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that was my first time attending the Louisville show also. very good turnout and a well run show, there were many great builds on the tables, congrats to all who entered. I was lucky enough to bring home two first, two second, a third and best gm along with best in show.

I updated my original post with a fotki link...............................

here are some pics from the show. this was our first time attending the show, lots of very nice builds on the tables. http://public.fotki.com/hunterselby/louisville-2013/

i like it, looks better than my 1980 elky in the garage. modern styling, performance and fuel mileage is much better than any of the older stuff.........and i like the old stuff. like in a previous post.......this is 2012 and styling from the 50s through the 90s is gone and will not be back, get used to it.

i buy proweld from ebay in bulk and the shipping is reasonable that way.

i will hopefully finish the four projects i have going now and bring home my first ipms "best in show" trophy from at least one show.

very nice build as yours always are.............i wouldn't even think about putting it in that sand pile though. i can't even stand a little dust on my stuff. lol

you need help........................................lol

bmf will work for the leds, the corvette i built is done with bmf.

i might be interested in some of your models if you're looking to get rid of them. i will message you about that. you like dirt and i like clean......we will have both ends of the spectrum covered. lol.

i hear you.......it would be great to see all shows have a heavy commercial class along with all the others.............most of them up this way do. i guess it comes down to participation in the categories whether they have a commercial class or not. if the class on average is not filled with entries then the club has to decide whether it is in the budget to have awards that they might not hand out. i went to a show last year that had 22 entries for heavy commercial, we went this year and there was two.......both mine. i build to compete so it's great to see the commercial class well attended......helps me build each model better than the last, without the competition i find myself saying "well it's good enough" way to early in the build stage. i have been invited to the cookeville show, we might come down next year. it's a 9hr drive for us one way. it would be great to see your work and meet you in person.

it would have been great if they had a seperate heavy commercial category for your builds. very nice work indeed. if your work looks as good on the table as it does in the pics then you would do well up here in this ipms region. i would love to see them in person one day at a show......again, great work. you would be totally wrong in saying that an ipms show is all about military. i happen to compete in six different states throughout each year and the majority are ipms shows.......i have yet to walk out of one of those shows without an award. in fact i've been up for best in show at several of them......... i build a little of everything but my main builds are heavy commercial and automotive, so this blows your theory away that ipms is military only. just because something is scratchbuilt or loaded with aftermarket does not mean it will win.....ipms or not. if you are going to bad mouth the ipms then maybe you should start competing and learn what makes a winning model. i don't agree with your comment about the judges being "dumb" either............if the judging was done by armor, aircraft or ship builders then trust me.....they know what makes a winning model. those guys eat, sleep and breathe how to build great models. sorry for the rant but it's offensive to us ipms members when all we hear is how bad the ipms shows are......especially from people who don't even compete.

it will work, the only difference between the two is the lexan type has a flex agent in it. my local hobby shop only stocks the kind for lexan and i use it for all my alclad work.

you might want to check your math roy.......in a previous post someone said that 1/16th scale is 7/8" to a foot. :rolleyes: i deleted my replies in this thread because i don't want to give false information. ;) we may want to contact monogram and let them know that the kit is 1/18th scale and not 1/16th as advertised. :lol:

thanks roy, this one is on hold for awhile. i have the customer build to finish up and be delivered in november. i also want to finish my prostreet ferrari testarossa before i get back into this build. i will be sure to update when work starts up on this one again.

any progress on this?

thanks guys.......................... a little update...............started the cab mods....

leo, you are correct on that. my comment was not directed toward you at all. i'm very aware when they first came out......i bought one back then and it had the chrome and aluminum finish parts in it. if the chrome is good it still needs to be stripped to address the modeling basics, seams, sink marks, injector pin marks and mold lines. this is why i said "that's what alclad is for".

