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I think they've priced themselves out of TV jobs (think $20-$35 million each for 8 to 10 weeks on a movie vs a typical $1 million per episode for making10 TV episodes over 6 months). According to Forbes, she made $52 million last year, which probably includes testimonials - the highest-paid woman in Hollywood - but less per picture than all her male co-stars. Cooper made over $41 m, Vin Diesel about $47 m and Robert Downey, Jr. made about $80 million.
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1914 Mercer Raceabout by Pyro -Finished
sjordan2 replied to Richard Bartrop's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Those1/32 Pyro classics can be surprisingly good. They made a very nice 1/32 Bugatti T59. -
1913 Mercer Raceabout -Aurora- nearly finished - Box Stock
sjordan2 replied to MAGIC MUFFLER's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Spectacular. I can hardly wait to see what you do with the greater detail in the Entex kit. Harry P did a terrific build of that one which could be informative if you can find it here. -
Jimmy Flintstone makes a 1:25 resin 1950 Ford school bus with tub (use Revell 1950 Ford F-100 pickup as the donor). http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=1%2F16&_sop=10&_armrs=1&_pcats=1188%2C220&_osacat=2580&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=jimmy+flintstone+school+bus&_sacat=2580
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I haven't watched enough of the online version to tell if this is simply re-edited from that, but the cable version is certainly for car geeks.
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Note: The Aurora is molded in gray, the Monogram in maroon. I found incomplete chrome coverage of the wire wheels on the Monogram version. As you'll see in Matt's build, the engine needs some accurizing to fix the blob of a distributor, and wiring is tricky since it requires 2 plugs per cylinder. Bear in mind that your reference should be from the fuel-injected 3500 GTi, and not the GT with 3 2-barrel Webers (different body trim parts including fog lights and tail lights). However, many original owners refitted the cars with Webers because the Lucas injection was so finicky (Lucas, after all).
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He's talking about the made-for-cable 1-hour version, Wednesdays at 10 Eastern on CNBC.
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This was recently brought up here, but I can't find it anymore. Anyway, nobody has built a better version of this inaccurate kit than Matt Bacon, and his build journal from this site will show you all the work he went through to make it a stunner. Mostly, the nose is too short and the front of the roof line needs to be addressed. The interior is directionally accurate, but is off in some dimensions and details. It's the only game in town for this car, and it can be done beautifully.
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Just beautiful, great detail.
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You can also be directionally correct, as in Harry's current woody shooting brake build of the Pocher kit, which is based on researching a variety of such custom-built cars and not one in particular.
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Quite true. There are a couple I've seen that are close, but certainly not the same. All of these specially coach-built Rollses of the era were mostly one of a kind and no two completely alike. And many were redone by later owners. I've found at least 4 different paint jobs and configurations of Ralph Lauren's famous Pope Bugatti Atlantic, for example. So one could ask, "I own this car now; how would I have done it?" Which can be part of the fun of building classic car models.
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Created paint is great!
sjordan2 replied to ERIK88's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Drilling holes in clear plastic parts...
sjordan2 replied to CountryJoe's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Different kinds of cars have different size holes, including some with plexi flaps and small holes. Do you have a reference picture? -
The kit is a Thrupp & Maberly Phantom II cabriolet built for a Maharajah, and known as "The Star of India." It's essentially a typical Torpedo body, and was also the subject of a 1/8 version by Pocher. Most experts refer to the color as "saffron." Just about any color or combination goes, and you might find inspiration in the Pocher gallery at modelmotorcars.com http://www.modelmotorcars.com//museum/murr_fin.html
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I think that all of these macro shots don't do justice to what you're accomplishing. Pull back to see what it looks like in scale, and it's much more outstanding.
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My experience with Italeri cars, particularly classics, has been somewhat mixed. Some classics like the Rolls Maharajah and Mercedes 540K had good detail but 2-part plastic tires. Their Mercedes 300SL Cabrio is probably the best overall 300SL kit in both 1/24 and 1/16. However, they used its main body shell buck for the Gullwing versions without taking into account the differences in the shapes of the fenders and grille, so the Gullwing is a bit inaccurate.
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Lindberg 1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster
sjordan2 replied to Johnt671's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
I grew up in Tulsa and was fortunate, as a teenager, to have Glenn Pray give my Dad and me a tour of his plant. At the time, his primary production was an 810 Cord replica (and actually 8/10 scale) made of a material called Royalite; dents and dings would pop back into shape by applying heat (supposedly). You should have seen his salvage lot with original Cords, Auburns and Duesenbergs. He had just restored a Duesy SJ, a giant car, that he let me sit in. -
New Alfa body for Pocher
sjordan2 replied to sjordan2's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I just heard from Marvin that there will be real louvers, plus other parts kits. -
Lindberg 1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster
sjordan2 replied to Johnt671's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Hopefully not. And hopefully, that's one of the fiberglass replicas. -
If you haven't followed this all the way through, Harry responded to my request to build the car from one of my favorite movies, "The Wings of Eagles," with John Wayne. He not only nailed it, he built the best Stutz Bearcat model I have ever seen, in any scale, and starting from pretty weak kits like the Aurora curbside and Lindberg racer.
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I think Hot Rodding magazine probably digitally removed sponsor stickers (copyright issues?) after they shot the car in the studio, and that's why it has such a Photoshopped look. Here's how it looked at the 2011 SEMA show. And if you compare the interior shots between the link in post #1 and the one below, it looks like the magazine also deleted the logo on the driver's seat. http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2011/11/03/sema-2011-filip-trojaneks-1966-widebody-mustang-race-car/
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I agree. Would like to know. PS -- Maybe if you shot your images against a dark background, it would open up the aperture to see more detail on the black body.