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Just spectacular.

This page on making opening radiator shutters for a Rolls Phantom II might be useful reference for the Bugatti side vents. The main point is gluing vertical rods behind the vents to fix each vent in place in a certain open position. http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/large-scale-cars/53731-1-6-rolls-royce-phantom-ii.html

Gerald Wingrove would be the one who's a Pro Modeller, since - being British - he put two Ls in his book titles, "The Complete Car Modeller." The others are pro modelers.

If some of our members don't want to understand or rely on the comments of other members, perhaps they will take the following Wikipedia summaries more seriously... "Pay it forward is asking the beneficiary of a good deed to repay it to others instead of to the original benefactor. The concept is old, but the phrase may have been coined by Lily Hardy Hammond in her 1916 book In the Garden of Delight.[1]" "Pay it forward" is implemented in contract law of loans in the concept of third party beneficiaries. Specifically, the creditor offers the debtor the option of paying the debt forward by lending it to a third person instead of paying it back to the original creditor. Debt and payments can be monetary or by good deeds. A related type of transaction, which starts with a gift instead of a loan, is alternative giving. "Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his 1841 essay Compensation,[2] wrote: "In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody." In 1916, Lily Hardy Hammond wrote, "You don't pay love back; you pay it forward."[1] Woody Hayes (February 14, 1913 – March 12, 1987) was a college football coach who is best remembered for winning five national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at The Ohio State University. He misquoted Emerson as having said "You can pay back only seldom. You can always pay forward, and you must pay line for line, deed for deed, and cent for cent." He also shortened the (mis)quotation into "You can never pay back; but you can always pay forward" and variants. From me: "There are none so blind as those who WILL NOT see."

Thanks, Noel. If there's one thing I've learned over the years, there's really no such thing as "Bugatti Blue," just as there are a multitude of shades of "British Racing Green." I do know that the classic Bugatti Blue was supposedly based on the color of a Gauloises cigarette pack (no longer imported in the US) as favored by Ettore's wife. I've gathered a number of Tamiya and Testors blue paints, but the "French Blue" you mention is far deeper than the others in those brands, and resembles the darker blues you'll find in the Schlumpf Bugatti collection.

x2, except I was less straightforward in putting it that way.

I don't see this as a chain letter, requiring an immediate response by the recipient to provide others with an equivalent of what he's received, and who may not have something needed by someone else at the time. Why can't a person provide a part to one person, other parts to other people, etc., at different times for different needs? I don't think there's a time or quantity expiration date for something that could be a continuing process, in the spirit of paying it forward.

Looking terrific. Makes me want to haul out my videos of The Blue Max and Dawn Patrol (but the best of those is Howard Hughes' 1930 "Hell's Angels," with staged dogfights filmed without miniatures or special effects, marred by some actual fatalities).

You might be able to save some money on eBay. Here's a new one for $70, and you might save even more if you find a remanufactured one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fujifilm-FinePix-JX580-JX550-16-0-MP-Digital-Camera-Black-/161030526645?pt=Digital_Cameras&hash=item257e2ad6b5

I thought Marvin had whitewalls for the Rolls.

The guy specifically said it was Franklin Mint quality, not just any diecast quality. Definitely a compliment. I don't see how that implies any lack of understanding that it was your work and how much you put into to make it that good.

I thought Mary Kay gave her agents pink Cadillacs.

A. Is the black window tint available in spray cans? B. What wood did you use, and what did you use to finish it?

That's the way I see it. Just go to the Wanted section here and see if you can help with a freebie. Nothing else is necessary. Just send what you can and tell the recipient you hope he'll return the favor to someone else down the line. That's what paying it forward means.

That new color is much better. Are you going to use the 1:16 Fuman/Bandai Royale version as a starting point?

Jeff's motorcycle image above is one of the best I've seen in macro mode. But most macro shots I see here tend to lose focus toward the background, because you need a lot of light on the subject for a good depth of field. It's good for very small parts, however. I just use a regular photo setting and shoot it from a bit back and wide, keeping everything in focus. Then, I crop into the picture for the framing I want before posting.

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Another thought...if the windshield doesn't have any major curves in it and you can cover it fully with a piece of masking tape - and the tape doesn't wrinkle - draw an outline of the windshield on the tape and use it as a template to cut out a piece of clear sheet styrene. I've only done that to provide clearer glass for flat vintage car windows. Question: What car are you building? Can the break be covered with the vertical rods seen on older NASCAR windshields?

There are a couple of options you can experiment with. First, you have to glue the original windshield back togeher, fill in the seam and make it as invisible as possible. the joining has to be very strong, because both of the options below require pressure to make a duplicate windshield: 1. Find someone who can do a clear vacuform for you. Or 2. Once upon a time, there was a product called Squadron Thermaform (no longer available), used mostly by aircraft modelers to duplicate canopies. This can work with other clear material if it's thin enough. I recommend using a heat gun instead of the candle process shown below.

Kudos. Just goes to show that the simplest subject or kit can be turned into a very fine piece of work using the right techniques and elbow grease.

Was this yellow to begin with? Please describe the changes you made that aren't obvious. The paint is superb -- what brand and color is it?

I don't know how that differs from the absence of a local hobby shop as described. Lots of local and online alternatives have been described, but there's also Hiroboy, Scale Details, Pro Tech and a million others. I think this would be a good subject to have a multitude of links pinned. Island collectibles has links identifying suppliers of products they carry, but not the complete inventories of the individual links: http://www.islandcollectibles.net/products.htm And, of course, the number one resource for anything you're seeking is Google.

Then how come you now have the Truman show?

Outstanding in every detail -- especially the hat!

It would be great if someone created an accurate mesh set, including the addition of the mesh stone guard for the carburetors.