Chuck Most

Nice! I have one of these about 95% finished, but when I had it mocked up and painted I sort of lost interest. Yours is giving me second thoughts...

I would love to have one- because it could get me pretty close to building something I've always wanted to build....

Very cool! Dash looks like it might be from a '66 full-size Dodge.

And they keep them running with the most basic tools, in many cases. I remember reading an article about a mechanic in Iraq, and he had a Ford product in his shop (which was basically a car port) that needed a radiator. Ford and Chrysler components are hard to come by in Iraq, but GM stuff is more common, so a lot of the time it's finding something that's close and making it work. This guy talked about repairing radiators with battery acid and old wire brushes and all kinds of crazy stuff. I kept thinking "put this guy in a fully-stocked service bay at a dealer and he could probably build his own vehicle"! I don't recall exactly what radiator he used for the customer's vehicle, but he got the job done. I have to say, reading about what some people have to put up with to do what would be a simple afternoon repair here makes my missing 10mm socket or one-day wait on a replacement part seem trivial.

Same here, but I just went straight into "move on and clean up the mess". Might be because there was only one real "casualty". I'm more puzzled than anything- I have no clue how the support bracket under the shelf came loose in the first place.

Had a display shelf fall for seemingly no reason. A Heller Ferguson practically exploded on impact with the floor- I still haven't found the hood and front wheel. A few models were damaged, but I'm mostly dealing with a few mirrors knocked off, a couple of minor scuffs in the paint, and a broken-off wheel. All should be fairly easy to deal with. Weirdest thing is I'm not as worked up about it as I thought I'd be. I got home and saw it and I just sort of thought "OK, that's weird", and started gathering stuff up off the floor.

Looks can be deceiving. You'll have to do the glass yourself on this one.

Bonneville meets Star Wars.

Just got the newest car body from Kris. Full disclosure- I had a hand in the development of this. Kris had wanted to do a chopped top body for these kits as soon as they were out, and somehow I ended up being the guy who got the ball rolling. He and I both agreed that the existing Jimmy Flintstone body was chopped just a bit too much. This has an approximate 3" chop, and also has the roof trim removed for a cleaner look. After doing the chop I wasn't happy with my drip rails and window trim, but Kris had a plan B in mind. After I sent him the chopped body, Detroit-area modeler Corey Bass added drip rails and scribed in the windshield and backlight trim. Mr. Bass has a much steadier hand than I for sure! Mine would not have looked anywhere near as clean and symmetrical. Anyway... minimal cleanup was needed on the body, and all the Moebius kit parts fit like they were meant for it. Speaking of cleanup- I removed the mold seams present on the front and rear fenders and along the trunk lid which are present on the kit body, because I hate it when I get a resin body based on a plastic one and it still has all the mold lines and sink marks. Naturally, it'll fit any of the '52 or '53 Club Coupes. The body isn't on the site yet, but Kris is an active member here, and he can be contacted via his website http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-display/splash.html One last thing- I'm not doing this as a lowrider- I borrowed the chassis and hood from one I'm building that way.

Thanks for the info

It's been done. I picked up a '62 Fairlane annual years ago that had been "painted" with a black felt tip marker. Took forever to soak it off with alcohol. And the finish? Well, it looked like a '62 Fairlane that had been attacked with a black felt tip marker.

Looks like it was pulled straight from a 1978 factory catalog.

I love it! Can't believe it took this long to get a DS19 in 1:24 scale.

I've seen it happen a few times, and it's not just Testors. Some have mentioned Tamiya cans do it as well, and I've seen it happen on the small (Testors size) cans from Krylon and Rustoleum too.

I'd have to agree.

Did a little interior work last night. Got a basic layout of the lobby area, and used some more foam board. In this case I think I'll just go ahead and use the foam board walls as-is with some detailing. Here we have the main lobby/office in place. The room with the wood roof is the restroom, and I'll just pretend that the water heater and a few other doodads stored in there. It'll be closed off anyway. Space is now at a bit more of a premium, but our mechanic can still squeeze in a third car sort-of, as shown by the '49 Merc with it's nose in the door. Here I have cut out the doorway leading out into the shop, and two windows. The restroom door will not be cut open, but it's location is scribed into the foam board. These will be dressed with frames later. A small desk will sit along the windows in the corner, and there will be a sofa or a bench along the opposite side of the room. I also cut out some window openings for the exterior of the building, here we see all that window-making madness in a shot that reminds me of the cover to Pink Floyd's Ummagumma album.

