission builds(these help pay for my model fix). If I didn't have the club and commissions guiding my subject matter, I would be building mostly muscle cars and vintage sports and race cars. That's enough, I've gotta go build something.

I ordered 8 sets of wheels and a hood from Time machine resin last December. The parts sat in their bags until I got some Modelhaus parts a month ago. I then put all said parts in Westleys Bleche-wite tire cleaner for about 28 hours. While rinsing I noticed one, and only one, Time Machine wheel got soft like a Tootsie roll(yummy:). I contacted them, explained my mistake, and the only question they asked was for a shipping address. They sent me a full set of 4 wheels, and I had them in three days, faster than my first two orders. This is what customer service is and always should be. I would never hesitate to order from them again, already working on another order. Very nice stuff from both companies. Here's what I got: BTW Time machine DOES NOT use mold release on their parts, you only need soap and water to clean them, so don't use Westleys on them. Modelhaus '68 Cutlass 442 conversion kit Bumpers,grille,hood, and taillights All chrome is real nice too. Time Machine 68 Camaro Dana hood, and miscellaneous wheels

I bought one of those at a swap meet a few years ago and quickly looked through it and put it in storage with the rest of my unbuilts. Might have to dig it out, that engine looks good. I think I'd put it in a Meyers Manx buggy (vintage racer? ) , if my body was thrashed, which it's not, I hope. Great work.

Thanks for the input everybody, more is welcome as I have not yet purchased a camera. I went and played with an Canon s3 yesterday and I, too, am impressed, now I am going to check out other brands versions similar to the s3. I tried a Kodak z710 also and it worked well, and a little cheaper at auction too. I have been watching auctions for Canon s2, and s3 and as far as price goes, they're fairly close. I am going to have to spend a little more than I planned for one of these plus accessories, but I think I will be glad I did, if I do. I'm going to go try some more out in an hour or so. Anyway, thanks again and go build something!

I have been using a friend's Kodak Z730 camera for awhile and finally have some money I can spend on my own. The Kodak takes nice pics, and the 5 megapixel's seem to be enough, but I don't like having to buy the special kodak battery(haven't priced these yet) when you can buy AA batt.'s anywhere. I want to keep the price under $200, the ones I have seen around this price seem decent. Any brands/models to look (out) for? What are some good features to look for? Any Quirks? How long can I expect the battery to last. The Lumix camera's seem to pack a lot of bang fer the buck, are they any good? It will mainly be used for still shots and closeups of models, 1:1 cars etc. and I will also use it for general family use, and some trips to Road America, but I can sacrifice in these area's for better closeup features. I am researching this anywhere I can get info, mostly on the web, and since you guys take the same type of pics, I value the opinions from here. Any advice given will be most appreciated. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU See, I told ya I'd appreciate it.

Nothing special, quick build to fill space in a club diorama. Out of box except wheels from 67 chevelle SS and I added tailgate glass. Used up some old half full cans of lacquer touch up paint. The kit decals had a 1/16? yellow stripe around the woodgrain, I don't know why they chose to print that on there, kinda limits paint color choices, so I trimmed that off. I like the way it looks, hope you do too.

Thanks for the link. Just went there. Dude has a heck of an imagination, cool stuff indeed.

Very realistic. I really like your weathering and details.Great job.

I'd love to have that on my shelf. Nice job.

Thanks for the comments guy's. I was born late 72, so I have little memory of this. Yes the Clark station was all scratched, pumps too, not by me though. Check out the scratchbuilt fluorescent lights. Same guy built the fire station, w/living quarters and a kitchen,dishes etc, wish I had some pics of that. And a yet to be discovered cutting edge panty designer lives above the bar, her time wouldn't come for ten years or so. The bar patrons don't seem to mind though.

Maybe one of the fearless leaders, or someone else can help save the day.

Shortest real or model ever. Don't care either way, that thing is sweet!