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When I first saw your raw material my minds eye saw replacing the top with a '59 El Camino roof and bed with a matching Triumph Bobber in the bed. Must be looking at too many Weesner prints. With that said, I like the direction you took with it, silk purse out of a sow's ear so to speak. Some of those "Barges" from the late 50's early 60's really respond well to some mild trim changes and cleaning up. The paint is reminiscent of the "Jade Idol" in Gold, hey maybe "Gold Finger"!! (Ha, Ha!). Those wheels and white walls fit right in with your clean up theme.

Wonder if the vinyl type self adhesive shelf liner might work for that. Comes in a roll and could keep you in white walls for years.

That really came out great. Those pictures could pass for the real thing.

Thank you for showing some of your body work techniques, that really came out nice, that color really pops. Actually the whole thing is stunning, liked how you show it alongside the stock '55 Olds. I am not too familiar with what REN is, the stuff that you carved the Carson top out of. Is it the hard machinable foam block that are often used to do tooling prototypes? I searched the net and can tell you what it's not! Tail lights what did you carve them from? Edited because I can't spell right after working all night!

Tulio, That is one of the best AMT '32 Ford Victoria's that I've ever seen Stock or Hot Rod! That paint looks flawless, either that or you did a masterful job of hiding whatever imperfection there was; from the looks of it you had nothing to hide. It's perfect, as paint gets. With all the crowns and high spots on that body polishing had to have been fun! I remember the first '32 Victoria that I built as a kid, the paint came out really great lacquer if I remember right. My Dad wanted to show me how to make it really shine with toothpaste rubbing compound, it burned right through the lacquer all along the belt line. I had that model for a long time, wish I still did, brings back the memory of doing something together with Dad every time I see one! Thanks for sharing, you took something pretty simple kit wise and built an all around gem out of it. By the way, did I mention I really like this one!!

jb, In 2003 we attended Mini Meet West in Victoria B.C., there was actually a Broadspeed Mini there. I remember it not having the normally seen Riley Elf tail lights but having two small lights, about the size of the front blinker on a Classic Mini, I think the amber set were. I also remember a few of the "hardcore purists" grumbling that those were not the "correct" tail lamps. Oh well, I always feel like asking those guys if that's their car!

Mike, Thank You that's exactly what I was looking for. Would seem that the Resin Caster Gary Doucette, gets pretty high praises over at the Open Wheel Racing Modeling Forum, I wasn't aware of that forum, wouldn't have had to ask the question if I did. Took a second to match up the Boyle Special on the Indy Car forum with the eBay Auction for the same car. I poked around at the Open Wheel Racing Modeling Forum, it appears that these are really nice kits that can be built into stunning models, definitely worth a trip over there to see some of the great work on that forum. Now to get saving pennies! EBay Item - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-25-SCALE-1940-MASERATI-INDY-500-WINNER-RESIN-METAL-PHOTO-ETCH-KIT-/191133628698?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2c8073b91a Open Wheel Racing Modeling - http://mb2501.proboards.com/thread/6009/1939-1940-winner Edited to add working link to eBay Auction

eBay's not evil at all, I thought since most use eVilbay for its name I'd just go with the flow. I'm pretty picky with what I purchase off of eBay, some sellers have a different idea of what is a quality product than most of us. Like a friend who bought a box of parts listed as a "Model Parts Junkyard". That's what he got, a handful of useable parts and the rest broken unusable junk. I buy lots of stuff off of eBay, after seeing the truck stuff from Fr@ntier Resin on another thread I didn't want to drop a C-Note on junk. Also figured this to be a big enough community that someone on here had seen one of these kits up close.

