Erik Smith

Nice work. Great looking model.

Uh, should've stopped by. I was just in the neighborhood last month... Wonder how many ground squirrels are losing homes.

Late 90s? The 90s are alive and well in Portland!!

Nice. I like the "real world" look. Great work.

Yeah, not many around. It was a two year model and don't think owners cared too much about maintaining economy cars...

I love the late 70s - not because they were great - because they gave us so much cheese. The themed cars of the time are, well, awesome - now. I spotted this Plymouth Fire Arrow in Colville, WA, yesterday. Actually, they are kind of cool little cars - made by Mitsubishi - four banger, rear wheel drive...enjoy the eye candy...

Tamiya is not perfect, but overall, they consistently make the best model kits - accuracy, engineering, etc. Aoshima's newer items are as nice or nicer - older ones are a mixed bag.

Great looking model. Excellent work.

I think it's fruitless to vote for 98% of the pet projects people have posted on there... This is like the inevitable post that starts "what would you like to see..." and ends with a list of 1,487 obscure cars that 1,456 different people want. I'm all for new ideas, but I also try to think like somebody who might actually invest money into something and have to sell it once it's made. ...and what's up with people too lazy to actually find a picture of something they are posting and want others to select?

Very cool. Great combo.

The real rubber tires are very difficult to decal - the rubber is flat and decals will not only not stuck well, they will silver. Also, most paints do not like real rubber tires and either never dry or dry and flake off. If they are "rubber" as in vinyl tires (Revell kits, for instance), and are pretty glossy, just apply decals paint over with desired sheen.

Great looking model. Those Heller kits aren't the easiest to work on.

Awesome model.

Yes. It's very easy. I use brass becuase it is thinner than aluminum. This one: is on a '66 Riviera. It is a brass tube with a styrene rod inserted, two styrene rod sections glued to each end (taper the ends), and a PE bolt. Easy and looks way better than a kit shock. Now, if somebody would actually look under one of my models...

You would be lucky if somebody would pay for shipping on a NASCAR kit - way, way too much supply and low demand. You couldn't break even selling them at $3 a pop on eBay...

Grain on that tape is way out of scale. Might work okay on a very large scale model, but not 1/24/25 scale stuff. Unless the wood type is a very large grained wood or has some unique characteristics (burls, etc), you can't see much grain in 1/25 scale. In fact, some woods, like maple, you can barely see grain on 1:1, so it's basically just a color. Decals with very fine grain are the way to go - painting looks decent on some areas, usually smaller items, but depends on wood type, etc.

eBay had one sold - $365 with free shipping ( :0 ).

Same for me... Work starts to get busy this time of year and there is soooo much to do with nice weather - good and bad. I got the bikes out a couple weeks ago, the running shoes are getting some miles, and the rake was in use today.

I think SOA have a strict rule against New Balance shoes....

Awesome.

John Goschke built an spectacular T-bird on here - you could try to google search the site and see how he did his paint.

Way too many to list - at least, reasonably. I would, as stated before me, google and read reviews before purchase. Also, some kits, like AMT 1964 Galaxie, came as a full detail and curbside, so...yeah - research tools are your best bet.

I think it has to do with getting by with what you have. I have traveled to a few countries and am always amazed by how people make things work when they don't have the retail marketplace we, in America, do. From 6 cylinder car engines used as boat motors (Thailand, and with a rope for throttle, mounted on a completely handmade wooden boat) to motorcycles in Central America pieced together with parts from other motorcycles that aren't supposed to be compatible. If you don't have a choice, you just do it!

Really, no different than a 500+ model collection (besides the fact models don't rust away...) It's a perception problem - you see it with book people, car people, model people...there is some link to human behavior.