Bill Eh?

Elementary teacher - a mixture of Gr. 3, 3/4, 4, 4/5, and 5 for the past twenty years.

My daily ritual as well. Delude my self by saying I'm only having 2 cups, when it actually reads 5 on the side of the pot!

Once more, just W O W !!

What a great use of a Hummer snap kit!

Great work Pasini. You can never have too many Vulcan canons. Do you always cast this many extra resin parts? LOL it gives you lots of choices to add to the build. I really like your other threads. You have an excellent imagination.

Hi Greg. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you use to haunt Automotive Forums as well? I was following a 1/12th scale Tamiya Datsun that you were doing some serious upgrades to. Did that one get finished? Hope so as it was looking amazing. Anyways, good to have you here.

I agree with Tyler. From your picture, it appears that the kit wheels/tires are slightly bigger in diameter. The new set look basically the same except for the inner ring just inside the lip. The inner ring adds to the appearance of making them look smaller.

Gary, please tell your son that he did a great job!

My solution, buy more models! Gaaa... I'm addicted!

I look at it occasionally, but a few things kind of put me off. One is the lack of models listed = not much selection. The other is cost to get a model. Sometimes the seller is looking for near retails selling prices and on top of that will only ship Priority Mail. I don't really believe in paying close to double the model's price added on as shipping. I can be patient and shop eBay where I can get some bargain winning auction prices combined with shipping via First Class. Once in a blue moon I actually win an auction within Canada, really lucky... within Ontario. LOL

So many parallel and perpendicular lines... and they all look perfect. Everything about this Mercedes is spot on. Have you decided if it's a keeper or going on eBay?

Simply beautiful! Outstanding job on this BMW GT3!

Nice work so far. Under the hood looks pretty accurate compared to 1:1.

If the rendering is accurate, I bet opinions about the new Corvette are going to be quite polarized.

I'm not sure if such a site exists. What is the kit you need help with? Maybe someone here has it, and can scan the instructions. Long shot, I know...

Welcome to the forum Sam. You will find an amazing group of people here; all extremely helpful. To get an answer to your query about the Tamiya F2001, you might also post at a forum called F1M. That forum specializes in Formula 1 related models.

Every time I saw a front tire lift and then come down with a wobble... Kind of hard to comprehend knife-edge control like that.

You're right Harry, me included on this one. LOL That one got away from me!

Howard, I am still an elementary school teacher. I have been for over 18 years now. Your reference to the challenge of teaching 'grammar and correct usage of punctuation, capitalization, etc.' pertains to a much broader group than just the one you eluded to. LOL

Awesome story, beautiful car.

Outstanding attention to detail inside and out. Excellent painting skills. A person who believes in the value of getting rid of mold separation and seem lines... Fantastic!

Mike, that is excellent news. Although your wife probably knows this already, she is going to make all those lucky enough to particpate, very happy!

A meticulous build of this little gem. I have a stalled yellow version of this, tucked away some place. LOL

A beautiful, clean build of one of my favorite 900 series Porsche race cars.

Mike, When I used to be with the model club, Group 25, we used to do this as a youth activity at the club's contest run annually. I was usually in charge. The 'Make It 'N Take It' all comes in a large cardboard box, about 1 1/2 foot cubed. If I remember correctly, you get twenty-five kits, one in a regular box and twenty-four which come individually bagged. The decals and instructions come bundled together separately. They also provide a bag of slot blade screw drivers. Since I was regularly doing an after school program at the time, I provided mini loaner tool kits to use in the building process. Each tool kit had a set of sprue cutters, a sanding stick (finger nail file), some round tooth picks, and tube glue (only if required). Some kits are better than others in terms of the snap together process. Some snap and hold, while others do not hold together well, or the pins break off easily, hence the possible need for cement. I would recommend going onto the web site to see which kits are being offered in the program. I would then go to your LHS and pick up 1 or 2 of the possible choices, and then assemble them. This way you can find out ahead of time how well each one goes together and possible issues that the students might face. For example locator holes on chrome parts get filled in by the chrome process. They may need to be drilled out again for pins to snap in, without breaking them off. This is a terrific, low cost, fun activity for kids. From a teacher's perspective, I'd say that your wife should definitely go for it!