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Hey now! .. you got a great eye.. that stance is right on the money!

Oh yeah ... drooped over those rails where they belong!!! I'm liking it... go for it, Bernard! (I've never seen a Highboy I didn't think looked like a bus)

That looks really good for a second casting, especially considering the complexity of the block with the crankshaft! Nice job. The first casting also looks realistic.. like many Caddys after their first run down the dragstrip ..

This was very interesting to me. I can think of countless times I wanted a small round "sandpaper on a stick"! ehhe So the common name is GLASS FIBRE PEN and these are a few links I came on .. used in many industries it seems. Glass Fiber Pen 1 Glass Fiber Pen 2 Glass Fiber Pen 3 Seems that are all in the UK though. I get the feeling they are probably not sold in the US because of the tiny fibers they leave and our slap-happy lawyers.

Glad to see you found it. As for casting, I would recommend searching the forum here for resin and casting. There's a lot of experience here that should not be neglected. There have been many discussions here..

That looks awesome. Sure is nice to just happen to have a rotary just laying around the shop!

When the seam goes through the oil pan, I've always scraped, sanded and/or filled the seam. How much work it takes just depends on how good the engine halves match. I always true up the halves on sandpaper laid flat on the table before gluing. I always use plastic cement to help fill the seam with the melted plastic. Sometimes a little putty is needed if there's too much distortion of a large gap. As for the valleys, it's usually the same deal. More often than not, the valley doesn't show and can take more filing. In other cases, the intake manifold may need some slight truing up with sandpaper of files. Hope I took this correctly and hit the problem you're talking about.

Gorgeous!

That's a great looking truck .. and build! I'm a Structural Engineer, so forgive me for this, but that is a load of trusses, not beams. But, I'm sure AMT probably called them a "beam load".

The water in my decal cup aches. Those look spectacular!! Don't remember ever seeing those paint jobs/decals .. had to be quite the task applying and they look fantastic!

It's great having a head start on an idea like that! Now this is the real sign of age.. multiple rumble seats! :angry:

The Black Hole Gods have been appeased after all these great stories!!!!!! :lol: :lol: Please continue..

My wife might actually consider this knowing she wouldn't have to hear me or put up with my mood after a part drop into the black hole!

hehe.. I'm all four this..

If I had my choice, I would have invested in Nissan.

Wonderful! Looks fantastic..... !

I've used your site numerous times and would love to contribute what I might have to fill some holes. I was wondering if you had some file guidelines as far as scanning, such as size and resolution .. the typical stuff. I never throw out instruction sheets and build a lot the less popular kits so good possibility I have something.

.... working on the 2nd distributor for my Plymouth L-head 6 (the carpet monster ate the first) and after fabricating the lower body and shaft, attaching to the upper 6 cylinder cap from a 2nd 50 Chevy kit and gluing on a advance from RMCOM (first one lost had one of these too) it suddenly disappears! I didn't see it spring to the floor ... was positive I had put it down carefully, but was not on the table. I spent the next hour combing the floor.. and clearing the work table. Nadda. So, I vacated the area and haven't been back down for two days! Needed some calming... So, today I figured I'd just do some sanding on a different project and ease back into thinking about the lost distributor. I couldn't help clearing away more on the table and scanning the floor again. This one is lost to the void for sure. As a last hopeless attempt I figured I'd look closely into the plastic baggie I keep the engine in ... I already scanned this 10 times looking before ... but wait! .. whats that thing sticking out of the block side at 45 degrees... !!! .. what a DUMB place to store a distributor!!!! ... in the hole meant for it ... ... time for a break.. ehhe

Glad to see a Karmann that made it to the table without the front signal lights being stolen to do a backdated bus! Both paint jobs are great along with the cleanness of the builds!

Holy cow Earnie! What a chain of events.. but you know it will become one of your best stories in a month when you heal! I came away wishing I still smoked and could burn myself .. I also suspect that grand daughter could be the next modeler in your line! Hope you have a better day today.

Great looking build! Leaves no doubt why they painted all those cars black back then...

Those photos are very well done,, so are the cars..

Very good looking classic styling.

first word that came to mind was ..COOL! That makes 3. It is and nice job on the build.. looks .. great!

Creative thinking on the grill and it looks really good! This is why I love recreating the 1:1's I had ... always these little details that need to be handled in some unusual manner. And glad you're doing a WIP because if you do TOO good a job, people think it's a box stock build!