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I love those bodies too .. why are all new cars so .. SQUARE?? ehhe. P.S. I had trouble typing this because Clay's post above me keeps jumping up and down.

I'm exhausted!

Has a great look about it, all the little details. I keep staring at the front end ... I love that look!

To Brizio when you look in .. That Jeep is simply mind boggling!! .. 1/64... MAN!

I'm going to let the openings for the suspension sway my vote to real...

That is fantastic job using the BMF on it!!!!

haha .. you're nothing but a troublemaker, David ... It's fun doing a kit you did when young, looking fine Chris. I especially like the header color

That IS cool! You DO seem to be the master at that .. looks good .. paper, I mean!

sounds impressive! You have to start a WIP thread on this .. it will get lost in this " GiveMeABreakAnotherMerc" thread.. ehe

Aye ... the hinges are what popped out for me. They look great!

hehe.... I scanned an image of my daughter when I first got a scanner that just about shut down the computer. The scanners do use print descriptions for resolution.. and I use the same range when I scan. They just like to keep us all confused and in the dark by using different descriptions of the same thing.

So you like modifieds! I have one on the bench that's the first I've done. I love the look when they are down low. That Tobias frame was a real pain to get all straight .. that has to be SOME work doing one from scratch! Been collecting pieces to give it more finish as I try to clean up other projects ... nice 4 -barrel, air cleaner, brakes and making some better looking shocks/springs. Oh .. the 35 Chevy. These are so open it hard not to go crazy with the detailing, but it's all worthwhile BECAUSE of the visibility! Your ideas for the Merc sound good.

defiantly wild paint! looks great!

Those flames still rock me!! Looks great in the end.

In the back of my mind I thought there was some connection ... but put the link anyway jsut in case. Sorry about that, Bob. Gave you another plug anyway Hope I don't step on toes again cause I believe you basically know what you're talking about with the DPI thing. But this has always been a pet peeve of mine. My past 15 years out of the hobby I spent making 3D meshes and creating 2D images from them. The quality of a 2D image file, like a scan, photo ... a jpeg file ... can be described 2 ways. The one typically used for display on a computer monitor is the resolution in pixels, like your example of 1581x2049, 1581 dots X 2049 dots, if you will.. This completely describes "quality" or resolution. When printing, the resolution is usually described using 3 variables ... DPI X width X height. The width and height are usually in inches when using Dots Per Inch as the first measure. In the example above for monitors, the 1581x2049 file can be described as 150DPI x 10.54" x 13.66" or, 72 DPI x 21.958" x 28.458". All three of these measurements describe the exact same file. The the only point I was addressing is that you could have a 72 DPI file that has much higher resolution than a 300 DPI file. Your scannners resolution of 1200 dpi by 1200 dpi does fully describe the resolution because it is based on the maximum area of your scanning bed. But without knowing those dimensions, I can not say what your maximum resolution would be. If it could only scan a 1" by 1" area (i-scan? .. ehhe) you could only get a 1200 x 1200 image from it. Hope this made sense and it was only meant FYI.

I don't have either kit so, sorry I can't help. I'm assuming you've checked the Drastic Plastics site for instructions anyway. You should describe the minimum file format you desire with something other than 200dpi as this is a printing measure and doesn't fully describe an image file. Just give a minimum resolution such as 800x600 and maybe a maximum jpeg compression of 90%.

I like it! Engine and wheels really fill out their respective cavities! The grey looks good on this.

I was still on my first absence from modeling in the 80.s but that cool there was an article on doing that. I assume you mean the Revell Merc .. that has gotten rave reviews and a must have, I think everyone has one or 10 except me. I'm still on this 15 year build of the AMT one. It seems to have many of the standard Merc custom pieces and a rather size able chop. I've seen guys raising the roof even. Not having build one, better to let someone else comment on it though.

My family is from New Bedford, but long ago. way before my time. They went there from Canada for the mills. I grew up outside of Hartford, now outside Pittsfield. There sure is a lot of brick down there!!

I doubt you'll ever find a magazine of JUST the cars you want to see, but that's not the point of any of them. You can see techniques you can use in a Truck only model mag if what you crave is box stock cars from 1921. The magazine is pretty much this forum in print form ... but much shinier. .. and Gregg gets to wield his power completely!

NOW I'm REALLY ticked off!!!!!!!!!! hehe I want my, I want my, I want my MCM!!

OMG! That IS a beautiful piece!

Actually, Australia is closer to Hawaii than Chicago, though I don't know where the mailing really originates from.

As Part of my previous life (now a retired structural engineer) I inspected thousands of 100 year old New England brick walls. You have GOT IT! This is about the best looking modeled brick I've seen! The colors and random patterns are perfect. Excellent observation and technique you have there.

hehe.. it wasn't an argument, just a slip of my keyboard. I was talking about the grill anyway. If a chopped Merc didn't look right from the start we wouldn't have 99% of surviving bodies ready to receive mail!!! .. ok.. 80% ... some of the less radical ones can take a book from amazon.com