that's what alclad is for. :)

here is my newest project that i've been working on for awhile. i've been planning this build for about 5 years and decided that it was time to start it. i have started with the 180" condo sleeper with removable roof, complete and a whole list of other items. it will have running water through the faucet, working 42" tv with sound, gas stove, ceiling fan and a small aquarium on the back sleeper wall. everything for the sleeper has been scratchbuilt except the sink. i've also made the masters for the rear fenders, wheels and tires. still making masters for some other parts as well. hope you guys will follow along with this project. nothing in the following pictures is complete, i have a lot of sanding and shaping to do on many parts yet. the pics will give you an idea of where this project is going. rear fender almost ready for silicon.................... rear tire master............... rear wheel in resin........... front wheel in resin............... start of the condo unit........................ the kitchenette taking shape............................. ceiling fan and tv mock up...................... gas stove going together....................... polished tile for bath and shower floor........................

my reply to you would be this.........i started back into models in 2000. i spent an endless amount of time and money over the next several years and almost finished one model in that entire time frame. i would start one then get bored or screw it up and start something else. in 2008 i read a post on a forum about a small contest that some of the forum members would be attending so i decided to go to it. this was my first contest and boy was i surprised at what was on the tables. i came back home and decided that i would build a model for 2009 and start attending shows. i finished the final little odds and ends on that model the night before the show in the hotel. i was very proud of it and off to the show i went. after all the entries were on the table in my class i studied them closely. i was confident that mine would win.........it came in second. not bad for my first contest and my confidence built from there. i attended many more shows that year and starting asking the judges what could i do better on my builds. the most common reply was "master the basics". i was told about decal silvering, paint finish, details being too heavy handed along with a whole list of other things. i took this information and put it into the next build and i debuted it at an ipms regional convention.......it won. i asked the head judge what could i have done better and he gave me a whole list, i found this strange since i had won the class. this same thing happened a few more times that year and i took that information and applied it to the next build. i finished the next build in feb of 2010 after about 400 hrs of work and off to start the show season i went. that model has been to 27 different shows in six states and won all of them including several best automotive, best engine, best paint and a best in show award. i asked judges throughout the year what i could do better and the most common reply was "put the next one on a mirror". i have been putting all my builds on mirrors ever since. now you may be asking what all this has to do with the original question? if you set goals and knock them off one at a time then you will get builds finished. i had a hard time doing this when i just built for myself, with the shows i'm always inspired by all the great builds that show up each year. i build for the heavy commercial class mainly but have ventured into cars, bikes, armor and a jet here lately. some of these builds were successful and some weren't at the shows. i find that with the inspiration from others and putting the judges comments to use works for me. do i build to impress? i guess i do. i build the subject matter that i like to the level that the judges want to see and that's what keeps me going in the hobby. the day that i'm no longer able to place at the shows is when i will give up on that side of the hobby. i may still build for myself......only time will tell. i'm finishing a customer build right now and then i start into next years show build. i will be taking everything i've learned and adding items like running water and a working tv, ceiling fan and a simulated gas fireplace into my next sleeper.........being built to impress?.......these are ideas i've wanted to accomplish for a while now and i feel i have advanced my skills enough to do them. i guess if folks think that's building to impress then so be it, i'm cool with that. i just hope all works out and the model is well received and is successful at the shows. so in closing.........hang in there my friend. if you need to build something boxstock......go for it. remember, just because it's boxstock doesn't mean it's not a great model. if your desire for the hobby is strong enough whether for yourself or for others you will win. B)

well said.......................great job as always donn.

no problem, i have the same problem finding the "correct" words sometimes also.

decal set liquids do not eat the carrier film away, they make the film pull down tighter. the rivets are applied to the carrier film.....if decal liquid ate the film then the rivets would just drop off. :)

cool, i guess i looked at it all wrong. the pic of the one to one has the front steer on a line and the second steer on the next line and the lift on the third line.........parking spots are marked at 10ft wide which would make the spreads 120" roughly. sorry but i was just offering some advice before the build went to far, i will keep quiet now.