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Post a link or better yet show photos of your new stuff here.

Like the '73 Pontiac that won a couple of years ago? That was a big waste. It would be a flop. If the contest were about a subject that many people would buy that's one thing, but when it's a popularity/essay contest, it's all just pointless. No matter how many people are swayed by an essay, it's another matter entirely to convince them to part with 14 dollars for a model car.

Got this off ebay from ModelMartin

Hey I just bought a '32 Ford flopper from you on ebay. I can't wait to get that one.

David- It's hard to go wrong with Tamiya spraycan lacquers. Like others have said, you've got to put in the prep time on the body, but follow that with Tamiya spraycans and you should get good results. Polish the paint with this: http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...ct&ID=80939 Give it a final gloss with this: http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...ct&ID=82456 Followed by this: http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...ct&ID=82455 The price may seem kind of steep for all that, but it's a lifetime supply. If you only polish clear gloss and only wet sand, the sanding films will last forever...well...a long time anyway. BTW if you build another Enzo, I posted some detail pics of real Enzos in the 1/1 Reference forum.

I couldn't open that one page but their web site shows a Bel Air and a 210 sedan as TBA. It looks like they do some really nice work. I'll call them. Thanks.

Looking to make a model of the car that Mom learned to drive in.

Luc- I really hope this doesn't get started here at Model Cars. I found it really annoying at its old location. Someone will write an essay that makes perfect sense to them, all about why we need a model of a 1973 Pontiac. They'll go on and on, and their cheerleaders will all say "attaboy" and "I'd buy a case of 'em". In reality, they wouldn't buy a case of them. In fact, it would be a huge flop. Anyone who disagrees will labeled a jerk. Everyone on this board is a "1 percenter" in the model-building world. We're the lunatic fringe. Model companies listening to us is a gamble. I'd love a 1/24 Lola T-70 in styrene, but I'm not sure 500,000 others want one enough to buy it. I'm not holding my breath for that or a new Duesenberg. What I will do is build my Tamiya 1/12 Lola T-70 and kitbash a Judkins Coupe body for a Duesenberg. If the 250k challenge does find a home here, at least it will be one thread that can easily be ignored, rather than dominating the entire site for a month. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3991

I hope to see some of the regulars tonight. I haven't been able to visit since around March. Later, Lee

That's a really clean build and I just love the reel-to-reel player. It's 1960s style all the way.

1/24 Lola T70 coupe. I think there's one in resin. Not sure about that. 2008 model domestic full-size pickup. I don't even care if it's Ford, Dodge, or Chevy. I want to use the cab to make a model of a box truck for the business I want to own in a few years. I have a box truck model in progress, but it's based on the '99 Chevy Silverado. (No, I'm not going to wish for a model of a box truck LOL) An all-new tool Duesenberg. If not that, then a new body for Monogram's old Duesenberg kit. I don't even care which Duesy it would be. Multi-media superdetail kit for Tamiya's 1/12 Lola T-70. I've heard that one is in the works.

I have to agree with the Heller Delahaye and Mercedes. I have both. The Delahaye is in progress. The fenders are enclosed, but a seperate part is required to enclose them. The join line is is the worst place possible. The "skirt" is also raised slightly from the body, but since it's in two pieces, the raised line is not consistent. I had to use sheet plastic to the the raised area correct. The front fenders should have a peak down the top center, but it's not there. I laid down a piece of brass wire and faired it in to get the peak. It seems like the designer didn't think anyone would put all those pieces together and make a model car out of them. I'm not sure I'll even try the Mercedes. Between Monogram, Italeri, and Jo-Han, the 1/24 / 1/25 Mercedes market is pretty well covered. I don't have the Heller 917, but I do have their Ferrari 512 S. It also looks like trouble. Thankfully I got a Fisher resin 512 S in a steal of a deal with a resin kit seller. He wanted a pile of garbage resin kit that I was about to throw in the trash. I warned him, but he really wanted it. I don't have Accurate Miniatures' McLaren because I read the reviews. I may get one though, just for the big-block Chevy and mechanical fuel injection. That would look wild poking through the hood of a '70-'73 Camaro.

And there has already been a sketchpad drawing of a Magnum with 300 nose.

Cool. That works, but the ice.prohosting link didn't. I'm talking with Alfa right now. Thanks.

Wow. That looks great. I'm ordering one.

Gee...if only I could get one in 1/16 But seriously- that looks pretty darn cool.

I haven't been able to get in for months. I finally got a new computer and I still can't get in. Is it my computer or is the site no longer active?

I'm a plumber.

I had the Protar kit a while back. Unfortunately, it has been lost in all the moves I've made over the last 15 years. I've always thought it was a great kit. The box art back then showed a real car; one owned by Dr. Fabrizio Violati. Look that one up for reference information. I thought the engine was just beatiful. I can't see why any modeler would toss this engine and replace it with resin. Any shortcomings are slight, and easily remedied. I gotta get one of these...maybe several. From time to time I would look for the Protar issue on ebay but they are rare and expensive.

I LOVE the towtruck. Gotta get that cab when it goes up for sale. Is the induction for the other one off a "Muscle Machine"?

Dave McFly's post about the "gangster" cars has me wondering about kitbashing the sedan delivery with a '28/'29 cowl and making the one I really want. Is anything out there?

Why not just scratchbuild it? That kit part looks out of scale. The main body can be sheet styrene or even some kit part. The cord can be a light bulb filament with a piece of thin wire inside to hold its shape.

How about a small mill like a Sherline or Taig? Can you be more specific about what you're trying to do? It sounds like you to want to grind the back off a grille so it no longer looks "solid". Like you want it to look like air can pass through it. IF that's what you want, I'd first check to see if a photoetched grill is available. If no photoetch is out there, I could grind the back off with my mill. I'm about an hour away from you in Kaufman.

Another issue is reproducing minor flaws 24-25 times smaller than the real one. That's why models with hand-painted graphics look so bad. If enlarged 25 times, it would look like it was done with a 3" wide house-painting brush. Just make it look good.

That looks awesome but I'd like to see that's flexible like a kit tire. I want to make wire wheels and I do not want to make them in two pieces.