Art Laski

Thanks for looking, guys! I spent some time on it last weekend, but most of that was a rework of the rear cage brace to get the proper angles to get the fuel tank to clear properly. It was nice to be able to just unsolder it, and then rebuild it. It might have been a bigger hassle in styrene. Hopefully I'll have an update after this weekend.

Nice, clean build!

Well, Bud, all I can say is that Bill is one of the nicest guys you would ever meet. Probably just an oversight, as I'm sure he would never slight anybody. My suggestion to you is to not get all wadded up over what happens on an internet forum, or you'll never sleep! There's a lot of room for misunderstandings... But, it is true that posts were lost. Check for yourself: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=95955 Read the last post...

Not Bill's doing. Posts after 11/25 until about a week ago were lost on the whole forum due to the server upgrade.

Looking good, Man!

Paint looks great. I can't decide which one I like best. Luckily I won't have to!

You're just killing it! Looks awesome.

Here's another update. I added some bracing for the cage and torsion tubes, and also managed to get the bumpers built. Thanks for looking!

Since the forum outage lost a few posts, I am reposting what was lost. Thanks for looking! Added brackets for the steering gear. This was probably the hardest part to do so far, as getting small rings of tube to hold it, with a spacer behind it, was a challenge.

Glad you're building this. I have one I want to build and I appreciate what you're pointing out here. Looking good and I'll be watching! -Art

This is going to be a good one. The engine looks great so far!

Welcome back to the hobby, Marc. You came back strong! Nice job on that one. -Art

Seth and Chris, Thanks for looking, my friends! I do appreciate it. -Art

Those parts look great, Chris! This is truly a multimedia build. Fantastic work!

Trunk and wheel look great, Seth!

Hi Bill, Nice to see you back at it. It's looking good! -Art

Nice start! That cage looks good. -Art

I'll be sure not to enter that class... It's going to be great, John. Looking forward to watching!

Incredible job, Johnny! So glad to see a finished build from you again. -Art

I also did some work on the rear end. For some reason, they top of the rear end was shaved off. I wanted to add the shape back to it. I took a piece of brass tube that was about the same diameter as the center section, and cut a piece off that was about the same width. Then I filled the tube with resin and made a plug. I popped the resin out and cut a piece off of the circle and applied it to the rear end.

It's an improvement over the die cast seat, for sure!

I got my dirtmodeler.com order in today :D I got the Kirkey seat, rod ends, spindles, radiator logo masks, and all kinds of goodies. The seat is a perfect replica of the Kirkey in the actual car.

Looks great, Mark. I love the logo in the muffler, even if it isn't well seen. Did you mill it?

Nice build, Joe. Tough deal on the clear coat issues. I hope you get it worked out, because that chassis looks great. Oh, and you really don't need to build for me... -Art

What do you think of it? I just ordered one for my midget build.