Romell R

Tyrone your builds are always inspiring , I love the nova already . What motor are you gonna drop in it? keep us posted and keep up the great work brother!

Hey Gregg thx for being an inspiration to go forward and go big!

These are the kinds of responses i was hoping we would get from this thread.... thanks go out to each and everyone of you for sharing a small bit of your personal life with us.

Your probably correct Mark, Im just standing up for the guys who honestly love this hobby as most of us do.

So let me get this right. Your insinuating that there are guys would have built models their whole lives, just so they can bump a thread back up to the top of a column for attention? Ok that's your take on it. Here's my take on it. Maybe some guys take pride in a creation that they worked hard on and would like to share it with others who can truly appreciate the time and effort put into building such a piece of art. I don't know many guys who build, who would build them just to put it away never to be looked at. I think when we enter a model in a contest or show , we enter that particular venue with the hope of yes winning , but also being able to share in a great opportunity that only comes along once in a while. Contest and shows for me are about the friendships made and renewed the lessons and tips gained, the awards are but a small part of that. The forums are a place where we as modelers can come together more often and share our creations. Yes I post and i bump my threads back into play via thank yous and updates but it's never to garner attention. I do what i do for the pure love of modeling nothing more nothing less.

And all this time I thought you had been dropped on your head as a child , now we learn where the brain damage really came from.

These are all great stories , And Ed I like your service stations, thx fellas for sharing.

Very nice , Love the two tone paint , keep up the excellent work!

Great Stories!

Hey Your right!

dang I think I fall in that category oh well.....and Steve your avatar scares me.

Thats OK Brad I'll watch for as long as it takes you. Slow and easy my friend let age like a fine wine.

Whoa!! I see a 1940's Mercedes front end, A 1972 beetle rear end mated to a 56 Buick 225, my grandmothers old sewing room drapes on the interior, and I cant tell you what the drivers compartment is. I wonder which end the motor is in ? man I'm all confused

It was the summer of 1972 I was 5 years old, my mother had just picked me up from my Mammerdie's house (grand mother) where I would spend the day while she was away at work. I remember it like it was yesturday I was sitting in my room watching Johnny Socko and His Flying Robot when mom walked into the room and announced she had a suprize for me, boy was i excited when I saw mom pull out a box with a car pictured on it (Because man i loved cars). She told me to open it up, and when I did there to my suprize was not a car but a bunch of stuff. "What is this Mom?" i verbalized. "Well Mino (my moms pet name for me) this is a model kit your uncles used to build them when they were kids and I thought you might want to give it a try." "But I don't know how." i answered. So mom proceeded to show me how to follow the instructions from step 1 to completion , and I did finish it, I dont remember what the kit was i do know it was a snap together kit. And I can tell you i was hooked. I had to have another one. The next one i do remember, it was the "CopOut" funny car kit , but this time I needed glue so for a whole 3 bucks and a orange tub of testers I was off to build my second model ever. Its hard to believe that day was almost 38 years ago Needless to say I have been hooked ever since and have had a ball throughout my model building career . The people you get to meet are a rare breed. genuine tradesmen who love what they are doing and who love to help others love what they are doing. And no two models are ever alike and each build is a work of art to the builder and those who are privileged to view them. Yes our hobby is a rare art form indeed so lets share what we know and pass on what we have to future generations. Why do I build models? Because I Love it! Why do you build? Romell

ok im ready to be wowed

I just found this for the first time and i read through the entire build WOW! is all I have left ( I need some coffee or a nap) cause I got so excited I made myself tired. Keep up the outstanding build my friend.

Hey Dave welcome to the forums where the best of the best gather together to make this a great place. Oh and thx for your sincere compliments. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/emoticons/default_rolleyes.gif' alt=':rolleyes:'> oh and the mill is on page 10 of this build and I don't have a lathe (yet)

Much appreciated Richard

Just Way too Sweet ! I'm impressed fully

Hey Thx Randy I'm really looking forward to your next installment on your rat rod, oh and the chassis is almost 16 inches exactly from front to wheelie bars. Well fellas here's my next update. i was able to finish the steering linkage and get the rear brakes started here are the pics I hope you enjoy from this tube I cut ......... these two rings and then soldered them to a sheet of brass...... then i soldered that assembly to 2 smaller tubes & cut them off this formed the axles then these were soldered to larger dics that I cut from brass and this makes up the brake assembly Although not finished this is where it will be installed... please be sure to come back for more................

Just Awesome Mike keep up the outstanding build

thx fellas

WOW!!! I Love it

Its funny you should say that , because I do build 1:1 hot rods Heres a couple photos of my 67 Chevelle Im building now Heres the motor I built to power it, 454 70 over BBC

Hey fellas thought id put up some pics of the chassis just about completed. kind of a work progress update. just photos no text. enjoy! See ya Soon!