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That's cool Bill. Did you ever finish your Bug eyed baja bug? Thanks. Doug R

Just made a front bumper/guard. Think I may do a winch just under it. Doug R

I love the articulated look Bro. Great job so far. Doug

This is another great forum you have Bobby. I enjoy TMM forum. I rarley visit the Brand X forum anymore (SA). Model cars and TMM are the 2 I go to most. Lots of great stuff going on and no whinning which is great. Doug

Thanks guys. Just did some wheel details and added bead locks.I think it makes the tires look more burly. I did a matching spare,I just need to drill out the hub and lug nut holes for it. Doug You can also see a few more suspension details now.

Hey guys, This is a group build for Bobby (Wildrice) of the Mad Modeller forum. I am doing a couple body mods,then a lift with my wheels and tires. Then I will send it to another member,and so on until it ends up as a finished model for Bobby to keep. Here is what I have done so far. I am 90% done with the rear lift,just need to make or find rear shocks.Then do the whole front lift. I have the 4 wheels discs,and made my own axles. I will post more when I am done with my part this week. Doug R

Sorry Stefan, I meant the trim (rubber)Sharpie pen? I just bought 2 of those combi's that will be lowered just like yours. I love the look. Doug R

Those look great!!!!! I love them both. Do they have suspension detail or are they curbside only. Yes please share your technique for window treatment. Doug R

Hobby shops and train shops. You can order online from Tower Hobbies,Rpp hobby etc.... Plastruct will sell direct I think and maybe Evergreen does? http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/ http://www.plastruct.com/ Evergreen has a cool scale conversion chart you can print out. I use mostly .060 and .080" rod for my cages. Roughly .040" = 1' scale for 1/25 and 1/24 ? You can buy the catalogs or download them. Sheet styrene comes in assortments and many styles and colors. Good luck. Doug R

Awesome Bill, Those Radirs look great on there. Are those alclad painted or plated? Doug R

I kinda converted one to look similar. You would be better off scratch building the entire body. They are 2 way different animals. The Jada dub body will probably be kind of cartoonish like all their other cars? The panels are mostly flat with squared off features,you could use the hasegewa as a guide for the basic shape. I would love to see them casted for sure. Doug R

Thanks guys. This will help me alot.LOL! I hope. Doug R

I love it!!! Are those wheels from a Jada Dub VW car? Doug R

Matt,killer job. I love that kit. Color lends itself well. Doug R

Winners are Working suspension 1rst #2 with 42 votes 2nd #3 with 16 votes 3rd #4 with 6 votes and won a tie breaker poll by 4 votes Non working play based 1rst #24 with 15 votes 2nd #10 with 13 votes 3rd #6 with 7 votes 4th #11 with 6 votes and won the tie breaker by 5 votes. Non working competition based 1rst #23 with 28 votes 2nd #19 with 17 votes 3rd #20 with 14 votes 4th #21 with 8 votes Best weathering goes to #13 with 42 votes Best scratch building goes to #19 with 20 votes Best paint is sponsored by The Mad Modeller and the have chosen #23 best with # 9 honorable mention, both will receive prizes. All winners please email me at kod38@hotmail.com Thank you. Doug R I will figure out the prizes by this weekend.I have to dig it all out. I should have had it ready by now.LOL! Thanks to RPP Hobby,The Web Wheeler,The Mad Modeller,Big Jeepezz Resin,Willie,RMR resin ,Coyne racing for their generous donations

Hey guys, Can you please help me judge the Off Road CBP/contest. There are 3 main categories A= Working suspension builds B= Non working play based C= non working competition based D= Best weathering E= Best scratch building A link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...g%20suspension/ B link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...g-play%20based/ C link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...tition%20based/ D link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...t%20weathering/ E is from anyone of the pictures seen in the other links. Please post a reply with your choices Example: A #3 B #11 C #18 D #24 E #19 The winners will be awarded prizes. Thank you very much for your help.These guys did some really unique builds and deserve a thumbs up. Doug R

Hey guys, Can you please help me judge the Off Road CBP/contest. There are 3 main categories A= Working suspension builds B= Non working play based C= non working competition based D= Best weathering E= Best scratch building A link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...g%20suspension/ B link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...g-play%20based/ C link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...tition%20based/ D link= http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/kod...t%20weathering/ E is from anyone of the pictures seen in the other links. Please post a reply with your choices Example: A #3 B #11 C #18 D #24 E #19 The winners will be awarded prizes. Thank you very much for your help.These guys did some really unique builds and deserve a thumbs up. Doug R

Ok guys we have 23 done builds. Only 4 working suspension builds. I classed it out as follows so far. This may not be final? Working suspension (4) 1-2-3 place Non-Working suspension Play based (12) 1-2-3-4 places Non-Working suspension Competition based 1-2-3-4 places Best paint award by TMM Best weathering Best Scratch building Voting will be done by poll on and based on no criteria,just what someone likes. I hope to set up polls tomorrow. Doug R

Hey guys, The contest is officially closed,however I will accept your pictures until friday night. I will need to class it all out and seperate the done builds into categories or what ever works. I may need help from DB on that. Then I will set up voting polls and give them 1-2 weeks to collect votes. Also I will package prizes and post a folder of 1-2-3 etc.. After winners are figured I will post them and start contacting you to get your prizes out. Thanks. Doug R kod38@hotmail.com Please email me 4 pictures of your contest build.

Yeah,that ford is my favorite too. All great!!! Doug R

LOL! Yeah, I am old school,always liked the camber kicked negetive back in the day. Most have corrected camber these days for obvious reasons. Thanks. Doug R

Cool Kram, Glad to see you back at it. Doug R

This is a Gunze 56 oval curbside kit I threw together. Just finished it. I only have about 5-6 hours into,mostly body work. Hope you like it. Doug R

Hey guys. This is a revell VW beetle that I am trying to master as a baja body for Jake to cast. I have never made a master before,so this will be the first attempt. This is what it will look like though. I need to do a little finish work still. Also this one piece front end might be do-able after some body work. We are thinking of making it as a trans kit with wheels,tires,bead locks,fuel cell,seats,porsche trans ??? Jake already makes these seats-bead locks-fuel cell-and maybe even these tires by now. If it turns out ok I will do a better version with the Tamiya body. Your thoughts on this? Would you be interested if the price was affordable? Thanks for the input. Doug R

Hey guys. This is a revell VW beetle that I am trying to master as a baja body for Jake to cast. I have never made a master before,so this will be the first attempt. This is what it will look like though. I need to do a little finish work still. Also this one piece front end might be do-able after some body work. We are thinking of making it as a trans kit with wheels,tires,bead locks,fuel cell,seats,porsche trans ??? Jake already makes these seats-bead locks-fuel cell-and maybe even these tires by now. If it turns out ok I will do a better version with the Tamiya body. Your thoughts on this? Would you be interested if the price was affordable? Thanks for the input. Doug R