Scott Colmer

Looks good Bernard. What color is that chassis? Scott

This is a great build. I really like the color. FYI- Tom still owns that vette. Scott

WOW! I passed this thread so many times. I finally took a look. WOW! What amazing building. Simply incredible. Scott

Howdy, Got the frame fixed to make room for the intake trumpets. I added motor mounts while I was at it. Almost ready for paint. Hosted on Fotki The magneto is finished and mounted. Also made spark plugs for the plug wires. Just got to wire her up. Hosted on Fotki Next project is to fabricate a shifter for that bangin' Hydromatic. Gotta love the HAMB board for having references pics on these. Hosted on Fotki Till next time. Scott

This one of the best build threads I've seen in a long time. Great stuff and an excellent model. Scott

So cool, John!!!! I'd say outside the box, but I doubt there was ever a box involved. Always the fan. Scott

Cool, Mark! That's going to be one deep breathing V6!!! I really like watching this one. Scott

These are some wires I picked up from Herb a while ago. I used them to update an older build. Only the wires are Deek's Photo etch. I had to make my own hubs from K&S tubing. The rims are the outers from Monogram - either the T'rantula or Street T will have them. I sprayed the wires with and rims with alclad before assembly to make sure I got the inside spokes. I probably rushed the Alcald. Next time I might assemble them and send the to Chrome tech. Scott Hosted on Fotki

Zowie! That intake is awesome!

Holy smokes that's some pretty paint! Scott

Very nice, Mark. It makes me want to dig out my old MPC kit as well. Great piece! Scott

Thanks for all the encouraging words. I really appreciate it. The engine is pretty well sorted out I got the manifold finished off. Twin pop off valves - one for each runner add interest. I also made a magneto on an angle drive to lay it down and keep it out of the breeze. Hosted on Fotki I do have a clearance problem with the chassis and in intake trumpets. The top rail of the chassis is going to drop down a bit. Hosted on Fotki Thanks for looking. Scott I will get back to the landspeed vette. Maybe even this year!

HARRY! First time I ever opened this thread. YOU are a master. Totally killer. I can't imagine what it would take to build with that much detail. I am truly impressed. Scott.

Wow John! It's amazing to build this one! But Twice - That's just unbelievable!!! FANTASTIC! Scott

WOW! It's been a while since I have looked at this thread. I am amazed! The work is inspiring. I'll have to check out your other projects. Scott

This is based on the T'rantula. I did for the showrods contest. The body was updated with parts form the old hawk streamliners and scraps of styrene. I do a lot of layering and grinding down. The chassis is Tony Nancy and the engine is a modified original issue Orange Crate unit. The molded detail on this is so nice, I am going to keep as much of it as possible. Here is the first rough body workHosted on FotkiFirst primerHosted on FotkiFitting the engine. I like it peeking through the hood. I'll work that into the design.Hosted on FotkiMaking a few parts. I made the first stage manifold to run the blower tubes parallel. Hosted on FotkiScott

I really like this thread. We are not alone. I think I have more than 600 models. It has been a while since I counted. My intention is to build everyone I get, or at least use it to build something else. It takes me 6 months to two years to finish a model. There may be a problem there, but I am still working on that one. They are all on shelves, so I am not a hoarder. I really do enjoy just looking at the boxes and the pieces inside. I'll grab some kits from the garage and pile through them while drag racing or somthing else is on TV. (Only recently have I found things I forgot I had.) My wife loves to tease me about that habit, but it is all in fun. She supports what I do because she sees the joy it gives me. On another note, if you ever lived in Nothern CA you might have had the honor to go to Bill Harrison's house. He lived alone and his house was filled from one end to the other with models, including some very interesting built pieces in display cases. I only went there once (before he sadly passed away), but If I remember right, he did have something from Winfield. Scott

I'm in. Had a little C-beef a Cabbage that day too. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I really like the Allison dragsters. I remember them from some contest coverage. The T pick up is also very nice.

I like that pin vice idea as well. Excellent!

Hey Eric, Her evil sister is all right with me. Hosted on Fotki

HOLY SMOKES, THOSE ARE IMPRESSIVE! EYE CANDY IN SOOO MANY WAYS. SCOTT

I started with a disassembled Monogram Black Widow I found in the bottom of my Great Grandmother's toy box. I played with it until I figured out how the major assemblies went together. My parent's bought me some glue, set me on some newspaper and I was off to the races. I was 4. Almost every thing for many years after that was a Tom Daniels kit. My parents say I learned to read because my older brother stopped reading model instructions to me. I did my first major scratchbuild when I was 12ish. Pic below. I slowed down a bit when I was in college, thinking I would spend more time studying. I ended up doing a large sprite body out o modeling clay and then a chassis from straws. I finally gave in a drove home to get a couple of kits. I built pretty much alone until I was about 35 and found the local modeling chapter in Sacrament. It was called SAM. I'm 48 now, still loving everything to do with car models. That makes 44 years of some of the best fun ever. The concept drawing and the finished product.

Got my issue today. Almost the whole thing read. This was a REALLY good issue. Lots of variety. I don't really build rat rods, but I liked Chucks tractor nose how to. Darin's vent opening trick is something I can use. The midget review was great. Jarius, well.. What a mind bender. I really enjoyed it. This one will reside in the bathroom for a while. The damage this time was minimal. The bottom edge of the back page was tattered. I just moved, so it is not the mail man. Research I did with the mailing house I use with as vendor indicated that the cover stock is not compatible with the USPS mailing machines. They got this from their bulk USPS postal location in SoCal. The stock seems plenty thick. Could it be the direction of the grain is not allowing it to flex with the machines? WAG. Scott

So sick it hurts! I love it! Scott

I've been enjoying this one. Great to see you sweat the unique aspects of this van. Fun Stuff. Scott