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I think I would hate to have to maneuver a Hummer around the back roads of China and through the old cities!

Oh cool, it has an engine! Looks like a great kit.. opened doors also? The Viper blue sounds pretty nice on this .. that was a good looking Z. I have a 1:1 "stealth Z" .. G37 6-speed Coupe.

This should be fun. There are many HO scale vehicles and you should be able to find most shown. That IS a small scale and I wish your eyes luck! I'm actually embarking on a highly secret (!!) project that is still in the planning phases. I only mention it here because I'll be modifying some Z-scale (1/220) automobiles. I wish I could use those HUGE 1/87 bodies you'll be working with!!!

but, I want to know how you got the oil in the cans?? .. looks great, Ed!

That's looking fantastic! Interior matches my G35 in color perfectly.. I'm sure they must have used the same charcoal in the G35's and 350's. The GPS came out perfect.. can almost read it from here! B-pillar mounted seat belts are a REAL chore ... these look fine.

Welcome to the Insane Asylum! (.. well, we DO have george53, CB and Ledsled here ... among others) you don't bring anything new? .. must be cause we haven't seen any PHOTOS yet! (hints)

Looks good ..sorry about the bump. ;( Uploading directly to the forum will always display them as a thumbnail. Most of us put photos to a photo site such as Photobucket which makes it easy to paste the link directly in the thread and it will display much larger, even when reduced.

I really like that front end .. especially the side chrome line down the front. and Jairus .. a SSR wood bed... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

I just got a spark recently to do a Chevy SSR, which would be really cut up in the end .. but I'd love to see anything you guys have done on this subject. You ALWAYS get my juices flowing, Jairus .. PLASTIC juices, that is ..

The Wagon looks great, Curt! Looks like time for me to get back to my comp Vicky for this build .. Fall is here and time is moving on!

This clean build only heightens the spectacular photos! Scale and all works beautifully with this well done model!

There's a lot of good years left in that puppy! Looks grand!

.. this is not good

This will give you some perspective on the source, but there are other people here that can give firsthand knowledge.

Looks like a spectacular show... as usual!

The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to fget the sifters out.

The dirt road looks very realistic ...well done! Guess there's no substitute for the real thing. I've been planning to do a dirt road as part of a model photo shooting scene and will have to follow your lead.

Cool Curt .. I'm surprised you can actually get the thread going enough to heat the plastic that much.

Nice and clean ... this looks great. Might we see the engine? I have one in the box waiting, but stole the front turn signal lights for my '56 Kombi on the workbench. Think the Karmann will have to be a custom.

I'm really glad this thread popped up again as I thought I had posted in it before. Even better, it gave be another complete read through checking if I did or not. I can see where much of the talent visible in the builds here comes from .. what a diverse group. I was pretty fortunate to find my "dream job" straight out of college as a Structural Engineer in a small consulting firm in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. I grew up around Hartford, CT and promised myself I would NEVER drive to work in that traffic mess ever again! Kind of an odd prime requirement for a job, but I succeeded! I don't actually know how I ended up as a Structural Engineer, but just followed what I liked thru school and ended up there. The company I joined, Hill Engineers, did work mostly in the Paper Mills of which there were literally hundreds of small mills all over New England. We had electrical, mechanical, paper-process and, of course, structural engineers to pretty much do what ever a paper mill might need. It was a total blast working on these old factories and discovering the ways they were originally constructed to aid in repairing them. The first building I ever designed was a new building for the Crane Paper Company to house a new paper machine to make... U.S. Government Currency Paper! Yes, they make 100% of our paper money paper there and was right in the town out company was located. And, yes, the building and machine is still running after all these 30+ years.. better that a lot of the kits I've built! That was always a pleasant building to visit over the tears with th e"green glow" it seemed to emit. And, don't ask .. I have no "free samples"! I enjoyed every day of my 35 years at this job and never even thought of going anywhere else. I was in a great place to live, eventually was an owner of the company, had a 10 minute drive through NO traffic, had great and trustworthy partners and it seemed every new job was something new to challenge me. The company was run like a family .. no one got rich, but everyone got along and we were so diverse in nature and experience that there was always someone fit for the job at hand. Sounds kind of like THIS place, eh?

Why not just just pick up a bottle of touch up paint at your local Nissan dealer? I realize a 1:1 metallic can sometimes be out of scale on a model, but I've had great results from many of the 1:1 paints when building the cars I have owned, many of which had metallic paint. Just thin it down to milk consistency as usual and air brush. Good luck on your quest and be sure to let us see the results of your build.

I have my paint booth in the basement and it IS very humid down there without the a dehumidifier running all year round. At least it does take care of the paint problem from it.

I've been looking through some old MCM's and have seen a few references to cutting out doors and trunks using thread .. even one by the Big Kahuna. I've used a jeweler's saw in my early days and now just the x-acto knife, but I've never heard of using a thread. I'd like to hear some input on this technique from those that use it. Like, what kind of thread, how long does it take, how to hold the thread (assume taunt thread is the best as a knife), does it leave a finer cut than the back of a knife blade, does it handle rounded corners better. etc. ,etc.?

That is gorgeous! Do you really run that beautiful thing? I'd be scared stiff to go wide and rub a wall...

This is like watching a full size buildup for us little guys here! It IS amazing what you can do at this scale, but it's also got to be a pain when you just want to do something quick and simple.. the loss detail would be too noticeable. This is looking great.. thanks for the entertainment!