Dragline

Fantastic build. I would be proud to call it mine.

I watched that this morning! That car was/is a wonder of current (at the time) thinking at every iteration. Great car and story.

Brass, copper and black just work. Well done.

Both are super tight. Well.played.

I have this kit. Still tempted to paint it a bright color. But I'll be smoked if it doesn't look darned nice in factory color. Well done indeed Sir.

Back in the day when custom cars were the wild West, many builders were shooting for the stars I think. No holds barred, customize every inch and so forth. Today we look at the car and it's lines and move forward from there. There were a few that approached in this manner, but they were the few. Putting doodads everywhere passed for custom. It lives on today in the ricer type cars and the stance scene. Even we of the middle era had our foibles. Guys looking through catalogs and buying one of each. I wonder how many sets of chrome small block Chevy valve covers have been sold just in the 80s alone. The JC Whitney catalog was yesterday's Internet. All in one.place shopping and free shipping over 50.00 bucks. I myself ordered engine kits from PAW as well as Jegs back then. I had the good fortune to have a modicum of taste. My cars tended to be understated. That remains my style to this very day. But others went all out, looks before performance. My cars got paint last. When they were done they were proven haulers. I remember rolling my Vega out for the first time.. I had spent a week tuning and trouble shooting every last bit. It was in half primer, half bondo and sheet metal. But that night I pulled the front wheels off the ground and all there knew it was a runner. Midnight blue metallic and no graphics was the end result. It ended up with a few stickers on the rear windows and an NHRA decal on the back. I knew I would run it on the street, but Dave Baptiste gave me the racing bug and that's were I was ultimately headed. Customs like the above are a bookmark in time. A place you can point at and say for certain where some Hot Rodding thinking was. It's wonderful to still have these cars. Line em up and you can look at the evolution of hot rodding and custom cars. I mentioned the Hirohata Merc. That's a car that is low key, yet is custom in every way. It doesn't yell at you. It sorta nudges you and says "Some of us think this is what a hot rod truly is. No hitting you over the head with a club. But sliding one between the ribs and quietly walking away". To me, that's Hot Rodding.

Not a drag racing car is it? Perhaps it can be moved to the road racing thread? Nice build though.

Those are superb. I happen to have 2 unbuilt Dodge kits. This guy came to our model club at the local library selling them for 15.00 each. I got the pair for 20.00. still deciding what to do with them.

Completely outta hand. In such a good way.

OOB can be fun even for us detail freaks. It always depends on the kit for me. A Tamiya bike is always going to be great OOB, while an old MPC kit is going to be a challenge. Your Bird rocks!

Social media is a plague. I despise it in many ways as it accepts and even demands ridiculous behavior. It fosters the "Hey look at me " in younger people. Youth has no wisdom. The big stage invariably wants the grotesque and outrageous. And a long the way there is collateral damage. To morals, to decorum, and ultimately, to people's lives. It preys on those who feel they aren't beautiful or talented enough. Instead of focusing on learning a skill or bettering themselves, young ( and some older, who should know better), go for the quick money, the quick fame. The fleeting moment of recognition. It's a Jerry Springer world. It lacks any type of intelligence. In point of fact, it derides intelligence and goes for lowest common denominator. For those of us who were brought up properly, it is 180 degrees from where we stand. And it will bring us down to it's level while others laugh at us, not with.

Warhammer is a bit different. Profit is possible and can be high. But the process takes a while and is mostly repetitive. It's better than model cars by quite a bit.

All state websites and e-tailer pages are piles of rubbish. Lowest bidder indeed. I would rather they coughed up a few bucks for a competent web designer. All the backends of these sites are all the same and all the payment takers are from a small handful. I smell payoffs in Washington from here in Massachusetts.

Gotta be honest. First time I am ever hearing of or seeing this machine. Pretty killer though. It's no Hirohata Merc. But then, what is?

My quote is gone, but it used to read. "Now that we know that, what have we learned" Which is my own as far as I know.