Romell R

the feeling is mutual Cesar your skills as a builder are top notch!

Its time to take over the world Eyegore MUHAHAHAHA!

Hey Jim the ink in a sharpie is in a impregnated piece of felt so to answer your question no the ink doesn't go all over the place you just want to make sure you barely cut through the plastic so you don't get ink on your cutting instrument.

Thx Chris Im sure you already know that scratch building is all about the shapes and you use whatever fits. LOL!

Wow Riders on 28th St. is still open I used to work in that shop in the RC department over 20 years ago. yeah that's right I used to live in G.R. Mich

Hey Jim the straps were made from .062"/1.6mm rosen core solder flattened out by rolling my exacto blade on it like a rolling pin then I gave it a slight polish with a fine sanding board. Thx for the compliments buddy and for the fine craftsmanship you put into my rims.

Thx Paul for your kind words

Profanity in any form will not be tolerated here on the MCM forums , One person has been banned today behind profanity, and anyone else caught doing it will suffer the same fate. I don't use profanity and i don't want young ones to have to be subjected to the use of it either. Please keep your potty mouth confined to your private life.

heres the finished product See ya real soon

Hey guys I been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how I was gonna make the fire suppression bottles, And just as I went to bed a couple nights ago it hit me....... so heres what I came up with I'll let the pics do the talking Styrene sheet glued to the bottom

Superb build !

good job Ol buddy , But Ive come to expect nothing less from you.

Another GREAT JOB! Dr. keep filling our prescriptions for us buddy.

now that was a mouth full

No its not just you.

Its pinned because I wanted to make it a continuation of the magazine article and give everyone the opportunity to add their story.

Hey Harry the kit chrome always looks like plastic , Alclad is so much closer to the real thing (IMO) I always strip it too. Good Job on this one John!

OH MAN THATS SAWEET!!!

Its a model!

<------(Blushing ) Awww thx

In the April 2011 issue of Model Car Magazine (#158) There is an article written by Dennis Doty it's the story of how he was inspired to build better model cars. I want to make this thread a continuation of that article. Simply tell us what model or what builder inspired you to build to the best of your ability. I'll start by telling you all my story. early in my model building career I was influenced by a of couple great guys that worked at Pegasus Hobby's in the late 80'to mid 90's , Mike Flynn and Rick Hicks both great builders in there own right and both taught me the ins and outs of building a good contest model. And i had a room full of trophies and a few magazine articles to back up the claims that I was a pretty good builder. Then i had the accident that took away my ability to walk temporarily , so to keep my mind off the pain I decided to build a model to get me back on my feet. So i worked on my new project a 280zx which i was going to enter into the import class at an up coming contest in Ontario CA. Fast forward to the day of the contest I put my finest work on the table made sure it wasn't dusty and positioned just right. Then I proceeded to gather my walker (yes I was on a walker cause of the broken hip) and made my way around the table to see the other entry's when I ran into the most beautiful Black Toyota Supra I had ever seen (in 1/25th scale that is) the paint was flawless the interior was detailed and clean, the engine compartment had everything but oil stains, There was even a photo book there with the progress of the build all documented. "Who built this?" is what I asked myself. So I was so impressed by this model I quickly removed my entry, then i set out to find the builder of this Great model. The builder turned out to be none other than Steve Keck. Steve was kind enough to answer some questions for me ( I think maybe he felt sorry for this big guy standing behind a walker) But from that moment on I decided I would build to or surpass that standard of building. Thank you Steve and your Tsunami build. Let me not leave out Dave Smith Dave's builds are incredible and again I have been inspired to build better. Thx Dave there many of you here who are inspiring to me so keep up the good work fellas.

Hey Richard I already have the floor pan made I cant put it on unitl certain interior details are completed. Bart I get my decals from Slixx these 1/25th believe it or not, I wish I had an ALPS printer. and yes I'll be installing the fire suppression bottles in another location.

Thx Luis and its my pleasure Chris.

I think it looks good

outstanding!!!!!