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  1. Don't know how I missed this thread! Brendan, you're a better man than I when it comes to this type of decaling! If it's got more than simple roundels on it.....I can't deal with it! Maybe that's why I like the vintage racers so much! Just the same, keep up the fantastic work! It's lookin' really beautiful so far!
  2. Yes there was. Particularly in the first issue there was only the connie kit and bumper..........not the regular stock one. A disappoint for those of us who don't like continental kits. The next modified reissue was the Pace Car convertible which had the regular stock bumper.
  3. I just went to Star Models site and I see the dash from the '71 GP. Yeah that would work.........problem is I don't think Ray sells individual parts like Don does at Modelhaus. I'll have to give him a call or better yet when I see him at one of the shows, I'll ask him.
  4. Yeah, I've got that article Mark .........In fact I've got all the bits and pieces to build a Grand Am including the Johan '75 Olds. The only thing that eludes me is the dash............Juha used the dash out of the MPC '69 Pontiac Grand Prix------way too rare of a kit to steal the dash out of! I don't think anyone does a resin repop of that dash at all. If it came down to it......I could scratchbuild that dash using the Olds as a base. Then of course there's always the time and ambition to see it through!
  5. I was model searching in my basement this morning when I came across a thick folder of pics I thought were lost. These were pics of my '57 Corvette buildup from the very beginning right up to the end as you see my smiling mug in one pic after the Toledo show in 2002. IIRC the build started around October of '01-----and the pics were taken by Norm Veber and Mike Cole of the MAMA and CPMCC clubs. I didn't get a digital camera 'til around the middle of '04. Some of the scans are a little blurry, and I didn't want to change the contrast lest some get a little too pixelized. Here's a sample of a few............ There's no descriptions as the 45 or so pics were scanned, and I couldn't remember all that I did that long ago anyway! You can click here to get to the Fotki page where they are, and click on the "Get Original Uploaded Photo" to get the BIG picture. Enjoy!
  6. Well now I've learned something new! I have that kit and have to take a second look at it! Glad you mentioned that Jairus as I would have been ticked off having built that only to find out the proportions are out of kilter!
  7. Nice start there! B) Now if you're wondering how I posted your pics here.............go and check out this post, and it'll give you the full skinny on how to post pics here from Photobucket. Keep up the good work!
  8. Good start on the engine...........those headers DO look nice! Can't tell much from the interior as the pic is too dark on my end. You're starting with what's in my opinion, THE BEST representation of an A body from any of the kit manufacturers. MPC's 'Cuda comes in a very close second! Keep us posted!
  9. As Jairus mentioned, the factory does use a bright orange for their SRT-8 blocks only IIRC. Here are a couple pics of the engine I did for my Magnum a while back............. The block is the only thing to get painted the orange according to a brochure I used showing the engine being built. In this case I used Krylon OSHA (safety) Orange, which IMO is an exact match for the orange Chrysler used. It won't make a critical difference as the engine is all but buried once the car is built................... All you'll see is the top of it anyway! HTH!
  10. Mark, I've not seen any of the '73-'77 Pontiac mid-sizers done in resin. I would LOVE to see a 1973 Pontiac Grand Am as IMO it was the prettiest of all the GM mid size cars done in those years-------with the 1975-76 Chevy Laguna coming in a close second. The closest that would come to that would be the Johan '75 Olds Cutlass-----but that would take a LOT of reworking to turn it into a '77 Lemans/Can AM.
  11. 1966...............And no, I DIDN'T know Cindy Crawford was that old!!
  12. Actually Abe, this one wasn't such a bad machine IMO................... I remember when these came out in the fall of '79 as an '80 model, and I liked it immediately! It was much better looking than the blocky 1975-79 car. It was also one of the last cars to be designed by the late great Bill Mitchell who gave us such classics as the '63 Sting Ray, the '63 Buick Riviera, and '67 Camaro. At least for its time, it was instantly recognizable as a Cadillac! This car's not to everyone's liking, but I would take one.............without the diesel or horrendous V8-6-4 engine!
  13. Yeah those old Johan's can be fiddly to build near the end, but yours looks fantastic! Gotta love those '60 Desotos.........it was near the end of the line for 'em! I bet that green really looks electric in the sunlight!
  14. I see looking at your profile that you're pretty young.........so it's neat you're getting started in this crazy hobby! What I would do first is to get famliar with the parts on the instruction sheet. If the part names are not called out (Most likely not) then familiarize yourself with the shape of the parts and the part numbers. One important thing to keep in mind is to always test fit your parts before gluing them! This may be mentioned on the instruction sheet, but I can't stress enough how important this is being that you're new and you want to minimize frustration! It would be good to (for now) go exactly in the order of the instruction sheet. Don't get ahead of yourself, and you'll find it gets easier as time goes on to the point where you may not need to do this.......but I wouldn't go that route just yet! Also, don't cut the parts off the trees until you're ready to use them...............nothing worse than to lose that part you need to fully finish the build! Once you feel comfortable with the parts layout-----If I were you, I would wash the model and parts in a mild dish detergent such as Dawn or some other degreasing dish detergent. The model companies use a mold release to get the plastic out of the mold. This residue is left behind on the plastic and can wreak havoc on gluing or painting down the road! Let the parts air dry, then you can start to assemble per the instructions! You don't say if you got any hobby supplies such as glue or sandpaper or whatnot...............but you'll want to only use products that are recommended for styrene plastic. At this point, I wouldn't fool with super glues or epoxies...........there will be time enough down the road to use those type of products when you're more familiar with the building of a kit. I was older than you when I got started building model kits (at 17 which was a looooooong time ago! ) but as you get experience you'll want to try more things as you go along. Most important be patient with yourself, and have fun! Any more ?'s don't hesitate to ask..........there's a bunch of us here that have been doing this forever and can lend a helping hand! Now go build that car young man!
