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Try the wanted section. People on this forum are very nice when it comes to helping others with needed parts.

I'm only 27 so retirement is far away for me. Also I only have a part time job right now that barely covers my bills and leaves me with a little extra. The way I see the model kit industry going is not good. Kits are becoming way more than they are worth. So I get my kits at flea markets, garage sales, craigslist, Freecycle, and antique malls (you would be suprised how many model kits you can find at large antique malls). I usually pay anywhere from 2-10 dollars a single kit or even get them free when buying bunches of kits. So far I have only bought one kit retail and it was 40% off at Hobby Lobby. I have right now 36 kits and I have only paid $94.82 for them. Averaging that out I have only paid $2.64 a kit. It's not easy to find super cheap kits but they are out there you just have to look a little. I might not get exactly what I want but I can always trade for for what I want. As for the cost of models they are getting crazy. I hate to think what kits are going to cost when I am getting ready to retire. Revell of Germany kits hitting over $100 is crazy. Revell's "Black Widow" 57 chevy is an awesome kit but to me it isn't worth retail price tag (I bought it at 40% off). Import kits are crazy to, $65-80 dollars for a kit with only 40 parts and no engine is absurd even if it does come from Japan.

Looks cool to me. I like the color on the truck. The body is painted nicely too. You see a lot of quick paint jobs at swap meets. My step-dad says the darker the color of the swap meet paint job the more issues the body has. The writing on the trailer is a nice touch makes it unique.

Just went on my list. Car looks great. the neighbor to some property my stepdad owns is restoring a Hudson. Maybe instead of using the real car to use as reference for the model I should give him the model for reference for the real car. BTW those solid white wheels rock. I want a set.

Looks awesome. You are going to start seeing more people doing this.

Never seen the movie will have to look it up. off topic but the drivers side tire must have been wet and sticky to be that dirty with the passenger side so clean. Or maybe the retoucher doing the photo fell asleep?

At the risk of sounding ignorant, what is foil copying?

"Real world Situation: Dude#1: " Hey Dude #2, Check out my Custom car! " Dude#2: " Sweet! Where is it?" Dude#1: " Right there, Man. Isn't it cool?" Dude#2: " All I see is a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird " Dude#1: " But look at my New Pinstripe i got for the auto parts store. And those Awesome New stick on fender portholes. My Ride is so Custom, it's Sick!" Dude#2: " Dude#1, you are an idiot. your car isn't a custom car because you decorated it with tacky garbage..." Dude#1: " Yeah it is! It's Unique & I customized it to my liking. You'll never see another custom car like this one" Dude#2: " Yeah. There's a good reason for that too...."" You don't know how many times I have heard almost that exact same chat at the shop I work at. But at the same time i was not arguing that a pinstripe (in the listed example) makes a car custom. I said it was "Customizing". When idiots like like that come into the shop and say look at my new stickers and wing and body kit it makes me go so much faster or it looks cool. I just laugh and say really it looks cool but it weights 750 pounds so your gas mileage went to ######, that rear wing on a front wheel drive car doesn't do much, and that noisy can on the back only gets you tickets. Seriously I was not argueing the merits of a custom car. I was saying customizing means any custom application of parts be it body modification or not.

Definition: A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been tailored to increase the car’s performance, which is done by altering or replacing the engine and transmission. By doing this alone it begins to make the car look unique – not like any other car of that make and model that has come out of the factory." "Funny cars, which are dragsters competing in National Hot Rod Association competitions, can be considered custom cars" So all those ricers with the big wings are custom cars? I will agree to disagree.

I think the same thing. I don't really want to argue it but I have never seen anyone so closed minded about customizing cars. Every site I find a definition from it says the term "custom car" started out as referring to changing the engine and transmission of a car. Changing the looks came soon after. It started there and evolved into so many aspects of car crafting. Everything is customizing a car. Nowhere not one place did I find anything that said a custom car can ONLY be a car with an altered body. You could go outside right now and draw smiley faces on your car seats with a marker and it would be customized. Not the show car definition but customized none the less.

