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Very cool Lyle, I have to see this one in person!!!!

Norm is the best, honest, prompt, helpful and the best resin caster out there!!!

Awesome, that thing looks 1/18th scale I can't even do that good of a job with a 1/4th scale!!!

Excellent work my friend, the engine bay looks phenomenal as well as the cleanliness of the whole build!!! Color really suits this, fantastic....

Very cool, I love these Anglias!!

Yes Jay, try him at that number or address!!!

Thanks Marshall but please, keep that tornado away from my bench, I don't want to loose any parts laying around!!!

Hosted on Fotki Okay guys, this is proof that I have been at the bench, not for many hours, let alone minutes but I have been. I might just have a little more time now that I left the part-time job I had for need of some rest, I was just not getting enough of it. This little feature is also to promote Norm's phenomenal resin parts. You guys know about Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland right??? Well, Norm is my father!!! Okay, okay, Norm doesn't look as Puerto Ricanish as I do and of course he is not my Pops but I can assure you that some of us that know him well would be proud to call him "Papa"!! As mentioned before, I purchased the Model Car Garage Detail Set for the Starliner but the front grille in the set does not include the headlight bezels so Norm and Harold Bradford (my uncle ) decided to make them in resin. I am even including the instructions so that you guys can see there is an order to follow when installing these, Harold and Norm really do their homework when it comes to designing these resin parts. I call them the 2 mini engineers, so if there are any modelers out there that don't have an idea how these parts work, after seeing this small tutorial, if you will, by the end you will be adding it to your next Starliner project, it really makes it stand out. By the way, Harold Bradford is the owner of Historic Racing Miniatures, his work is out of this world as some of you guys know. These were patterned by him. Here is the Grille and buckets, like with any resin piece, a little bit of cleaning is in order but it is very minimal, the parts go very well together. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki These are the instructions so, as you can see and read, there is definetly an order to follow, nothing out of this world but an order!!! As you can see, one side is thicker than the other which means that they have to all be installed in the same fashion.... Hosted on Fotki If you study the kit's grille, you can use it to gauge your progress, it shows the manner in which the bezels are to be installed. Hosted on Fotki After cleaning my parts, I dry fitted them and they look very real, much better than the kit grille. I will be Alclading mine soon and will show more pictures of my progress with the front grille, I just thought I'd share this information with you guys in case you are in the market to make this kit really stand out!!!

I am still working on mine, had to work with the re-scribing of all the lines but it is a nice kit.....

I don't mind the curbside option either, these modern engines don't have the same excitement the old ones used to have anyway, as long as the body lines on the car are right that would be good enough for me....

This is great stuff, you are the man Virgil, just phenomenal!!!

Sorry Lyle, can you send me the hub caps I stole from your Magnum??? I have a buyer......

Really cool mi pana!!!!!!

I personally would have used old style wheels like the ones regularly chosen for these type of lead sleds but great job otherwise, very clean with a very cool paint job!!

Really cool build, nice and clean. Love the engine details and chassis use of colors!!!

You did a terrific job on this model my friend, looks top notch!!!!

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Hey, just down it with a few cold brewskies!!! The damage is already done, right??? Just make sure to use the mask the next time around!! I don't think it presents any danger but it only takes a second to wear a mask so let's take care my friend......

I would chose money over plaques or trophies anytime but I know it will never happen! I prefer plaques, trophies take too much space. If I was playing a sport I think trophies would be more ideal, plaques kinda go better with our type of shows and they present a more serious type of award than a trophy does.

I love where this is going Lyle, decal sheet is a great idea!!!! B)

Thanks for the pictures guys, I love VWs too!!

Hey, is Lyle gonna be there???? I'm getting pretty tired of seeing the same old faces!!!

Great job on this John and it's good to have this kit available again. I am not a Nascar fan but I do like the cars from that Nascar era!!!!