Steven Zimmerman

Gotta disagree. Stance refers to the 'attitude' of a vehicle, whether it's raised, lowered, up in front and down in the rear, down in the front and up in the rear, or whatever. A stock vehicle has stance ALL vehicles have stance...

Go out and buy TWO of these, they are relatively cheap....Use one for a contour gage, take the other one apart for the BIG bunch of steel rods, for scratchbuilding;pinning frames and parts, applying superglue or accelerator, and myriads of other uses.....'Z'

"Stance" has always been around,and it doesn't apply just to Tuners....Every car out there has STANCE...Pro touring, Pro street . Low riders. High Roller monster trucks....ALL have STANCE.......

And on a related point, does any one else HATE these new wheels with the'bulge' around the outside of the wheel, as opposed to the older style that was smooth ?

When measuring, remember a 19 inch wheel when scaled out in 1/25th would measure a scale 20 inches.....'Z'

Just to clarify a point...MOST children above the age of three know what the monkey chased... All around the mulberry bush, the Monkey chased the WEASEL !......POP goes the weasel...and that's all i have to say about THAT.

Google Race Motor Replicas. And thank Jeff Salem for workin so hard to see this done....'Z'

I will see you all there, selling wheels at Race motor Replicas' table, and spending money i don't have on things I don't need...'Z'

Begging your pardin, but I bought L 60 15 Good Year tires in 1971. i believe the 70 1/2 Camaro Z/28 was available from the factory with F 60 15 Good Years

I can't sat enough good things about Scale Dreams, I spend a LOTTA $$ there....and Rick is a great guy, too.....

Sanded tire tread....nice touch....

If you know how to paint, solid colors don't NEED a clearcoat. This gentleman knows how to paint.....

At hobby Lobby, you can get the Alumalite casting kit for around 80 bucks; with a 40% off coupon ( available on line) that brings it down to about48 bucks. You can also buy their 'Amazing resin,' for about 15 bucks, which is a white resin with fewer air bubbles than their regular resin. They have 2 differant molding compounds at Hobby Lobby; the 'pink' stuff does not hold up as well (compared to their other compound), but is easier to work with.Being more flesible, cured items pop out more easily.... I know there are better products out there, but i've been using this 'Amazing Resin' for about a year now, and have probably produced 2000 resin castings with it, and am quite happy.... Only caveat; heat the molds up in a micro wave for 30 - 40 seconds immediately before pouring ( this is covered in their instructions) if you are pouring small items, like wheels. It self generates heat to cure completely and small items don't creat enough heat to 'kick' ......'Z'

I just got several sets of the B.F.GOODRICH T/A's in the mail, and these aer an A+ top notch product. The lettering and tread pattern are smaller than the old MPC tires, which is more accurate. KUDOS to the Chief for these....'Z' oops, aer = are.....

What do you consider a 'steep' price? How much were they going for, and how many tires were in a package ?

.....B B BUILD ?

OK, Joseph, now complete YOUR point. Advertising. (can't sell them if nobody knows about them, have you priced an ad in the mags lately ?), packaging ( not just those little plastic bags, but the printing of all those little 'how to use photo etch' inserts plus the 'cover printing.Someone trims those photo etch frets from the master fret, someone packages them up, someone pays to print the catalog, Shipping. Cost of renting a table at hobby shows....postage and related costs. Now, II realise these arent mind numbing espenses, but they do add up. And I'm not sure, but i don't know if a run of 200 meets the supplier's minimum or not. And you're assuming sales of all two hundred, not necessarily a given, no matter what you think.I work hand in hand with a resin caster; what happens when that body he casts 50 of; because he thinks it will sell like hotcakes....doesn't sell at all ?...( it DOES happen)....

I have cleared over Alclad chrome with water based acrylic clear with good results.

When using embossing powder, after it is applied, and dried, I go over it and coat the powder with clear flat or semi gloss acrylic clear. It will not change the appearance whatsoever, but greatly enhances it'd durability factor, and insures that none will 'float' around your interior, after you have finished assembly...Embossing powder, while much less apt to become dislodged (like flocking)...on occasion, it WILL....'Z'

I would respectfully suggest you research what gos into creating / producing a fret of photo etched product.A resin caster can put a casting on the market for an initial outlay, while not cheap, but much cheaper than photo etch.He has to either pay for, or produce his own master, and then put it in rubber, then cast, clean up and sell...Usually for less then 500 bucks ( give or take). Photo etch ?...Artwork may cost you several hundred dollars, and then you have to have a 'first run' fromyour photo etch person, which usually runs between 1200-1500 dollars. For a 'cottage industry' fella, the initial outlay can be 4 or 5 times the initial outlay for a resin caster. Now, I'm not knocking resin casters here, but just pointing the differance in expenditures, and how it may affect what you decide to offer in your product line....'Z'

I do this, then (after it is dry) I hand brush acrylic clear satin, or flat over it to make sure it doesn't come loose....works for me !....'Z'

We used to use it to rub out a paint job, like polishing compound. Also used to use baby powder. With the advent of paint polishes for modellers, this mostly'went away'......

Did you get my PM on these ?....'Z'

I agree with Don Yost. End result is all that the judge should 'judge'. Period.

GREAT job on a hard to build, fiddly kit. I don't recall ever seeing one completed...Again, fantastic job !....'Z'