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I love the Gold Leaf livery. It the JPS and Gulf liveries may be the most beautiful in autosport. I have only seen one Europa in person. It was in a camp ground where the driver was tent camping across several states. The owner of course was wrenching on it trying to get it to run.

THANKS!

Can you give suggestions where to buy the supplies?

Maybe the ESCI kits are one off rebodies? Seriously nice builds of rather misshaped kits.

Great article.....well worth reading.

This is what I use: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074W58WMB/ref=emc_b_5_t

This is starting to be a discussion that needs to be made a sticky.

For your first attempt at air brushing, that looks wonderful.

I received this email today. I worry its too little too late. An Overdue Update from TRJ We wanted to contact our customers and readers with an update regarding The Rodder’s Journal. It’s been far too long since we’ve communicated with you, and we are sincerely sorry for the lapse. The past 14 months have presented us with some unprecedented challenges, and as a result we have fallen very far behind on our magazine production. Additionally, we know there are a number of you who are still waiting for merchandise orders. We’d like to explain what has been going on and what we’re doing to get TRJ back on track. By the end of 2019, we had completed a few big steps in our five-year plan to streamline our business—namely bringing the printing of the magazine back to the United States, and relocating our company to a more cost-effective location. Although we think the results were well worth the effort, the process proved to have been more challenging, as well as more time and resource consuming, than we anticipated. But by the end of 2019 we thought we were positioned to hit the ground running in the new year. Then the pandemic hit. The first issue of 2020, TRJ #83, was a disaster from a distribution standpoint. Thousands of domestic copies were lost or damaged as the post office struggled with their own COVID-related problems. Many thousands of copies destined for newsstands that were closed due to local lockdowns were destroyed. And pallets of magazines destined for Australia and New Zealand were lost in transit, so not a single subscriber in those countries received #83. Add to that a year with a significantly curtailed event schedule, and we found ourselves with our resources taxed to the limit and under significant strain. But we made mistakes, too. When we began experiencing significant delivery problems, we decided to delay international product shipments and international delivery of the subsequent issue, TRJ #84, until we had assurances that delivery could be made within a reasonable time. We didn’t communicate that decision at the time because we thought the delivery problems would be resolved within weeks, not months. We should have communicated that decision right away, and we regret that we didn’t—we truly are sorry. We resumed international shipping in November. But between the backlog of orders, the high percentage of orders that needed to be reshipped because the originals were lost in transit, and the mounting strain on resources, we were not able to get caught up on merchandise shipping, and we weren’t able to ship the international copies of #84 to subscribers. We were simply overwhelmed, and we failed to communicate with our customers. This lapse in communication, along with our holiday catalog not reaching most customers until well into the New Year (despite being mailed in November), left us struggling through a dismal holiday season and left some customers wondering about their orders and their magazines. We have been playing catch-up ever since. The result is that we are struggling, but we’re still here and still working to get back on track. Our absolute priorities are to ship/reship merchandise orders, fulfill our obligation to subscribers, and finish production of issue #85, which is very close to being ready to send to the printer. We will keep you all up to date on our progress on all fronts. If there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it is that it does seem like delivery problems are waning and things are starting to get back to normal. This really boils down to what’s been a major supply chain issue for us, and it’s affected our business in ways we weren’t completely prepared to deal with. And while some customers have been frustrated with the delays, we really appreciate that The Rodder’s Journal remains a coveted and relevant product that remains in demand now more than ever. We sincerely appreciate that support, and we are working hard to get back on track. Sincerely, Your Friends at The Rodder’s Journal

I second the "I love this."

There's is so much eye candy here. This is absolutely amazing work.

It really is coming together well.

It has potential. There's some things I see that I don't like and other bits I do. It will be interesting to have it in hand. I'm sure many of us will look at it and backdate the more modern parts to things more 60ish.

It is into April....yes its a quarterly but an issue should have been out already this year. I understand their business model. Their operating expenses are based upon newsstand and subscriber sales. Their profit is their ads. COVID would have hit the magazine hard loosing one or maybe two issues of newsstand sales in most states. That could trigger the move to subscriber only model. Almost every magazine I've seen do that has suffered decreased sales as a result. While subscriber sales are more profitable, newsstand sales introduce readers to the magazine. Their blowout prices on eBay for back issues makes me wonder if they're desperately strapped for cash from the COVID shut down of sales. This could have also forced rebates to advertisers due to not enough readership. Print production was behind last summer. Some states considered printing essential and others didn't. Still, a response to its subscribers and updating its webpage and Facebook page would be helpful. I just posted on FB the simple question, "Is the Rodder's Journal dead?" I fear it is. Suggestions for alternative magazines?

That type of scoop only exists in the Don Garlits RE dragster. I don't think it's practical to add that to this kit. I think for many 1/16 builders, we'll be buying this kit to get better tires than what was included in the Revell kits. I really hope Atlantis offers these separately. I also hope this and other kits show up in Hobby Lobby. Unfortunately my lhs, doesn't seem to carry them.

I just stumbled upon this....WOW.....some really nice eye candy.

If its too good to be true..... If I even considered these sites, I'd pay with a credit card or paypal.

Those look killer...

This is designed to scribe a line a set distance from an outside edge. This should allow a uniform edge from something like a window trim.

I saw this on a Facebook ad. One of the commentators suggested looking for a Alexen AJ0030 Scriber. I found several on an auction site. It's an interesting design. Anyone have any experience with one? Thanks, Mike

Nice update....now where did you get those Oldsmobile valve covers?

Nice renderings.....it will be interesting to see how it translates to plastic.

The paint looks the part....very nice.

Concerning the metal pieces, most convertible tops metal pieces have all sorts of bends in them. I'd use a solid brass or other soft metal rod.

Thick plastic sheet sanded to shape than a smooth paper towel mixed with white glue to cover. You can use it to add wrinkles.