Brudda

Oh yes please more pics. Love your build.!!! Cannot wait for it to arrive.

Well Bill, a 427 cobra is arriving soon. Had to get one. Going to paint it red. No stripes. Black side pipes and black rollbar. Going to add detail also.. Since it is cold now, going to paint it in a real heated automotive spray booth. Cannot wait. Yours looks great!!!!

Had three guests this morning. IMG_5449.mov

I love it!!!! Great job sir!!!!!!

Thanks for the photos. I attended a IPMS event there a few years ago. People were great. On top of the IPMS club there were two other model car clubs. I think they were the same club with different times as jobs and other things were in the way. The guys were showing me how to scratch build leaf springs out of plastic and brass. Yes they did not get the memo on IPMS events. A lot of cars and I loved it. The vendors were also car heavy. Great to see that also. Will return

Here is my gate. Before and after. And yes sir Carl, I will try to be safe.

I think it was season 12 , top gear had a few models on their coffee table doing the news.

A bear destroyed my gate last week. Put up cameras and this is what I saw. IMG_5432.mov

I saw your funny car at the IPMS Vegas nationals. WOW! It was in the display room. I must have looked at it for a while because my buddy’s wanted to go and I just stayed and studied it. So many cool things going on in that model. This build is also cool. Love drag cars , just not talented enough to do one. Maybe someday. Great job!!!

Thank you guys. Carl, a good friend just passed. Went to his funeral last week. That really wiped me out and my modeling. Been reading your books and that has helped! Going on a endurance run on motorcycles today. Rainy, maybe snow but going anyway. Trying to pull my head out. Thanks all. By the way, I really like Austin Powers.

Thank you sir as this helps a lot!!!!

Ok guys and dolls, I have lost my mojo. Since Vegas , I have not even had interest in building. What happened???? Been setting up motorcycles, building guns, hot rods. Everything else but building models. Does this happen to other builders? What do you do to get it back?

Great job!!! How did you make the hood decals and the black on the hood look so real? I’ve been trying to figure how to do it without the decal shadow. Fantastic job sir!!!!

I believe there is a scene in Secretariat, where a young man is building a model.

Sorry for the slow response sir, it’s 1/12 a model factory hiro kit. And thank you.

Fantastic

WOW great question. I have kids and now I will ask them.

I agree, Venom. I’m struck in the 60’s, for cars. Some 50’s some 70’s. Or just a cool car in time. I believe the social order is different today. I was at hobby lobby the other day and this kid wanted to build a model. He asked his mom and she said yes. He picked out a 60’ s muscle car. He wanted to paint it and the mom said “ honey I cannot afford the paint” . He was ready to put it back but I paid for his paint and he hopefully built the model. This is also a problem. Affordability but we can go on for days about that. Socially cars are not a cool thing today for most people. Life just changes. My 18 year old daughter has no interest in even driving. She has to now , to go to college. My son has other interests also. He is 32. I was talking to a Honda motorcycle owner. His bike sales were down but was replaced by side by sides. So he is wondering what the next thing is going to sell or be invented for sales. Things change, we may not like it , but times and interests change. I’m still stuck in the 60’s and 70’s. I still go to school to learn about cars. Just learned that Mercedes has over 137 computers on board. Holy BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH! I’m glad I’m retiring soon. Back to subject, I see kids building ban dai figures. Game board figures not too many cars anymore.

Agreed.

Great job!!! WOW! and a beautiful subject.

Thank you Too Old. Here is a pic with the door open.

Thank you sir! Trying to get my mojo back. Watching Chris Smith’s build, boy he’s an inspiration. And thank you Kingslug, your comments keep it going also!

Hey Chris!!! Trying to build again. Your build is beautiful and is giving me my mojo back.

Very nice! Great idea.

Well Bill , welcome to the world of SUV. I thought it meant , stupid ugly vehicle. But I now have 3. A Jeep Grand Cherokee. Ford Explorer, and a Toyota Sequoia, The corvette, 65 mustang and the 85 Honda si are not driven much. The SUV’s are very handy. I was like you but when you use it, cannot beat them. My buddy John loves saturns. Has quite a few. He is a retired mechanic and has always driven saturns. Great score.