Scott Colmer

That is a sweet firebird. The side pipes and rims make it perfect for the era. That's when I was in high school, the best cars looks like that. It was a great time to be a young gear head. I had a one off - bugeye sprite - but ran with the Charger, Mustang, and Camaro crowd. After high school I bought a local owner 72 Grabber Maverick. Lots of fun. It was a small town so we all knew each other and there were even some local legends. Those were some great times. Scott

Some said tomato juice did not work but I will give it a try. Worst case is I'll crave spaghetti more than bleach blonde hair. Thanks Pete.

Last night we got skunked. Whole house and both dogs stink. Spent most of the evening washing dogs with hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. Four rounds and she still stinks. At least all the doors on my civic open. - from both sides. One forward , two back.

My 98 Honda Civic transformed itself from a 4 door to a 1 door car over the course of a couple years. Turns out Honda makes a great and enduring car except you evetually can't get into it anymore. It started with the left rear door. It would open from the INSIDE only. Here's the fun part. So I show my wife. "See how the handle on outside does not open the door?" CLUNK, CLUNK, nothing. Then I reach INSIDE and open the door. She looks down at the child safety latch in the door sill, says "Oh this is the problem", throws the latch and shuts the door. Door # 1 out of commission. So the kids get in on the right side of the car for about a year. Later this year, my brother in law is over and I am telling him about my unuseable door and how it got that way. We are having a good laugh at my wife's expense. I take him out to the car,and the with perfect timing rear door # 2 will not open from the outside. We work on the doors and I did manage to undo the safey latch with some bent wire slid down the jamb from the inside. Turns out a plastic clip has worn out on both rear doors. No time to fix it now. Just open doors from the inside. Doors 1 and 2 partially working. Three weeks ago, my oldest comes in the house and tells me the driver's door will not open. I say "From the outside only right?" He says "Nope. From either side." Huh? He was right. So I go on line and find out that this is what Hondas do. With one door left to get in the car I am getting nervous that we may find ourselves evicted by our own car. I order the driver's lock mechanism and the little plastic parts for the rear doors. While I wait for the time to fix the doors, I drive the car. How fun to open the passenger door and fold my 6'1" 214lb 51 yo self into the front, trying not to have a life changing experience with the e-brake handle. I had to do this TWICE when I took a client to lunch. I could have added to the most embarrasing car thead. Finally, the free Saturday comes. I find a post by a guy who actualy got the drivers door open. It's a good post and he says it is a bit of pain. Understatement. After four hours of being balled up in front of my Honda civic on a 90 degree day, removing a inner door panel with the door closed, I push the unseen pin inside the latch mechanism and the door casually falls open as if it was saying "Whaat?". I celebrate with a complete throwdown of "That's right! You MY b>>ch now! YEAH! That car is going 300K whether it likes it or not! Scott

Ant update. They are gone. When the weather cools down the go back home. I did do some reseach. If you kill them outright, the queen just makes more. The traps are the best way to go. The sugar traps will kill of the workers, that's what the queen feeds them. The traps that have a fat draw will get fed to the larve. I am thinking a Borax and maple bacon breakfast would be in order next time the weather warms up. Couldn't find anything about them bringing out the dead. Scott

Wow. Thanks for the tips! In spite of my omni-potent efforts I can not train them. If I could they would be wiring distributors for sure. I will try customizing one of the little guys. Those clear traps work best inside. I will drop one near the bench. Those cicadas are gnarly. Glad they like it in the east. You are also right about the spiders. Found this young lady in the eaves near the back door on my monthly hunt. Hosted on Fotki So why not use her for inspiration. I really want to build this one day. ALL black with a big red hourglass rear window. Hosted on Fotki

Hey Bobby, Great build! The rims and tires really set this apart. Since I am familiar with all your stuff, I know you have even wilder creations in the wings. Can wait see you bring them out. Welcome aboard my friend. These guys are in for a treat. Scott

Why are there ants always appearing on my workbench? I never have food there, but one or two will always be running around. Sometime I flick them off, some times they get squished. And they are fast! I am waiting for the day one draws me to damage a finished piece. And here another thing. I am working away on a small part of some sort and out of the corner of my eye here comes another ant. It has something. It comes up to the right side edge of the bench and drops ... the body of another ant. I'm like what is this? Some offering? Then it did it again. There, got that out.

I like making things.

My dad loved oddball cars. He brought one of these home and parked it in the back yard for a few years. It became our teenage aquarium until he got it running. Not fast. Lots of fun. The suicide doors were always a thrill when one flew open at 35 mph. Any one of us could lift the front end by the bumper. And we were pretty scrawny. Ahhh, good times. Great model, Al. You did a good job with it!

A fantastic build start to finish. One of the best re-interpretations of a Deals Wheels kit I've seen. Excellent execution as well!

"Play with yourself for hours" Haahahahahahahahahahahah. Tee hee. Heee.

A couple bought a storage locker for 100.00 and found it inside. Yuuuup! Actually does work as a sub. Wow factor!

Amazing. Love watching the master craftsmen at work. Checking in every day.

Amazing craftsmanship, Mark. Thanks for letting us follow along.

Wow David! This is a great rebuild of this kit. I really like the front blower and body mods, Scott

This is a great build. Good idea on the body panel stays. You should have a very clean package when you are done. Looking forward to each update.

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OK, here we go. As Tom said, even if you can't build them all, it's fun to own them. These are older pics, but there have been only a few additions in the last few years. Most of them are reloads from when I was a kid. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Been there too. My first e-bay buy was a Tony Nacy triple kit. Then off it went. Seaching every day. Got manual sniping down to an art. 1 to 2 boxes arriving on a regular basis. I even started getting things I forgot I bought. Only had 2 bad transactions in that whole time. Filled my collection to the brim. I hardly buy any kits now. Good times.

I started building models very young. One of the stories my parents tell and retell is how I learned to read so I could read model car instructions. My brother had decided he did not want to read them to me anymore. Not sure how true that is, but it could be. I can say that when I finally got a real car, I knew what most of the major assemblies were and could rebuild an engine following the instructions in the owners manual. Then there is the fabrication and repair that needs to be done around the house. Lots of model car training helps that too. I am working on the physics formula to determine the flight path of an unladen PE screw in relation to the compression of a pair tweezers and the necessity of the part. Overall, I would say a learned a great deal from working on model cars.

Very cool! All the right touches.

That is some skilled work on those headers. They are stunning. Fenderwell headers as soooo cool. It look like the engine is a monster crouching under the hood and bursting out the sides. I don't work on real cars much... Is it OK to have the master cylinder so close to the headers? Looking forward to more progress on the cuda. Another jewel! Scott

"But opinions and guessing, without actual knowledge, are the stock-in-trade of these kinds of threads." Psssssssssss . Sound of air leaving the balloon. I do agree with you Skip, but... how can we speculate if you want to deal in facts?