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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?

On a side note, to my eye, this kit looks to be 1/24, while the wheels on all examples I've seen look 1/25. A bit too small. Monogram's 1/24 GT Radial with the scripts sanded off might look nice if you don't need a bias ply tire.

Kind of a shame that this generation of Monogram kits had such proportional baggage. Mine remains half built the past 25-yrs too. Looking forward to seeing it with decals Gene.

This is in really nice shape, almost no warpage. For that reason I'd say restore to original. If you prefer to paint and BMF, then I recommend using enamels that won't etch into the plastic like lacquer so the next generation owner can strip and restore if they wish.

For a 1-part glazing putty, I do like the Bondo product because I can thin it with lacquer thinner and use it as thick or thin as I want. The two-part Bondo is primary for filling and body work but for surfacing I sometimes thin the 1-part and brush it on as a heavy primer or for feathering body work.

Brilliant idea. Well presented tutorial too.

Last week I had the awesome privilege of attending a presentation by special effects legend Richard Edlund. It was a small crowd and I got to visit with him afterward. He and John Dykstra developed Industrial Light and Magic at the request of George Lucas. Among Edlund's four academy awards for special effects is Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and a special achievement academy award. Earlier in his career he hand lettered the trademark font for And it's his hand as "Thing" in the opening of the Addams Family. Riveting to hear how he and his team solved unique FX problems for Hollywood in films like Poltergeist, Die Hard and more.

Killer......................

This particular kit is highly sought here in my hometown of Fargo, ND because the cover image represents a plane that flew here with our Air National Guard from 1969 to 1977. The 119th Fighter Wing, "The Happy Hooligans" as indicated on the red tail strip. Back when the town was half the size it is today, most people knew somebody who flew in one of the two seats because it was all local pilots flying them. I have my kit, but it took a couple years to find one (before ebay took off). Unfortunately, there were two mishaps with this plane including a mid air collision during training. Though there were no fatalities, one plane was lost and the other had to return to Fargo with part of its wing missing. My brother-in-law worked at the ANG wrenching on missiles when the plane returned. He said to stay airborne the plane couldn't fly less than about 250 MPH so that's how fast it had to land, requiring the arresting cables at the end of the runway to stop it.

I know these kits are fussy, but everyone, including yourself, seems to make them spectacular.