mr moto

That's lookin' FABULOUS! Keep up the awesome work. It's a true land yacht if I ever saw one. Is anybody else ready for tailfins to come back?

It's great to see somebody doing something good with one of those! They're very cool cars but, like you say, the old Pyro/Lindberg tooling leaves a lot to be desired. Keep it goin'! I can tell this is gonna be really good!

Latex wall paint will need a LOT of thinning. Besides that, it's so totally different from any paint that's used on models that I don't think you'll get any realistic practice. I think I'd start with some Testor's square bottle enamel or similar (that you might be able to find on a discount table), thin it down and practice with that. Just a suggestion.

There's a couple of these Case construction trucks at a jobsite near my office. Of course, there aren't any kits of them (resin maybe?) but I thought somebody might be interested in looking. Don't know anything about them but I think they're very cool!

That's a really clean, sharp looking build! Welcome back to the hobby! I was away for a long time also but 45 YEARS!!! That has to be the record. Keep it up!

That's fabulous!! I'd love to see a tutorial on your masking techniques. Everybody always acts like it's nothing, "Ya jus put some tape on it and paint", but I find GOOD masking to be one of the toughest things to do. Again, that looks totally KOOOL! What kind of tape did you use?

This link might help you out with the picture situation. http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc...urce/modelhaus/ Now I see that it's already been posted. Oh well, it's so good it deserves to be posted twice!

I'm really sorry to hear that evaluation. I have one stashed away also and hadn't really looked at it closely yet. It will still probably get built one day but I was hoping for a really good Coronet kit. Back in the day I built several of the old AMT Coronets and loved that kit as well as the 1:1. Maybe Round 2 will change their mind about re-issuing because I'm not ready to pay what the originals go for on Ebay!

What he said! I picked up a set from a bargain table at the local hardware for dirt cheap and they cut perfect circles every time.

Hi!! Always great to have somebody new on the forum. You've probably already figured that there are a lot of amusing (to put it mildly) characters on here. Sounds like your history is kinda similar to mine. I started in the late fifties. Built a couple of aircraft in a about an hour each and then one day a friend showed me the new AMT 3 in 1 kit he just got. My eyes bugged out!! I built a lot for a few years but then life got in the way. Anyway, I quit building for many, many years and just took it back up maybe 4 or 5 years ago. It's just as much fun as ever so welcome and ENJOY!!

Not too long ago I was at the LHS on a Sunday afternoon looking at the kits and having the usual crazy thoughts but not really there for any particular reason. A guy walked up and asked me a question about a kit (I don't remember what) and we struck up a conversation. He grew up in a bad part of town (seems like most places have one nowadays) raised by a single mom so there wasn't much money to go around but there were plenty of free opportunities to get into trouble. Well, despite the lack of money his mom always bought kits and supplies for him. She knew he was at home, out of trouble's way, and spending his time learning some reasoning skills and developing concentration and the ability to stick to a task - rare qualities today. He turned out okay. Never got in any trouble, stayed in school, got a job. He was in the hobby shop looking for a kit to bring home to his son even though he doesn't bring home a lot of money. He could stop at that shop because it's on a bus route. A really nice guy. Looking back on it, I wish I had gotten his name to stay in touch.

Welcome aboard the board!! Lots of good people here. That's the most detailed 1/172 scale build I've ever seen! But seriously now, you should get yourself a Photobucket account (free and easy besides) and you'll be able to post your pics at a much more visible size. We'd love to see more!

Too bad about the job situation! I've been there once too often myself but it always seems to work out for the good somehow. Anyway, it hasn't stopped your creativity from flowing. That's a great looking build already and just totally original. That pickup bed is SO COOL!! Keep it comin'!

VERY COOL!! That's a totally different take on a '63 Galaxy. They've always been one of my favorites but I've never pictured one looking like that. I love the builds that really show some creativity. Great job!!

There is a pretty good '56 Golden Hawk resin transkit by R&R. Not perfect but well worth building. I got one from Ebay and haven't built it yet. I don't know if there are any other good sources besides the 'Bay. As far as the '57-'61 Hawks, I'm still hoping !!!

WOW! That's a beautiful job! With a start like that, you'll be building contest winners before you know it.

Here's that 59 Lincoln I rehabbed a while ago. It's amazing what a little elbow grease, some Alclad and a few parts from Modelhaus can do!

Great job so far! Fixing up old glue bombs is a fun thing to do. A couple of years ago I did a '59 Lincoln that I got cheap off of Ebay. The paint and some of the parts fit never came out as good as I wanted but it displays well and was a lot of fun. I'll have to post some pictures when I can locate them. BTW, if you like Mr. Obsessive's up top idea, I have one that I think I can spare. Beware: It's pink!

WOW! This is great stuff! A lot of excellent tips and a subject of particular interest to me. The first car I can ever remember was the 1950 Merc that my family owned when I was a kid. Back then they were just used cars - not classics yet! I've been wanting to build one completely stock. I've NEVER seen that done before. They're always chopped, channeled, etc. which is totally cool but they were pretty cool right off the showroom floor, too. I'll definitely be following this one!

I've decided to do a new take on my avatar build. That's the old Glencoe/Lindberg Flying Saucer kit. I think the kit has about 8 parts total but I love it. This time out it gets an engine (Double Trouble early hemi) and there will be body (fuslage?) mods that I haven't done yet. What I have in mind is '59 Caddy tail fins. The original kit has a cockpit about 1/4" deep and only the head and upper torso of E.T.'s uncle so I've opened up the cockpit to full depth. A bucket seat from a Studebaker Avanti fits right in (wouldn't you know it!) and the pilot's head is getting matched up to an old Ulrich Mini-man body. Just havin' some fun with this one!

WOW! That's a beauty! I'm guessing it's the Modelhaus resin kit - gotta try one of those someday. I had a friend in the early 70's who had a solid black 1950 Nash with no gloss left on the original paint. Very sinister looking! Sort of a fat fendered rat rod. It was nicknamed "the Beastie." Talk about some room inside! I think you could have a barn dance in the back seat.

I hope everybody in DMCC apreciates just how cool it is that they have a model CAR club! I'm envious. There's a local model club that I belong to and it's full of great guys with a lot of skills but they're all military/aircraft/sci-fi builders. They just don't understand the car guy thing!

WOW! I think that's what it's supposed to look like! Great eye to see the potential in that kit!

Yeah, when I started building 1/25 was as big as 1/12 is now!! Must be those bleepin' **!#@?^ bean counters tryin' to cut costs on plastic!!

I'm on board with Mr Obsessive and Ed Shaver about the Studebakers! I could make a whole list of my favorite ones that I'd like to see but what's the point? Well, okay, how about a 62/63/64 GT Hawk? Does this one look okay or what?