Ryan S.

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This is awesome. I'm really digging what you've done here. Fantastic work! Can't wait to see it done.

I like it the way it is, my vote is for leaving it that way. The flat is a cool look.

I said it before, but it looks like its ready to take a trip down the strip! Fantastic work!

Welcome Brad! I was just thinking that when I was 13, the internet was non-existant. But had it been around I would have loved it and a place like this for help/inspiration etc. with model building at a young age. How fortunate the youngsters getting into the hobby now are, to have resources like this!

I voted real, but the more I look at it the more I'm thinking model...now I'm torn.

Looks like a great project, I like your ideas and the wheels and hood are right on. Shaving off the emblems shouldn't be that difficult. Just use a sanding stick or make a small sanding block and be careful of that body line. With the exception of the very front emblem, the rest are far enough above/ below the line that you should be able to get them smooth. Best of luck.

Cool, thanks!

Hey Oldskoo, what do you use for your air bag suspension? Do you scratch build those or buy them aftermarket?

Looking good so far. I've always loved the 70.5's.

Looks like Modelhaus has what I'm looking for. I was looking at their site but was bummed there was no pictures. Thank you so much for the references pics, those are awesome!

Hi all. I've got a model I want to put whitewalls on but the ones that I have (came with the 56 Nomad kit I've got) are just too skinny. If looked around online and can only find tires with the thinner white strip not the fatter wide whites. Any recommendations would be great. Thanks!

Where would one buy embossing powder? Craft stores? And aprox. whats the price on this? Thanks

These are absolutely fantastic. Beautiful job. This might just inspire me enough to invest in an airbrush!

I know that my dad introduced me to the hobby when I was probably 6 or 7. We started a third generation Corvette Stingray. I can't honestly tell you if we finished it or not, but I do know that I still have the can of Testors competition orange that we painted that thing. I'm doubtful that the paint would still spray but I've got it as a memento. I continued to build models as a kid and teenager going through both car and WWII aircraft phases. Saddly, my hobby coincided with being a teen and a propensity for pyromania. A buddy of mine and I used to find creative ways to burn, blowup and light on fire a number of our models. Looking back I wish I had saved some of my better ones from that time period. Into my last years of high school I got back into building cars with the intent on displaying them and I kitbashed parts from some of my earlier builds that were spared the torch, but as I entered college the hobby took a back seat. 11 years later I have reclaimed my collection that was saved at my parents house all these years and started building again. The first I finished is my Avatar and was given to my father. My parents always supported my hobbying ways, putting up with glue and paint accidents on the dinner table and helping me tend wounds when the xacto knife got errant (more than once, but never any stiches). So I have to thank them for putting up with it and for my dad introducing me to the hobby. My girlfriend has expressed interest in maybe doing one sometime so maybe I'll get her turned on to the hobby as well...we'll see.

This came out awesome. The skull is really cool. Great job!

I'd heard of doing foil on scripts before paint, but the valve cover trick is super cool, thanks for sharing that. I've got a set for a Ford SOHC that I'm going to use that treatment on!

So I went to the auto parts store to pick up some primer and some paint and thought I would get some Bondo to try on one of the cars I'm working on. I've never used Bondo but never thought to figure there was more than one type. For modeling purposes, what do you guys use? I want to get the right stuff. Thanks!

I've got the rolling stock pretty much finished minus attaching some hoses and wires and some little touch ups here and there. Not sure when I'll have the time to get paint on the body, maybe this weekend we'll see. Thanks for looking! Comments still welcome.

Why have one when you can have 2?! Well done on both. Your weathering is amazing! Nice work.

Thanks for the comments! The body is going to be the same color as the fenders: Testors Colors by Boyd Grape Pearl, with silver custom racing stripes. The valve covers came our of the parts bin, but I couldn't tell you what kit. I've long since tossed a lot of old kits (from when I stopped building years ago) but kept bags of misc. parts. The steering wheel thought, I think came from the Stone Woods and Cook gasser. I drilled out the holes in the spokes but it doesn't really show in the pix. I saw yours too, its looking good also. I dig the rootbeer color. I'll have more pix next week.

I've been putting some time into this one the last few days. Got most of the interior finished, just need to touch up the dash/ radio area and attach the steering wheel and column then glue it in place. The engine compartment is mocked up. nothing is glued in place. I finished the wheels today too and think they came out pretty sweet. I should have the body in paint next week, going out of town for a few days. Thanks for looking! Comments always welcome. <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1442.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1444.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1448.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1443.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1447.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /> <img src="http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r185/rpsilva7/DSCN1446.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Here's just a thought, and it would take some work and might not be "real-world" applicable, but what if you ran the exhaust tubes along the frame rails and under the rear end, then up and terminated out of the "head light/ tail light" holes. You could fabricate a tip that conformed to the the top-round part of the headlight hole and acted as the top part of the bezel for the tail light...the lower half being...the tail light itself. Sort of a dual use of the big holes already there... and it would certainly be unique! Just my $0.02

This is super cool. I really dig the "front-end-for back end" bed. I'll be following along for sure!

I'm going with real.