Lunajammer

Anyone living in the snow belt has seen this truck. Spot on. Great work.

1983 My first car was a $400 '73 Chevelle and I hated it! Sucked gas like a truck, nothing on the dash worked but headlights, primered body work, paint like chalk, Keystone mags, leaked everything including through windows, entire interior was warped & rotted, including the headliner. But then, there was every evidence that it had been submerged (dried mud under the rear package deck?). How could you not be sentimental of a car like that? Yeah, I'd up for preserving that memory in 1/25.

Since the "Cormaro" is a cut 70's funny car body, the front is, in real life, only a fiberglass facade to imply the look of a Camaro. The grill, lights & bumper are molded in and relatively flat. I didn't think I could make it look real so I exaggerated it by extending the grill opening and drilling out the fake headlights... Buckets from the Revell '53 Chevy fill the holes and contribute to the extruded look of the front end. Almost looks like a fish face saying, "OMG we're gonna win!"

Looks like you done well. Your old man should be proud.

Over at the replica prop forum it's not so much a question of trust, but a question of community. They have a minimum post count and time as a member before you can trade. They don't want hucksters joining just to "get" something then split. They want members who contribute to the overall participation. Otherwise it's just grab and go with no accountability, no sharing and no benefit to the other members.

I would encourage you to consider that lack of responses does not equal lack of interest. 2,684 hits in a month doesn't sound like lack of interest. Most folks are not compelled to respond to every thread they open, but they come here every day or so to watch. You already have your followers and they're quietly waiting to see what you do next. .

All three are beautiful. Fun to look at and I might have to steal a couple of those color combos.

Another winner and a sexy subject choice. Looking forward to seeing this up close.

Hey, nice hustle Nick. Way to persevere. It's an interesting variety of Camaros. I guess I have to go with the Coupe, but I like the attitude the wheels give the street machine.

Thanks Doc, pretty interesting. I had a very similar job, it just wasn't for the movies, it was for a custom miniatures company. The actual building (when left alone to work) is rewarding but it's dampened by short budgets, low pay, demoralizing deadlines and usually unwelcome feedback from people only peripherally associated with the project who add their 2-cents long after you needed their input. But day to day, when things are humming and you have a wall of kits to pull parts from, a store of everything Evergreen makes, an arsenal of glues, vacu-form machines, resin, RTV rubber, lathe, every tool Micro-Mark makes and a couple fellow modelers to brainstorm with... then it's great fun. But not too many people last more than a few years.

Yes, the front wheels will be as is with the exception of some finishing and a bearing housing. Inside at the center of the coupler is a ridge that I want to keep as a drive track (photo 3). So to narrow the coupler into a rim I need the center ring and the outer edges. The rest goes.

I would think the only real advantage would be taking less anatomical mass into the wall. Some belt rash instead of crushed sternum.

Boy, did I pick the wrong time to start a CBP. I haven't been at the bench in weeks. But when I got there I worked on the back wheel which began as a PVC plumbing coupler. I liked the ridge on the inside center so to cut the wheel's width I couldn't just lop out the middle chunk and glue the ends. It had to be cut into five pieces. The 2nd and 4th sections are removed and the center and outer rims are glued with PVC glue. Five "O" rings are strapped on for tread and viola'. This is the rough idea behind the concept. The longer I look at this the more it looks like a shoe. A utopian shoe, mind you.

Striking colors and beautiful finish.

Wow Jan, that looks absolutely brutal. It screams power and aggression. Nice work on the pro-chargers. I wanted to do the same on mine but I don't have the skills or knowledge to make it convincing.

Say WHAAAT? Naturally, we think of unicycles when we think of Post Office . Must be symbolic. But then, I also never expected to see teamster chic when they recently rolled out ads promoting postal clothing as consumer casual wear.

Yes, I think it's nicer not being a rat rod. Fun little car. Wagons rule. Good job Dominik.

Everything you touch is a class act Rod. I never tire of seeing your engine micro-detailing.

Very nice model. I like your selection of colors. I too am a past owner of two Vega wagons. Your model was a nice reminiscer until I saw your engine and suffered a flashback of post traumatic stress.

Bummer Andy. I've been feeling the pinch lately too, almost 4 weeks since I've modeled. But there's a lot of year left.

Keep your expectations low, then you'll never be disappointed. Right Woody? Before you know it, even a 48 Lincoln or 37 Cord can become a gem. Glad you finished Gerry. For me nothing fuels my desire to build like a completion.

Does moving them to new albums then change the photo's URL address and make them blank out from all your posts that link to them?

Technically yes, one little slip and it's the chair for you and there's much urban legend about it. But I've never heard of it happening and those I know who've had such surgeries were renewed and felt reborn. All the best.

Where've you been dude? You should have been here long before. Glad you added the photos. The Monte is my favorite because it pretty much looks like how most of them looked by Y2K.