Very cool! I have one of these I'm thinking of making into a lowrider. This and the Reatta promo were done by GM itself rather than a kit/promo manufacturer.

Very cool! I have the Airstream Bambi from this series. Other than the heavy-handed rivet detail it's a pretty nice little piece. Not sure what I'll end up hitching it to.

Awhile back my appendix decided to be an arse, so a little surgery was required. This led to me being placed on restriction while I recover, which led to me getting basically a month-long vacation from work. So, what to do with the extra spare time until December? Well, I decided to dip into some stuff I had laying around and use it in a display. The first thing I hit upon was a name. "Foreign Objects". Kinda schlocky but I liked it, so I whipped up a sign with some Woodland Scenics dry transfer lettering. A quick mockup with some paper-lined foam board looked a little like this... The sidewalks might be temporary, or I might change the paint color, we'll see. More foam board was used for the building- this may be the actual building I use or I might build something else, using this as a pattern. Here you can also see the chain-link fence and some of the vehicles which will be used in the scene. I'd never used any kind of ground cover before, so I opted for the easy way out with the grass and used grass mat glued into place. The gravel driveway is Woodland Scenics railroad ballast. To attach it, I brushed on Mod Podge, sprinkled it on, and sprayed it down with some hair spray after I'd brushed the loose stuff off the top. The shrubbery is also from Woodland Scenics and it was attached in pretty much the same way. Since this photo was taken I've extended the gravel past the gate and around the back wall of the shop. I also picked out a few of the small rocks that tried to escape and hang out in the bushes. Working on the layout of the shop now. The building is not permanently attached to the base, by the way... still not sure if I'll use the foam building or use it as a pattern to make something else. The idea here is a small-town shop, in a small building, on the corner of a street. There are technically two bays, but in a pinch you could probably work on three cars at a time, but being that this is patterned after a one-man sort of operation, this size should be fine. Most of the tools are from the old Fujimi garage and tools set. Again, they're something I've had laying around forever... might as well put 'em to use. A quick view of the layout- the area that's clear will be the office/waiting room/restroom/etc. area. In the shop we have an Austin Mini with a Honda 13B swap getting some final work done, and a Geo Storm parked over the hoist. Exact final placement of the equipment may vary... as of right now I'm just trying to get an idea of what I have to work with.

So sick and twisted... how could I NOT love it?

I know I could pretty much make my own with the '90's Ertl kit and some kitbashing, but still.

Love it.

AMT's Unreal Edsel

I've been obsessed with Subaru's first car (basically a four-wheel motorcycle) for as long as I can remember, but I never got around to building Hasegawa's "performance" version until recently. The Young S had all the regular 360's specifications, plus a four-speed transmission (in place of the standard three speed), tachometer, stripes, and a surfboard indent in the roof skin. Then you had the Young SS, which had all the S's specifications plus an upgraded engine with chromed cylinder barrels and twin carbs, good for a pants-crapping 36 horsepower. I built the kit mostly box stock, though weathered and converted to LHD. This is one of several Japanese "Kei" cars I'd love to own in real life one day. I think if I had a real one it would be a nicer looking car, though.

This is a quick, basic build of the MPC Deserter, with a few changes made. The frame was stretched to fit the 8' bed from Morgan Automotive Detail, and I left out the kit-supplied lift kit and replaced the kit wheels and tires with units from Scenes Unlimited. The paint is one of the Rustoleum camo colors. Pilato Outdoor Supply is a fictional business, named after one of my favorite character actors, Joe Pilato. Most of you have probably seen him- he was the Dean Martin impersonator in Pulp Fiction, but his finest hour was Captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead, where he delivers what is possibly the greatest line ever, which I can't post a link to because it isn't terribly family friendly.