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Looks like a great kit to spend the time rebuilding. What are your plans for this one?

These kits are great fun. As a kid i basically tried to avoid them, but for the past couple of years Ive been trying to get my hands on as many cartoonish/caricature kits as i can. They go together very well and definitely detail out nicely. That surfboard came out fantastic, the pearl looks like a few layers of surf wax.

Nice weathering, those bombers and flathead look right at home.

I love Pegasus hobbies, I'm lucky enough to live 15 minutes away. Their stock is second to none that I've seen around my area, or places I've traveled to. So what did you get?

A scale louver press will make for one heck of a tool. You could measure out and run tape lines down the deck lid. And use the edges of them as a guide, for each pass of louvers you do, to keep them on the straight.

I've been eyeballing those Fiat and Renault kits at my local hobby shop for about a year now. Never seem to leave with them though. Good luck with your kits. Should be an awesome bunch when they are done.

Wow, wasn't expecting to see a lime green subaru! The paint looks very nice, definitely different, but different good. Cant wait to see it with the lights in place.

Yikes man. I was just basing my pricing on that about two years ago when i bought a few tamiya kits. I dont remember them being even over 35.00 in the same shop. But i guess everything has gone up since.

I had three hobby shops in my immediate area, all of which are gone now except for Pegasus. Its a pretty decently stocked shop, but prices are getting outrageous. Even though i dont buy them often, i was glancing at the prices of Tamiya models while there, and $50-65 seems to be the norm. Not going to keep me from buying the kits i want, but it just seems like someone went through all the stock with a calculator and price gun and marked everything up $15-20 overnight. Even kits that have been sitting untouched there for years are moving up the price scale. It is great to walk in there after they've bought someones collection though. The collection kits are definitely better priced, and often times kits that are harder to come by. For anyone who lives in Southern California and doesn't know, Pegasus is located in Montclair. Just exit the 10 west at Mountain and hang a left on Moreno, its down a few lights on the left hand side. Definitely a great place to spend a few hours.

I can 99.9% guarantee that you have to sign some sort of paperwork when you retake possession of your car that says you wont sell it or any part of it for x amount of time, if at all. Almost guessing it might become MTV property somehow, with you as the care giver. The things they do to those cars are just hideous.

Tonight, i made some stacks for it out of some aluminum tubing. They're just a snug fit, no glue. So they can be adjusted from about a 1/4 inch to an inch in height, until i finish them up and decide how i want them. I've also started on opening up the grill.

Fantastic build Gramps! The second picture could have easily been a real or model contestant. What kit did the grill shell come from?

Wow! This is one helluva car. It looks like you weathered the interior panels in the first picture ? Great job, and great build. It would look killer as a 1:1

Nice progress on the 32' Visio. Digging the mustang as well, looks boss.

Amazing looking work as always. Are you going to be doing the aluminum frame in the same style as the one now?

Had some time last night, so i smoothed out the passenger side and removed the siren. Went together pretty well, but i still need to shape the rear quarter.

Fantastic looking build Alyn. The grill shell looks great, as do the tail lights. Just hope the driver doesn't die from carbon monoxide poisoning from those headers

well after eyeballing this the other night, i decided to cut a 5/16 wedge out of the side. I also drilled a few holes in the hood for some stacks. The body should come back together nicely after i take a chunk out of the hood side and do some filing and sanding, i hope.

The inner structure looks great, especially those panels.

Ah man, that stinks! what kind of glue was it? The insert is totally up to you man. On a 1:1 car the insert is usually either made from a fabric of choice or is welded shut with sheet metal for a hard top finish. Some guys even leave the insert missing for a permanent sunroof of sorts (with or without the structural wood). I think your 32' would looks great black on black but i think it might need a few rubs with a greasy finger to differentiate between the paint on the body and the fabric material of the insert, IMO.

Looking great buddy! The wheels and body came out real nice. Are you going to leave the roof insert black or will it end up a different color? Seeing this gives me some motivation to finish mine up. Cant wait to see the final product.

thanks for the comments guys. i think im going to try something ive never tried before. ive got it in my head now that it needs a 'finkish' arm coming out of the window, siren in hand. like an undercover cop from any 70's-80's movie, when they're about slap the siren on the roof before they slam the gas. ive started a crude skeleton out of armature wire so far for the arm, just need to head to the craft store to see what kind of modeling putty i need. As far as the sectioning, ive thought long and hard about it since i got the darn thing. The only way i can figure to do it without never ending bodywork would be to section it below the belt line since the rest of the car is too bubbly to ever line back up perfectly without far too much work. I agree it needs it, i just need to figure out the logistics of it with the body mounts.

Picked up this Tom Daniels taxi for cheap at the hobby shop today. It apparently came from a private collection, hope all the parts are there.

Great builds Ryan and Smart. Cant wait to see where your build heads Vizio.

Wicked looking car. great weathering, i can smell the rust from here.