Art Laski

Nice job for a first effort, Curt!

Looking good, Seth!

Great stuff, Chris!

Looks great, Brad!

Good stuff, Chris. Your skills "toolbox" is getting so big with everything you've challenged yourself with on this build. Continued great work...

Nice to see some progress on this one. It's looking good. Those wheels are definitely sweet...

Nice progress, Joe. Congrats on the house!

Outstanding work, Chris!

Hey Joe, Nice to see you get back on the bike. I like where you're headed and glad to see you keep the same theme. It wouldn't be the same without the tie in to your back story, in my opinion. Keep up the good work! Art

Killer work, Chris! That hatch is awesome.Keep plugging away!

Oh man, Joe! What a drag, no pun intended... Thanks for sharing, as we'll all learn something from this. -Art

Thanks, Chris. No, I didn't get a mill. I got a Harbor Freight mini lathe as a partial trade for another piece of equipment I sold. I'm not sure yet how well it will serve me. I may end up selling it in favor of a Sherline, but this is at least getting me started,

Wow. Just wow. Such good stuff, Randy!

John, Randy, thanks for looking, my friends... Here are a few more mock up shots. Sorry for the lack of focus on these.

Looks good, Charlie!

This is cool, Ray. Neat subject,and I'm sure you'll do it justice. I'll be watching!

Real nice work on those. That Copen is really interesting. I've never heard of it before, but yours is cool as hell.

Thanks for the comments, guys. Hopefully I can give you something more to look at soon. This is 1/25 scale, for those that asked. Tom, Kevin doesn't have a website, but he can be reached at silvercitymodels@comcast.net.

I've been dying to get to this kit for a year now, and I finally just decided to dive in, even though I still have some other projects in motion. This is Kevin Kuzman's Silver City Models resin and white metal kit, which will be my first of this type. It's going to be fun getting this one built. Like many race cars, there were multiple liveries, but I am going to do this one of Al Unser: Here's the kit: Right now I am just in cleanup mode, and getting ready to mock it up. In doing so, I'm looking at areas that I could improve upon without creating a major project out of this. One thing that jumped out at me right away were the brakes. Since they are so visible on this kit, I figured they could use an upgrade. I had some Detail Master vented discs that are the perfect size, along with some calipers as well, but I needed to make some brake hats to be able to use the rotors. This looked like an opportunity for me to use my lathe for the first time. I have no machining skills (yet), but this is a simple enough project to learn on. The material I had was too soft, but I still managed to make something usable, ugly, but usable. Hey, I made something!

Joe, Good to see you at the last couple of shows. I have to say I'm sorry that I haven't seen this thread until now. I checked the whole thread out, what I really see, besides some good work, is the desire to get better. What you're doing by consulting the best in the country and seeing the work in person is going to get you there so much faster. You can see it just in this thread. I look forward to continuing to watch your progress from now on, and hope to see you soon. Art

Thanks, Fabrizio. It was nice to meet you too. Your work was fantastic. Really glad I got to see it in person, especially the Janis Joplin Porsche.

Chris' head wasn't that big before the awards ceremony...

Dayum, Tim... That's all I got. The work is spectacular. Thanks for the encouragement to get back on the midget. Now that I'm back from Salt Lake, I'm inspired...

Chris, Man, I was so happy for you yesterday! Congratulations! Had a blast hanging with you. Really glad you made it to this one. Art

Randy, I was almost in disbelief that work like this was even real, until I got to see it for myself in AZ. It's real- real impressive! What's always surprising when you see forum builds in person, is how small it really is, yet still has so much detail. This is one spectacular build, and your hand-craftsmanship amazes me. Glad I got to see it and meet you in person. Hopefully we'll see some of the Pro Tech parts you picked up from me on this before too long! -Art