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Loving that! --- it really honks!

For those that can't remember, like in Casey's link, just use it once with whatever search term you like and bookmark it. When you use the bookmark, just replace the search term with a new one in the Google search window.

I think this one needs to be here. It's the Black Pearl owned by Metalica's James Hetfield and featured in the latest Rodder's Journal. The body started a flat sheet steel and yet needs details and wheels ... and the black paint. To me it's Swoopy with an American Custom accent. The photos are borrowed from a H.A.M.B. thread. Simply beautiful!!

The red decals/paint really set this off!

A bit of an update mostly engine wise. Did a lot of detail painting of engine and chassis parts as I need to partially assemble the engine before finalizing the scratch-built pieces to fit. The Air Flow Meter got the most attention as this is highly visible and nothing like the 968 engine. I built the shape with layered sheet and glued .01 x .02 inch strips around the top edges. The circular piece needed a ring punched from two different sized punches. For the grid at the center I'm using pieces cut from MCG Speaker Covers. They are just the right size! It needs a little fine sanding before painting but here's where it is along with a shot of the 1:1 engine. I got the wheel pins glued and well centered ... all went well with that. Note that you're looking at the rear of the engine in this shot ...

Welcome and it's pretty nice finding your old builds. Many of us started young and took breaks but never recovered. My break was 30 odd years and I'd kill to get back those discarded ones.

The content goes back pretty far ... years and years. The problem is the poor search engine. Use Google to search and you'll be surprised at all that comes up. Since "novas" was suggested, I'll use that. Into Google type: site:modelcarsmag.com novas It should be pretty obvious how it works. Just change "novas" to whatever you wish to search for.

Using the glass IS a great idea ... the curves and all. You got my interest for sure.

This is looking neat.

Great looking truck and beautiful shots! The perspective is about perfect!

I agree with all the above ... and add the first NNL in, well, I'll use Toledo.

I'd say weathering is perfect also ... thought the first shot was a real truck! Very good photo too ... just the right camera height in that first shot.

Interesting .. you got my attention!

That IS slick! Maybe Nissan should have thought of this.

Loving your bodywork .. shorten the body rather than lengthening the roof! It's looking good!

Well said. I DO have a LHS within 15 minutes and not one of the chains. It's like the old time hobby shops ... one owner, supplies galore and the brands you want, many different hobbies covered but he IS an auto modeler. I buy everything I can from him but sometimes I see that oddball Japanese kit or accessory at HLJ (ore another) and I get it.

I love kits of bizarre cars ... and this qualifies! Will be watching closely.

ZOWIE! That carrier looks SO much better than I envisioned when it started ... but then, it had your creative mind on it.

I've bought things from them with never any problem and things arrive surprisingly fast from there. They are one of the best and most reliable hobby sites.

There should be some interior info here .. http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/

The power bulge is because the designers forgot the high single barrel when they put that awesome nose down slope in the hood.

Just slip that '60 around the bed and interior rear of the '59!

Some good info here ... that page Agent G posted has some nice shots ... our Statie colors have been around a looong time! ... and I love those colors! You BETTER give us plenty of photos during this build, Charlie ... even is you have to go digital to do it! I love this one..

YEA. Andy! With that said. I have to add another 1946 from my date ...

It's time to move to another build for me as the last one was nearing completion and I CAN'T have that! This was my last Porsche and by far the best 944. It was normally aspirated but with the new 3 liter Four destined for the 968 ... gobs of torque and HP compared to the 2.5 liter! It also had the rear wing of the 968 and the 944 Turbo bodywork. I was able to start with the Hasegawa Porsche 944 Turbo since the bodywork was correct. I started this back in the 90's with my first try at resin casting to copy the engine from a 968 kit. That didn't go too bad, but I got tons of small bubbles ... probably normal for a first time casting. I tried filling the bubbles with putty but finally put it aside. Here's a few shots of that engine... When I started up again I had acquired another 968 kit (the original was sacred because I thought I was going to replace the 944S2 with a 968) for cheap so I discarded the resin engine and swapped out the needed 968 parts. Now I expect to get anal on detailing the engine as I did with my '87 944 build. For the rear wing, I filed down the molded in 944 wing on the body and made a 968 type wing from sheet ... still not wanting to use the wing out of the 968 kit! This brings me up to the present, so all the tough stuff is done. I found the correct 928 GT type wheels in a 911 kit and proceeded to adopt those. The inside needed to be ground down flatter and a tube installed to go through the brake disk for mounting. This created a habitual problem for me ... locating the exact center of the wheel for a hole for the tube. A trick I learned here worked perfectly ... stacking various sized tubes so the outside tube centered nicely on the existing hub shoulder while the inner tube fit the drill diameter. This works for many centering applications! You can see the drilled hole in the wheel on the right. The engine just need a slight adaptation from 968 to 944S2 intake plumbing but pretty easy. Then all the stuff to add no matter what .. fuel rail, wiring, plumbing and various boxes ... easy. Hopefully this one might see the light of day sometime soon!