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I have a '59 still waiting for a BMF finishing. I congratulate you and well done!

I don't believe those types of images are allowed here. edit: hope no one took me seriously .. should have put a on this post.

hahah ... that's cool, Christian. I was a practical engineer ... consulted for real people .. so I rounded off.

You're making that sow's ear look pretty darn good!

That is QUITE beautiful!!

Aaron has the right idea. Say the 1/25 Camaro that weighs 3765 lbs is 7" x 3" wide x 2" tall (from the rocker sills up). this is simplified, but close enough and I don't have a Camaro to measure. The volume is 7 x3x 2 = 42 cubic inches. If you assumed the same density as steel (.28 lb/cu in) it would weigh .28 x 42 = 11.7 lb. This is off because the 1:1 car is not all steel and is not proper scaling . Scaling the previous assumed dimensions up gives 175 inches long by 75" wide by 50" long = 656,250 cu in for the 1:1 car. The overall density would be 3727 divided by 656,250 = .0057 lb/ci. This seems small, but steel is .28 lb/ci.and a car is mostly air using only the outside volume. When scaling it is assumed the density of the material remains the same. This gives .0057 x 42 cu in = .24 lb. for the scale Camaro. I'm a Structural Engineer and would be interested on any takers to disprove this. Of course, It does assume the scale model is made from all the same materials as the 1:1 car. Scaling the material density would be unrealistic in my opinion.

Love these old trucks and you've (and brother) done a stunning job!

I've been known to paint the valves AND glue the covers on. Maybe THAT'S why I never seem to finish anything.

Only 11 years? .. you "just" started this one, then. My oldest is probably 16, but still in the same time frame. That frame looked cool .. why start over? It all looks good. Hoping to see more.

It'll be interesting to see how you smooth out that roof. Everything looks good.

Looking super!

I'm late to the party too, but you've never been late helping out whenever you can ... so have another good day on me.

Looks fantastic!

I'm impressed that BOTH 1/24 AND 1/25 scales are offered in the bodies!!! Rapid prototyping sure DOES work! oh .... also 1/32 and 1/43 for same bodies!!!

I'm throwing a pic of the first airbrush paint job I ever did when I got back into modeling about 20 years ago. It's some Testors enamel form the small jars which matched the tan of my wife's VW closely. The air brush was the first release of Testors cheap plastic one given to me as a gift. I'm sure no lacquer was used as all I would have surmised at the time was using the enamel thinner on hand. I still get amazed how smooth this came out. I had no idea about polishing kits at the time ,,, the paint is untouched except for some wax maybe. I do love lacquer for how fast it dries, but nothing but enamel seems to come out so shiny right out of the brush.

Hi, Jesse. Just a little word of advice. never use a .bmp file online. They are a very inconsiderate and inefficient bitmap format with no compression. A .jpg file is compressed and doesn't strain the lesser-connected members here. This file actually started installing a program on my computer trying to figure how to view it. I'm a graphics oriented user and I never use /bmp's. I did see your sketch and think I see your problem. Looks like the lower part of the body was cut off. I'd suggest using pieces of .04" plastic sheet to replace it, using the opposite side as a guild if that is still possible, Backup the joints with other pieces of plastic, epoxied if you can.

Looks kike the blade trailers. My company did site engineering in 3 locations in the Berkshire Mountains for turbine farms and it's quite a job engineering a road up to the sites from the routes they come in! I designed the foundations and we also did the electrical engineering for the lines into the grid. They are pretty awesome structures and I personally think they look cool perched on the tops of the mountains here. That shot on the highway really gives a good perspective of the size!

That's a spectacular build!

That's quite an inspirational junkyard find and you've got a great looking start on the body!

I think you have the right idea ... just think what you'd do for a 1:1 and make it out of plastic sheet and shapes. I've made mounts that attach to the engine to sit on pads added to the frame. There's no set shape or method. Having done this for 1:1 cars you're way ahead of me on this! Good luck and have fun ... and show us what you do!

The detail on the side is riveting! ... sorry about that, but I wouldn't want that rivet job. It came out looking real good!

That's some beautiful engine work!

definitely needed fins! ... Trabant's don't have enough power to cross a pencil line.

Also just use some wire insulation that fits over the plug wire. I think phone line wire insulation is about right for most plug wire sizes.