Erik Smith

Okay. You might want to contact Joseph at Fireball Modelworks if you can't find anything to print yourself - he can do custom decals with and ALPS printer.

That's one of the best ideas I have seen for photographing models! Thanks for passing it on. But, what's with the wide whites and baby moons on a tank?

Out of curiousity, why not just buy it from the seller on eBay? Unless you have an ALPS printer, you will have to put all the white decal parts down onto a white base.

That's pretty cool. The engine looks great in there. The wheels and tires are too big, IMHO - the front tires would have no room to manuever in the wheel wells and don't look quite right. I agree with Oscar, too, the front track is too wide as well.

You can make your own with plastruct hex rod. Just cut the rod into slices of needed thickness. It takes a few to get ones with parallel sides, but you can get a lot of bolts from one package of rod. Model Car Garage here, but I don't like PE for larger scale bolts, they are too flat. Scale Hardeware also has small metal bolts, but they aren't really that cheap. Check model railroad shops or sites, Grandt (sp?) and some other compaines make sprues of plastic bolt heads in different sizes and styles. As for size, figure what size bolt you are replicating and scale it down here.

Nice! I like the combo.

I would bet the Pinto will again see the light of day, I just wouldn't put any money on the Chevette.

Cool write up on the Pacer! Maybe AMT could get out the wagon, too! The chevette would be a stretch, I think. Not as much niche interest, but who know. You can pick up promos of 1977 and 1978 models pretty cheap on eBay, though.

True. My car is the lightest in its "economy" class for 2013 models, but still heavier than most economy cars of the 80s by a couple hundred pounds.

You would think so, but then they rerelease the Alternomad or whatever it's called, and you think...

Takes away the notion that you can just print something out and be ready to go. There was a lot of work put into that model. A couple of the processes (of which I had no idea existed), were also extremely messy! It's a very cool model, though.

I don't know Don personally, but I can, with a certain degree of invalidated certainty, guarantee he is not getting rich on selling his products. There is no "volume" cost discount for a business like his (costs go down as you can sell more and more) because it is a small, niche market. The prices are not more than any other long lasting, respectable resin/cottage industry would charge. There are people in Indonesia who think you are crazy for spending $15 on a kit, so it's all relative.

Welcome to the MCM forum, Steve. I have been to your neck of the woods, or city, a few times...been a few years, but I used to catch the ferry to the Vancouver Island.

Welcome Pat. Here is a link to a Portland area model club and shows, if you're interested. There are a couple members on the forum. SABANW I am not a member, but plan on attending some of the events in 2014.

I think Gatsby would have been an Aston type of guy. Maybe a Maserati. Downton Abbey has some cool old cars too - if you can sit through the people parts...

Looks good. Nice model. I like the color. One thing thy helps the tail lights is to add the silver trim onto the red plastic.

I'd blame the builder.

Coil cover with emissions decal

Sweet. Very nice work. Great paint and stance.

Nice looking model! Great job building it - I like the car. Cool color too.

I stopped by Les Schwab on the way home from the dealer

That's cool. I don't think we will see that version in the US - something about Jager on "toys"...

Engine, sans the upper intake parts to be installed at a later time: The engine goes together very well and has great engraving. The firing order? Yeah, the rubber boot takes care of that! There is no coil or coil cover included in the kit, so I am making the cover: This will install between the washer fluid and shock tower in the driver's side of the engine bay. Here is the emissions decal I'll need to make:

Not a great kit? Well, no, it's not going to win kit of the year awards. It is what it is - a 1970's annual. I built one and have to say I somewhat enjoyed the challenge. Most, if not all, of the things mentioned were well covered in the reviews and WIPs, so no surprises on kit contents!

Thanks for the link and photo. I found a few shots searching "coil cover". It appears a emissions sticker is affixed to it also.