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Nice work. Is that by Amusing Hobby?

In another thread, Biscuitbuilder mentioned this car. I did a Google search and the car has an elliptical cross-section. Was the titanium tube under the elliptical bodywork? Was there another car that had a round cross-section? Fascinating stuff, but I don't know Indy Car history. Thanks. Lee

The sketches I was thinking of were in the August 1970 Rod & Custom, as Casey suggested. I mail ordered a copy. It's a pretty wild looking car. It would make a great model project, or even a real car. Rick Dobbertin (Yes, the Pontiac J2000 guy) is making parts to mate a Corvette transaxle to a Chevy LS engine, along with suspension. It could be done with mail order parts in real life, without having to spend big bucks on a Hewland transaxle or engineering and building new suspension.

You have my condolences. I lost my buddy, my female Black Lab, a few months ago. She was the best dog ever. They are indeed like family members.

I'm a plumber and that thing gives me the dry heaves.

No. Normally I don't leave off major parts, like the fire truck parts from a fire truck kit.

You might think these parts would be cool for something...but what? I got a 1/24 Opel Blitz fire truck. I will not be using the fire truck parts, so I'm wondering what to use that water tank for. I know, kind of a weird train of thought. The thread about show cars has me thinking of some early '70s oddball rod, but the idea is just not coming together. Maybe a weird post. Sort of a "thinking out loud" kind of thing.

Looks good. What did you use for the weathering/dust?

Thanks for the link. I had not seen this thread before. It all looks really wild. I can not wait to see what goes in the trailer.

Whoa. Do you a thread about this? I would love to read more about it. Did that tow vehicle start out as a Ferrari Daytona?

A couple of kits I can think of for nice wire wheels are Fujimi's Ferrari Daytonas. These have Borrani wheels made up of several pieces. Injection molded, so no flat spokes like photoetch wheels. Tamiya's Jaguar Mk.II Saloon has very nice one-piece wheels.

I've been using Fotki for 16 years with no problems.

Nice job on an unusual vehicle. The Leupold K5 is a big kit. Squadron has an "In Action" book on it that should be easy to find and not too expensive.

I like your choices...except for the Dart.

Very sad. He contributed a lot to our hobby.

It's 1/35. The numbers and Balkan cross are hand painted. One pic has a test piece for Zimmerit and painting on the markings. I cheated a little bit. I used wide Tamiya tape to make a rectangle mask the had lines representing the borders for the numbers. I continued the lines onto the Zimmerit with a sharp pencil, then filled in the lines...mostly. The 3 and the diagonal line in the 4 were freehand, but having the vertical lines done plus limits marked out really helped. The faded 3-color camo under the numbers was done with dry brushing oil paint. I'm really liking the oils. That's new to me. The idea came from a book by Tony Greenland. That dude is a tank model guru. The carbon stain around the coax machinegun muzzle is also dry brushed oil. It's a cool technique. It looks like airbrushing. Thanks. Lee

This is Dragon's kit #6312. The Zimmerit anti-magnetic coating was done with Milliput Superfine White epoxy putty. The pattern was made by rolling a lid from a Tamiya paint jar onto the putty. I didn't want it to be stark white. The weathering would be representative of the snow first starting to melt. Most of these techniques are new to me. The last time I built a model tank was about 20 years ago. Here are a few pics from start to where I am now.

Thank you all for your help. I ordered that August 1970 R&C. The sketch I was thinking about is in there, not quite the same as I remember, but still pretty wild. Thanks also for other info like the link to a real world version of that car.

Nice work. I have no doubt it will inspire some future builds. The wire wheels look great.

No, no, no. I'm not talking about the Ice Truck. I am a huge fan of it, but...(clicks on link)...WHOA! Somebody built that F-1/Model T in real life!?! I had no idea! Will definitely check it out on the home computer. That. Is. Wild. I'm glad I posted this. LOTS of great info in this thread. Thank you, gentlemen.

That is awesome.

Hey wow. Thanks for the info. BTW I have an unbuilt Triclopz in my stash. I never got a Mercohaulic. I'll have to look for one of those.

No. What I saw were sketches, probably from around 1970. The car in that photo may have been inspired by the old drawings, but it's tough to say. I'm going by memory, and my mind may have changed some of the details.

Well there's a good idea. Will look him up. Thanks.

I'm also thinking it was in Rod & Custom. I'm going by memory, but I think one car was a coupe with mid engine and wild exhaust. Rear view of car. Another was a T or A roadster mixed with Indycar. It's entirely possible that my memory has added details that I would like to see. I do think a '26/'27 T roadster morphed with an Indycar; mid engine, bundle of snakes exhaust, side mounted radiators, would be pretty wild. That show car is not what i was thinking of, but I do like it. I saw it at Dallas Autorama about 30 years ago.