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Is that for real? For an Aston, the windows look a bit cobbled together and the roof behind the drivers window could be interpreted as photoshopped. Just askin'.

Here's my Cannonball Heritage Club lineup beginning with the last SA run.

Bought an F-5E fighter from a grocery/drug store in Taipei Taiwan while visiting my brother, who was a Northrup-Grumman rep. Box markings & instructions were all in Chinese, but looked very much like the Monogram 1/48 F-5. The cover art had Taiwan ROC AF aggressor squadron markings and my brother's work associate, Col. Chu, was the squadron leader. I asked the man if that was his plane on the cover. He said it wasn't his but he had on occasion flown that plane with that tail number. I was thrilled and asked him to please sign the instruction sheet in English and Chinese. With a touch of modesty, he did so and we visited. A couple days later, my brother hosted a house party for a handful of Taiwanese military leaders and associates. Col. Chu was there and he pulled me aside and presented me with a squadron key ring with a 2-inch cast metal, etched and brushed fob of the squadron logo in a case. He said it was for "honoring" him by asking for his autograph on the instructions.

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I guess I could see where the untrained eye might see a resemblance, you know, if you squint. But that's my fault. I didn't provide any sense of scale. This carefully calibrated measuring apparatus provided by the Institute of Weights and Measures shows it can easily fit into a Corvette. So... Funny you mention it, our team has been using the term "light up every town we pass through" but mostly as a speed reference.

Thanks Bruce. Yeah, with caution tape, hazmat warnings and sponsor logos, It'll blend. Any insights on the Cuda?

You can see how conspiracy theories evolved since the ‘90s about secret government programs that developed vastly greater gas milage and how the technology existed but was being squelched and denied by co-conspiring government leaders and big oil companies. From fragmented clues leaked from the MIR research, many ridiculous claims have circulated through the (then) new and growing world wide web. The truth in some cases was greater than fiction, it was just midguided.

Okay, the science behind my Corvette entry, I ask for your patience. In summary, the Corvette will be carrying a Nitrous Turbolene generator. Turbolene is a molecule that when combined with Nitrous Oxide creates an unprecedented infusion of power to a conventional internal combustion engine. With the Nitrous Turbolene generator, the potent gas combination is fed in automated spurts to the engine. A manual injection paddle on the steering wheel can override the automation. As spelled out in this Scientific American cover story, the LT-1 Corvette is perfectly suited as a test vehicle for a practical application of a mobile NOS turbolene generator. It’s roomy enough to carry all its parts and has the engine and performance platform to handle the speeds and agility we hope to apply. You may have read in 2003 that years of Russian research on space station MIR had validated Sergey Yevchenko’s immense mathmatical theory of turbolene which predicted the complex molecule. The full chemical names is TURBOMETHYL­AMIDO­PHENYL­DIMETHYLPETROL­PYRANITROZOLONENE It’s not a sustainable fuel on its own but when combined with liquid petroleum, can expand output, duration and MPG far beyond any other current technology. At the point of detonation within a cylinder, a turbide ion is released (represented by the green ball in the graphic below) which feeds atoms into the petroleum which in turn creates spontaneous compounding petroleum molecules in such a volatile reaction that only a small amount of petroleum is necessary to complete the burn. The NOS assures that the oxygen mix remains stable and healthy. Sergey Yevchenko’s mathematical prediction shown below was so complex only five people were able to decipher, prove and replicate it. Exhaustive Western research was hampered early on when the American collaborator, celebrated Princeton professor Arnett Cummings, forgot to carry the one in step11. The turbolene generator is actually the smallest but heaviest unit inside the whole system which includes two decaliter reservoirs that are continually pressurizing. The turbolene generator, or “doughnut,” produces the elusive molecule that allows the NOS and fuel to burn with unprecedented output while lubricating and cooling within the cylinder in ways liquid oxygen fails, yet energy expansion is compounded. The "doughnut" diagramed below, has been engineered to safely generate, store and feed from one unit, and for the first time is mobile enough to be transported in a conventional road vehicle.

Excellent. That answers many questions. Good job Tulio.

This is great! I enjoyed the WIP too. Love the personality of the whole project. Super clean product. BTW, I think the window masks are brilliant and I wish all such kits had them.

A lot of ill-will for these 54s but I love these car and I've got two I've been dabbling with (and a 1:1 '53 in the shed). The side trim is not strongly defined so grinding 'em off is no great loss. Looking forward to more.

The thing is though, it's already kind of a weathered color, as opposed to the bright green in the photo. I'm not sure weathering would stand out that well on those colors. It would be lots of brown.

I'm in. AMT 1990 Corvette ZR1. You might have heard Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson on CNN this morning discussing optimism for 2017, saying that striving for greater goals (like flying to Mars) is what fuels innovation that is applied to our every day lives. If you can believe, the ZR1 Corvette is the ideal test platform for new fuel expansion technology that's never been road tested, or for that matter, never been made mobile before. More on the science of that later.

At work I can see what day it is, how many more days to deadlines, be reminded of a dentist appointment, which holiday is coming up, the phase of the moon, see last months calendar with next months calendar and get a boffo cool photo, all with just a glance of the eye. Now THAT's technology. Lets see your phone do that.

If anyone is interested, excerpts of Brock Yates' book "Cannonball! Worlds Greatest Outlaw Road Race" is HERE. There are several short chapters of testimonials from people who participated in the races and they give interesting insights into what it was like driving, what they drove, how they set up their cars and the personalities of the merry band of scofflaws. Good storytelling.

I can make decals if anyone wants some. As a commercial artist I'm fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator and can easily set these up. Anybody who wants one, maybe give me an indication of the size you'll need (as accurately as possible) and I'll set up them up at varying sizes. They'll be printed at high resolution on an office Xerox laser printer on either Microscale or Bare Metal decal paper. If you guys want the "10" in the red field as originally mentioned by Jantrix I'll add that. PM me and when they're ready I'll send you my address. Send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I'll mail them out to you. I prefer to print these once so I'll take requests prior to printing. If one of our screen printing decal makers offers to do it, I'll defer to them for printing.

Wait, what? Very interesting. Nice clean build too.

Top shelf buddy. Such a handsome and detailed model.

I was surprised to discover Mini Driver's disc "Everything I've Got in My Pocket." It's very good. A disc to fill that female-easy-listening slot in your library.

Yep. Cool airplane but building the model is like building two models, takes twice the effort or more, than building a single fuselage aircraft. Part of their appeal is they're plentiful and affordable. I can hardly remember a time when they weren't on the hobby store shelves.

Bruce and Misha, big congratulations. Very difficult to choose a winner so I shouldn't be surprised that the win is shared. Jay, MLM and MeatMan, you have nothing to hang your head about. I really liked ALL the entries for their own merits. Fun race gentlemen, I salute you.

Love the car conversion. This is the treatment I intended to take for the Aussieball, but I didn't get any models built in 2016. Nice work.

Yeah, the incident on the plane didn't sound good. 15-minutes on CPR. Hard to be encouraged when she was only alive because of life-support. I kind of liked Postcards from the Edge. RIP.

How you keep all that perfectly symmetrical and perfectly straight is beyond me. It does look kind of fun though for someone who would have the patience, confidence and skill.

I used to believe that if it didn't roll it wasn't a completed car model, that glueing the wheels solid was an easy cop-out from having to finesse accurately turning wheels on stubborn models. I've since done a 180 and now believe non-turning wheels are more practical. Rolling wheels on models without metal axles means to be loose enough to turn, they are usually wobbly and wonky. Glue 'em.

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