Jairus

How about this: That is my interpretation of what a "Quarter Horse" might have looked like had Ford produced it. For the uninitiated, the Quarter horse was a version of the Mustang that was considered to compete with Shelby in 1969. A few prototypes were built and of course it was never produced, but this is what I thought it might have looked like. Edit: Thought I would add just one more "Horse". Did this one for Lightning Lane... a collector site for White Lightning JL nuts. This image was printed on a special order of JL mustangs with the tampo print matching the illustration. Tampos were designed by someone else... I just did the illustration.

Mike, I have done many PT Cruiser illustrations. This is my fav... but the one's you are probably thinking about were in the July-August 2000 issue. that was wwwaaaaaayyyy back when Revell first issued that snap kit. Incidentally, I did this for Johnny Lightning couple months ago. If you guys want a signed copy.... just click on the picture. Jairus

Generally the seals and O-rings are to separate the compressed air and the paint. If an O-ring is leaking you will generally notice bubbles forming in the paint cup or paint bottle. Since you say that the bottle "flew" off then I would say that the O-ring replacement will solve your problem.

Sounds like you need to replace the "O" ring for it to work right. Google the manufacturer and see if they sell them on-line. You could also call your local hobbyshop or art store or automotive paint supply house and see if they sell replacement parts for your airbrush. This is regardless of the maker.

YOU need instructions!

Lots... but the few top ones that come to mind are Tim Kolankiewicz; Coral Aura, Nearly anything by Roger Yu, James Warkentin; Junkyard dog rat rod, Ken Hamilton; '25 Ford Roadster, Gary Fox; 1939 Chevrolet, Terry Jessee; Cowboy Cadillac, Chuck Larsen; Pink Truck, '58 Chevrolet; Bill Geary. Just a few.... I reserve the right to add more later.

I call this one "The Forgotten Warrior".

Lots of stuff from 2003 through late 2005. Nearly all of the Zingers were designed by me and all the blistercard art for the Zingers were mine through 2005. After that they used office staff to design them. Sucks really.... Also did a few designs for the Spoiler's and In-Progress. Then a ton of blistercard art for Kustomized, Spoilers, In-progress, All-American, Black-w/Flames, Moon Eyes,Rebel Rods.. etc. Also designed three Black with Flames cars, the 66 GTO, 71 Cyclone and the School Bus. Cyclone below...

Randy, Very cool to see someone working on such an old kit. Really that was one of the earliest Revell kits ever! I am sure Art Anderson will chime in here with more details... but I have to suggest one little thing. Since that body came out of the same molds as the Country Squire wagon - the roof and door are too short. Compare the side window glass shape on the model to the side view in the book and you will see what I mean. The actual Rancharo was based on the 2-door wagon not the 4-door and a 4-door drivers door is dimensionally shorter than the longer door found on a 2-door car. Revell got a thumbs down from me when I learned this.. but, it's done. At least they didn't trash the molds! Now... what does this have to do with your project? Nothing really since you are building a custom. So... it will blend in just fine unless you want to be Korrect and move the back window back a couple inchs. Neat project, carry on!

Andrew, yes that was for JL blistercard art for the "Spoiler" series. The detailing in the photo is not quite as .... detailed because it was only about an inch and a half across when printed. Jason, I don't have any '53 - 54 Chev sedan deliveries in my stuff... that I remember. But good subject for a future Sketchpad! Hmmmmm

WOW! That really turned out nice Chris, thumbs up all the way!

Andrew... bet you have not seen this one!

Did somebody mention CHARGER?

Hmmm... only thing I got on the SSR. Edit: BUT... I think you would be better off doing a stake bed with real wood! Oh man, that would be cool!!

Sorry, No! Pretty much required that the subjects be available as plastic kits. HRM, Custom Classic Trucks and R&C images were not always under that restriction... but instead dictated by what the editor wanted to see. So Chev, Dodge and even Ford from the mid 70's through most of the 80's are pretty much untouched territory by me. Harry? Brad? Anyone? Until then... I think this is from that era.

Thank you Brendan. I will consider that for a future piece... nothing in my archives like that currently. But good idea! This piece I did for Revell prior to the release of the chopper series. The guys at Revell needed something in color to give them direction and to show the public once the project was announced. There are 4 images produced from photos of the prototype mockup and the pictures were originally posted on Revell's web site for a time.

Hello members of Model Cars Forum! I see that this portion of the forum gets little attention… but then you guys and gals are largely modelers and not artists by choice. So… I thought I would start a thread I will entitle “SketchPad Art†because this is the place to request and post SketchPad subjects that were printed in past issues of MCM, Hot Rod, SAE, Rod & Custom, etc. (Provided I have them available) BUT….Not just from my drawing board mind you but the request could be toward any artist including Harry and Brad to be used as a reference for all! What brought this on is that I received a request for an image yesterday that was printed in an issue of MCM awhile back. I couldn’t for the life of me remember the issue… but I sure as heck had the image so I sent it via PM. But… thought that you guys would like to have it here as well for everyone’s edification and so… TADA! Anything else you’d like to see , one only need ask here or via PM! Incidentally, I am also a member of Motorburg! Motorburg is a forum for automotive artists. Charley Smith, Ed Newton and other big names in the industry originally established the site as a sharing experience for like minds and we continued to grow. Members have a lot of fun discussing old art, business practices, computer illustration along with actual airbrush work. It is fun… but by invitation only in order to become a member. However, viewers are not restricted from seeing some of the fantastic and inspirational designs produced by some of the best in the business. (not me… I am only moderately talented compared to these guys ) All that, and they have a model car section too!

Yeah Harry... as far as Mac's go it is pretty old school. But it works for me for now and I can blog while having Illustrator, PhotoShop, Word, my mail and Safari all going at once. Oh and I listen to talk radio on-line now too.... All that and Gregg built it for me to boot. But I never figured that animated signatures would slow it down... just imagine the bandwidth Gregg is paying for!!!

Dual 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac with 1.5GB SDRAM and 3 harddrives capable of over 400 gig of storage. Why?

Maybe or maybe not... but there should be some rule about animated signatures. When ever you post, my computer really slows down and it's starting to become a distraction to a seemingly relaxing hobby dude.

Harry, now put Bill's teeth back!

Ditto what Steve said!

I asked this very question to a member of the local Vintage Ford club back in 1985 when I was working on a 1936 Ford Woody. Some of you may remember it.... ...no? Well, anyway that club member told me something that stuck with me to this day. Ford in the late 30's would go LOW BID on engine paint. Any green would do as long as it was sort of close and they would buy pallets of the stuff even mid year during production. The reason is that Ford didn't like his engines sprouting rust on the show room floor with fresh cast iron engine blocks, so the green paint was for nothing more than rust prevention until the car rolled out the door and into the customers hands. Most restorers have simply adopted this attitude when restoring, by simply looking for a touch of green on the block or heads and matching that color as close as possible. As for what color for which year... it can vary greatly even mid year. I have seen deep forest greens and light grey greens on cars of the same year. Rule of thumb is to use what looks best for you.

Revolution #9, #9, #9....