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That's cute! Does it run on bio fuel, as in sunflower seeds?

What's that word I'm looking for... um... WOW!

I've tried Tamiya (liquid) Cement and it does a good job. Personally I still use the orange Testors tube for my heavy duty work. Just don't forget to scrape the paint/plating off your joints first and give it a good couple hours to set. The orange tube is useless if you don't scrape first, but used right it will fuse joints that won't come undone.

"SILENCE!"

I thought the T/A's 6.6L was an Olds 403. Oh I know, 3 ci is splitting hairs, but it is what it is.

Looking good man. That's a paint job is off the hook.

You beat me to it! But I'm saying it anyways: Batman called and he wants his car back! I dig it. Sinister looking hell-spawn on wheels.

Anybody with the 1:1 would be a hit at tailgate parties.

bah-humbug!

E-thuggin' love right here yo: All y'all playa hateas can't mess wit dis. Kevin that engine is looking fine. Keep it up.

Sweet challenger. May just change my opinion of the color purple.

That is stunning.

Darn some of you guys hit the ground running on this! I just pulled mine out of the box and washed the parts. Haven't even thought about painting/assembly. I'm almost done with a Camaro that I got WIP right now, so I'll try and get a start on the T/A I entered this weekend. Ed, that Challenger is looking good. The engine looks fantastic.

Looking good so far.

Snow is a normal thing where I grew up. A few big dumps that could be measured past 6" every year. Usually comes at the same times each year. We know they're coming. I think a lot of people up here don't even bother with snow-tires just because the cities are well equipped and are usually good getting at least the main streets cleared immediately after a storm. Even the townships and counties are good for getting their roads cleaned up in a timely fashion. Unless you live off the paved road... but those people know how to drive in snow. It's not the snow that worries me, it's freezing rain. I always stay home if there is a chance of rain freezing on the roads, but I also live in Toronto which has a transit system that runs even in the worst conditions. So I call ahead to work to let them know I may be late and let the transit do the driving. Keeps my insurance rates lower. Growing up in the country, we didn't have that luxury, so it was snow days for the kids and white-knuckle driving for the adults.

Looks like your off to a good start.

Thanks pea-brain.

Sorry guys, didn't mean to bring up the debate of what is better in real life application. My bad for not being specific enough. I'm talking about builds. As in my 1:24 and 1:25 plastic cars. You know, the stuff we build on this website. When I'm ready to glue on my little itty-bitty fog lamps, what color would the lenses have originally been on a 60s/70s era car? My instructions always say amber, but I have a hard time believing all factory cars in that era came out with amber tinted fog/parking lenses. As for the real life application of fog lamps, all shades suck and are generally used by pea-brains who think they increase visibility at night.

Sorry guys, please bear with me. If I got this straight, for the most part the older cars usually sported clear lenses with amber bulbs? So for most of my builds of 60s/70s era cars I can probably get away with clear fog lenses?

Here's something that's been bothering me and maybe somebody can help me out: Although I see the majority of newer vehicles up here running clear fog lights (some running them in my rear-view on a clear night), but on older vehicles, I see a mix mash of clear and amber with all shades in between. A lot of times I've seen amber fog lights on the same make/model/year of a vehicle that also have been seen running clear. Just curious if this was trim, style options, a regional thing, aftermarket add-on, or what? I'm always stumped when it comes time to put fog lamps on my builds as to whether or not they should be clear or amber.

Mike, that paint job is fantastic. That Hemi and all the rest is looking good too.

Fantastic build Mike.

Looking forward to seeing the Talladega... awesome car.

Awe ya! That's looking good! Don't see too many Talladegas. Under glass, or in the 1:1 world.

As for the Chrysler, white has got to be the biggest pain to work with. No matter what the delivery method is. White paint is so transparent and thin to begin with and it's pretty easy to get carried away. I find it takes an immaculately clean, smooth, even, flawless white primer job, free of any smudges or marks because everything will show through the white paint no matter how many patiently, well timed mist coats from far away are put on there. White paint runs like mad and seems to take longer to dry between coats. Hate white paint.