Lunajammer

One of the highest ranking models I've ever seen personally was a flat finished, meticulous rod. But it all harkens back to my first piece of advice ever offered to me for contests. "Gotcha Factor." The gut wow. I think it's in our DNA to perk up to shiny objects. But regardless of sheen, if the immediate impact is wow, even before pen lights, magnifying glasses and calipers come out, you're halfway home. A separate category for sheen I'm afraid will happen slowly.

The blessing is I doubt he ever knew the severity of his wreck. Listen to Johnny, Harry. Everybody who knows and participates in thrill sports acknowledges the possibility of the worst. It's not an original thought and doesn't make you a jerk. Blurting it out while people are still in shock and mourning is what make you heartless. It's simple respect for the victim and those who cared. The sort that is tossed aside with such ease these days.

I saw the thread technique demonstrated at a club meeting. It was so efficient, precise and the cut line was very fine, very little plastic lost. The BIG trick though, is how to best secure your car without damage while yanking on the thread hard enough to cut plastic.

I watched the whole thing, race and post. Pretty emotional. Hard to believe. Hard to see so many heroes from that race in tears and embraces.

Wow. Every detail is so carefully thought out and photographs so well. It's exquisite.

I'm afraid I'd cut it up into custom parts.

I would urge you keep posting on Craigslist. Most collectors I personally know are not builders so they don't visit this site or shop ebay much. But they ALL watch Craigslist like hawks for lots, auctions and estate sales, etc. They are traders and sellers and like the simplicity of dealing locally if it means gathering up boxes of kits (rather than paying shipping).

For those of us who enjoyed Space Ghost as kids in the 60's, I found Space Ghost Coast to Coast so funny I'm still laughing. Unfortunately, for the few Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes I've seen, I have yet to crack a smile. I SO don't get it. I must be out of the demographic. I'm pretty much on board with most of everything else on the previous posts.

Let's also not forget that his wealth is not all liquid. That's not just hoarded cash, but includes wealth tied up in assets, commerce, jobs and economic flow. That, in itself, is doing something for us.

I've worked with two extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs. They were callous, demoralizing and treated the very people who made them rich like necessary liabilities. Yet I have immense respect for their vision, accomplishments and commitment. I've concluded that most successful entrepreneurs are goal oriented visionaries. It's their very nature to swiftly and impressively scale obstacles, which includes other people's opinions and feelings, in pursuit of their mission. We who work for them may not like it, but it's not a bad thing to be a tool in their box and contribute to something great. Frankly, most of us who are sympathetic to the human condition could never be like that, it's not in our nature. But if we recognize and understand that they may have never had the chance to learn people skills then we won't take their lack of tact personally. As I told my girlfriend, Steve Jobs made great accomplishments at the expense of the things that you and I would never sacrifice, but we get to benefit from it.

Yup, don't get hasty about the finish after you've invested so much in the build up. Take your time. This public service message brought to you by THE SLOWEST MODEL BUILDER IN THE WORLD!

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me. . . . . . . (Oh come on, you knew somebody was going to say it)

Chuck, I thought a tubbing was going to look dorky but I was way wrong. That looks REALLY neat. Looks powerful.

I like the idea of a show car. Something of the same vintage, like maybe these. I don't know how much money or energy you'll have left after Bride of Deora, but even Bat-ifying something like an Avanti might be cool. My first thought was build the chassis and interior of a Corvette or 57 T-Bird and build a body around it with blister packaging, sporks or whatever plastic shapes you can find. Hopefully these would be kits that are still fairly accessible.

This question might be a little out of line, but would you consider posting plans or posting tracings of your parts? If not, I understand. I love projects like these.

Along Junkman's theme, the Bradley GT. Every town had one for about two minutes.

Cool steering. It's a submarine yoke. Don't hit the breaks too hard and slide that forward, it might take a couple hundred fathoms to get back. And that my friend is.... (wait for it) no YOKE! Geez I kill me. (Nice touch on the headrests by the way).

Joe, I give you a ton of credit for having the nads to put down the textured paint. But now that it's been a day, are you still feeling the sand cast look? Especially with the starship console? Just wondering.................. 'cuz................ 'cuz................. well maybe it could grow on me in sort of a Flintstones meets Jetsons way.

Sniping at a standard auction is the only way to get items at manageable prices and is the only way I bid, if I have the time to be there at the end, which is not too often. An early bid is an out-bid. Why give people the time to convince themselves to go higher than they'd planned and allow them to jack up your bid to the limit? Personally, I'd love to see a site where the auctions last just ten seconds. All interested parties show what they're willing to spend and that's it. No drama, no hard feelings, no regrets. Best offer auctions work too though. Those folks usually seem reasonable.

Sure Bat. We're all friends here. We know you're gluing. "Bug" is what we tell our employers when we're in the modeling zone and we just need that one more day to push through and we don't want to use up a vacation day. BTW, I love the conference seating in the last pic.

It happens to us all. You're not enjoying it enough to continue. The answer for me is to walk away. Box everything up, organize, clean and dust and walk away for as long as it takes. Sure I'm always thinking about but eventually I miss it and come back with new vigor and usually the obstacles that held me up in the first place appear miniscule.

A tragedy, the scope of which can't be fully comprehended from news accounts. The conservative casualty count will most certainly rise. For those of us who monetarily support the preservation of warbirds, this will fuel the debate over whether they should continue to fly or should be grounded to be preserved for future generations while we still have them. Regardless of debate, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families, race-goers and the community.

I just love extreme subjects like this. As cool as the transport idea is, I could sure see a party pool back there too.

Scouts honor, I LOL! Thanks Gus I think I needed that today, it's going in my arsenal. Does anybody think it's not an accident that the rims look like Hotwheels?

Camaro fugly? I fart in your general direction (insert python-esque emoticon here). Challenger's got it at the back end and tail lights, but Camaro's sexier (and I'm not even a brand loyalist).