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When it comes to masking that fine, I still find Bare Metal Foil to be as good as anything.

What else can I add? A beautiful, progressive, modern hot rod. Details are spot on, and that finish... wow.

>>The choice of a '41 Plymouth as a kit series is an interesting story as well. Model Cars journalist/builder Bill Coulter acted as a go-between with AMT and Richard Petty, and as thanks, AMT told Bill they would kit a pre-war Mopar of his choice. He picked the '41 Plymouth, but the Sedan Delivery, not the coupe. AMT thought the coupe would sell better (they were probably right), and that's how the kit came about. And now you know...the rest of the story (or something like that). TIM<< I never knew something like subject selection was as fickle as favor passing. Too bad he didn't choose the aerocoupe if that's the era he liked.

If you really want to see him as a delightfully cool and self involved character, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Wish his part bigger, neat character.

She's boning up on the engineering, so when it's smashing time she'll know their weaknesses.

I'm sure you do good stuff, but one man's treasure is another man's garbage. We have a pretty good air museum. Among the displays are a couple cases loaded with more pathic glue bombs than should be in public view. I'm sure whoever did them was proud of them, died, willed them to the museum and to be sympathetic to the family's wishes the museum displays them. There may be benefactor/membership money involved, or he may have been an honored volunteer. Same goes for our county museum. People die and dump their treasures onto the museum with expectations that everybody else will value their junk as much as they did. Donating your stuff to a museum is simply passing a problem onto them until your models get so abused they get trashed 15-years later unless you have a personal connection to the museum or you're a significant community figure. Your models will never be more treasured than by other modelers. I'd say keep them in the modeling community.

I wouldn't get too hung up on comments. The number that counts is how many views. I pretty much only comment on builds that connect with me at some personal level. But I still enjoy looking at almost all of them. Sort of like models on a contest table, you can't expect every looker to flag you down to offer you their comments but they love seeing what you brought. Your modeling post is still being appreciated and since you're primarily building for yourself, what does it matter what other people say? But if you seek feedback, you can stoke the discussion by requesting feedback on specific things. There are plenty of folks on here who would love to tell you everything they know.

Hey, I'm in already. (Ref. Cannonball 2013).

A real trophy piece John.

For what it's worth, last year I went back and recovered photos of all the finishers of all the years. I thought maybe for the 10th year I'd post a retrospective. Sadly, some of the earlier SAE photos had broken links but I got one representative photo of each entry that's still online.

I've bought the Golden Gate Bridge version just because the photo etching was so good I knew it would make great detail parts. I just saw the Millennium Falcon version just this weekend.

Touche' my friend. Beautiful model.

So beautiful. One of the nicest Montes I've seen.

Good point. The editing of the reality shows is as much a character of the story telling as the actors. Even if it's editing in reactions and looks that were filmed out of context. Add some jitter cam for excitement, and some melodramatic music sounds and you got yer self a bonafide reality show.

I admire your putty throwing. I know how time consuming it is to sand and shape in those tight, recessed areas. I"m still trying to get on board with the door character line, but as you said, over the top isn't always pretty but it's true vintage. Fantastic craftsmanship and perseverance. Please keep going.

They're not scripted per se, but they are directed. They are given a plot point and situational conditions and encouraged to keep it lively, then let the personalities do the rest. True that on the speech patterns. I believed they are coached there too so they're not as droll as they would be if left to their own natural deliveries. There's too much at risk when doing a TV show to leave things too much to chance.

This is one of those times, Michael, when modeling is a very small matter. I'm sure you lost things more precious. My GF lost everything but family and animals in a house fire so I understand your loss. However, if modeling helps bring some normalcy back, then all the better.

When I start losing interest, revise my original plan and push myself to get it done.

Looks like it's plumbed to me. Sort of a cross between steampunk and dieselpunk.

Let's face it, guys will always be adolescent about some things and we don't make apologies. We also don't always apologize for what we find interesting or what makes us laugh.

CUTTING: For long straight lines, rather than cut on the model, cut your strip with a metal ruler while it's still on the backing (a little trial and error for width is worth it). Every BMF job I do uses both techniques. Both are fiddly so might as well embrace it. ADHESION: If you polished your model first, finishing wax inhibits adhesion. De-wax/degrease first. COST: Same as the price of a can of Duplicolor spray paint and will last for many projects Nothing intimidating.

Really superb technique and results. Your airbrush control is fabulous. Your photos are informative too.

Maybe Jairus can shed some light on his contribution to that box artwork.

I used to do model masters for an executive gift and advertising company, some of the samples at this site are ones I did ten years ago. It was both fun and challenging and the modeling education was exciting. Burnout factor though... Just saying, there can be job satisfaction with these kinds of jobs for as long as it suits you.