I never said just changing the wheels would make a car custom. Of course no one in there right mind would say a car with just different wheels was custom. What I was saying is that changing wheels or anything else is customizing the car. You are modifying the car to suit your personal interests. That is the definition of customizing. What a custom car is totally different. The OP didn't say he wanted to build a "custom" car he said he wanted to customize a car. "A rim swap does change the looks, but by that criteria, a stock, 4 door 1966 Nova with mags could be considered a "custom", which it most certainly isn't" I didn't say the car would be custom. Which it is by definition but I digress. I said it is customizing the car. By your criteria of customizing a custom car would include all those ricers that bolt giant wings to the back of their cars. It is fundamentally changing the body and look of a car. Also by your definition Nascar stock cars would be custom cars. They alter the body of there cars from factory. Can you show me this rule book you use for what a custom car is? What about a drag car that uses a fiberglass one piece front end? A customized car is any car that has been fundamentally changed from factory setting to the owners personal tastes. That is the definition of custom car. It doesn't matter how it is changed it is custom. Here's a website about custom cars My linkhttp://www.yourcustomcar.com/custom-car-history.html From site: "What is a Custom Car? The actual phrase “custom car” did not even start until the 1950s! There may have been custom cars before this time, but it was not until the 50's that people really started to use that particular phrase. Definition: A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been tailored to increase the car’s performance, which is done by altering or replacing the engine and transmission. By doing this alone it begins to make the car look unique – not like any other car of that make and model that has come out of the factory. Custom car builders can modify a vehicle with their own style and personal touch, or for someone else’s style." and this from another custom site: "A custom car is a phrase that became prominent in American pop culture in the 1950s, and has enjoyed special interest popularity since that time. It relates to a passenger vehicle that has been modified to improve its performance by altering or replacing the engine and transmission and to make it look "unique", unlike any car that might have been factory finished, always a personal "styling" statement by the re-styler/re-builder. another site Definition I have given you three different websites definitions of custom car. Granted two of them are basically the same. Show me where it says custom cars are only cars with altered bodies.

How is swapping headlight surrounds any different from swapping wheels? Just because it takes more work to do one over the other it doesn't make a difference. Other customizers? Your taking your definition and applying people to them. What about guys like shelby and Penske and companies like AMG and TRD and many other customizers that don't do anything to the body of a car? The minute you do one thing to a car you are customizing it. I agree that changing wheels isn't much of a customization but it still is by definition. No matter how many names in the "customizing" world say it isn't. "A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been modified in either of the following two ways. First, a custom car may be altered to improve its performance, often by altering or replacing the engine and transmission. Second, a custom car may be a personal "styling" statement by the re-styler/re-builder, making the car look "unique" and unlike any car that might have been factory finished."

The vehicles are top notch builds the story is awesome and hilarious. Great work, I wish I was that creative. The saw in the trailer bed is an instant classic.

Not to hijack his thread but customizing is anything that will make the car unique. Be it new wheels or chopping a pinstripe or a body kit it's all modifying and customizing. You can't modify a car without customizing it and you can't customize a car without modifying it. He did not specify what type of customizing he was thinking about and I used my interpretation of what he asked to give him an answer. No matter the intent of his original post neither I or you are wrong in our definition of customizing. I work in an aftermarket/paint shop and I customize cars all day without altering the body of a car. Go to a car show and ask someone who spent $15,000 on a paint job and wheels if that is modifying or customizing. Dictonary.com definition customize: to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference I'm sorry my definition of customizing and your definition of customizing are different but really it's all the same thing.

Your best bet might be to go to a Aston martin dealership and ask. As has been said Aston doesn't readily give out their color codes but if you go to a dealership and politely ask and tell them your painting models they might help you out. Granted their version of help might be ordering a $500 dollar a pint can of paint.

Congrats on getting back into it. With your good attitude I am sure you will be building above the level you were building at before in no time at all.

Hi to you too. I've been here about a week now and everyone seems great. The builds are top notch too.

When I first started since I didn't have much in the way of a parts bin and didn't know much about customizing so I looked for kits with lots of extra parts. Two engines, multiple sets of wheels and/or tires, two interiors, etc. This allows you many different build options and will let you build something custom without having look outside the box. Since all of the parts are already meant for kit they will work easily. For me doing this was a great way to start customizing without cutting things up or tearing stuff apart. Plus when you are done with the kit you will have a nice little pile of parts you can use for customizing a later build.

Those little guys are cool. I am putting a couple sets of these on my C-mas list. Any chance these things will eventually make it to retail locations?

Awesome work on The Stig. I have been looking around for someone that makes figures of The Stig but nobody seems to make him.

Looks really good. I like the sub placement in the cab. I haven't seen many trucks with subs in them but that looks really unique. The trucks stance is aggressive looking, really cool. Only thing about it I don't care for are the wheels. Wheels that big with space like that between the "spokes" needs some brakes, but that is just me. Great build, nothing of mine comes out that cool looking.

Thanks for the info and again awesome job on the truck.

Looks amazing. Does the kit come with the plastic to make the bed signs or did you add that?

Here's mine. I took the photo at the local dirt track Belle-Clair Speedway. The car is a UMP Sportsman and the driver is Mike Harris.