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Those '71-'72 RR variants are already so sexy you can hardly go wrong with customizing. Great start, keep it going.

Ebay seller offering this as a sculpture and/or replicated movie prop. At first I thought it was BS, but the story behind the artistic effort is actually kind of interesting and worth a read, if not a chuckle. https://www.ebay.com/itm/cubed-Christine-movie-1958-Plymouth-tribute-scrap-junkyard-scene-Stephen-King/273447244907?hash=item3faab9d46b:g:i-4AAOSwwVBbkeh2

I regret I've been conspicuously quiet and haven't joined this year. I like the category and would like to participate, kit in hand. I just haven't touched my bench since before Xmas.

Sorry, an unapologetic, sentimental soft spot for the TJB.

Anyone got pics, albums, galleries etc?

I've had two Ranger XLT 4x4 reg cab 6-cyl. 5-spd with LONG BED. It's heavy duty in a small size and that extra foot of the long bed has time-and-again made all the difference. Wish I had a new version of it, because mine is pretty worn out. Otherwise it's the perfect all season northland truck for me.

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Yup, '59. Yeah, fins and all that, whatever. Regardless, all my life I've thought '59 was a transitional year that put a period on the end of 1950's styling and turned its head to the future. But short lived, because I think 1961 was also a transitional year that brought styling back down to earth, where it remained the rest of the 60's and beyond. Both years are my favorite.

Jack boy paid the price with the handle to the head.

Nicely planned and well executed.

Spot on for sure. Especially the care taken on the stance. That droopy butt is how I remember most of those worn out tubs.

There's a lot of inspiration here. I can't get past the slope of that windshield, which kind of throws a wrench in the works, but all the rest is inspiring. Beautiful body and paint.

Tough category. A deserved win, congrats.

The monolith action figure is hilarious. I'd love to have heard that pitched on Shark Tank. In fact, I'd love to have heard that pitched in the Medicom R&D meeting.

When I met Bob Shelton at the last GSL, he implored me to attend this event. While I've always understood that it was the "Big East" his emphatic personal endorsement has really made me think hard about flying out. Great effort on the pics Tim.

The photo is 'shopped, but I think the car is real (or a pretty good rendering). The repeated gravel pattern in the foreground is pretty hack.

Black magic should be disallowed. Great pics Brad, thanks for sharing.

I had an awakening last year when I drifted into a gaming shop, which I've ignored for the past five years. Lots of gaming related models and specialty paints I'd never heard of. Good stuff. Still not interested in the gaming culture, but there is a whole underground modeling community putting their creations to battle every Saturday.

I didn't agree with this at first, but almost all such structures show a history of repairs or remods set to the standard of their time. I just have weak faith in the lasting quality of today's consumer driven products and labor standards. But, I guess time will determine how that will be judged, just as it defines our respect for what has been done prior.

Gonna have to go with this one. I've been in a mid life crisis in one form or another since I was 30. For the most part I still feel bulletproof, just don't have the spring in my achilles like before. Sage advice from my 72 year old brother, "If you haven't done something you want to do by the time you're in your 50's, you're probably not going to do it." So consider what you want, dig deep and do it so you'll never wonder.

It was built over centuries by craftsmen who committed their lives to it as an act of spiritual devotion. Could it ever be rebuilt to the same artisanship when you can hardly find anyone to spit on the sidewalk without money, bureaucracy, shortcuts, politics and union demands?

I recognize it. It's an interior shot of my office.

BTW, what kits have a good 1/24 stock steel wheel?