Lunajammer

Ironic. In 1995 while I was a news producer at our NBC affiliate, I efforted just such a project. I laid out a show outline which included three feature stories bridged by short blurbs that included industry updates and new products and loosely patterned its format after the old PBS show “Motor Week.” It encompassed all plastic modeling. I had access to a set, talent and anyone in production who cared to volunteer. I went to a Minneapolis IPMS show and shot a lot of tape, did at least one interview and scripted and edited together a sample feature. I phoned the program director of our local PBS station who expressed preliminary interest, said it timed out perfectly and wanted me to keep him posted. I felt "Adventures In Scale Modeling" (hilarious title) was a good and thoughtful program but its creeping pace could only hold the attention of the most committed modelers. To make my program more accessible to the casual viewers, model builds would also feature the 1:1 action that inspires model building and hopefully inspire viewers to make a direct connection between the things that excite them and the building itself. Modeling would always be the focus but that alone just isn’t enough to hold an audience. I barely got a start on the spec program before it became clear it was a bigger project than I could manage in my spare time. Not long after I was a casualty of a budgetary mass layoff. I still have complete faith in the concept but the modeling environment has changed since 1995 and I’m not sure PBS would still be interested, but as stated in previous responses, PBS would be the venue.

Beautiful jet car.

Well ya can't go wrong with those SD's, always a compelling subject and considering it's been a while, I'd say you're right where you're supposed to be. I'll bet you're already planning how to top yourself for the next one. Nice work and thanks for giving us a look.

Exactly. It's amazing how much attention you can get from a pair of red shoes.

My rental house was broken into. Thief stole a VCR, $5 and an iron? By the footprints we think a neighbor kid figured out how to break in, then didn't know what to do once he got in. A cop went over to worry him up a little. A storage unit I rented with a girlfriend got broken into. All my auto restoration tools, supplies and some parts were there but all they took was her TV and futon

May I be chauvinistic for a moment...? Get in the line with the most men (including the checker). Men are on a task to get in and get out. Women delight more in the purchase and social transaction and savor the moment more. (p.s. I don't want to miss a chance to say I love your work and writing Drew).

Unless you want to cover decals, Joe, I'm not sure (gloss) clearcoating will contribute anything. It's been too long for me to remember specifics but my thought upon polishing the plastic is I couldn't do better with coatings, partly because the plastic is flawlessly smooth right into recessed areas. The part I don't remember is whether it makes the plastic color appear richer. Maybe someone else can elaborate. Either way, the plastic wouldn't really be naked if you're polishing a coating.

It seals in the freshness . Just make sure you're completely confident it's not lacquer. I've seen some clears that don't indicate what it is.

Grab a Hemi Hydro, flip it upside down and start adding on

Beautiful original work. The pair looks even better. You should be proud.

Good thing I opened the thumbnails in panel 1. At a glance I thought you were showing samples of the 1:1 that inspired the model photos. They're ALL models. Too bad the paint's not rubbed out, but your small details are impeccable. I might have to use these as references.

I had to google it. Pretty handsome ute.

Darin, you have crystalized that thought very well. Nicely put. I believe model companies know you can't please all the people all the time, so I trust they look at their own business plan and use these boards as a barometer, rather than complete, bankable market research.

Beautiful work as usual Dominik. I'm glad you beat the rush of new kits.

Au contraire mon frere. The burden of not being a minimalist is what got me here. Too much stuff, not the least of which is kits. Regarding building, after being driven to the edge by trying to top myself with more and more detail, I got burned out. Backed off, drew a line and said this is where modeling stops being fun. Avoid going beyond that line or you'll never finish. As per another thread, that's why I prefer the older kits with fewer parts count. I can add detail if I want but kit the doesn't require me to. Less is more.

The problem with Warhol's statement, if taken verbatim and especially considering the source, is that it's devoid of any emotional connection. Your interpretation is assuming that doing art is joyful for you, regardless of what others think. Warhol's statement, which is more characteristic of his style, is just ###### out as much as you can and let others assign value. Yours of course, is more healthy. Lately, my life motto (and detail level motto) has more and more become, "less is more." I'm sure it has nothing to do with ten years of designing billboards.

Salvador Dali would be proud.

Ace I'm awfully close to being your biggest fan. Your work ups always look exactly right.

The part I don't get is why companies charge licensing fees to model companies who are essentially branding for them, then spend big $$ to pass out free T-shirts and promotional items all over the place to keep their name in front of the public.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say there WAS one guy in the history of Model Ts who personalized his vehicle, maybe to flaunt his purchase to the horse riding dirt people. It looked exactly like this. Great eye appeal Bob and pretty impressive for a two day effort.

Just lovely!

I'm not a gear head so I don't enjoy getting lost in the mechanical details that newer kits provide with such clarity and numbers. I love the old kits because less is more. I feel there's more room to be creative without running into fit issues with multiple sub assemblies down the line. Sure the old kits are grubby but that's no big deal and the subject matter is great.

Just a teeny-weeny update. My micro modeling stinks but with a little clean up (and distance) these custom taillights should be okay. I'd always planned to make my own, I just didn't know what I was going to do until last night. Meh. And I think this car needs a couple chromium roll bars to raise the visual height behind the tall windshield. Oh, and of course, (ahem) safety.

Then along with Chris B, I'll just make it unanimous.

With all due respect to your son in law, it was an innocent question and he meant well, but that's about the least engaging thing you could ask considering N.A. probably hasn't left the house in 40-years without some yokel asking him that. I had the privilege of visiting with Frank Borman (Apollo 8, Gemini 7) for about ten minutes and admittedly didn't really know what to say if I didn't want to sound like Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney. Remember when you went to the moon? That was awesome.