Jairus

John, You are also going to need: A 1949 or 1950 AMT Ford front grill for the bullet nose. A set of 1939 Chevrolet headlights. (1936 Ford will work in a pinch) A 1932 Ford grill shell and frame. Set of 1940 Ford steel wheels and tires from the Revell Rat Rods series. With a great group like this forum I am sure some guys will be willing to help. I have some of this stuff but it's in storage and not accessible.

John, thank you for the compliments. I'm posting a couple of pictures here that might help. However I am a bit worried about the use of a "French" body instead of an American 1929 Ford body for this build. Maybe SOMEONE will send you a doner body. This is the original artwork without the magazine gutter fold across the nose. And this is a close up of of the turbo-supercharger exhaust turbine. Simple elements that can be derived from various sources in the scrap box to create. Do not forget tho... that there will be some hefty plumbing running between the engine and the turbo. This is why I left the passenger seat out so that the plumbing would have a straight shot just like in the real P-38 aircraft. Good luck and happy modeling.

My son-in-law and slot racing racing partner Jeremy Sullivan drove his 1935 pickup "Rat Rod" today in a very cool poker run. I navigated as best I could... but mostly just filled the right seat. This was our ride. Seeing the world pass in an open car is completely different... not to mention seeing the wheels turning and hearing the rap of the pipes! It was sooooo cool! The Poker Run was mostly following directions on three sheets of paper, collecting and doing events at checkpoints and noting specific things at the various locations/stops. Including lunch, which was great! At the end of the run awards were given to a tired bunch for correct answers and winners of various events. All of it was just for fun but.... the whole darned day was fun and I didn't need a trophy to tell me that! Jeremy's car was the second oldest with a 1927 T the oldest. The most recent ended up being a mid 90's Viper when the owner of the '66 Vette had engine problems and limped home to get his "back-up" car. About three cars couldn't make the whole cruise which ended up being about 40 some odd miles in total. Some cars had serious overheating problems... mostly due to putting TOO DARNED BIG ENGINES where they don't belong! Jerry Kruger tossed out a perfectly good 302 to plant this 428 C.J. in it's place... only to suffer overheating at every stop light. Overall a great summer day and a great time had by all! More pictures on my Fotki here including nearly all the cars that took part.

Indeed Raul did make a silk purse out of that Sow's ear of a kit. Very nice choice on the taillights too. Doubt that AMT will ever re-release that kit again. The parts alone were worth the cost (engine, interior, wheels and such), however I think AMT got their money out of those molds for sure. But it really is nothing to write home about if built box stock is it....

NICE washes on that stovebolt buddy! "Love what you have done with the place."

Last post unfortunately unless someone has the next one. This is Chapter 5 but it is not labeled thusly. was actually a response to a seminar that Mark gave to other club members at the monthly meeting. Ken you see lived in NJ and the club was based in UT. Ken and I were members then but we lived way too far away to take part in the fun and festivities (not to mention donuts). Ken's response to Marks seminar on model car "switches" was this: Incidentally, I built a model using these very switches shown in this article! It was a 1949 Ford Sedan Delivery (Phantom) and had real working head, tail, dome and dash lights. The doors opening switched on the overhead dome light and there were latches on all three doors and the hood. There were also hinges on the spare tire well panel and the gas cap door while the hood was spring loaded to keep it in the open position. The car is currently in the Utah Model Car Museum.

Well done and very logical processes! I like the presentation and photos as well. Dang, if I had more free time I would build George Folmers Boss Mustang as a challenge to your VERY WELL DONE Challenger! I will be watching this one with great interest. J

There is an old Monogram kit called "Quicksilver" that was based on a rodded '60 S.D. Take a lot to make it stock and the Jimmy Flintsone body is probably based on it anyway. But between that old kit and the Revell '60 stock H.T. you might have something!

Chapter 4 coming up. This one published in the UMCA newsletter and while I was reading the "news" I came across this note from president Mark: oops... maybe I had better ask for some forgiveness since prior permission was not requested?

Yes. Mig3 flew during WWII so indeed it is acceptable!

Chapter 3

Very good eye for design and concept. Jairus LIKE!

Chapter 2 coming up! I never met Ken until Gregg started dragging me to GSL and some of the East Coast shows after 2000. Being a homebody I am uncomfortable traveling and "hob-knobbing" like G is. (Even though he is only marginally better at remembering names than I, we worked out a system where I play stupid and ask the persons name first thereby saving Gregg the embarrassment. It seemed to work for us... and G. pays for my lunch.) Ken and I met at GSL in '04 or '05. That was the year Ken showed up with his Redneck Trailer dio. Anyway, we shared a couple of beers in the Hotel bar for a few hours and I learned that he is not the stuck-up grandstander I always believe him to be... and a pretty funny guy to boot! Not to mention a fantastic, heavily under-rated modeler. We shared art stories, modeling techniques and then a slight headache in the morning. Ken is very personable, approachable and if you see him at one of your shows walk up and say HI! Sooo... with out further ado about nothing. This one dated Dec '86.

I want! Any idea who is producing these and when they will be out?

The first time I saw a Ken Hamilton built model car it was 1987. Ken had mailed in his '25 T and the contest floor talked about it all weekend! He not only sent in a tour-de-force car but it came with pages and pages of "how he did it" diagrams and instructions on how to manipulate the working features! At any rate, Ken got a nice award mailed home with his model! During the next few years Ken received the enviable job of illustrating for the only model car magazine at the time, SAE, in which he wrote some of the neatest How-To articles ever published! Every one of them diagramed and illustrated in his distinctive cartoon style explaining so much with just a few lines and hand written words. Well, as Paul Harvey used to say... and now the "rest of the story"! Before SAE.... Ken started out illustrating his ideas for the UMCA newsletter. Yes! The following are the "LOST articles of Ken Hamilton!" I have 5 or 6 of them here published in the Utah Model Car Asso. monthly newsletter and will post them here until I receive a cease and desist order from Ken's lawyers... or Mark Gustavson or Gregg... or my mom... This first one is number 1 and has a date of July 1986! (enjoy)

Raul, that may be so... but the auction is NOT over and no where near enough for a table at the IPMS nationals.... I'm just saying!

Okay... BEG me! LOL, actually Lee is correct, the official end of summer is Sept 22nd.

1. For the girls. 2. 'cause it gives Gregg the vapors. 3. To give Harry straight lines.... (Think about it) 4. Poor parenting. 5. I am lonely. I will make a bet now that this one goes to 4 pages for SURE!

Girl in every port... Incidentally I talked with the printer about the lines filling in. Combination of "end of the run" using those screens and the fact that I used too thin of lines in my artword. They would print PERFECT as white shirts with black print but when reversing the image and printing the white areas leaving thin black lines..... well, the ink tends to spread after a few dozen passes and the lines get filled in. Soooo... I am off to thicken up those lines on the artwork and I told the printer NOT to use THOSE screens a third time! We at MCM strive to improve the product whenever humanly possible. - from the artists studio

Me too! CAnnot wait to begin painting and clear coating. Still fussing with the details....

Chop job Jeff?

Link? Never mind... found it!

Oven cleaner strips both. But DO NOT BREATH THE FUMES!!!!!! If you do, it will be hours before you can smell anything again. LOL!

I don't understand....

Correct! Both planes were under production and a few installed in units at the end of the war. Even though neither airframe saw combat in WW2, they are still considered legal for Reno Air races and for this build off. Pretty aircraft there Dan! Put some numbers and graphics on it and you might have something...