Jairus

Here's my entry....

Dave Fletcher is just fine! He spent the whole weekend, Friday - Sunday afternoon at the Portland Roadster Show hosting the model car contest. (bet he is tired ) Today he's mostlikely back at work and I am sure... ready and willing to answer your question this afternoon. As for those building long distance entries, my guess would be to take some nice "glamor shots" and post them here. We can then take prints to the show where the judging will be held. I have been asked to judge so my suggestion would be to take the best picture at the same angle as the drawing was produced. In my viewpoint, it is only that angle which I will judge how closely the build matches the art. Other judges will grade based on the standards I suppose. With additional details only being the cream on top of the banana split! Ah, Thanks, but you'd only be disappointed....

Tom, that is is just FANTASTIC! The amount of work you are putting into this piece is phenomenal. Keep it up, you have three weeks dude...

I can understand how limited thinking can do that...

Please explain why it would not work for a whole sheet? But hey... if you want to spend your money... go right ahead.

Pure Ammonia fumes will. Pour a 1/4" of ammonia into the bottom of a large cottage cheese container. Poke a hole and stick a paperclip through the hole hanging down from the lid. Hang your part off the hook and warm the ammonia in a microwave for 20 seconds then remove and pop on the lid sealing it with-out breathing in the fumes. Should not take more than 10 minutes to begin darkening the brass to a nice warm brown. Leave it in too long you might need to steel wool the brass and try again.

While I would hate to influence your design, since you are off to such a wonderful start... Something to consider is that designers from that era have already tackled your project before. That of designing a blunt nosed vehicle with an "Art Deco" flair. I am writing about of course LOCOMOTIVE designs! Click the first picture and see some of the more radical examples out there that I have collected. Also a good search of Google is in order I believe. Good luck with this neat project!

Looks great so far Wayne. Choice of engine can make or break this project. If I can suggest.... the new Hudson Flathead! Ohhhh yeeeaahhhh! Another straight 6 Flathead is the '32 Chrysler or Gangbusters buddy kit, the Lincoln bent-eight. Also, I am not enamored with the super wide rear tires. Big and littles for sure but you should really use vintage wheels and tires too. Those tires will work on an 80's Pro-street 32-roadster but not a Rat. (If this is to be a logical rat rod)

:rolleyes: It was great meeting you too Hans!

Like most wives tales, there may be an element of fact in your post though. Back in 1898 Morgan Robertson published a novella called "Futility" about a fictional ocean liner by the name of "Titan" which foundered in the North Atlantic. Although the story was written before the Olympic-class Titanic had even been designed, there are some remarkable similarities between the fictional and real-life counterparts. Like the Titanic, the fictional ship sank in April in the North Atlantic, and there were not enough lifeboats for the passengers. There are also similarities between the size (800 ft long for Titan versus 882 ft 9 in long for the Titanic), speed (25 knots for Titan, 21 knots for Titanic) and life-saving equipment. I read it a number of years ago while doing some research about the great liner and found it to be a sad poignant tale. It might be the ironic suggestion that this book may have been included in the 1st class liberary, is where the suggestion of the movie show in 2nd class dining room sprang from? Just a thought. Edit: by the way, it's a short read and the complete 1912 signature edition is posted here on line. "Futility"

That is a wives tale. There was no movie theater and showing movies (silent then) was a specialized affair. Where are you getting your facts and trivia Harry? Try this site as it is the greatest collection of Titanic engineers and historians I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Titanic-Titanic.com. I have been a member for 2.5 years and never heard that story be confirmed.

I have quite a few subscriptions and none of them come in a wrapper or a bag. All GOOD things enter this world nekid as God designed it!

