Sixties Sam

Well done! It looks like a great work in progress refurb! Good weathering! Sam

Man, that is NICE! Great work on the bricks. The whole scene has tons of character. Excellent!! Sam

I thought you guys might enjoy a couple pics of my model car display from today's Bellefonte Cruise Car Show in Bellefonte, PA. I had three dioramas set up with about 30 models. One dio is a downtown car show, one is a 1950's diner, and one is moving into tents at the Centre county Grange Fair in Centre Hall, PA, thought to be the last remaining tent fair in the country (138 year tradition). The display got hundreds of lookers all day. I got many compliments and comments like "I built models 40 years ago," and "Is that a Hudson?" This is my third year at this show, and it was fun, and I think was good publicity for our hobby. Here's part of the display with my wife, Sonnia at right. Here's the diner with 1950's cars. Here's part of the car show diorama. Pardon the mismatched molding on the pizza shop. A piece broke off and I glued it back on poorly! Thanks for looking!

Very nice! Looks good in red. I always liked those roadster tonneaus on the T-birds. Good build! Sam

Looks good! Nice color, and I like the wheels with dark spokes. Good work! Sam

Very cool '34! I like that snap-tite kit. It makes a very presentable model in little time. The blue color is a good choice. The whitewalls are cool, too! Sam

Wow! Great engine and chassis details! Good work! Sam

Looks great! That interior is killer - great job on it! I like the two tone red. Sam

I love that car! The paint looks good to me, and the foil work is excellent! Nice job! Sam

Great build! The idea of purple and green sounds awful, but those shades really work well on this car. Great wheels, too! Sam

Very nice, Harry! That kit is pretty simple, but your extra detailing made it 100% better! Great work! Sam

Very creative work! Looks great! Sam

Beautiful '57! Great color choice. That's a great kit, but I wish it came with a back seat. Good work! Sam

Emmanuel, that's a great build of a seldom seen muscle car! The paint looks really good! Nice work! Sam

Beautiful build! Looks very real in the photos. Nice color, and well done! Sam

Great build! I like it in black. I recently built that kit. It had a warped chassis and many fit issues. Yours looks really good! Sam

Nice clean build! Looks good in black. Sam

Nice clean classic hot rod! Great build! Sam

It's a beauty! Very clean build. VW should have produced that! Sam

Dan, that's a great build! Nice blend of old and new. Great concept and excellent work! Sam

Beautiful Jag! The sunroof is a very nice addition. Harry could have used those photos for the real or model forum! Great work! Sam

Now that's different! I can't remember ever seeing a Rolls Royce hot rodded! Cool concept, well done! Great diorama, too. Sam

Great looking '53! The colors work well. Nice build! Sam

Very nice! That color is an eye-popper for sure! Good work! Sam

Andrew, I've made coil springs by winding soft craft wire around a piece of music wire or a wooden dowel rod. The wire is dead soft and springs back only a tiny bit. I wind a coil about 2 inches long, then slide it off the rod and cut it into shorter pieces with wire cutters. Michael's Craft Stores have the wire in many gauges. Sam