Does anyone have any experience dealing with ovaltracklegends58 on eVilbay? They are selling 1/25th Scale Replicas of early Indy 500 Winners and Racers from the 30's thru 50's. The models appear to be constructed in curbside or in the same manner as high quality European 1/43rd Scale Resin Models. I did a search under the seller's name and Indy Cars without any hits for this Seller's models. Having built a few 1/43rd Scale Resin and White Metal European Kits I've seen firsthand that quality is a relative term, back then anything from pinholes to craters, slush cast to resin cast, great to horrid white metal. Seems that the 1/43rd scale modelers are willing to put up with a great deal of work to get a finished model. (I hope the quality is a lot better now than the last ones I built) $95 Is a lot to spend on an unknown product, especially resin, we've seen some of the "High Quality" Resin Products in some of the questions here regarding other Resin Casters idea of quality resin. The Feedback is 100%, the pictures look great (unfortunately we've almost all been bit by others's ideas of what great quality looks like on eVilbay, even in pictures. Which is why I now question almost everything on eVilbay.) Appreciate any constructive comments especially anyone who has built one of the kits or seen one of these kits up close in person.

jb, That really turned out nice, had my doubts when you included the Cube, it grew on me, sorta like it now. I really love the Dragster, looks like all your hard work paid off.

Rich, that engine is a jewel. The whole car is going to be a real stunner when finished. You got good taste.

Looks absolutely great! Your paint color really pops, great cross between the type colors Pontiac was offering and what the AWB "Funny" cars were running at the time. BTW the AWB / AFX classes evolved into what we now know as the Funny Car, someone coined "Funny Car" supposedly because they looked "Funny". I've read that story in more than one (a few) publications /books, so the story's gotta be true! This kit proves that you can build a fairly simple model using clean building techniques and come up with a winner, which is what you've done here. Good job. Picked one up off of eVilBay a while back think it will be the next kit I build. Always remember the Rat Packer, Mustang, Cyclone and Tempest as fun models to build. Half toying with rearranging the wheel wells on a certain'65 Goat to fit... Nah, try to build it out of the box for once.

The comment made by the 25 year friend of the family says it all. It all boils down to a quality of life after such a devastating accident like this occurs. So sad. Observation in general, nothing particularly to do with this case. Not meaning to Hijack this thread, however it makes you think about "What if that happened to me?" Sadly in many cases it is family who keep the person alive when they wouldn't want anything to do with the kind of life they will live without some sort of miracle whether it be faith based or medical. I for one wouldn't want that for myself, my family knows it too. That's why it's important to talk those things over with family ahead of time, if you can't talk it over with them put it in writing. A guy I knew when I was younger was accidentally shot in the head in a tragic hunting accident in his early twenties. He was never able to exist beyond a vegetative state, couldn't talk, you weren't sure if the lights were on and nobody was home. He lived like that for another 12 years, in my mind all because his mom was afraid to let him go. That to me was the saddest part of the whole accident.

Goats have always been one of my favorite cars, '65 GTO was my High School ride, not every day but plenty enough.

Sounds good, agree on self healing cutting mat, doesn't have to be a large one as long as you use it. Plexiglass will hold up well with just that one addition. Lighting, go with LED and at least one small fluorescent tube light, LED lighting produces a harsh read that bright light the fluorescent softens it just a tad bit. In addition to room lighting, above my Hobby Bench (24 inches) I have a 36 inch strip LED light which I found almost blinded me until I started turning my large fluorescent magnifying lamp on with it. Bench top is a section of Formica countertop, cleans up and is great to work on.

That's what I thought too. Considering a few of the people who post stuff on this board smoke or use open flames to bend stuff. So concentrating the flammable vapors into one confined space could get rather exciting, quickly too!

When I worked in a tooling shop years ago we used to use a vacuum pump to first draw the bubbles out of parts A & B resin and mold materials prior to mixing. I've seen the Foodsaver Vacuum Sealer at garage sales for as low as $5 and $10 - $20 on Craig's List. These have a small Vacuum pump on them, along with the jar lid attachment some sort of vacuum setup should be pretty easy to make. The vacuum is low enough on the Foodsaver that quart or gallon jars or acrylic containers can be used with relative safety, they are designed to use canning jars. High vacuum and glass don't mix, glass things come apart like a bomb blast!

