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Hey Andy- Please set one aside for me. I gotta get one of those bad boys. I'm going to add some Duesenberg touches to it though. 8)

Should be American and detailed. Are there any kits from the last 15 or so years with a good fwd unit? (preferably V6 or V8) ummm....that smilie should be a V-8

NIP IT IN THE BUD!!!!

Hey! Look who stopped by while I was writing! The Modern Dream Truck is still <ahem> "in progress". I built a few box-stock pre-war classics while in Afghanistan. I got back last year and didn't build anything for a good while. I'm finishing up a race car master for someone else. I've also got a couple of Duesenberg projects almost finished. When those are done, I'll get back to work on The Dream. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I got myself a Sherline lathe and mill. That will really help with some small parts. I also went nuts and got a South Bend 8x42 and Bridgeport 9x49 when I came home :shock: They're not set up yet, though. Hey I really dig your squarebird. Hey! A square bird for a square guy! hehehe just kidding.

If you've been in the hobby for a while, you know who Mark Gustavson is. "Mercari" is a car he built in Scale Auto Enthsiast around 1988. It's a "what if" idea on the premise that Ford bought Ferrari when it was put up for sale in the 1960s, and Mercury built a car with lots of input from Ferrari engineers and stylists. That was in the first magazine I ever bought about model cars. I was fascinated that someone could build something so complex...and stylish. It was a huge influence on me. Mark also wrote the "Custom Clinic" articles for Car Modeler. He showed us how to chop, channel, section, use putty properly, paint with lacquers, hammer body panels from brass...I could go on... He ran a 2-year long how-to on a custom he called "The Modern Dream Truck". It was heavily influenced by Spencer Murray's original Dream Truck, but with Mark's ideas on what it would look like if built today (well, 1995 anyway). When it was finished, he critiqued his own work. He didn't "give himself a trophy". he was very harsh on his own work. He was not at all pleased with it so he took it apart to do all over again! He ran the annual Custom Car Photo Contest for Car Modeler. He would show all the models that placed, along with constructive criticism. IMHO, he knows a heck of a lot about what is stylish and what is not. He has a website about custom car models and full-size customs. He has run the Great Salt Lakes Model Car Contest since its inception sometime in the early 1980s. I've never been able to attend, but magazine coverage of the big winners has inspired many of us to improve our work. I'm a pretty big fan of Mark. I even followed along his Modern Dream Truck series with my own version. I started mine about the time the series wrapped up, so I had the benefit of having the whole series when I started. Mine was not intended to be an exact clone. he was very harsh in criticising his model. I agreed with some, but not all, of his criticism. You can see my version on his website. I couldn't get good photos on my own so I sent him my model, which he photographed along his own. I only wish Mark had more time to stop by and chat with us.

Mark is alright in my book. I'd gladly offer to help, but he knows more machinists than I do.

I hope my girfriend isn't reading this. :shock:

This is a project I'm working on for someone else. A light sanding and I'll be ready to send it off. I was asked to build the body only, but I made frame rails also. I felt like it would help keep both sides symmetrical, especially at the rear where the frame kicks up. It's wood, which I've never worked in. It has been a real challenge Here's a photo of the real car. I built the model off old line drawings and b/w photos. This photo shows me that I need to recontour the top of the hood. The model's hood is too flat. It also looks like the frame rails need some tweaking at the front. I should be able to fix it over the weekend. I'd like to say Hello to the guy stalking me across the internet. How ya doin'?

I don't know what you've got, but I have the same thing. I decided to quit detailing/converting/customizing and start finishing. That lasted 3 models. I'm back to my old ways of chopping up perfectly good kits. I just ordered a Heller Citroen 15CV because the rear of the body resembles a Delage town car. Heller's Delahaye can give up its front fenders to use as rears. I'm not sure where I'll get front fenders.

Don't forget Revell/Monogram funny car front tires.

I figured the unbuilt kit on ebay would be too expensive. I logged in to ebay and saw it only had a few minutes left, so I watched it. The price was still low, so I sniped it for 37 bucks. Not too bad, IMHO. I also got the "junkyard" car. Cool! BTW can anyone identify the manufacturer of the 935?

I can't see photobucket pics on this *$@# government computer

Just click on the "Img" button under the subject line. It will give you what you need for codes, just insert your URL.

I'd love to get a few small pieces made for this car: It's 2 panels in front of the rear wheel; the one with a hole for air exiting the radiator duct. The other would be a panel with an etched line to be folded, for the sharp-edged slot at an angle. I would just rout down into the thick body to sink them down flush. The upper parts would be similar to what's in this photo:

Is this Jim from PSAB? If so- good to see ya! I'm Lee at PSAB. hey check out my Duesenbergs in the "On The Workbench" forum here.

But TdF blue, man. TdF blue! I couldn't find an F40 this color, but just look at that paint job! Creme-colored leather goes best with it, but this is an F40, not a high-speed touring car.

TdF Blue.

Hey I'm at a friend's house and I can get on Ebay again. I believe I found a built up MPC Bora. Check it out- Item # 170092853332 Anyone need a Corvette Indy, Porsche 935, or Monogram Testarossa??? Ya just gotta love sellers who don't know what they've got 8)

No. Prep work is not important. Just lay on more color. What? Somebody had to say it. Just kidding, of course.

The have to issue a subpeona for each individual seller's records. It's only the sellers they're concerned with. Besides, did you really think the tax-free world of mail order would last forever in this new electronic age? Either buy it on ebay or rack up a huge long distance bill calling every hobby shop you can find. There's always the Scale Auto Classified section...if you don't mind waiting 3 or 4 months from now.

Wow. There's another message board with poster's pics. I was amazed there too at how NO ONE looked like my mental picture of them.

The government computer that I'm using now has fotki blocked, so I can't upload photos. I was going to ask if I could e-mail a photo to a board member so they could post. I can't log into my e-mail now, either. :evil: I just wrote a description of the work I did, but deleted it because I think it's pointless and confusing without photos. I did some work on the rear end and deleted the exhaust holes in the r/f fender. Man I can't wait to get back to my computer.

NICE. Finish that bad boy!

Bob- I'm just going on memory, since I can't compare my Edai glue bomb to the Ebay MPC pics. Is the MPC kit motorized? I saw a pair of Revell Boras on ebay not too long ago, but they appeared to be Edai reissues. It looked like the same chassis with a battery compartment.

Not at all. I'm going to get one of ModelMartin's '32 Ford funny car bodies and put a Duesenberg grille on it. I may try to extend the front fenders back a bit. I was thinking of custom decals for it. Something like "Judkins Fiberglass". Thank you!