Lunajammer

American Gigolo.

Time to bump. Let's see more.

Beautiful build Elmer. Looks like a lot of busy work that came together nicely. If you have any closeups of the engine Sam, I wouldn't mind a peek.

Thanks for all good vibes folks. Nice way to head into the weekend.

That really looks lovely. I'm always glad to see justice done to rare kits.

Thanks so much for the compliment Ben. But actually you give me too much credit. I consider this period to be the modeling Renaissance. Aftermarket products were coming out of nowhere, multiple car modeling magazines on the shelves and paints were getting better and broader. I would say there's nothing on this build that predated anything today.

I'm humbled to hear that Wayne. I do appreciate you sharing. The enthusiasm and fellowship you Winnipeg guys bring to the model shows is always contagious.

I'm not that good Steven . Script is just painted silver over the top coat.

This is strikingly attractive. Your color pallet is very sophisticated. Wonderful!

FINS!

This is from the archives, built about 1992. May have been my first BMF effort and I think my first hard core polishing effort. I've been playing with my camera, the auto white balance vs. background color. May be old, but it's one I've always been proud of.

I spent tonight shaping and lowering the four separate wheel wells. Lots of interference in the front so the contouring was time consuming (cut, fit, cut, fit) but I have yet to encounter any problems that escalate into a domino effect of problems. In other words things so far have been going pleasantly well. There's no rush to finish but I only get a couple months. Modeling stops for summer around April and it's hard to recover the momentum in the fall.

My only concern would be if voters need to register and create an account for the free site in order to vote. That might ward off a lot of voters. Even if we had to stay within the confines of this forum, it could still be done with a "none of the above" tab on all questions, then just pick the one car and "none of the above" on all the rest. Either way, we're sitting okay for the final vote.

Delightfully sinister. Looks pretty freakin' fast too.

How embarrassing. I have a professional acquaintance named Bill Watts.. The confusion. This is my vote. Insufferably conservative. Put on your fedora, pack your pipe, don your tweed coat and get out the earth-tones.

Lots of great surprises. Chassis had long engraved ridges at the exact width I needed, just followed the lines for cutting. It's nice and flat so no troublesome protrusions. With the exception of the rear interior floor, the interior requires no further mods. Engine front comes right up to the console ash tray like it was meant to stop there.

I've kicked it around myself for my own project and after much thought I think glossy is fine and here's why... I believe we said there is no date restriction or timeline so you can claim it's, say, 1979. Would it be a shiny sleeper that year? Secondly, I remember clearly there was no fondness for Pacers then, no matter how shiny, it would not be looked upon with any particular admiring notice. I'm going shiny on mine because even in the snow belt I haven't seen hardly any dull PTs. I say the more it looks like a family wagon, the less it will look like a street threat to anyone at all. I don't think junker is the only form of stealth.

Oh well, that would still give you 40 more weeks to dabble. At the Cruiser lab it was agreed that when you have a wagon with a lift gate and a big fat engine as cargo, ya might as well show it off. Opened up the gate. Now I need to do my first hinge job. As Charlie Watts, drummer for the Rolling Stones said when he was asked about why he was playing at the famed NY jazz club The Blue Note... If you want to continue growing as a musician (modeler) then it's inevitable that you learn jazz (hinging doors) so you might as well stop fearing it and embrace it.

The '66 is easily my favorite Pontiac of all. Didn't know the 1/24 Hasagawa was compatible with 1/25. Good to know. Thanks for showing this nice example.

Does the cartoon sound effect sound like *Boeing* *Boeing* *Boeing*?

Don't listen to him. It's an evil ploy to get you to miss the deadline. It's Dec. 1st.

Looks like a real tundra machine. Love the scratch built boat.

Is there a name for these kinds of hot rods? Like, a genre or a searchable term?

They're buidling them upside down now?

Yeah, you hear that a lot in Utopia. Pretty common.