Scott Colmer

Pretty darn good when you consider this.... Take a look at this the small copy of this historic drag racing moment for sale. I saw this in a Hot Rod Gifts catalogue that came in the mail. Hopefully, this is not against the rules to post since the pic looks to be one that has been posted here before. If so, please delete. Scott Hosted on Fotki

This is awesome!!! Very creative! Scott

This is just killer. I really like the expanded metal brass-work as well. Lends great interest to the details of the chassis. Very cool. Scott

Wow, Art! This is really great stuff. I really like the guitar string rod ends! I'll have to try that one. Scott

I had a couple of those. I really like that decade. Sean - I also seem to remember you also did a tasty, tan sedan delivery. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Scott

Wow David! This is a excellent build. I really like the look of the shortened body. Excellent choice on the Offy. The entire chassis it great! Excellent fabrication work! Your interior is also a standout. How did you get the bends to stay in the headers? I have never been able to master that in styrene. I don't see flame marks. What are you using for glue on the body? I have found that testors liquid can create a pretty strong bond if applied to clean plastic with no gap and allowed to dry overnight. Another winner build for sure. Scott

Excellent progress! I am really liking this one.

I'll be watching too. One of my favorite subjects. The monsters of he salt. I only have one picture of the Railton car. The body was on, so your post was a treat. Scott

Yep. This is killer.

Excellent work, John. I too think this may me one of your best! Scott

Showing old builds? I can do that. This one was originally built in mid 1970 something. It was the picture box issue with lots of decals. In 1978 it got painted yellow and the hemi was installed. The tires stuck out in the rear and it had a snorkel scoop. In 1984 in one afternoon it got updated with a narrowed rear end and aluminum interior just to se if I could do it. It's pretty rough. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Scott

I'm looking at the one in front of the Rocket Cad. That;s a life size Slicks and Sticks wagon from the show rod circuit - I'll bet.

Broccoli Rings are the invention of Mr Strickland, Inventor and Christmas tree seller. The rings were injection molded, cone-shaped baskets designed to replace the rubberband that holds a bunch of broccoli together. We stacked them in boxes for shipping to the processing plant. At night because were were the grunts. It was my first job out of HS. 19 year olds left alone at night can be unproductive sometimes. Once we found a working sample of a ring on some broccoli that someone left in a truck for a few summer days. We spent the good part of a night throwing that stinky thing at each other. Got in big trouble when Strickland did the counts. Ah, good times.

Bet you had fun with that one on parent career day!

Great thread. 22 years ago I started out as a stripper working nights. No lie. but not what you think. It's a printing term for laying up flim before making plates. I first stripped for the Sacramento Bee. From there I took a job with a major commercial printer. I saw the stripping job was going digital and moved into Customer Service and then into Account Management. I ran the Sunday Comics account for several years. I got to travel accross the United States to the various plants that ran the job. When the newspaper industry went down hill, many of took back the printing of thier Sunday Comics. I am still with the same company - 20 years - but now I run more than one account. I started a teaching credential. Eventually I plan to teach special needs kids. I would also be fun to see a post on some ofthe oddball jobs we held along the way. One of mine was stacking broccoli rings at night. Scott

I was a mediorce high school student, preferring to work on cars to studying. I also was lucky enough that my parents were able to pay for college for me. It was important to my father that his sons be the first Colmers to get a degree. But it took me a looong time to get going in the right direction. I went to Solano JC in 1980 and unfortunatly upheld my same standrads. Then went to Diablo Valley JC - because a friend said there were babes there. That was pretty much a wasted year as partying was my focus. My grades went from mediocre to poop.So I went back to Solano JC and actually improved. At the end of that year, I had switched my major from Business to English. In 1983 I was off to Sacramento State college, It still took a while to get my feet under me, but by the last year I met a fantastic teacher who showed me just how much I could learn and understand. I also had friends with good study habit. That made a huge difference. The last year I was all As and Bs. We still had a lot of fun. Best years of my single life. That's another set of stories. I liked it so much I stayed in school - on my dime this time - and went on to get a MA in English to go with my BA. Turns out knowing how to write was a great help in a business career too. My brother also got his MA. Dad was pretty happy. He said that was our inheritance. Teach a man to fish. Scott

