David G.

Nicely done! David G.

Thank you Carl! David G.

I really enjoyed following your work on this in the WIP thread. You've made more of this kit than was ever intended Mike! It's got to be the best version of this kit ever rendered. Excellent work! David G.

AMT's '57 Ford. I flipped the front spindles to drop it a little but left the rear stock "model" height. I think it has a nice rake. David G.

Love the wheel choice for this. They really work well with the Pinto body. David G.

The result is frenched headlights. It works! David G.

It looks good to me! David G.

Hello Everybody! Slowly, the work on the Surf Shark ambulance conversion continues. After all that work on the siren I did a little more research and learned that this type of siren/PA unit was invented at Motorola sometime in 1965. Prior to that, old fashioned mechanical sirens were used. I found some parts box greebles that I think I can use to whip up a reasonable representation. After removing the chrome plating a little fiddling and some filing revealed this combination to me. I plan to file some grooves aka sound holes in the face of the new siren part. Here is the base unit assembled complete with sound hole grooves filed. I enhanced the grooves with a black Sharpie as I went along filing them in so I could monitor my progress. After a little cleanup and a short spray of Rustoleum Chrome paint, here is the result. It's a little crude but I think it conveys the image well enough. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Mike, that build is so far beyond impressive that I've run out of superlatives to describe it! I can't wait to see it in the Under Glass section. David G.

Interesting project so far, I can't wait to see what you do with it. David G.

Excellent work! Nice photo diorama too. David G.

The chassis looks great so far! Clever indeed your solution to the toe-in problem. Maybe they should have made the kit with adjustable tie rod ends. In 1/16 scale, it could be done! David G.

I was wondering how you planned to work those frame rails back into the build. It looks like it's taking a bit of styrene magic. Impressive work on this Paul! David G.

Package received, thank you Dave! David G.

Great progress on this Jim. I wired the engine in the one I built too. I tried to make one of those clamshell wire guides but couldn't quite get it to look the way I wanted it to so I did without it. The fender welt looks great! I wish I'd thought of using styrene rods when I built mine. Another case of what I call "delayed intelligence". David G.

It's coming along nicely. David G.

It's starting to look like a car instead of a puzzle! Excellent work! David G.

Fabulous color work! It reminds me of some of the figure painting techniques I've read about. David G.

The two level base is an excellent idea Si! It's rather like a cut-away of the structure, very cool! Of course, the detail bits you've added are fabulous. David G.

It's gonna look great with all that meat under it. David G.

The body work looks great Jim! The camber on those rear wheels would have the rims striking sparks on the pavement! I love it! David G.

That's a pretty color and it seems right for the time period. David G.

Wow Jim, you've been busy on this one! The body looks fantastic and I've always favored those old style overrider bumpers. If I recall, they're mainly on the US versions if that makes a difference to you. Though I do like the original VW seats, I can see your reason behind the swap. We used to say: "VWs don't have seats, they have chairs! How German is that?" Cool technique on the door cards too. I've done similar things with other materials. I like the 3D printed plates. I've always wanted to have embossed plates on my builds. I've even gone so far as to mount a printed plate to very heavy aluminum foil and hand embossing it. Here's an example I did in the rear window of this 55 Chevy. It didn't turn out quite as I wanted as the glue interfered a bit with the embossing but it gives the right impression... so to speak. I'm also really looking forward to how the stance will work out on this one. Regards, David G.

A good call on the engine swap, this one has nice detail. David G.

Thank you kindly! David G.