Gregg

*beer*

Of course, Tom

Mikee, Mikee! I know Mikee

Get that thumb worked up, it's a long hitchhike The check for five bucks is in the mail :-)

Me Me Me Me Me Me It's all about Me. Unfortunately, Mr. Watson won't be able to make it. Something about an audition for Lost or something like that

Boo, hiss, ughhh......

Will you be at the NNL East March 24? If so, please bring everything with you. I want to shoot them And the keys to my wagon, if you don't mind :-)

You must mean discomBOBulated

Couple of things I have noticed over the years of going to shows and seeing, what, probably over 25,000 models (yes, that's an underestimate, I'm sure). The first thing I notice on model cars is that even though great care has been taken to apply Bare-Metal Foil on all the correct and appropriate places, the prep work before applying the foil has been lax. I see this a lot in the close up photos I see, not only the ones I shoot, but that are posted here. There is a simple and easy step to get around this, and create a better-looking model in the process. The eye is by nature attracted to light. That's why we see red cars first, they, the color red which is the fastest color in the light spectrum (I won't go into the physics of science of this), pop out on the road, on the tables, in ads, etc. As such, bright chrome work on models attracts our eye. But, there is an inherent problem with this. I see a lot of good foiling techniques comprised by the lack of good prep work before the painting and laying down of the foil. What I try to do is to pay as much attention to the areas that will be foiled as the body parts that will get a super glossy paint job. The inner parts of the windows, trim areas, and other body parts that will be chrome usually don't get the attention they deserve. Before, the body parts in question would just get painted silver, end of story. But, with the addition of the fantastic chrome foils out there now, that happen to be so thin they pick up every nick, dent, dust bunny, and blemish, that as much, if not more, prep work has to be done to the areas to be foiled. That's why when you see models from Geary, Morton, Kustov, Downie, and others, they POP! The chrome is flawless, not full of imperfections and bumpy and all discombubaleted. That's Gregg's two cents for tonight. And yes, I BUILD MODELS!!!!!

Wow! Thanks, Miguel! I am really trying to twist Kelly's arm to get her to come to Puerto Rico this year. I hope so. I can't thank you enough for all your support and praise and help over the years. Mahalo nui loa

STOP IT!!!! BEFORE I SEND YOU ALL TO YOUR ROOMS!!!!!

Unfortunately, V-Bulletin is not free, but it is one of the ones I am looking at.

Guys, I have been trying to get eModelCars.com going for over a year now. It's an easy place to list model kits for sale, and best of all, IT'S FREE!! Yups, that's right, free, no charge to list, sell, or post want ads. Check it out. If it don't get better by the summer, I will probably close it down. I will start a small advertising campaign for it, but I have nothing to gain from this. It's all for the readers, you guys, I don't want or expect anything back. I hear all the time the complaints about the other sites charging so much. Well, here's the place to go to sell model kits. http://www.emodelcars.com

John, try from work now. I see what happened, it was a global ban to that IP, but I cleared it now. As for the deleting of posts, I am switching to new bulletin board service/software It should be 110% better. This free thing, well, you get what you pay for.

Does anyone know if there was a model of a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8T made, any scale? I am almost certain never had in plastic.

Michael, if it turns out there is none, and you are going to make one from the AMT kit, please take high res pictures of it along the way It may make a good article. I have a personal interest in the subject, so I'm biased

John's right, Revell made a 1/32 a while ago. Haven't seen or heard about a resin one. Will check into that That is a good idea though Used to have a real one myself

Tim's back!!!!!!! Incredible as ever, actualy, it is better than ever.

You must tell me more of Caddy, who, what, where, why, when, whatchamacallit, etc.

This would be a good question for that Ask Gregg & Jairus column, although I have my doubts about that Gregg guy......

Lyle, is that `49 Caddy a diecrap, I mean die-cast?

Roberto, give the office a call, tell em Gregg sent yah!

HEH! No flaming on this board! Read the rules...... :-) :twisted:

There is a mod that will let me change all the templates, but I have to learn that one next so much to do....

Thanks, Dave!