I got in Sunday morning and followed my driver (Dad) from the airport directly to a gun show. While the gun stuff was interesting and I managed to pick up a few well priced back issues of "Ol'skool Rodz" (SCORE), I couldn't resist noting a few parallels between the two shows. Lots of cool stuff on the swapmeet tables, haggling for the best price, isles of guys (few girls) carrying prizes looking for more, the median age about 56 years old! We are getting old guys! Dang! Regardless the NNL West was fantastic and about the biggest NNL I have ever been to. Great to match faces with names on this forum and you guys CAN REALLY BUILD! I picked out 20 some cars on the table that would definitely take best of show at GSL 25 years ago! No sweat. John Teresi you gotta send something to Salt Lake! I mean... REALLY! And the bar just keeps raising... Looking forward to next year.

I was probably 8 years old (1967) when I "helped" my Dad build a model kit on my Grandma's kitchen table. That was AMT's 1954 Ford pickup and I just loved the details in that little box of heaven! He gave me that truck when it was done and later on bought me and My brother each various models (1/32 and 1/24th) and for the next few years we struggled to assemble... learning along the way. My regular request for Christmas and Birthdays for a long time were of course model kits. Even hauled a few projects with me when I went off to College just to keep my nose in a hobby that I loved. So I would have to say that I have been building models almost none-stop since 1968, some 42 years now.

I disagree. The question should be: Did you build it... or buy it? If you built it then it can go anywhere that it fits. If you only bought it and want to post/review it. Then it needs a special section that I won't bump into. (if you know what I mean)

Now THAT is a nice ol'skool HOT ROD! Three thumbs up!

Because we humans like to categorize stuff. It makes communication easier if everyone is on the same page, understands the rules and knows where we are coming from.

Very nice build... but excellent photography!

What is cool to one guy, might not be cool to all George. You cannot possible create something/anything that everyone likes... unless it is an antidote to cancer or a better tasting soft drink. The fact is that everyone has a slightly different personality and that leads to vastly different viewpoints of what cool is. Chrome is not always appropriate. Chip Foose does not ALWAYS draw perfect pictures. Gregg can't tie his shoes. You CAN have too much horsepower. Rock'n Roll was perfected in 1977. Some truths are just evident. The Rat Rod trend is big. Get over it! It will eventually end just like the Billet trend, the Monochromatic trend, the Pro-Street trend, Van craze... etc! Just because you don't like it does not mean that the cars they build are "junk". Just different. Yeah, that hood fits right because it was built carefully. Is there rust? Yeah some. Do I call it a Rat Rod? Not really... guess you DIDN'T read my article. But it is COOL and a lot of fun. We get thumbs up from guys in HONDAS for heavens sake! What more can you or I ask? (Beer maybe)

It's not a shame George... it is what it is! Just because you two guys do not like the current popular trend of "Rat Rodding" does not mean it's wrong. I suffered through the Pro-Street/Pro-touring trend with out saying anything and those cars were waaaayyy less driveable than any of the Rat Rods I show in the article. In fact! While cleaning up the "Rat Hole Customs" booth at the latest Salem Rod & Custom show... most of the overbuilt and overchromed machinery could hardly get out the door once the show was over. SOME HAD TO BE PUSHED they were so un-driveable! While guys like my son-in-law drive rods that are logical, start immediately and are very driveable! In fact Jeremy and I took his truck on a poker run last summer. Never overheated, started flawlessly and was very comfortable to ride around in for 6 hours! Just because it has rust don't mean it don't work!

That's pretty nice Harry!

Thanks guys. That one was built in '87 or '88. Same year AMT released the kit originally at any rate. Currently it's in storage and not at my fingertips or I would post some more pictures. The engine is out of an Unlimited-hydro kit I believe. Found it in a swap meet about a year previous and thought that it would be a great in a streamliner project. The writing was on the wall when Mark Gustavson announced a Salt Flat speciality class! Not that over the top actually, but it does feature a nice working door latch and some removable panels inside.

Great stance, nice excution and excellent backstory! I love it!

I have always LOVED Ed Newtons work!

Oh yeah! Sketched and published back in Roy Sorensons Plastic Fanatic. Even discussed the very project on those pages... complete with misspellings! But don't ask the issue number because I have no idea.