lordairgtar

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?

Cialis!

Sorry to hear of your shop's demise. I guess we are blessed here in the Milwaukee area (I'm 18 miles away) as our LHS's seem to be doing well. Always busy and the two that I patronize, the one in particular sells other hobby things and has an art supply area that I use as well for my art supplies. The other shop has a internet presence. I guess it all comes down to smart marketing. I spoke with the owners of one shop and they say they are doing good. BTW, I always manage to purchase something when I visit because not buying would be like going to the club to hear a DJ or band and not buying drinks.

I got one today from the hobby shop and I am going to work on this. I think the old Pyro molds have held up or Dave from Model king cleaned up a lot of mold work. It's molded in white plastic. There are chrome parts and clear. The tail light assembly is molded onto the body, so you will have to foil and paint the thing. The tyres are very small and devoid of any sidewall detail. Tread is ghosted onto the tyre, so it resembles a tyre with 70,000 miles on it. The parts box is your friend. Bare with me as my PC does not recognize my camera, and Photobucket is being recalcitrant. Kit is made in the USA so you can feel good about buying US goods if you are American. The kit comes in a pizza style box which I hate BTW, although this one stays closed when you close it. The chrome tree holds the bumpers, grille, muffler, exhaust pipe and header, valve cover, intake/carbs, air cleaner housing, two piece wheels, headlight buckets, roll bar, wheelie bar (why?), side pipes (again why?), and two unidentified scoop like things. The decal sheet has a lot of numbers to make any combination of race car numbers and also has three roundels for the numbers and three soft rectangles for larger numbers if you wanted to use them. Has some sponsor decals mostly of American companies like Champion and cragar, Fram, Valvoline, and Doug Headers. Why no Lucas or other British decals? Some door size banners are in there advertising some hobby shops with actual phone numbers...are these real shops? Several "TRIUMPH" decals are here as well as two sets of stripes, one in olive drab and the other, white. Other banners read "Triumphant GT-6", "Rantin' & Ravin' ", and "Cartastrophy". The clear tree has the wind screen, back light, and side and vent windows. The back light has defroster lines engraved and the wind screen has small wipers at the bottom edge. The headlight lenses are there as well. The Body! Oh such a body! This is a multi-piece body with opening doors and bonnet (hood). Don't fret, as this is the way the real body is constructed. This one would make nice additions to a resto-shop diorama. Chassis is separate and has a detailed suspension. Not as detailed as a newer kit but quite the kit in it's day. My original PYRO kit shows well next to this. The new kit is in white plastic as the old PYRO kit was molded in a weird dusty rose/brown color. Interior builds up platform style like new Revell kit. The two bucket seats with console is a one piece mold. The six cylinder engine is kind of chunky, but will look nice if some attention is given it. Has separate differential/drive shaft/transmission as a unit. One bad point is the windscreen opening is kind of smallish in that it has rather thick posts. The box art belies this, so be aware of this. I think I will file out the opening to improve the look and make a new windscreen. I am going to enjoy working on this and I was going to rip into the original PYRO kit, but when I heard this was coming out, I held off on that and a $70 dollar rarity was spared. I may still build that one anyway. I recommend this one for builders with a modicum of skill and a well stocked parts bin for some detail bits like the tyres, a fuel cap (kit's is molded to body) and some other bits. I would find a set of mini-lites for a better set of wheels, or maybe even wire wheels, although I don't know if the real one had them. Good building!

Heller had a bunch of 1/43rd scale kits plus Monogram had that Corvette and Cobra as well. For something older, AMT had a line of 1/43rd cars.

It's put together nicely. It's begging for some bare metal foil and some detail painting of the rims and tail lights. That should be on a shelf, not in storage!

Really sharp RC vehicle.

But the grub wasn't bad.

September 6, 2009 Fond Du Lac County Fair Grounds in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Held in the Cow Palace...don't worry, there are no cows. Model car show 9AM to 2PM Participant and spectator voting for awards Adult 18 & up, Junior 12 thru 17, and Children classes Held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Street Rod Association's annual Corn Roast car show at the fair grounds. Bring your models and enjoy the day looking at cool cars and rods on the show grounds. Model show is free but admission to car show is required Adult $5 Senior $4 Under 12 free Registration closes at 11AM for model show. Pick up awards and models after 2PM. Anything left after 3PM, model show staff and WSRA are not responsible for. http://www.wirod.com/Events_Sale_Join_Links/earlybird.pdf Gregg Kluck, model show chairman. Phone 262 679 6420

http://www.vwtypethree.com/myvws/index.html The link shows what a type three is, the square, slantback and notch. Those Ghias are called Type 34s actually. They are my favorite VW, along with the Type 3 Notch, and I'm with Bill on this one. It should be kitted. There are about four Type 34s in the area in which I live and one is a full blown drag car. I saw a beautiful Type 3 notch yesterday at the Volksbraten show yesterday in Sheboygan.

Saw the Benz and the Stutz at a swap meet today. Thought they were cool and I would have gotten them except the wifey was giving me the "look". I'm waiting for the Triumph GT6 + to come out from Lindberg.

Ha!! Love the chasis pic with your finger showing paint still on your digit...just like me. Just one tip...get yourself a big spray can of flat black primer or paint for the chassis. The brush marks detract from a clean assembly. On your next one, try and remove corporate trade marks too, makes for a cleaner look.

Ha!! I'm from Wisconsin and we have nuttier people than Ohio. Look at our Governor.

You assume too much

I've been here for quite some time, but SA members had some insight to new stuff coming along a lot quicker it seemed to me. I could be wrong, though, just my thoughts. I like Modeler's haven because of the quizzes. I will spend a considerable amount of time finding those cars. I like this place because it is like family, or Ohana as Gregg calls it. Not too thrilled with Hobby Heaven's site just because of the way the board is laid out. Some might find it quaint, but i find it annoying. My beef with SA is that I get these flags when I log on wanting me to redo my pass or user name. I should not EVER have to do that unless they had a problem with a server crashing or some such thing. I have not yet received an email from them yet, but I am sure one of their minions will do that soon enough. Being in the same metro area that Kalmbach is in, and that Mr Haught is a member of our local model club, I am sure my decision will soon come to bite me in the caboose. Too bad Kalmbach chooses not to give SA the same operating budget they give Model Railroader and Finescale Modeler, because it truly could be something good. Being really busy during the summer with my DJ business and car show art and the benevolent association I help out plus my crappy job, I really shouldn't have to jump through hoops to spend some leisure time online.

yes, I have had it with the doo doo from that other model mag site. Every other month they request re setting the password or user name. And it doesn't work that easily. I emailed them to remove my account info from the forum and never bother me again with their lame site. Nothing works unless you go through hoops like posting links and such. I'm gone....I even deleted them from my tool bar. It's a shame because I like the people in the forums there.