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You gonna scratchbuild the whole thing? Do you have a real Lotus 7?

10,000 firecrackers. 10 packs of 1,000 each. It's New Year's and my brother is back home from Washington state. We'll set them off simultaneously. I'll see if I can make a video and post it. Oh yeah- I also got a Jetsons spaceship off ebay. I just want it for the clear canopy. I want to build a Weesner-inspired hover car. Anybody want the leftovers? I'm just not into the Jetsons.

What's in the forground? It looks like hand rails from the Titanic...after being under water for 100 years.

(Slight hijack) That kit would be great as a greenhouse donor for a model of one of Keith Weesner's hovering cars. Now, for a bikini-clad pilot...

Sanitary T??? That's the name of a drain pipe fitting. LOL

Looked around and couldn't find anything definite. Thanks. Lee.

Finish something. Learn to use automotive lacquers. (This whole thing with Tamiya Clear being discontinued has really thrown a monkey wrench into my world. I bet I have 60 cans of Tamiya spray paint. :-( )

Plumber. My advice if you have a plumbing problem: call a plumber. :-P

Crazy airplanes, like a modern 2-seat jet fighter and pay someone to fly me around in it. Then I'd commission someone to build me a replica of Miss AshleyII. She was a racer with an all-new P-51 replica fuselga, Lear jey wings, and Rolls-Royce Griffon engine and contra props. Then I'd get really crazy and commission a replica TA-152H, a long-wing, high-altitude version of the FW-190. It would need a Jumo 213 engine (inverted V-12. A Merlin or Griffon just wouldn't look right) so I'd have some of those built, too. (Gotta let others in on the V-12 FW-190 fun). Then there's cars. Oh my, the cars. I think I would have a Duesenberg for a daily driver. A Figoni & Falaschi Delahaye or two, a Ferrari 275GTB, 288GTO, 512TR, 550 & 575 Maranello. Hmmm...some oddball stuff like a twin-supercharged Ferrari V-12 powered roadster; imagine '27 T meets '70s F-1 for the body. Induction setup would be like that old Ferrari-powered boat, but with an intercooler in the intake manifold. What else...what else? Ooh. Yeah- another oddball powerplant. This one inspired by the BRM H-16. Get a pair of cranks for the Hayabusa-based V-8 and build a 6 liter Hayabusa- based H-16 in a rear engine car that's '27 T meets early '60s F-1. Motorcycles...with oddball powerplants! A few years ago, a bike builder cut the transmission off a Honda CB550 engine and turned it sideways into a custom frame. It resembled an old Indian longitudinal inline-4. Do the same thing, but start with a CBX engine. Inline-6 chopper! Then, outdo Morbidelli. Build a bike with a 1.5liter V-12 and tiny bundle of snakes exhaust. EFI induction that looks like 6 tiny Webers. It would make the most incredible "tapocka,tapocka,tapocka" sound.

I've been getting hot rod and drag racing magazines from Australia and New Zealand for about 20 years now. They have used the term "dizzy" for "distributor" for a long time. It certainly could cross the ocean and get picked up in a few areas.

Nobody cares about your complaints. Like I said, this place is not perfect. I've said so in here before, but the people who run it make the rules. If you have a problem with that, go start your own forum. Don't have the knowledge or time to do that? Well then, act like a grown-up and play by Gregg and Harry's rules. Nobody cares about your complaints. Like I said, this place is not perfect. I've said so in here before, but the people who run it make the rules. If you have a problem with that, go start your own forum. Don't have the knowledge or time to do that? Well then, act like a grown-up and play by Gregg and Harry's rules.

We don't live in a perfect world. IMHO, this board is far from perfect, but it's the best model car board I have found. Since I don't have the time or the desire to start and run my own model car website, I live with this site's little imperfections. The way I see it, you have several choices: Deal with it and quit crying. Start your own site and run it however you darn well please. Hmmm well I guess you only have two choices. Play by their rules or leave...but please, spare us the drama.

You're tellin' me.

LOADS of fun...as long as I don't have too much to drink. If I do, Mr Hyde might show up.

Well, you ARE a Marine. Just kidding. Ex-Army here. Had to give you a little jab. We all had a job to do and we did it. Thank you for your service. Lee

Seriously? Two mistakes in a sentence criticizing other people...from a writer?

OH YEAH! I have one of those. IMHO, there's no harm in having 2 custom Airflows on the market.

That sure would be a cool resin body. BTW I just noticed that I did a terrible job of editing my earlier post on the phone. That unfinished sentence should read "...or just use parts from the stash." I did not go to the race. The old friend with the extra ticket sent a text on Friday night asking if I still wanted to go, then I never heard back from him. He's back to "a guy I know" status.

Full-on custom, body only. Filled roof/doors shut, Jimmy Flintstone style. It would cost less for someone to buy another kit for chassis and interior than to buy a complete resin kit...or just use parts from If anyone wants a stocker, they can get the metal original off eBay.

You'll get an even better fit if you use Bare Metal Foil instead of tape.

Non-traditional colors? Nah. Those cars were coachbuilt. Any color the owner wanted is accurate. I think it looks great.

I just ran into an old friend with an extra ticket. I ***may**** get to go see it. Before today, I thought of him as "a guy I know".

I like the idea for this thread. I'd like to offer a suggestion, though. How about several threads, each with its own category; such as interior, engine, suspension, wheels & tires, etc.

The Revell 1/24 Tony Foti L.A.P.D. Camaro drag car has the mega-rare (in the real world) Milodon cast aluminum big block Chevy valve covers. AMT's '62 Catalina custom has really nice looking tuck & roll upholstery. The Testors "Vantastic" family of kits have nice looking bucket seats for a modern street rod.

Pile of stinking dog waste? Now there's a scratchbuilding challenge.