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Hey, great piece there Jim. Even made me do a Google search to see more about these Stingers. Pretty interesting concept car.

Fabulous. Beautiful engine and fresh take on the Chevelle. Are those guitar/bass and/or piano wires?

Your attic sounds exactly like mine. I just never got up the courage to actually put my studio up there, though that was the plan upon purchase. Too bad, it's a nice retro room typical of those 40's post war cracker box houses. Zen, I'd love to set up a seasonal exchange program with ya.

I love this car because nothing is more emblematic of American excess. "Flaunt it" styling, longer than a full size Caprice wagon, 12mpg and still no back seat leg room.

I actually got the first two-tone color on the Cor-Vex a week or two ago but nothing to brag about until all the body color is on. Otherwise... hey, it's summer what can ya say? The air is sweet, BBQ's are sizzling and the motorcycle can smell the lakes. Summer doesn't last long in these parts.

With some members, people I know, and not just older ones, they just want to enjoy models and related discussions and their eyes glaze over at words like pixel count, import and photo manipulation. The finer points of computer fluency I think is still a troublesome hassle for those who have no curiosity for it and just want to use it as a tool rather than as a craft.

I think H.R. Geiger's work is so unique that it doesn't cross over as well into the conventional. Fascinating B-mobile though. As promised earlier, here's another car from the cereal set. All of them were long, disproportionate and borrowed from familiar automotive influences. While not disagreeing with any of the previous comments, for now I just think the blue car patterned after a Batmobile from decades earlier just doesn't make any marketing sense to me.

Interesting info about the Style Guides. But if I'm reading correctly, you're proposing the blue car is replicating a Batmobile. I think that would be an odd choice for 1970 since comic Batmobiles didn't look anything like that at the time and styles of the pre-60's were definitively UN-cool at the beginning of the 70's. Then to have them marketed as "racers" (which I forgot to mention earlier). They all had racing stickers. I'll post a photo of one other from the set later today.

Even if Geiger had seen the blue toy, I doubt he would have been caught dead (heh, heh) copying it.

I did do a Google search for the comic reference after Borg's response but I don't think I found what you guys are referring to. Anyone got the comic illustration to post? I'm not familiar with it. For what it's worth, the other toys in the set were all different kinds of cars.

The cereal box toy preceded the movie cars by almost 20-years, coincidence? I say too many to ignore. Anyone have any knowledge of a connection between the toy designers and Hollywood designers?

This toy was offered in Kelloggs or Post cereals in 1970. That’s where I got it. One or two of you might remember there was a set of four to collect right out of the box. I’m proposing for discussion that the movie batmobiles were inspired by, if not strongly influenced by this. The cockpit, though more classic of the 50's & 60's, is reinterpreted for 1989, and the fender vents are too hard to ignore. And if you think it’s a bit of a stretch to connect the Keaton batmobile to the cereal toy, consider the Clooney batmobile.

Yeah, TOMB stone judging by the looks of the guy waiting for the bathroom. He probably shouldda just knocked.

Fantastic! Inspiring.

Music and car fans unite! The guy said he worked at a music store for 15-years and just couldn't bear to let some damaged and unwanted instruments get trashed. (Of course, he also said the winters here are too long).

The three spoke may not look exactly like your drawings but it still looks cool. In chrome, nobody would know you intended otherwise, even if only the smallest star was chrome. Salvageable.

Messy, very. But I don't like filth, so I sand over a waste basket when I can and clean up debris and tailings every so often. However the clutter is at the verge of tolerability.

The topic heading doesn't seem like that impossible of a question. I've done it a few times years ago, I just can't remember what it came to. It can't be to the penny, but you can estimate a percentage of the consumables you use and their costs and add it to the project specific receipts. Accuracy could be within a buck or so. I do seem to recall the hours spent was more disheartening than the money.

I'd sure like to see more of this Christopher. I couldn't find it in a search Under Glass. If you never posted it, I'd be interested in seeing more of it there.

Good info Plowboy. I think I've used most of the stuff mentioned above, but nothing really got after lacquer very well once it's etched into the plastic the way I would have expected the chrome undercoat would do. I'll look into your suggestion.

Probably my favorite Petty car. I enjoyed the build and you did a great job. It's a beauty. Are those wheels the right scale?

Okay, so how do you remove the lacquer? Doesn't it become one with the plastic itself?

Jeepers have you got a good handle on the paint! Love the grill, it looks just right. Nice to see your work here Slusher.

Wow, I must have been sleeping to miss this first time around. Stunning detail. Superior work.

Was the part cold and dry then taken outside into hot and humid where condensation could have interfered?