Chuck Most

Steve Jobs... Henry Ford... Thomas Edsion...Nikola Tesla... what do they all have in common? They were all visionaries who, by most accounts, weren't the most pleasant people to deal with on a one-on-one basis. (And that is the ONLY comparison I'm making between Jobs and those other guys.) As to the matter at hand- Not a fan of Jobs or Apple, but even I can get behind what he's saying.

I have a Mustang bumper cover, off the car, but it's a few years too old (I think it's off an '83). It's ripped and cracked to beat the band, and now that I think of it, I wonder why I still have the thing up in the rafters in the first place...

Odd Job was a pretty big guy... maybe that balanced the load?

I'm just stuck on a powerplant for mine. I was even considering a boooooooooooring Small Block Chevy (but with a cool intake), but now I'm leaning toward an old Buick Nailhead.

Though you could argue the Model A does have a computer.... Sure, most people think of a 'computer' as being electronic, but there were mechanical computers long before electronic ones. A computer is a programmable device designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. It could be argued a carburetor does just such an operation- meters a given amount of fuel to the engine. So, depending on how loosely you use the term, you could argue the Model A has at least one computer on it, albeit a mechanical one.

I have to say- I've got a couple of 'rat rod' style semi tractor projects, and the one thing holding me back was the fact the rivet detail would be destroyed during the bodywork. maybe I won't need to 'invent' a reason after all.

If you aren't familiar with the story of the SS American Star, a pretty complete history can be found here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_America_(1940) She was one of the last great American liners, and lived a long and storied history until her infamous final cruise in 1978. But she is perhaps most famous for wrecking 100 yards offshore in the Canary Islands in January 1994, after spending almost a decade and a half 'at the wall' after an aborted salvage attempt. She was under tow to Asia to be converted into a floating hotel when the tow lines parted, and she crashed into a sandbar. There she sat until just a few years ago, when the bow section finally collapsed and fell into the sea. This is perhaps the most well-known image of her, circa 2004. The severed stern section collapsed and sank in 1996, but is still visible in aerial photos of the wreck. Now the bow has collapsed and sunk as well. The hole along the keel was not caused by the collision- it was cut there by salvagers to prevent the wreck from floating free and becoming a navigation hazard. A few photos illustrating the bow's deterioration I'm thinking making the actual hull will be easy- the Revell or Glencoe SS United States looks like it can be modified into a pretty close duplicate of the SS America. Making the beach shouldn't be a huge challenge, but the one thing that's holding me back is duplicating the choppy surface of the ocean around the wreck. Just wondering- has anyone else done a shipwreck diorama? I've seen quite a few dioramas of war ships in water, but never of anything close to shore- where the water is typically clearer and lighter. I've actually seen a model of the SS American Star wreck, but it was set on a wooden base, with no representation of water or the beach. Oh, for those interested, there is a pretty good site dedicated to this ship, both as a wreck and during her heyday and decline- http://ss-australis.com/

x2 Might need to invent a couple of projects just to try these out.

Making a stock coupe by cutting off the molded deck and subsituting the stock turtle deck should be a very workable proposition, though. I'm still kicking around that idea with the chopped verision- I dont think I've ever seen a fendered, chopped T hot rod model. Done right, such a build would look very cool.

Not for me! Then again, I still haven't come up with a compelling excuse NOT to buy the Bandit Resins transkit...

Sorry- I was a bit more stoked for the 'GT' version that was being speculated earlier. Seeing its been put back to a stock variant kind of knocked the wind out of the sails on this one for me.

No, no stinger. Not for THIS one anyway.

DON'T. WANNA. KNOW. Period.

$7.50 a can? No thank you. I'll stick with Duplicolor.

What he said. What he said.

Yeah- the front axle is pretty weak, but the axle from the '27 kit (no metal axle running through it) can be made to work on this kit without much effort.

Love 'em all! Nice to see more Ford guys around.

I will say that I have used the Testors Acryl line, and have had mixed results. Like Joseph said- they are fantastic for brush-painting small pieces, but airbrushing them can get a bit iffy, no matter what you do. For the price you paid, though, even if they don't turn out to work for what yiou have in mind, you aren't out as much money as you would have been at full price.

Picked up ten or fifteen of the chopped version- had no idea this one was due out. Might still need a few of these.

Yes, and I do remember that one. But the car is still visibly attached to the dirt berm it is jumping from. What I was thinking about was having the car completely clear of the ground, perhaps suspended on a mirror, or possibly with monofilament line.

Wanted a wacky paint scheme for mine, so I thought why not go with an actual hornet pattern scheme? I painted the body a light green to represent the 'original' color, then went over that with black primer and yellow paint to create the paint job.

So.... this means there will be no custom version at all? That's what the email from Round 2 seems to imply.

I would like to see a diorama with the cars suspended up over the ground. Like an old 'Tournament Of Thrills' scene or an (gulp) airbourne General Lee. I've seen mirror surfaces used by aircraft modelers, where the plane is cut in half and secured to the mirror base to create the illusion of a plane in flight. I'm wondering if the same thing could be applied to a diorama depicting a jumping car.

Michigan has an accent. And no, we don't all sound like Dauber from Coach. Listen to a post-game interview with Tom Izzo, or catch an airing of Nights With Alice Cooper. Definite Michigan accents. In fact. those two guys pretty much sound the same.

Pronouncing AMT.... I sill haven't mastered spelling it. Ditto MPC. How about this- Willys is actually pronoucned "Willis" as in Bruce Willis, or 'What you talkin' bout' Willis'. Thing is so many people pronounce it 'Willies' even the experts say it that way, otherwise nobody knows what they're talking about.