MrObsessive

I can vouch for those tweezers that Joe pictured! It's all I use to handle the tiny parts that I'm always working with. I "inherited" mine from the last job I had where I was a soldering trainer so when I left the job, I got to keep all the tools that I collected over the years. Believe you me, those tweezers are top notch for things like those rivets. Best investment you could make!

Ok, I can picture that. Guess I'll be paying two fees as I've got quite the list of things I'll be looking for there-----and I'll have a thing or two on the NNL table. It'll be great getting there again......hard to believe it's been seven years! BTW, I plan on being at the COMA get-together in Dayton the night before. ?

Hmmm........that's news to me Howard since I haven't been there since '08. How do they segregate who's going to what? Will be interesting to see.

Yup! That's the first thing that came to mind Harry when I saw your question. JoHan's Turbine Car to me is at the forefront of that series. Line for line, they pretty much nailed the shape, 'cept for a very tiny detail in the DLO. Some others may come to mind later on........;)

Oooooh! Just beautiful!! And you built it with no seams which is absolutely correct! D-Types had seams, but not the E-types. I take it you had to build the model "inside out"? I have this kit and that's the way I have often looked at building this with no seams on the side. Just gorgeous!!

I certainly LOVE AMX's as I once had a 1:1. Will be certainly watching this one!

I hear ya Len! I've got both of those and I've never touched 'em! Too bad Monogram didn't see fit to make more models in that series. 1/43's can be great slump busters as they're usually curbsides. I wouldn't recommend these though as slump busters as they have as much detail as a 1/24-25 kit!

Yeah, I noticed that too, but if I move the screen resolution in and out (I'm using Firefox), the pic will go to normal at a smaller res. The only trouble is I have a difficult enough time seeing the type on the board, and it's the reason you see the bold/blue font I post in. The regular type is just too hard for me to see, and if I enlarge the screen too much, everything else gets crowded out. I guess that's another bug to get worked out------------the board having the ability once again to "rightsize/resize" pics. Ain't 2015 technology grand??

Hey! i LIKE that MGB!! I have a soft spot for them as I once owned a '71 Midget (yes I COULD get into one!) back in the mid '80's. Troublesome but FUN little car! Whose kit is that BTW?

Fellas, you're going to have to copy and paste your images here. Just right click on the photo, hit copy image, right click where you're typing and hit paste, and bingo.....the pic should appear. Until the bugs get worked out of the board, I found that's the best way for me to post pics, and it doesn't suck up your server space here. The only caveat is the pic needs to stay in the same place on the 'net. If the URL is changed or the pic is moved it won't show here. Here's a pic I copied and pasted from Google.............. No distortion, no "scrunchiness", at least as I see this on my monitor. Hope this helps!

Yup! Another reason I wanna go-----that's my birthday then! ??

Well, my handle on this board speaks for itself. If I'm passionate about a particular car, I may try to fix its flaws------otherwise I'll let it alone. Body lines/roof contours are a big thing with me.......something about them being off changes the whole character of the car IMO. Just the same, I can live with engine details not being quite right, options that should be on the car but aren't, etc. It all depends on whether that particular car strikes a chord with me or not. Don't get me started on RC2's horrific '58 Plymouth......pages and pages of comments went on forever about that one!

Those are absolutely beautiful! Almost indistinguishable from the real deal!! And yes, they are BIG!

Ok....that worked--

Just testing here......

I have plans to get to Toledo this year. I definitely want to thank them for all that they've done throughout the past. I've got my eye on a few things that I want to pick up from them also!

LOL!! I remember that!

Interesting thoughts about car design. As a kid in the '60's I could tell even then what cars were what. I might not have known if they were new or not, but I could tell by the "signatures" of the windshield pillars/rooflines, or the tailights what kind of car it was. I have to look twice today, and I consider myself a car guy. One reason as mentioned that cars look the way they do today is government regs. Cars need to be taller (pedestrian safety), side impact standards affect the appearance of most cars------one of the main reason you no longer see true pillarless hardtops today. But OTOH, society has changed a great deal today than what it was even from the '90's. Lets face it people ARE bigger these days, and not many folks want to cram themselves into small cars. Sure they sell, but then SUVS/Crossovers sell that much better. One of the reasons I like my Challenger is that while it may be "retro", it's still a modern design by my eyes, and it CERTAINLY is distinctive. Some may sniff at the fact that it takes a lot of its styling cues from the original 1970 model, but the fact remains that FCA sells practically every one they make, and the Hellcat model is simply outta this world. One of my wishes is to see "traditional" body styles make a return-------a scooch lower beltline, longer dash to front axle ratio, longer/lower trunks. Time will tell if these styling cues make it back into the mainstream. I'm excited to see what the new Barracuda will look like-----I'm sure it will be a good seller as Chrysler seems to know how to style a car well IMO. One more point--------let's face it..........there are MANY more manufacturers cars on the roads today than there were in the '60's! One can only style their cars so many ways without looking totally awful (some come to mind though), so you're bound to have quite a few similarities in the designs. Just my 2¢ worth!

As the owner of a current gen Challenger, this is great news! I love my car, but it'll be good to see FCA carry on the tradition of the pony car with a more modern chassis. I've read from other sources that the 'Cuda will be available in coupe AND convertible styles. This would be more in keeping in competition with the Camaro and Mustang. Unfortunately, with the switch to Alfa's chassis (this includes the Charger), that may spell the end of the Hemi. FCA wants to fit their future super high performance models with a twin turbo V6. I'm all for this if the cars are indeed lighter and a bit smaller than their current incarnations. BTW, the car pictured on the site ('99 Charger show car) is said to heavily influence the next Charger. I say HOORAY as that what's the Charger should have been in the first place! The current Charger looks worlds better than the last version, and I can't help but wonder if the current car WAS supposed to debut back in '06 before Daimler stepped in and changed things.

My slow but sure progress of the Mustang marches on. Work was halted for a bit as it was quite hot here in Central PA, and the front bedroom I use as my model work room was just too dang hot to work in! I don't have the luxury of central air, and I'm not crazy about a window unit simply because of all of the other power stuff I have in the room. Not to mention, keeping the room shut at all times is an absolute MUST as I have a new kitten and he's VERY CURIOUS!! Just the same, I'm quite bugged about the too small headlights that are in the kit. While not bad, to me it somehow takes away the "character" of that familiar Mustang front end. Using some advice from a good friend and excellent model builder Dale Beaver (aka 935K3), he suggested putting some headlight rings around the lights to make them appear larger. Well, I just happen to have some 1/4" aluminum tubing lying around, and using K&S's tubing cutter, I made some paper thin rings which just happen to fit around the kit's headlights. Here are some pics to show the difference............................ Before the headlight rings........ And after............ And here they are in my hand showing how paper thin they are.............;) OK.......now to use some white glue to keep 'em in, and then I can move on to finish this thing up............that is if the weather doesn't turn hot again! Thanks for lookin'!

In another thread, I right clicked "Copy Image" and pasted it here in the text field, and the pic showed up like this......................... This seems to work as well, at least on my end, and doesn't suck up MB on the users picture file space.

Mike here are a couple pics I built of the '66 Nova back in 1997-98. Not the most accurate detailing as I would try to do now, but you get the idea...........

This one............... LOTS of variants can be done with this one covering a number of years.............Moebius, are you seeing this??

OK, that worked...........I'll try to use that method from here on out till the pic insertion issue gets resolved on this board.

This is only a test!