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sjordan2

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  1. You don't get (or keep) that much money without brains.
  2. That is the best Alclad job I have ever seen. Superb work.
  3. Beautiful paint. Looking forward to more.
  4. Good one. Now quite procrastinating and get back to the Maserati.
  5. Open your posts under More Reply Options and you can use this site's Attachment feature to put images in your posts, directly from your computer. Just follow the prompts. The posted image will appear as a thumbnail; just click to enlarge,
  6. Since I build vintage sports cars and classics, most of my money goes toward reference material for individual cars, such as original owner's manuals, shop manuals, books, real parts, built versions of my kits from eBay, etc. That amounts to several times the cost of each kit. Actually, I've become more of a collector of of things like that than an active model builder (so far). Lord knows how much time I've spent on online research.
  7. You really don't need expensive software like Photoshop, Illustrator or Corel. All you need is probably contained in your printer/scanner software, and perhaps preloaded on your computer.
  8. This might have been covered here before, but I couldn't find it in the first several pages of this topic. I posted this in Car Kit Reviews in reference to the new kit thread on the '49 Mercury woody wagon, but I thought it would have wider application here. A DIY suggestion -- If you download wood pattern samples from wood supplier websites, you can use them as is, or put them into a graphics program and adjust the color, sharpness, size, etc. any way you want and print out on paper or decal paper. Here's how I find what I'm looking for: http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=wood+grain+samples&gbv=2&oq=wood+grain+samples&gs_l=img.12..0.1703.5916.0.8714.18.10.0.8.8.0.155.600.9j1.10.0...0.0...1ac.1.3pd-T4OUaRE Just a few examples.
  9. One DIY suggestion -- If you download wood pattern samples from wood supplier websites, you can use them as is, or put them into a graphics program and adjust the color, sharpness, size, etc. any way you want and print out on paper or decal paper. Here's how I find what I'm looking for: http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=wood+grain+samples&gbv=2&oq=wood+grain+samples&gs_l=img.12..0.1703.5916.0.8714.18.10.0.8.8.0.155.600.9j1.10.0...0.0...1ac.1.3pd-T4OUaRE Just a few examples.
  10. Awesome. Somewhere, I still have a couple of Tulsarama souvenirs and an Oklahoma 50th anniversary gold coin.
  11. This forum will accommodate generally whatever size picture you want, and display it as a small thumbnail in your post when you upload and attach directly to your post from your computer. Click on it and it will become original size. Paste in your copied Photobucket IMG code and it may display either actual size or a slightly smaller version of your image in your post and make it capable of enlarging, but it will not be a thumbnail. Photobucket has changed over the past couple of months and someone among the forum administrators needs to create a new tutorial about how to use it.
  12. I want more large-scale 1/16 and 1/12 kits, mostly of classic European sports cars and vintage cars -- especially a Ferrari 275GTB. The old Renwal-Revell version is an abomination. Revell's product managers said last year that they don't see a future in large scale and will not pursue it anymore, so I guess it's up to other manufacturers.
  13. Confusion noted. Thread title changed.
  14. A CNN gallery of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's creations, now on display at Galpin Motor Sports in L.A. Interesting trivia note: When The Mysterion was destroyed, it was recreated using the Revell kit as reference. Further trivia: Revell sold over 11 million copies of the Tweedy Pie. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/autos/2013/03/01/ed-roth-cars/index.html?source=cnn_bin
  15. Sounds tricky inside the trunk (boot). There's the gasoline filler neck to deal with, and a separate door panel at the right rear fender for the battery (battery not included ) .
  16. Please explain. Plenty of magazines handle their designations the way I described, and the issue number should be specific enough. My suggestion is simply to give a little more leeway in the minds of subscribers.
  17. I still think it would be better to name the issues like "#174 Winter 2013," #175 Winter/Spring 2013," #176 Spring 2013," #177 Spring/Summer 2013," etc.
  18. Random additions... This is the best I could find of the firewall. Note the two red coils mounted at top left. This is a nice touch found on many but not all models -- a Ferrari-style kickplate at the bottom of the door. Typical headliner, this showing blue-tinted glass visors. A traditional European touch. I might add, as you can see from the kit, that another visible difference of the GTi from the original 3500GT is the addition of a vent window for the rear seat passengers. One more annoying thought: If you're going to have open mesh on the grille, you might want to add the famous fluted Maserati air horns, mounted on the front of the left side of the radiator and pointing down. Okay, time for less from me and more model building.
  19. I'll have to search for any firewall shots. The kit steering wheel is pitiful, isn't it? I'd go for a PE Nardi. Bear in mind that the wheel spokes bend forward from the hub.
  20. Don't know how helpful this stuff will be at this stage. I can probably come up with pictures of any details/parts you need to know about. Llterally any.
  21. The round driving lights were on the 3500GT with the Weber carbs. Rectangular turn lights were mostly on the GTi with Lucas injection. By the way, so many owners despised the Lucas injection enough that they retrofitted their cars with the carburetors (shown at the bottom right of your pictures with a Ferrari-style air filter).
  22. - Polished aluminum in the real world, chrome in the model world. - I have pictures of all the Jaeger gauges, but the kit is so small, I don't know how you'd use them. Let me know what you need. I have the Aurora and Monogram kits but no decals. This is the most typical seat hinge design, which can be either on the outsides only or both inside and outside of both seats. Just flop the design.
  23. I think he means the Purple Power container with the label.
  24. I thought you would be interested in seeing this beautiful 1936 HRG coupe, which used the rear part of an MG PA. Maybe your next project? http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/5464/HRG-Airline-Coupe.html
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