That's Cool! There is a place in Tacoma, Washington I drive by every day on my way to work that rebuilds these massive behemoths. The locomotives are brought in in all stages of disrepair from accidents, fires and just plain worn out, once they arrive each is stripped down to the bare chassis and rebuilt from the ground up. Rolling stock is brought there from all over North and South America, there was a locomotive in their yard from Peruvian Mining a couple of months ago, I've seen Mexican, Canadian, Bolivia and large and small US Rail Carriers come and go. They have a similar looking building where the locomotives and other rolling stock are rolled inside for paint. Much of the actual restoration process takes place outside, so the progress is visible and interesting to watch driving by.

I remember seeing the Comp. Coupes and Roadster Dragsters run when I was a kid. None of them were ever built with this kind of attention to detail as the Famoso Comp. Coupe shown. Some of the early drag cars were a bit on the ragged side, they were race cars not show cars! Hopefully the Famoso Comp. Coupe makes one of the car magazines soon, it's an interesting subject.

Having been bit by "Hot Lacquer" once or twice I would say test before spraying it on any project. Cheap insurance.

Traditionally the bracket has been 1964 with the Pontiac GTO, through 1972 /1973 Production year, Pontiac, Olds 442, Buick, Chevrolet, Ford, Mopar - All manufactured by Detroit's "Big Three" Ford, GM and Mopar. Ending with the Arab Oil Embargo, gas lines and price doubled overnight, the other reasons. Insurance Industry, tired of payouts on this type of car. Legislation Federal and State regulations on Fuel Economy, Safety, Noise... I.e. Politicians ended your driving fun for a while. Three Reasons the Muscle Car Era came about and probably others: 1. Factory and Non-Factory Super Stock Drag Racing - Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday! 2. First and foremost getting the brand name out there, even if they had to fudge the truth to the Factory Bosses, i.e. GTO 3. Factory misstatement of actual Horsepower Ratings for Insurance Ratings, lower ratings = lower insurance. Muscle Car to some is like saying Gasser. To some a Gasser follows NHRA Rules either to the letter or closely in character. To others Gasser is any jacked up car with a big engine that sorta looks like a Gasser did. Muscle Car originally was not an interchangeable title, it fit a specific formula: Big Engine in an Intermediate Car, manufactured by Detroit's Big Three.

Just picked up another Slingster today, always open every kit to do a visual inventory, found part no. 43 Front Axle detached at one end and bent at a 45 degree angle. The chrome on the bent axle is nice, except that real leaf springs don't bend at a forty-five. Too bad otherwise it could be used as a wrecked race car diorama. The website didn't ask for the UPC or proof of purchase, added them in on the comment line. Got a confirmation email after I ordered the part just like the only other time I had to get a replacement part, glass for a New Beetle, got that one in 3-4 weeks.

Nice start on a "Proper Mark I", should look great finished.

Most of the factories still had "Woodgrainers" up until '52 or '53 or so, before the vinyl woodgrain started. Interesting tidbit in the thirties and forties Woodgrainers were paid 5 to 10 cents an hour more than the stripers, so only the best got to be Woodgrainers. Interesting that you apply your Woodgrain opposite of what most do, I've always been taught to start with the tans, reds, yellows before the browns and Siena. Pretty clear your method works and looks great. I've done it on a few big cars, passable but not fantastic, it's a real art to get right.

Crager rims right? The reissued Myers Manx came with Cragers, if I remember correctly they were 14's. The original AMT Myers Manx came with 60 series Polyglass GT's. Not sure what the reissue came with for tires. Specifically, what are you putting the wheels and tires on, that might get you more assistance. Rim diameter? Cragers came in 13, 14 and 15 inch diameter. Most of the 13 inch diameter Crager Mags were four spoke. Are you looking for a modern looking rounded shouldered tire or a Muscle Car era square profile? 60's as in tire profile can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people, which is why I'm asking for a little more descriptive idea of what you are looking for. They've been making 60 series tires since the 1960's that covers a whole lot of styles of tires. Don't get the idea that I'm slamming you for asking a question, just trying to constructively point out when asking for information to be specific, most of us aren't mind readers.