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I had a great time. The trading was good and the show cars were amazing. I will be back next time. Thanks for inviting me.

Awesome. The weathering and details look great.

what kind of tires are you looking for? Their was a guy advertising in SA a month or two ago that was making dirt track racing tires that were very detailed.

I just had my best finished model destroyed by my cat but I can bring up something.

Zombie metal is interesting. Been around for a little bit but Call of Duty really brought it to a forefront though.

Hard to believe they are already discounting the Black Widow so far. The Michael's here never even got any.

I forgot about the Shizuoka hobby show in Japan I don't know when exactly it is but that is where many of the Asian brands bring out their new products. Then their is another big show in Asia somewhere but I can't remember it.

When I brush paint a seat or other smaller parts it always has that brushed look. I use high quality brushes and I try not to put on to much paint but I just can't get it to look smooth. What is the best way to just sand down tight spaces and small parts. All I want to do is smooth out the paint not really polish it or anything. I can't wait to get airbrush, btw.

I think most every US based hobby company just releases at the iHobby show in Chicago in October now.

WOW

Isn't that trailer the one Jantrix, on this forum, built? All of them look great.

I prefer flocking over embossing powered having tried both recently. The flocking was a little harder to use but was way more realistic. I went to my parents to show my step dad (he used to use shredded felt back in the 60's) and the first thing out of his mouth was the black stuff (embossing powder) looks like spray on bed liner and that was my thought as I was applying it. I will say though that the embossing powder was easier for me to use.

I know in rally racing they cancel the stage when something like this happens but it is nice to see other racers stopping to help even before they knew the stage would be canceled. Really shows the sportsmanship and comradery that rally racers have.

Check out art supply stores if you are looking for it locally if you are looking online for it I would use artsupply.com. All gator board is is strong foam board. It's not worth the price when you can buy regular foam board for less than 5 bucks a sheet at any Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Gatorboard is great if you have something that is going to get beat around a lot or are using to to paint with or printing a photo on it but when you are cutting it in pieces to use on a Dio it is just really expensive and sometimes hard to work with.

Ho would be the way to go like others have said. If Highway doesn't have something try this site. Walthers air horns Just pic the on that most closely matches what you want. Make sure it is HO though.

Every time you update I am more and more amazed by this. Seriously everything is just seriously wow.

Thanks for the tip.

The American courts will win for Ford and the Italian courts will win for Ferrari. Seriously this is stupid. Kind of like when the car brand Jaguar sued the football team Jaguar over pronunciation. Anyone remember that? I talked to a corporate lawyer my family knows about this and he said Ford should not even have been able to go to court over this. The licensing and copyright exists only on production vehicles which the F1 car is not so it does not fall under the copyright and licensing laws. Also Ferrari in no way is trying to capitalize on the name recognition of the Ford truck. Honestly Ford is way out of bounds with this the F1 car is a one year and done thing honoring Ferrari's home country. Guess what Ford your sales in Italy just tanked.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe we will get lucky and Lindberg will release the lightbars separately too.

If the hobby shop cannot order it I would contact badger. Or try another hobby shop.

They make cases in all sorts of sizes. I know a football display cases works well for trucks. look around on this site I have used them before http://www.casesforcollectibles.com/

I agree it isn't being properly promoted. The promotions guy they have working on it is a joke and possibly a fraud but that is a different story.

I have judged many contests in my life. Including car shows and racing concourse events. So the rules for this contest level the playing field for novice builders. Geez, It's nice to know that if model contests leveled the playing field for novices so many of the contest vets would drop out. I personally like the way the contest is set up. I am a novice builder i.e. only been in the hobby for 6 months and only finished 2 models so far. It's nice to know that if I went to a contest I would be grouped with guys that have been building for more years than I am old. Age does not equal skill level as so many real life model contest assume. I highly doubt this is poorly conceived at all. The prizes are pretty cool. The rules level the playing field for novices to experienced builders. I will admit it would be nice to have more time to do the build but 2 months is decent amount of time. The only rule everyone seems to really be hating on is the No Mopar thing. Well guess what guys their are no BMW's or Porsches or Caddy's or Jeeps, or Semi tractors, or lots of other really cool car subjects. I'm sorry but it's just not an excuse to bash a "hot rod" contest for not allowing cars that are not generally seen as "hot rods". The funny thing is the next time around when they are allowing 60's-70's muscle/drag cars. It will flip around and all the people complaining about no mopars will be defending the contest when all the Hot Rod builders are complaining. And guys just so you know I am not entering as "hot rods" don't really appeal to me. But just because it's not my thing doesn't mean I am going to bash it. It's the first national contest in a long time just be happy that we might start seeing more contest pop up. Think about it if this works you think R2 isn't going to jump in with their own contest. Honestly I wouldn't doubt if they are already in the planing stages with one. It's nice that you have the financial ability to travel to large contests. And it's great that you enter your builds are incredible and you are one of the modelers on this site that I look up to. But seriously not everyone can travel to these contest or afford the other expenses associated with them. So please don't say just because this isn't a physical attendance contest that it isn't a contest. Last time I checked The NNL advertises itself as NOT A CONTEST "NNL East is not a contest as there is no formal judging" "The NNL West is a non-competitive event" Bluesman Mark - "Now many of those are indeed great kits & build into nice models, but limiting the type of builds that can be done, by having such a limited eligibility list isn't a good way to generate interest." But the NNL east and west both have categories that only allow ONE or TWO cars for entry? Does that mean those are bad contests to enter?

I know I have said it already but this is amazing. I hope my diorama comes out half as good. Just a few miles from me is a drive-in aptly named "Skyview" and my racing number is 77 so I have to say that old modified is probably the coolest on the lot to me.

Wrecked models are always cool to see. So far above my skill level. Your models look great.