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I'm taking it to get developed tomorrow, Mike. I had a few frames left to finish off. Those pictures were taken with a small digital camera I have that, well, frankly, is nice for quick snap-shots, but as you can see from the interior shot, doesn't do detail too well. I'll have 'em up soon. Are you going to Wings 'n Wheels in Chicopee? I'm going to try and get out there. It is unfortunate, Mike. In simple language, we don't have enough people to do the show anymore. However, all is not lost! MassCar's treasurer, working with a friend of his, will continue the vendor show/swapmeet, and they will be sponsoring an NNL-style "model cruise," with 4-6 people's choice awards.Personally, I think it'll still be a lot of fun, and I hope you'll consider coming. Don't forget Classic Plastic's show in Lawrence, too. Hopefully, I'll see you this weekend in Chicopee. Charlie Larkin

I like it! Charlie Larkin

Very nice. Charlie Larkin

Paul, get better soon. We're all by your side. D.R.A.G.- proving once again they're one of the best in the entire industry. Good on all of you for pitching in and George, too! Charlie Larkin

Nice. Do you have the back-seat-less (or optional) interior with it? Charlie Larkin

The text below comes from the sheet I typed up to go along with the display. Charlie Larkin One more time... My contribution to MassCar's final (for now) show March 15, 2015 I had planned to enter the show this year. I will never claim to be the greatest builder or have the cleanest builds, but I still love what I do. And this year became all the more special. When the decision was made that this will be MassCar's last show, it made it quite clear to me that I needed to have something one the table....so I looked at my projects. The Cobra I had been working on for the Club Display was not going well at all, so I decided to try and finish the build I had started for the Facebook 24-Hour build. That also met with some unplanned difficulties, and was so close to being done, which is what really hurt. I considered my options and went to my hobby shop of choice to find a second of the 24-hour build kit to raid the botched and missing pieces from, and when I found none, I wasn't sure what to do. Until scanning the shelves, I found the solution. This is a Revell “Wheels of Fire” series '63 Corvette. Yes, the snap-together kit. With some patience and detail painting, I think it looks rather nice. In fact, I was quite pleased with the construction and overall quality of the kit. The chassis is painted with a mix of Tamiya and Testors Model Master lacquers and acrylics. The interior, which was molded in black, was treated to Tamiya semi-gloss and flat black. The silver details are done with a Sharpie oil-based silver marker, which I found worked very nicely on the gauge bezels. The body is painted with Dupli-Color Volkswagen Reflex Silver. I chose this because it was fairly close in appearance to the original Sebring Silver, based on some pictures I saw. I was, however, a bit surprised at the metallic content. The paint was then covered with a coat of Dupli-Color clear. The license plate was made by me using the blanks found at www.licenseplates.tv and printed on an index card. The whitewalls are made with Gelly-Roll white gel pen. I started this build at 11:15 Saturday night and finished it early morning. For a five-hour build, not too shabby at all. I expect no trophies. But knowing I could take part in what may really be the penultimate MassCar show provides more satisfaction than anything else could.

It looks good together. The side-trim slip-up is still quite visible if you know exactly what you're looking for, but overall, while not a perfect execution, it doesn't look too bad once it's together. This is done well. Charlie Larkin

WOW! How on Earth did you open that resin up like that? I'd be scared yellow to try it. Absolutely stellar job on this! Please do consider coming to NNL-East with that! People will go crazy over it, and I'd like to get a couple of pictures of it. Charlie Larkin

Beautiful car, Al. Those colors work nicely. I'm looking for a '64 to do in the Dark Blue/white and blue. Charlie Larkin

I remember someone (Jon Stephens, I think,) posted some pictures of these in ICE regalia. I'm seriously toying with doing exactly that. Charlie Larkin

From the pictures I saw of Chuck's, all I can say is I'll take one each, the long-bed and Flareside. I'm really looking forward to these trucks. Charlie Larkin From the pictures I saw of Chuck's, all I can say is I'll take one each, the long-bed and Flareside. I'm really looking forward to these trucks. Charlie Larkin

Thank you, Bill and Chuck for my existential laugh for the day! Charlie Larkin

Very nice work on both of these. Charlie Larkin

Excellent job on this. Charlie Larkin

Very nice, Ron. I remember SAE's build article on this and how to foil-cast the "GALAXIE" lettering for the trunk on the fastback using the formal-roof car. I'd like to give that a try sometime. Charlie Larkin

WOW! And I thought that Chevelle was impressive. Very nice indeed. Charlie Larkin

I love watching a glue bomb get blown apart and re-assembled. Charlie Larkin

And the investment doesn't even need to be THAT great. There are a lot of companies all over the country that will do 3-D scanning on an hourly basis, and include photo work if you request it. From talking to a couple of these firms, they generally run about $3-5,000 to do the scan and design work for a kit, if they have in-house design capabilities. As one fellow said to me, "bring in a kit, give us a general idea of what you're after, and we can set up the parts for you." Charlie Larkin

Very nicely done, Steve. Charlie Larkin

Another well-done model. Black paint doesn't like me...one of the reasons I don't build a lot of Model Ts. Charlie Larkin

Very nicely done. Charlie Larkin

Nice looking car. The first-generation Cougars seem to be one of those cars that look good in almost any color. Charlie Larkin

Very nice. Charlie Larkin

The first full day of spring... and I awoke to snow falling. MORE?! Charlie Larkin

I clicked on this for morbid curiosity. I had no idea what to expect. WOW! I really like it! Beautiful, well-done model, and that color is outstanding! Charlie Larkin