Dragline

You can scratchbuild the barrel valve for the hat if you have some plastruct. I made one for the first time for my Tommy Ivo car and it came out pretty well. Take a look. The distribution blocks are also easy to scracthbuild. I assume you have a pin vise drill set? If so, none of these elements are past your skills that's for certain. Bob

Made some more progress on this car. Lots of fitment issues as usual with a model of this vintage. The steering wheel is positively HUGE. I installed the engine permanent like. Hooked up the fuel and oil lines. I used a Revell AA/FC oil block out of the Blue Max kit. That kit has been VERY helpful. I have pilfered quite a few parts including the steering wheel for this project. Clear coat is dry enough to lightly play with so I slipped in the frame for these shots. I have a bit of touch-up to do as there are a couple of bubbles there on the top rail. I plumbed the brakes and if you build this kit make sure to elongate the drivers side axle. It's to short. I added a 1/4" to it to make it slide past the body. Not sure what to paint the inside of this. Probably flat grey. An enjoyable kit if you perservere. I'll be buttoning this up in the next few days. Bob

Both rims are cool and correct. Looking forward to seeing it done. Old's cool.. Bob

Another Over The Top build John. You keep building such unique subjects. You are inspiring me to go full scratch and build a car no one has ever built. This is indeed inspiring me. Bob

That really POPS! The color is sublime really. Nice foil work as well. The level around here continues to astound me. This car is no exception. Bob

The question is, will you have some at NNL East? I want one of course. Bob

I had to turn the Gamma down on my monitor to look at this build! Wow! Very nicely done in all respects. Bob

This Bug MUST be a girl. It has the ability to accesorize! Execution, craftsmanship, inventiveness. That, and what all the other guys said. AMAZING. Bob

You really should get this done, it looks great. Do you have any paint/Sponsor ideas? Bob

He does look pissed. This is a great and inventive dio. Between this and the strip club I'm enjoying the diorama section of this site. Keep the ideas coming guys. Bob

Garsh, there were problems with the kit? You'd never know it by looking at your build. Way to overcome the shortcomings of it. Perfect in every way I can see. Build on. Bob

That looks great! Those are not expensive are they? I may get one to take time away from drag racing subjects. It looks very nice and with less detail underneath you can really just focus on finish. They make Jagermeister orange? Bob

Made some progress to the Tommy Ivo car here. Motor is almost done. Have to run a wire to the oil pressure gauge and get an acetate face and bezel on it. Still have to attatch the PE throttle as well. Got the body painted in Tamiya orange. Nothing fancy for paint as I've seen it so many hues I think it'll be close enough. Not TOTALLY prototypically correct but very close indeed. I should have decals and clear coat in the next day or so. I buffed out my Reher Morrison car and that's looking pretty good as well. I have that chassis sorted out and the motor details are next. I figure, if I'm doing all the small work and I'm on a roll just keep going. Wheels and tires from a Polar Lights kit. Comments welcomed of course. Bob

These are fantastic! All that hand lettering is really great as well. I have a couple of these cars built as well and they were a blast and look great on the shelf. They take me back. Well done. Bob

Killer original design Sven! It truly captures the look of the old Hurst team style. As usual, your models are cleanly built and executed. Bravo sir. Bob

This is looking real good. Sometimes, when they call on you to finish them, you must answer. It should look great finished, and your injector lines and dist blocks look real good. Get-R-Done.... Bob

This kit has not looked better Chuck. I have an inkling to get one. Red Fiats are truly Italian. Fiat is Italian right? Bob

I'm feeling ya Bill. We have over 4 feet of snow here in Baltimore. We'll get out one day. Bob

WOW, thanks guys.. This is not as hard as some may think. I DO NOT have the hands of a surgeon, I shake a bit. I have to hold my breath when lining up the drill to make a hole. LOL. Some Plastruct and some snow make for long days in the house. I can only play Battlefield II for so long, then I have to do something else. I actually used the side of the kit box for the inspiration in doing this. More to come. Bob

This looks like a BMF nightmare! You really went after it on this. I love an old bus. Bob

This is beautiful.. I love old VW's since I come from Hippy stock. We had one all those moons ago and it took us everywhere. Very nice build. Bob

Since a good portion of my projects are in various stages of drying I thought I'd break out this kit and start to work on it. This is a sweet kit. The supplied hat is waaay to small, but one from a Reevell kit came to the rescue. Still not sure about wheels/tires. The Revell Blue Max came with nice one piece tires so I'm most likely going to use those. I have the body all glued up and sanded. Just need to shoot some white primer on it. I'm going with basic Tamiya orange on this. Of course the Heart of any drag build is the motor, so I'm really working this one up. I am using MCG fittings and some rubber tubing for the fuel delivery. I scratch built the barrel valve and distribution blocks. All the injection is done and as soon as I can shoot it I'll cover the new hat with some Metalizer. I have that nice set of PE linkages from MCG so all the throttle and little bits will be from that set. Still have lots to do, but it's coming along. I guess the harsh snow has inspired me since going out is a nightmare. Comments welcomed of course. Bob

A scale strip club. I can now officially say I've seen it all in modeling. Fantastic! I'm very interested in the finished product. The touches you keep adding are upping the ante. I can hear the DJ saying 'Let's welcome Destiny to the solid gold stage"! Bob

It just so happens that we had the foresight to get out Monday and do all our shopping. The Bank, Food store, then Liquor store were all on our route. Suffice it to say I'm good for the next week. Good lookin out though. Bob

120 in the quarter with my Pro Street 73 Vega. Got it on the highway and buried the 140 speedo. Not sure how fast, but it was fast enough. Bob