  15. Oh I wish that were true! One of the cars that got hit in front of my house was my beloved '69 AMX! Now that was about as all steel as you could get................but the problem was the car that hit it was a '77 Thunderbird. Damage wasn't totaled at least..............the guy had hit the drivers door and nothing else and I had it replaced in a couple weeks. It's just the aggravation of having your car hit when it can't defend itself just sitting in front of your house minding its own business!
  16. Clay's right about the insurance end of it..............if he's making payments the lien holder may insist on having a qualified bodyshop do the work. When I was looking for a new place a couple years ago, one of the things I insisted on is that I MUST have off street parking! When I first saw the house I'm living in now, I asked the real estate lady were the previous owners allowed to park in the back of the house. She said yes, and I said "You got a deal"! I've had two cars hit a two different times parked on the street and I vowed never to have a place with on street parking again! I gather this happened in a parking lot? I've learned to get super paranoid in lots as I don't park around anyone if at all possible (People are jerks with their car doors!), and suffer the longer walk to the store, movies, etc. True Story: Three weeks ago this past July 4th, my neighbor who lives a couple houses down from me, had her daughter's car totally demolished right in front of their house by a drunk driver! The crash was so bad that it shook me out of my sleep (1:30 AM) and the drunk driver's car ended up on it's roof! I thought for a second someone had hit the house...............the bad thing is, the driver and his passenger were standing on the sidewalk for about 5 mins. or so------only to disappear in the night to who knows where. (Believe me------we were lookin' for them!!) They were so loaded that when the fire department came to open up the vehicle (A Ford Bronco), when the hatch was opened, you could have got an instant buzz off the fumes that wreaked out of the inside........it was that bad! To say they were over the legal limit was an understatement! There was another parked car involved-----they hit that one so hard, it was sitting in the middle of the street!. The poor young girl's (about 18 years old I think) car was nothing more than a crumpled ball on the sidewalk..........she had just got the car (a 7 year old Nissan Sentra) a couple weeks earlier, now it was a total loss. Her parents were trying to console her as she was crying her eyes out! Thank goodness no one was seriously injured or killed! They have room in the back of their house to park, so I reinforced to them that they may seriously want to consider doing that from now on. It makes you want to invent a force field around your car when you're not there to keep knuckleheads from crashing into it!
  17. Machined Aluminum Specialties carries a working leaf suspension kit. It's not too difficult to put together, but it is a bit generic as it may not suit all models. You'll want to check under Photoetched Detailing Components to find the leaf spring kit. I built one in a '55 T-Bird about 10 years ago------this was my first attempt at a fully working suspension. M.A.S. no longer takes online orders, you'll have to call them or drop them a line. HTH!
  18. Love the paint job and build so far Mike! That's one of my favorite Dupli-Color shades!
  19. Welcome aboard! Now that is some totally excellent bodywork! If not for the side coves......I wouldn't have guessed you started with a '57 'Vette! Keep us posted on the progress................I like to see others who do insane work!
  20. Now that is some great work Ed...........and very clever! I like it!!
  21. I wish mine was that simple! What's nice about mine is I can load talk shows for instance in MP3 format directly into the player once I have it plugged in to the port. It's just 1gb, but it's smaller than a cigarette lighter to fit in my front pocket easily. Shows like "Coast to Coast AM", "Politics and Religion", or any talk show that is in MP3 format I can put in directly without having to save the file in a folder. Doesn't one have to put in a CD for the IPod first though so the computer can recognize the new hardware? Other 'puters I've used in the past were setup that way.........if not that saves the hassle of waiting for the installation disk to cue up.
  22. Cruz, I don't have an "Ipod" per se, but I have a Creative Muvo V100 MP3 player. When you plug in your Ipod into your computer, you'll want to pull up Windows Explorer on you PC. Your Ipod (depending on your system) should show up as "removable disk D or E depending on how many USB ports your machine has. Now mind you I'm running Windows Vista so things may be a bit different on your end. Next, put in your CD......it should show up as CD Drive/file name, and you can drag and drop the music from your CD into your Ipod. Now this is assuming your Ipod plays CD audio files and not just MP3's. If your Ipod will only play MP3's, then you have to convert the CD audio files to MP3. This can be done through Real Player which can save them as an MP3 in a folder of your liking. Then from the folder, drag the music into your Ipod. Same thing with Pics and Videos, they should be able to be loaded the same way.............of course I could be all wet as Ipod is Itunes and they may be miffed at Microsoft and have there own special way of doing things! If all this was over your head, give me a call on the phone, as I'll be up for the next 3 hours or so!
  23. Thanks for the link Terry! I almost forgot about them........I get 'em bookmarked now! Their translation to English is a SCREAM!! You've got to check out their "Health" section if you've not seen it!! And yes, they're still expensive, but dang it-----I WANT one!! I'm gonna have to break the bank it seems! Incidentally, I have a resin body transkit that I got from Creative Miniatures years ago, I just need the rest of the parts to finish it. It was meant (I think) to be used with the Aurora/Monogram Aston Martin kit, but I don't think the chassis' are the same between the Zagatos and the regular Aston Martins. Maybe someone familar with Astons knows for sure?
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