True, Harry. It stood about 8" high. However at the same show there were some figures smaller than 1/25 scale that had amazing detail as well. It is a combination of what you start with and how you paint them. My friend - his name is Scott Carter - said that the good ones do cost more. I showed him a Flintstone figure of a girl in a tight dress. I thought it was pretty good. He said it would take some clean up. He also pointed out that the indentations made for pupils would make it hard to paint good eyes on it. PS - I know Mike Good, although I rarely run into him these days.. He is a figure modeler to be recognized. If anyone can produce some really good 1/25th scale figures, he can. Scott

I was just talking to a friend of mine who is an professional figure painter about the need for some good painting tips for car modelers. One of his comments was that you have to start with a good figure first. I am hoping to get him to do some How Tos on figure painting. He said maybe in December. In the mean time here is a best of show from a figure contest we both went to. It was done by a gentleman named Rosenburg (cx Rosengrant - Thanks Matt). This this quality of figure would add interest to a model? Hosted on Fotki

To start I have to say it's good to hear from yet another youngster building models. I went through the same thing when I was in college. I did OK the first year. But that urge set in so I made a chassis out of flexible drinking straws. Then I got a brick of modeling clay and did a 1/8? scale flared out Bugeye Sprite. In my last years I gave in totally and made a travleing kit that I used to convert a Porshe snap kit to a sprite with a tube chassis. I shared a room with a friend who was not really happy about the dust. When he went home I mailed him some more just for the fun of it. You are not alone. Scott

Thank you all for the help! I checked the AMT kits on e-bay. They are a bit steep. I am building this on comission. I have to check with my client to see if he want to invest in a full kit. I am also concerend about the raised lettering on the valve covers. The resin kits don't seem to have that. I do not know if the AMT kits do. I am not sure how to create it. You would have figured Archer would have made raised letter decals by now.. The engine should stay clean. This is for a street rod. Take a peek above the manifold.I would post more, but I was asked not to publish. Scott

Well, I am excited. I have been dropping hints to the family, but they seem not go get it. Maybe I shouldn't make the kids watch old episodes of Overhaulin' when they don't pick up after themselves. (We call it "Overhaulin' points.) At least with my project there is ZERO tear down. I have always been a huge Foose fan. You can piece together a history of his career through the various episodes of RIDES. Impression (on DVD) is very helpful. He talks about some of his design ideas in that one. Consistency in elements and "takin' the ugly out" are a couple that come to mind. Courtney and Chris were ok with me. AJ just seemed uncomfortable until the last few episodes. How hard could this be..... I even have a windshield and hood now. Hosted on Fotki Chip? Hello Chip? ...Hello?... Hosted on Fotki The vision of the 59 Bugeye sprite.

Yes- The aero corvette show car did have a wankle at one time. The log engine in this thread looks to be a bunch of plates stacked together as a joke. There is even an extra end plate slipped in near the back. My high school car had a Mazda RX-3 drive line. A little porting and a Holley made it scoot. They probably would never last for 200k, but if you have ever been in a strong running bridgeported wankle, you would know why they are so popular. The idle is something else. And pull at 8 grand is pretty impressive. Hosted on Fotki Oh - I found these in my parts box. I have no idea where they came from. They look to be 4 rotors. Hosted on Fotki Scott

Art Shmart. Jim built a model. But not just a model.... I saw this when he debuted it at the GSL. With all the amazing builds on there tables, including past winners, I came back to this one. It won it's class easily. What I see is a VERY entertaining model built for model builders to enjoy. ("How did he do that?. Did oyu see this?" I only wish I would have known about the build thread earlier. All the detail and originality in this piece will make it a model to remember for years. Fun to look at and explore. Thank you Jim Fernandez. Scott

Exactly what Andy said. Seeing the pictures was great. Thanks Tim!

Greetings truckers. First, thank you for the lead on the PE piano hinges, they worked great. Now I need to find a V8 diesel engine. It's is a Peterbuilt and looks like this. As always, any help is appreciated. Scott Hosted on Fotki