VW Dave

I may have the perfect pieces for you....email me. Nice job on that Torpedo - it's Tuckerrific!!

I've seen my share of awards over the years, but a couple of my favorite ones are plaques....hence my vote.

Nice pics indeed, fellas; thanks for sharing. That maroon turbo'd split really gets the juices flowing for sure. I'd seen pics of the car as it was being built, but it's better all wrapped up. Actually, the EMPI GT-V decal & emblem set was simply an accessory sold by dealers and such.....there's no such thing as a 'clone' GT-V, as it was purely cosmetic anyway.

I think I know the guy you are talking about I'm a big fan of photoreduced items as interior decorations, and I've been adding them to my models since the mid-90's: The stuff in my Camaro was all store-bought, but I started doing it myself after reading a tech article in SA many moons ago. As I'm very a low-tech kinda guy, I do my photoreduction 'the old fashioned way:' (Yes, that is a 35mm camera. I haul it out strictly for this purpose) While the pizza box is from the store-bought stash, I did the model box and the Hemmings magazine:

A tremendous tribute and an equally tremendous build, Lyle; I love it, and we all know Harry would have as well. Cool license plates too.

While experimenting with acrylics lately, I've had great results with 91% isopropyl alcohol.......the green buggy is on its 3rd paint job , but the rubbing alcohol made the stripping portion of the project the easy part.

I can't find any better pics, but the optional wheels in this kit might be useful: The wheels in question kinda resemble the '66-68 Shelby 10-spoke wheels, and moreso these Shelby-esque units offered by Autoworks Racing: Shoot the rims with a satin finish and fit them into a set of 19" Pegasus sleeves, and 'voila!!'

I agree the new Viper green looks great on that 'Cuda, and I'd also like to see better pics of it. I got a 6mp Nikon, two tripods, three lamps and a 2' photo cube, all for less than half the cost of a Blackberry:

Art was my guess as well, so I'm in the dark...

For heavier structural glue joints, especially those that will never show, I learned a neat way to make them very strong. I use 5-minute epoxy, and work in 1/4"-1/2" strips of paper towel, much like doing fiberglass layup in 1:1. After the epoxy has cured, it can be ground down and shaped quite easily with a Dremel. I've used this method on plastic parts for full-sized cars with excellent results. A co-worker got some JDM-spec turn signals for his Subaru and one had a mounting tab nearly broken off when it arrived; he was sweating bullets over it, because it was hard enough to find them in the first place. I reattached the broken tab for him, and the part has been on the car over a year now...he says the repaired part felt stronger than the other one.

Those disappearing doors are interesting, but I'd be more impressed if someone did working Kaiser Darrin-style 'pocket' doors in scale:

I also use the spoon idea(which I got from Steve Milberry), but I write the color names/codes on the big end of the spoon(opposite the painted side) - there's not too much room for scribbling on the handle IMO.

After getting good results with the Eastwood system on some 1:1 Mopar underhood parts a while ago, I tried a smaller version on one of my models: I did a quick shot of Tamiya silver leaf, followed by a mist of gold and then metallic green. After this pic was taken I added more gold, because it seemed a little too green for me.

Looking at the underside of it, that's the flat hood you said is incorrect for a '79. My mom's old '79 was originally owned by a neighbor, and she bought it in '81; the hood was flat on it from day one: My dad also owned a low-mile '79 for a couple of years that had the same 'incorrect' hood on it. I'll also agree to disagree with you.

Crazy cool and amazing, and I love it! That's not just an example of 'thinking outside the box'.....you simply threw the box away first thing.

Not trying to upset your apple cart here, but aren't you the same guy that posted a rant over USPS postage a few months back? Footing the bill for 1500 HP will make that 30 bucks look like a penny laying in the street. CLICK HERE

My opinion? Open 'em up and have at it!! Your will power is strong; I've usually got new models open before my car's engine has cooled off in my driveway. You bought them, so you obviously wanted them.

Different storylines kinda render a 'remake' nothing more than a new movie with an old title, don't you think? Let's face it, Hollow-wood is all out of ideas; it seems that too many recent films have either been shallow 'remakes' of older films, or movie versions of old TV shows. FWIW, that white SRT Challenger is a decent remake....those one-off 20" Mopar rallye-esque wheels were made by Foose, if memory serves correctly. Dodge should offer them on the production cars.

A big block isn't necessary to make big power. A local guy has a nasty twin-turbo SBC Camaro, which is driven pretty regularly in the warmer months....it's fully street legal, has a Lenco 5-speed trans and somewhere in the neighborhood of 1800-1900hp at the crank. His best time that I know of is a 7.90, but here's a 7.99 run:

I've got about 11 years in the German car parts business, and I'd say the car looks well taken care of; as long as you never have to replace anything or buy any parts, you should enjoy it. The 924/944 is a whole different game than any domestic vehicle when it comes to availability and cost. The fact that this one is a 'gray market' vehicle may make a stateside parts hunt more difficult as well, as it may have a lot of parts that we didn't get on cars sold here.

I think I found this guy's picture, which might help us keep an eye out for him in the future:

That's a great model, and your wife is one lucky lady.

After a quick Google image search for 'side draft weber manifold,' Here's a pic of a complete setup I borrowed from www.mooneyesusa.com: As they are one of the best-known vendors of Weber carbs and related stuff, www.inglese.com has a lot of good DCOE reference pics:

I agree, the Blue Tank kit is pretty HTF; he's also dead-on that the Hasegawa kit is better and likely easier to find. Darryl - I'm really looking forward to seeing more of these two projects as they evolve, and I'd like to see how you handled the oval-to-split conversion on that Gunze kit as well.

Not trying to burst any remaining bubble material, but the movie car was a '66. As a '65-65 Shelby fan from way back, I'm looking forward to progress reports on this one.