Jim B

I just checked here: http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/model_magazine_articles/modelcars/ They have the July/August article & only part of the October. No September.

Really nice work, but I didn't think the Bullnose KW actually tilted. I thought it was more like the Cannonball GMC.

That's really neat! I thought they just made that up for Santa Claus is Coming to Town. I had no idea that they were real. People made the Model T into just about everything. I've even seen them with railroad wheels.

You aren't going to put this beautiful model on that cradle are you? This deserves turned brass pedestals at least.

Gary can be quite slow in responding to emails & such; but I have never had any issues with the quality of his work. It is probably easier for me to get thins from Gary, though as I am local to him & usually see him at shows around Central New York.

Coming along nicely, Kenneth. Well done on the stern galleries.

Awesome score, Mike!

The paint it really nice. Colors are great & no blemishes. I don't think I'd be going under any bridges any time soon, though. You might just rip your stacks off!

Looks fantastic, Dan Very well done. The rigging on the Santa Maria & Pinta will be much simpler than on a 18th century frigate.

Very well done. Looks like he's standing on the beach at ANZAC Cove on Gallipoli. Did you use oils or acrylics to paint him?

Nice looking cannon & gun decks. No, I didn't know that. Very interesting.

That's a neat looking flying wing. Well done.

Great looking Mustang. Well done.

Ah, ken, but Soleil-Royal would have to catch her first! What I find interesting, from an engineer's point of view, is the technological changes in hull design between these two ships. The Soleil-Royal (1670) with her round bow & high transom, and the Thermopylae (1868) with her long, lean lines; and just how much changed in 198 years. Granted these two ships were designed for different purposes: one was designed to stand in the line of battle & slug it out with other ships-of-the-line; while the other was designed purely for speedy delivery of expensive cargos. I read once that Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) said that "ships should go in like a Cod & out like a Herring", which influenced ship design for centuries. I'm sure this design would be fine if you're building a submarine; but nut so good for a surface ship. The blunt bow (sometimes called an apple bow) causes tremendous drag, and you have to expend much of the sail's energy just forcing the ship through the water. See? This stuff is fascinating.

Bruder makes a couple of 1/16 Mack Granite toy trucks that might be able to be converted.

Somebody probably messed up the conversion from pounds to kilograms. 1kg = 2.2lb.

Aye, she's a big one. The Thermopylae would defiantly out sail her, though. The Soleil-Royal would never catch her.

That's impressive!

Very nice looking Aeromax. Well done.

It sure looks like one!

Yes, he is a talented builder. Said he wanted to pursue a different hobby,

Nice looking Astro so far. I like the interior. Very neatly done. We seem to have a similar taste in interior colors: I replaced the spring suspension on my Astro with the air ride from the General. Worked out pretty well, too.

Wow! That really looks like wood.

Welcome to the Forum,, Gary. Glad you made it.

Nice start on the ship of the line. Is this the Soleil Royal that was destroyed in June 1692 by fireships? Are there really 104 cannon on the model, or are the cannon on the lower gundeck not fully modeled?