The bar has been set very high on the multitude of General Lee models we've seen on this forum, and I think you've done a terrific job. I would ask more experienced people who know this car if the ride height is set properly. To me, the front wheels look like they're in a mid-air leap.
I had a neighbor across the street who had a beautiful dark blue one with tan interior. He had added air and a killer stereo, and turned the face of the continental kit case into an electric clock with gold hands and numerals. Go figure.
If you can do anything close to what you did with the Maserati 3500 GTi, you'll end up with the best DB6 model ever made.
If you can do anything close to what you did with the Maserati 3500 GTi, you'll end up with the best DB6 model ever made.
If the magazine was a quarterly - identified as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and issue number, I think there would be much less carping than with a literal monthly ID. And it could be a heck of a lot easier to produce (and priced accordingly).
As an ad agency creative director, my job was often to come up with ideas that more talented writers and artists would execute. I wish I could sit over the shoulder of a master modeler and tell him/her how I wanted my model built.
The Star of India (on the book cover) is a 1934 Phantom II Cabriolet by Thrupp & Maberly. I got the reference book below for around $50 in 2006; goes for no less than $300 today. Covers info on virtually every PII and PIII chassis number.
All of these modifications make sense only if you buy into Art's claim that the original design with the projecting taillights, if moved further outboard, could get knocked off. That's total nonsense and has no precedent that I've ever heard of.