Dragline

This is on my "To Do" list for certain. What a beautiful job you did. Absolutely stunning and I hope i can do it justice when my time to build it arrives. I have the movie in my stash for reference and i think I have to get a body pretty soon or they will be all gone. I too was thinking Pirhana chassis at the beginning [have one in the stash for this] but scratch is going to play a big part in getting it right. The duct tape looks great BTW. Bob

Not only are they a great resource of when and where they will also have future value. Keeping them "mint" is an excellent idea.

After Senna, he is my favorite driver all time. What a beautiful build.

So much better.....

As much as I dislike Disco era Vette's and Vette's in general you have won me over with this friggin thing. Color, stance and execution are all waaaay off the charts. Totally stunning.

I for one know the healing of community. Let's hope you continue to heal and that boy comes home to you soon.

Looks scary good.

That "Roll Tape" thing. I may have seen it early in life but I swear I invented it for my Oreo Cookie Dale Jr build. Now, no man's an island and I'm sure it was not new but it occurred to me is all I'm sayin. And Speed City's belt is out of scale. Go with tape like we do.

I can nearly remember when I started doing it. I seem to recall a top fuel car I was building and certain parts just looked wrong. I took em apart sanded em straight and they looked a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH sight better. I am fairly certain I never trusted those pins ever again. And like you Bill. I too have sanded things past where i should and ended up with parts that simply no longer worked. It took some practice but I do it these days with no ill effects. And I HATE filler. Even though I have Tamiya putty here [the best IMO] I'd rather not use it if it can be helped.

For perhaps 25 years I've been removing locator pins on things like 2 piece axles and engine blocks. I like to run the flat sanding stick across the surface in almost a machining fashion to square up mating surfaces. I also makes ridges which provides excellent gluing strength as well. After reading one of Harry's WIP's perhaps a few years ago in which he explained he likes to use the glue as the filler to eliminate any putty use if possible. I was doing the same thing at the time and might have even commented that i did. So the question is. Do you dump the locators? I've yet to be burned by it so i will probably do it until one day I can no longer build models. Sometimes they are in the wrong place as well and burn YOU!

That's a beautiful build in honor of such a great racer.

Block = Maniac

I had both race trucks but due to outrageous prices sold them to fund other ventures. Good to see them back but a sad day for those with originals. But it's only for the moment for originals. There are only so many original kits out there. There are hardcore collectors who have to have an orig kit. this may be where you can slide in and get a value for it you hope for. I have collected and dealt in comics for more than 40 years. i know markets and collectors. these are tried and true conclusions.

I will be there and am looking forward to putting some faces to names.

I've been peeking in on this since the beginning and I have to say. ARE YOU GUYS KIDDING ME? Perhaps you should only take participants of sound mind AND body? I built 30 models in this time period and most of them were money builds. I still built for myself and if you know how I build there were detail builds galore. I think Hunter S Thompson said it best. "Buy the ticket, Take the ride". What's funny is I hold down a full time job, have a honey and play out 3 nights a week in a tribute band. Weak as water...................... Bob PS: Just read about the pinky thing... OMFG...........

WHAT?! That is a great combo right there.

That is just a stunner.. We thank your friend for his service as you have with this token of appreciation.

Mine is probably getting the nerve to Start my 1/20 McLaren MP4/4. I have the Top Studio super upgrade kit [don't ask how much], I also have the tobacco decals and a set of metal wheels for it. There are so many pieces to the upgrade kit it's a little daunting. I have the paint and everything in place and all that's lacking is the nerve to get on with it. I think I'm glad i didn't get the whole thing in 1/12 scale.

What a save.......

Very cool. Nice decals Dave.

That is a superb build. Looks like I'm off to get this before it sells through.

I feel your pain but that effect is something to be duplicated.

I was looking at a number of these the other day on eBay. They go for good money and the combo of metal attracted me. I gotta say it looks challenging. BTW, you killed it as this looks great.

THAT'S Purdy.

I stand corrected.