lordairgtar

Me too, plus I'm on Chrome Czars forums too.

That's just so far beyond my abilities. The mind boggles. A true work of art here. I'll bet one could almost smell the fuel in this one.

A Monte Carlo roof is pretty close and you could graft one of those onto the body for a Supreme.

Don't worry harry, if you need farm stuff, we got'em in Milwaukee.

It's OK. The FDL event is low key. I have fellow modelers and spectators voting on models instead of actual judging. NNL now means that participant voting takes place, whether it's for a theme or age group or a genre of car like a race car. No one really scrutinizes the cars and trucks that much in this event. It has been mostly young builders that come out to this event because they are there with their parent who have street rods. It really was kind of hit or miss until I took it over from the club. We have an actual budget and people to supply plaques and help. More things like door prizes from hobby suppliers will be coming in future years. Perhaps even a model swap meet. My car club never really pushed the event as something to do at the corn roast. Now, I want to have better adverts and posters in hobby shops. This year, we had the first long distance attendee all the way from Racine Wisconsin which is about a hundred miles distant. He was not even a car show participant. Hopefully next year pics will be posted of the entrants.

http://jeff-krueger.smugmug.com/Events/WSR...67_d3S4i#P-1-15

This is the article I wrote for my car club newsletter regarding the FDL NNL The Model car contest which Lori and I ran again this year was down with people entering but those people had brought more models to display. We used the NNL approach to award the builders using participant and some spectator voting as well. Residents of the ARC also came by to see the models and were given the chance to vote on their favorites as well. NNL means Nameless National Luminaries. This was the name given to entrants of a model event some years ago as a way to get away from the judged shows, and now these are held all across the country. My own model club holds such an event every year for 17 years now. It is a non-competitive event without actual judging criteria but voted on by peers. The idea being that other modelers can and will recognize skill and originality in their fellow modelers’ builds. Special thanks to Al and Kathy Stout, members of the Auto Modelers Group of Milwaukee, for helping out Sunday by helping model builders enter their cars and watching over the tables throughout the day, which allowed me to get in another drawing for a client that day. The winners of the day were: ADULT CLASS 1ST PLACE……..RUSS COLLINS age 47 1948 Ford convertible, poseable wheels and two toned flocked interior 2ND PLACE…….AL STOUT age 64 3RD PLACE…….BRETT MCDONALD age 44 Replica of plow truck used for Racine county, mostly scratch built except for the cab. Box, plow, wing was scratch built and was fully functional. All hydraulic lines were replicated. Had realistic weathering to depict heavy usage. INTERMEDIATE CLASS 1ST PLACE…..JUSTIN TAYLOR age 15 1940 Ford with recessed fire wall, grave digger headers, Goodyear drag wheels and transmission from a funny car kit. JUNIOR CLASS 1ST PLACE……LOGAN LAJSIC age 11 1969 Charger R/T 2nd PLACE…….JASMINE TAYLOR age 9 Chevy, “I put it together by myself. I only had help with the stickers.†3RD PLACE……NOLAN LAJSIC age 8 1966 Chevelle Malibu wagon. Hopefully we can get more modelers to come to the Corn Roast and enjoy the day. The name from now on will be known as the Fond Du Lac NNL at the WSRA Corn Roast.

http://www.pinkjeep.com/jeep-tours/sedona/

That's an awesome looking slot car. Since Lindberg has the tooling from IMC, is this in their possession? Jairus really makes some nice chassis, reminds me of the old days.

When I drive in Illinois/Chicago suburbs, I drive extra careful. We can pretty much drive like hoons here in Wisconsin and the Illinois drivers that come up think the same way. I don't know how many times I've been passed by a black BMW (and it's always a black BMW) with Illinois plates, and I'm already driving at 80 MPH.

Is Revell going to send you the 67 Mustang parts to be able to use those interiors?

On the older one, were you trying to replicate the old school venetian blinds those cars had in So Cal? Been wanting to do that.

Think you could make the pics bigger? Us old guys don't have the visual acuity you young'ns do!

Dig it back out and send it to me...I need another engine.

http://www.savingpontiac.org/

Your impeller was steel, never aluminum. It just corroded away, it happens. Don't know where MOPAR sourced their water pumps from, but trying to find an old NOS AMC unit would yield a better part, assuming that's the inline six in your Jeep.

Do you realize that most of the latest equipment in medical emergency rooms are based on the star trek vision? And how about this...remember the Star Trek movie about transporting a whale to the future? http://dornob.com/transparent-aluminum-gla...-through-metal/

Very nice. I could see that being done. I think a company was making Mach 5s with the money going to a Charity of some sort. Never saw one at the many car shows i go to.

The four track cartridge actually remained quite popular in Japan with the Karaoke crowd as the first such devices were using that old Lear design. You just didn't get a monitor with a scrolling lyric text...you read those from a sheet of paper on a music stand. It was marketed in the US way into the 80s under the Singing Machine name. Singing Machine went on to cassette and then Pioneer released laser discs with a video and lyrics on screen, usually using a projector type TV. Then of course the CD+G came out in a more manageable size. Hi jack over...,Sorry!

A company in the UK produces model truck kits for garden railways and the advertised scale is 1/24th. I think the company name is Emhar. They make Bedford trucks. http://z6.invisionfree.com/The_Modelers_Ha...?showtopic=8287

Super Clean will fix that primer blunder.

Time to unpimp ze auto!!

Good detailed tips, envious. Well posted. From what I can see from the pics is some heaviness in the rear license area. Move the can back and forth more, don't hold over a spot too long. I also see some evidence of dullness on the front fenders. Not knowing what brand of paint you used, I can only guess that primer was not used and the paint tended to be a bit hotter and crazed the plastic underneath. This is not the end of the world. If you wish to remove the paint, you can dunk the body in a product like Super Clean degreaser. Just use a plastic shoebox sized container and let it soak in there over night. Don't use the disposable aluminum bread pans from the market, the SC will eat through it and create a mess you and your wife will not appreciate. Don't ask me how I know this. LOL. That flatness on the fenders could also be an indication of high humidity (summer day, a damp basement). This will cause paint to do that. I also would recommend Tamiya spray paint...stuff is pretty forgiving if you spray it as envious explained it in his post. I usually don't clear coat, but it is a great way to make a finish glossy. Other than that, I don't see that many issues with your paint job, so you are pretty much there.

I do all the time. The Milwaukee area is great that way. In the small city I live in, the local drug store even carries most of the Revell car kit line at $20.99 each. A bit much, but when you figure in the mileage to Milwaukee and back (18), it evens out. Some LHSs have embraced the interwebs, like Model Empire in West Allis (Milw) who even send out mailers with the latest stuff and sale prices to regular customers.

About that Lindberg D-type, is that a recent kit or an old out of production kit?