Lunajammer

A sappy comment, the sort of which I seldom post, but on a traditional day of thanks I wish to express my gratitude to all the members of this forum who have passively taught me new techniques, introduced me to new products, shown me "what's in the box," inspired me with their creativity and most of all supported my efforts and given me a place to present my creations. Modeling is a reclusive hobby and one I don't generally share outside the modeling community, so thanks for being that community.

I’m noticing in the category directory that some new threads are showing number of replies while number of views remains zero.

I agree with you completely, with the exception of this particular model. Perhaps guilt by association? While the GM fastbacks look good, their diminished truck space was not as popular. That's why I compare it more to the Mercs and not so much with the other conventional (trunk endowed) coupes and sedans.

I've often wondered why this design is sort of the lost child of early postwar fastbacks. I've always thought it's a lovely design, is as attractive as the '49 Merc and could even inform the coming '53-'54 Chevies. The forward swept pillars and verticals give it nice visual action and the high sills imply a slight chop. I've only seen two my whole life.

Another example of the whole being lesser than the sum of its parts. I believe this is a test bed of all the style influencers of the coming generation of cars placed on one 3D, walk-around presentation.

The item on the right is used to smack someone upside the head to make that cartoon sound “BRAAANG!”

That one had more in common with the Austin Powers movies, in that the sum of its parts is greater than the whole. Good for a laugh scene by scene.

I think audience expectations are more sophisticated now than they were in 1990. I don't think Cruise & Co. can afford to do a schmaltzy sequel. For that reason, like Maverick, I expect it to transcend the bubble gum crowd and strive for a stronger measure of authenticity along with character and story development (of course, along with some eye-rolling plausibles).

There's no financial advantage to bidding early except for convenience. As far as I'm concerned all auctions could last 10-seconds. That said, I don't buy off ebay very often so if it's something I want bad enough and/or cheap enough, I'll make the appointment. That really paid off when I took the chance and bought my motorcycle there. Saved me many, many hundreds.

Across the street from work today.

Been riding this when time avails for 23 years, 1999 Honda VT1100C3 Aero. I designed and painted the aftermarket hard bags and had a body shop clear coat them. '59 Caddy taillight lenses fit the turn signals like butta' so they had to go on.

A small but disheartening update to the 74 GTX. It’s been sitting in the heat of my attic all summer and I can still easily dent the clear coat with a thumbnail. When I return to this in the fall I guess I’ll have to be satisfied with a low luster sheen than a high gloss wet look. Oh well, onward and upward

While I agree with all this, I think there is also more socio-political pressure than there was 50-years ago. Culturally, our current appetite for risk is far from what it was when the space program was being run by war generation men ready and willing to wager their lives on somewhat precarious technology. Fallout from failure today is vastly farther reaching than in 1967. Almost nobody I know knows what Apollo 1 was, but they all know vividly where they were when Challenger went. A high profile failure today could fatally damage whole industries. There is no room for even the implication of chance.

Some really solid work here Nathan, not just in design and layout but in copy writing. My only critique would be to pull your copy and assets in from the edges a bit to add some relief to that tension.

That color really seals the deal. Super smooth on the carpet flocking. What do you use for the door handle hubs?

July 3rd, a deadly quiet day at the office with the sales staff either off or "working remotely" ?. I decided to make a pencil drawing. I didn't like how thin the graphite looked so I started highlighting with a fat, black marker which was very clunky. I found some 25 year old Pantone markers, only the fat ends worked so I was basically burying the problems with problems. With further touchups with a 25 year old felt pen and a white pastel pencil, I finished. Been a long time since I tried markers, now I remember why I never liked using them. BTW, I traced the basic outline so don't give me too much credit.

Nice work Andrew, came out very nice.

This is one of those offerings I call a "canvas" kit. Its relatively straight lines (not many compound curves), vintage features and plentiful custom parts make it a canvas of creativity for customizing, chopping, shaping and kit bashing. I love it.

Wow, those are beautiful.

Featured in the David Carradine movie "Cannonball!" Doesn't end well for ol' yeller.

Thanks for posting the pics Steve, was glad to see them. I'd just driven back from Iowa the night before and just didn't have it in me to hit the road early for another long road trip. Maybe next year.

Fun and challenging project. Turned out good and it's right up Snake's alley. Yeah, he'd be pleased.

Astonishing news. This is depressing. I once even posted a thread acknowledging his contributions that keep this forum talking and buzzing. I could conceivably see activity here dropping slightly in the wake of his absence. RIP.

PAPYRUS!!

Cadillacs seem to be a preferred platform.