Art Laski

The updates look great, Alyn! Very cool model...

Outstanding, my friend! One of your best.

Nice job!

Man, that is lookin' so good!

Thanks, guys. Some of these detailed changes are coming along slowly for me, but I'll be picking up some momentum soon. Appreciate you looking in!

Nice build you got going, Chas!

Great work and so fun to watch!

There is a problem. The axle tube is thicker than the original rear end, so even after opening up the kit brackets, the shocks don't fit. I decide to make new brackets. I made the decision to not only redo the axle brackets, but make a whole new suspension, and also make it functional. I made some rod ends from plastic rod and guitar string, some radius rods from aluminum tube, and jam nuts from hex rod. Then i made some new brackets by cutting them from plastic sheet and laminating them together. More to come soon. Thanks for looking!

Nice work, Mark! The hood vent tutorial is great.

I've been doing the parts cleanup on this kit for a while, so there hasn't been much to share until now. I got the injector manifold and tubes I ordered from Speed City Resin. Really excellent parts, in my opinion. The only problem is, the injector doesn't fit this particular engine very well, so I'll probably be scratchbashing a new one using the injector pieces from this unit and a scratch-built manifold. I got the axle tubes in the rear end and primered, but the casting of the rear end had a few bubbles where the bolt heads were, so I used these great little bolts I got from my good friend, John Teresi, to fix it up.

Wow, Bill, I haven't checked in for a bit so I missed how smokin' that engine is looking. Incredible!

That looks great, Steve! I watched that car run many times...

Great post, Terry!

Nice job!

Killer build, Tyrone!

So fun to watch, John! Incredible.

What a creative work of art. Nice job, Ira!

Wild paint, Doc! Awesome!

Total eye candy. Great work, John!

Mark, can I ask, what paint did you use on the wheels?

Looks great, Chris!

Hey now, this is a family forum! Seriously, Randy you're a masterful modeler in my mind, so I'm honored to have you follow along. Hopefully this won't disappoint.

Brad, I absolutely love it and you should be very proud of it. Makes me wish I had a real one! Outstanding work... -Art

Well, I definitely love the subject, but would love to see some more detailed pics. Keep it coming!

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I hope to have something new up soon. John, thanks for making this build possible. Too bad you had your Willys done before I even got the box open! It would have been fun to do them at the same time. Tom, the masks were about $13 shipped. If you search for "willys flame mask" on ebay, they pop right up.