Erik Smith

What? That's cool and I was just wondering if that concept would work trying to build a sleeper but with performance tires...anything's possible I guess.

He chose to let others choose - why does that bother you? I say the Beretta - those were "kinda" cool but horrible cars IIRC...

Exactly. Models have very little inherent value. They are only worth what somebody is willing to pay. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT A KIT IS WORTH BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS!! It changes every minute. If you are selling rare, older, sought after kits (the first two don't always mean the last), then there is no bigger audience than eBay. Plain and simple. More buyers equals a higher price. There is absolutely no venue that can come close to eBay's magnitude. Love or not, that's the way it is. Fees? You bet. About 10% from ebay and PayPal. But I guarantee you will lose more than 10% selling them any other way - be it CL, as a lot, or even setting up your own website. If you have easily available kits - your best bet is as a lot.

Subtle and tastefully done - and by an 18 year old. I too am impressed.

I like sleeper ball too, but my computer won't let me type it as one word... Sleeperball, oh, unless it's capitalized.

Looks like a great kit - Hasegawa is a premier manufacturer. I love the fact that the engine is separate from the chassis even though it's a curbside - makes it a lot easier to paint or convert to full engine detail...

Looks like it took a long time. Great work!

For the hood and similar faded paint look, it's easy to layer paints and then carefully sand away layers. Start with a rust primer and just add layers then remove... Here is one I did a few years ago.

That seller has been listing soooo many kits for quite some time - either he/she was a massive collector, related to one, or found the world's largest model kit hoarder. Tons of die casts too. Crazy. Most don't have boxes either... Is that a complete model? Here is one to watch as well...rare 1966 Tamiya Plymouth slot car...come of these slot cars sell for thousands of dollars...

Ford Anglia 105E Think Harry Potter... Wiki

I use lacquer thinner to clean.

Pretty sure the earlier issues of the Expedition have the correct wheels - the aluminum directional style.

Airbrushed are like backsides - we all have them...wha? Oh. I have two Iwatas - one gravity, one siphon. I use the gravity feed 95% of the time. I just like the way it sprays better - same volume but with lower pressure. It's also easier for me to clean - it doesn't have the nooks and crannies like the siphon's bottle attachment. I had a NEO (which is an Iwata product, but not really an Iwata AB - cheaper product) and I hated it. Worked fine for awhile but after the first thorough cleaning, one of the tiny rubber grommets was toast. I also had trouble keeping a tight seal on the nozzle which caused sputtering and spitting. No reason to deal with all that when the real Iwata ABs have higher quality parts and are pressure sealed rather than relying on rubber grommets. Just my two pennies...

Great work. That's a cool model - in a regular car cool sort of way. I like it.

Cool. Mean looking car. Only complaint I have is the spark plug wires - they are too big.

I am in support of date restrictions. Fun research keeping things locked in time. I also like the idea of a range of themes - something like a NNL - like wagons, straight engines and [insert another theme here] type of thing.

"Anything goes" becomes "any-model-I-happen-to-be-building-now" for too many without a lot of thought about actually running a cannonball. I prefer some limits that require a bit of research and thought - so time frames, technology limits, etc... My favorite was the 1962 American Graffiti run. I like a "smaller than 8 cylinder" run idea.

I like that. Cool color and so smooth.

Cool. Nice work. I see a few of these frankenstein creations rolling around our area - there is Jaguar on a Blazer chassis I believe.

There are so few classes because there are so few entries. I don't think tuners have ever hit it big with much of the serious modeling groups. Doesn't mean people don't like 4 cylinders or cars with them, just seems people prefer to model other subjects more. I like many types of cars, but don't build models of them.

I thought there was no 1998 model?

I still love the NA. Mazda started straying from the essence of "Miata" with the NC - bigger, heavier, more expensive... I also love the "chick" car analogy. Yeah, they are cute and small. But they were produced with pure "sports car" in mind.

Close, but the 4 has more hp and torque and gets better mpg.

Very cool car. I find it interesting the 4 cylinder turbo is never called a 4 cylinder in the literature. It produces more power and does it more efficiently than the V6 and it's something to be ashamed of?

Wheel was on a 1960 at the LeMay Auto Museum in Tacoma, WA...I just had never noticed uneven spacing on them before. Didn't have any info about it so wheels could be from later model.