SSNJim

Time for a spoon test! Spray two plastic spoons using the same process and paints you used to paint the car, and let them dry. Wax one with The Treatment, and apply an unused decal from the Chevelle kit. With the second one, apply the Chevelle decal first, then wax it. See which, if either, has better results. You'll have your answer. Of course, if the Chevelle was a once in a lifetime paint job you could never replicate again, things get a little tougher.

Someone mentioned earlier that Steve couldn't get his injection molding machine to work. That implies he has molds. Is it possible he has the original molds? It's not outside the realm of possibility; everything is negotiable. Not very likely, but possible.

That is a beautiful car. The roof flows with the car perfectly. Great job! I like the wheels, too. I'm glad the Slammers are coming back. I was one who had a blast kit baahing them. Some were good, some were not so good, some were never finished. They were all a lot of fun.

That is intriguing. Any pictures of the Continental?

I did look it up, and it's true. I just can't wait to see what else 2020 has in store for us. Unbelievable.

Criminy, murder hornets weren't bad enough?

The best way to get rid of the bulge is to start with the FE-3X Olds kit. It has both the flat and bulged hoods in it, and a hidden 86 Cutlass nose. Of course, the 86 nose takes a little surgery.... I'll never buy another Hurst/Olds kit. If you've got a droop snoot hood scoop (that's fun to say), it will likely cover the removal of the stock hood bulge. You'll need carburetor clearance anyway, so it shouldn't matter if there's a hole in the hood. A bit of Evergreen plastic or suitable unused kit parts cut to shape can fill unsightly gaps. Cut, trial fit, sand/file, trial fit, sand/file, and so on, and on, and on. And on. You'll get it. Very creative work here. The Cutlass is my favorite of the G-Bodies. I'll be following along.

The Lightnings are out here. Mine is red.

i'm pretty sure the 917 in general killed every series it raced in. Amazing cars. This was the pinnacle of 917 development and led to the 911 Turbos. I'll be watching.

I didn't make it to many of the shops; I didn't have that much spare time to get to Philadelphia. I did find a shop in Wilmington that I forgot about - Simpson's Hobbies Shop at 709 Foulk Rd. Definitely an old school hobby shop with an RC emphasis, but a good selection of old and new kits - better than the LHS near me. I did drive by Capelli's. The windows still had Capelli's on them, but the sign overhead was something else and there were mannequins in the windows. Looking at it now, I think maybe I got confused. It looks like the left is Capelli's, the right is Charlie's. The picture is a screen grab from Google Street View. I didn't make it to the others - I was travelling on Sunday, and didn't have much time. I will check out Capelli's and some of the others on my next trip up. I will be going up periodically with less urgency to the trip. Thanks, Tom and Bill, for you recommendations.

What's the difference between time attack and time trials? They seem fairly close to me.

The car in total is very striking. The front is very GM-ish (except for the headlight eyebrows), and the rear is very Chrysler-ish. I love the look of the car, you've done a great job - but that rear! I really like it. I've got a Chezoom in progress myself as a generic mid 50s to mid 70's GM car. I'm keeping the hump. Maybe I'll strip it tomorrow - it's got about 47 coats of paint and could use some love.

Incredible. I really like the aft end of the car behind the 57 hump at the B pillar. Great work.

If it was yellowed on one side, it was likely sitting in direct sunlight, such as in, or in front of, a window. Smoke will usually yellow the whole car.

Thanks for the recommendations. The Philly part will be in Center City near the Convention Center. My schedule should be pretty flexible. I'll check out as many as I can.

I'm going to be in both places over the next 3 or 4 days. One day in Wilmington, then 2 in Philadelphia. Any where in between is good too - I'm driving. Thanks!

Thanks. I'd be willing to buy the DVD if it's all content. I've seen indices for sale - it doesn't do any good to know that an article was published in Issue 25 if you don't have Issue 25 and it's out of print..

Is this all the articles and pictures, or is it just an index?

I'm right there with you - I was thinking up to about 73 myself.

That was an interesting link, porschecr. I had no idea there were so many colors, nor that an 89 is an early car. That cleared up a lot of questions. Thanks!

I wasn't questioning whether he was correct. I just wanted to know why the variations in color. I've seen many a picture of 911 engines, and they vary in color. Never having seen a Porsche engine in person, I have no idea about them except what is shown in kit instructions. It just seemed strange to me that the top of a 911 engine would be red. I had no idea it was an upper air channel/fan shroud. Thanks for the material information - the pictures I referred to looked bronze-ish to me.

Nice work - great looking engine. I do have a question, though, concerning the upper air channel you have painted red. A lot of the kit instructions say to paint it red, but I see a lot of engines with it in natural metal. The yellow car and engine behind the white car in your pictures above have them. What is the difference? In what color do they come from the factory?

You're welcome. I first saw it in the music video, and had no idea it wasn't a driver until I saw the youtube video. Either way, it is a pretty spectacular vehicle. That's kind of where I was thinking you were going with this. I'm following along. Very nice work.

I don't see anything particularly bad about this car. it looks like any other wide-body aerokit-festooned car to me.

Bingo. I will normally drink iced tea, water or nothing rather than anything out of those machines. The only problem then is that there is always a line at those machines which happens to be the only place to get ice. It takes people 5 or 10 times longer just to figure out what they want to drink, and how to get it out. The machines will also time out and reset your selections if you take too long, so you have to start over. They are most frustrating contraptions ever.