Erik Smith

89.6% of the time, I use CA glue. Then Tamiya extra thin, Testors "window", liquid, an finally Future.

Ill post some sprue this afternoon. The kit APPEARS as high quality as the special edition - but, I have only looked at it as I am still trying to finish the '90 Mustang...

For sellers and buyers. Kits I never knew. Prices I never imagined.

They are rare, but many you never see because they sell very quickly. I check eBay periodically on my phone and have come across some pretty decent deals. Seems like they are scattered and usually sellers who are not interested in getting the max $, just selling the item. That being said, I have been "taken" once on low buy it prices - seller listed items, sold items, and collected $, then deleted eBay account - and never shipped (or had) items. eBay refunded every dime though:)

Yes. It takes vigilence to find them and sometimes you have to be quick with the "buy it" button... I purchased a Rolls Royce Pocher kit, still sealed - $185. I was holding out for it NOT to arrive, but, 5 days later, perfectly packed in a giant box, it arrived and was as advertised.

I haven't seen a review of this kit yet...so I was at the hobby shop not really to buy anything...but you know how that works. I spotted the Revell "Fireball" Ford, liked the look and brought it home. Here is the box: Instruction sheet for engine - completes the Paxton blower assembly: New suspension parts (double shocks): Interior changes: Decal sheet:

I like C. A slightly run down version with some late 70s cars would be cool. I have been on the road a lot lately and ran across a gamut of old service stations from Oregon to Arizona. If I had the time, I would have loved to get pictures of the old, run down stations in Nevada.

Model, Teresi build of Watson art:

I agree. Design - whether cars, magazine ads, or buildings - reflects the ideas (and ideals?) of the times. There is more to basic designs then meets the eye

The headlights fight the overall flow, I agree, but there is something "period" about the style of lights and how they look when up. Plus, my kids think it looks like a flounder.

This: Runs a close race with Minis for my admiration for design - I love the basic look and practicality. This: Because it is a beautiful design. Pleasing to the eye. Along with this: And finally, I love the long, lean, simple lines of early 60s American iron - the grill is classic too, well balanced and different enough to stand out:

Yup, as stated, polls are inevitably biased. Also, as close as the results are, the margin of error would probably make the top ones all ties. In addition to the polling biases and errors, it human nature to place importance on something with numbers attached to it. So, when a poll says Ford scored 31 and Amazon 29.9, people think that means exactly what the numbers show. Not so... Looks like a useless poll to me - as far as getting any general information about people's ideas of the brands...

I used one of those for awhile. Not enough CFMs to move paint out of the booth (I had the 8" version). They are used in HVAC systems to move air to dead or low performing areas. Do yourself a favor, go to grainger or similar and spend $100-$125 for a squirrel type fan. They mount easily to the box (mine is mounted on the bottom and ducted with 6" tube) and move a lot more air.

Seats are Tamiya light gray airbrushed. I prehaded the seat than applied the gray. The vinyl sides are just one coat of future - it adds a nice semi gloss look. The carpet is the Tamiya light gray with black added again airbrushed. I kept the AB a little farther away than normal to get more texture in the paint. Shifter is Tamiya semigloss spray paint - my favorite semi black. Thanks for the comments! This build will be on hold because of work for two or three weeks

A bit of hyperbole in that article...printing bullets in the field? Really? It can print gun powder? ...modeling aspects...it will alter how much companies invest in new tools, I am sure. But in 25 years there will probably be newer, better things. Heck, think back to 1988. No Internet. No cell phones. No iAnything.

You can probably get the Tamiya Prelude kit and use a lot of the underhood items for the Civic - I don't know if they would be exact replicas, but it would save scrathcbuilding all the little parts. Here is the Tamiya Prelude with engine (pretty easy to find): Here is a Nissan that was a curbside. I scratchbuilt most of the underhood items as it is 1/32 and the engine bay - evergreen stryrene mostly:

Progress for the weekend: Interior tub and engine bay. Chassis: Both still need more detail painting, but major colors are in place

Honestly, never had an interest in this car...until...the model came out and the contreversy sparked my interest. After building one for a couple weeks now, and reseraching a lot of cars online, I kind of like the car. I really like that the LX is a base model car (manual wondows, no AC) but with the 5.0 - really, kind of how muscle cars started out! I have also started noticing them all over - parking lots, TV shows, flipped and jumped on Nitro Circus. All issues aside, this kit has given some respect to the Fox body era that I didn't have prior. 97.4% of the kit is very nice, by the way.

O'Reilly's and Autozone both carry Duplicolor paints. Big can is about $6.

It's a bad angle and phone camera, so it's also wide angle. I am anxious to get the trim painted black and really see where this thing stands...

So if I build a Pocher, I have to spend a fortune on my work space too? Some nice benches! Sometimes I consider organizing my space better, but I end up working on a model instead.

Second picture. Guy ordering from the concessions in background. Is he wearing daisy duke's?

Beautiful model Doug. The paint looks really cool - I like the color and design. Hope I can see it in person! Great work.