tubbs

great advice from everyone. I find I have my best results with Scotch clear tape. yea, that stuff you use for wrapping gifts. it's thin, very flexible and its clear so you can see thru it if you need to. my advice to you is to try all these ideas and find out what works for you.

WHAT IN THE WIDE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS IS GOING ON HERE? I have not been here for a few days and it looks like the rest of the site. somebody makes some comment about something that ticks somebody off. why? its friggin music on a model car site. I did not read all of it and will not take sides or voice an opinion cause I don't really care what it is about. but if someone is unhappy about something, take it to a PM, not here. I started trying to figure out some of the rants that I read, thought they were lyrics. heres 3 more....... oops, I think the titles are in there, sorry.... Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of Heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgement day, On the bloody morning after.... One tin soldier rides away. I'd like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees And snow white turtle doves I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to hold it in my arms And keep it company I'd like to see the world for once All standing hand in hand And hear them echo through the hills For peace through out the land (That's the song I hear) I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony

When they broke through to pull us free The only ones left to tell the tale Were Joe and me

gonna be another kick butt build Dan. old style hemi will work just fine in there. i think the storage compartment is fine the way it is, but its your build. you will build it beautifuly no matter what way you go.

i just checked both kits and it is from the johan road runner and yes, i have one in yellow.

yes - love that song, and a great album to boot!!

another nice build, Shane. don't see too many small blocks in these.

unfortunately, those rims may be too deep for 15x10. I know someone makes them, but I tried a few sites and cannot come up with them. you may have no other choice. you may be able to cur the back of the rom off. there is a lot of extra plastic on the backs of these to fit the slicks. ill keep thinking....

nice. those outside shot just enhances the great work. in fact, I just noticed the missing brick just to the left above the door. nice touch.

i fell out of my chair on that one. i understand completely. but see Bill, if you organize, you can spend much more time trying to find things. just last night i found a large scale old drag bike i was going to trade but couldn't find it. good thing i put it in that special organized place!!

NICE CARL. LIKE EVERYONE SAID, I WOULDN'T THINK OF PUTTING SILVER WITH WHITE. IT CAME OUT KILLER!!

1 NOR 3 SOUND FAMILIAR, BUT 2 IS TINGLING MY BAT SENSES, I KNOW I WILL NOT GET IT.

thanks for all the replies.... you all make valid points... but, isn't the same effort put into 1:1 cars as there is models? I don't think it's just clearing over rust. why do I admire all the weathering guys talents? I know that 1:1 car had a lot of time and effort put into it, just like the model, but I don't appreciate it the same way. here's a question, will a "weathered" or "rat rod" style car ever win the ridler award? I don't know too much about that award... just saying. I guess in reality, mother nature takes care of the rust while in the fantasy (model) world, we create everything. can you "manufacture" weather and rust on a 1:1 car?

I will state this up front, this is NOT a thread to rant on about what people like or dislike, this is a thread on my personal view of a really spectacular 49 merc woody build by Blair Pletcher, here is the link to the build.... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=99399&hl= I looked at this build for what seemed to be hours, the representation of rust and weathering, wondering if I could ever get that effect even close to what Blair did. my 13 year old said "cool model, that would look awesome if it was at a real 1:1 car show?" what?, I thought, no it wouldn't, in fact my first thought would be to get a paint job on that sucker. it would look much better painted and shiny.... why did I think that? how can I look for hours at a build, when I would walk right past it at a real show. no, I am by no means mocking these types of cars in 1:1 scale, they just don't float my boat. I find myself viewing models in a whole different way than I do real cars. I would never build one of these in 1:1 scale, but Blair and all the others (sorry for not mentioning your names) who do the "weathered" and "rat rod" types of builds may just get me to build one or 2 of these, heck, I am already on the "semi" band wagon. why nor this. is anyone else open to builds outside their comfort zone? and do you spend more time looking at model than you do the 1:1 shows? thanks for reading. Tubbs

simply awesome. "beautiful" build? unbelievable weathering, or do I say very believable weathering.

I think its heaven by warrant - thanks for reposting, I missed a few pages.

this one didn't get as much airplay as most of their others, but I think it's one of their best. it is one of their album titles It`s got to be you reading my letter Not your hired hand I don`t know how to say it no better I love you and the band Never heard rockin` like you could Howling like you can It gets me thinking of Johnny B. Good But you know you ain't no man

haa, I did that one waaayyyysss back, that's cool though, i'll be singing it all day now. along with swamp witch and wildwood weed. (posted swamp witch, afraid to post wildwood weed)

dug into the vault for this one.... Well Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade got nothing, child, on me. Sergeant Friday, charlie Chan, and Boston Blackie. No matter where she's hiding, she's gonna hear me Cause I'm gonna walk right down that street, Like Bulldog Drummond because..................

i like it. great job.

very cool. would love to do this, just think i'd screw it up. you did a great job, will have to look for the brick wall thread. thanks for posting.

correct - don't know if I agree with that statement totally. and I STILL don't get the multi-quote thing, it likes to do it on it's own most of the time.

correct

My heart's like an open book For the whole world to read