Kit Basher

Thanks, Trevor! I did use the metal transfers, and I had the same problem you did. They would barely stick to the model, but stuck like crazy to the carrier film. I ended up placing each one individually and gluing them on with Future. A pain in the shorts but it worked.

Thanks, John! The box shows white, red, and black, and I suspect those were the stock colors for the Special. I wanted green, so there!

Thanks, Mike! I've been following your TR-4. It looks like you're getting close. I wish there was a kit in 1/25 of that car.

Thanks, Frank! A lot of the credit should go to Tamiya. A very precise and well engineered kit.

Thanks, Scott!

Thanks, Curt! I was checking one out in the pits at the Vintage Races last year. They are small! Maybe I could have fit when I was 18... It was fun to watch it race, tho. Fast!

Thanks, Snake! It was fun mixing the paint, I just kept adding black until I liked the color. I got lucky on the quantity, I had none left over.

Thanks, Fabrizio! Thanks, Rob! Thanks, Rex!

Thanks, Bill! Thanks, Chris! Thanks, Dann! Thanks, Kurt! Thanks, Skip!

I know what you mean. Standing next to one, the roof is about the height of my navel. If I ever did get in one, I'm sure I'd never get out again. Thanks, Ray!

They are decals, very fragile and scary, but they came out OK. Thanks, Greg!

Thanks, JC! Thanks, Bruce! Thanks, Lee!

Tamiya kit. The paint is a mix of Testors square bottle Green and Gloss Black. A very nice kit. Thanks for looking.

I don't understand. What's wrong with taking off the siphon cap and putting a solid lid on the jar?

Lately I've had one car and one aircraft going. Because they're so different, I don't get distracted, and it seems like there's always something to do on one while the other is waiting.

Thank you, Anders!

Thanks, Pat!

That's a fantastic conversion. It must have taken a lot of cutting and scratch building to make this from a Hummer. Cool vehicle and great work!

Thanks, Jim!

You're doing a great job! The detail work is excellent and the weathering looks good. Cool concept and well executed. Truck on!

Thanks, Keith! Thanks, Peter! Thanks, Jim!

Thanks, Carl! Thanks, Chris!

Thanks, Jonathan!

That's an amusing picture, bouncing it like a basketball! After your comment, I was thinking about adding a load of gravel, but your steel plate idea is interesting too.

Thanks Dan! This kit can be built without the plow and salt spreader. Then you would have a plow and spreader for some other vehicle. There are a couple of strange things about this kit. It has a nice engine, but no fan or radiator. There is also no "glass" for the back window. The hood doesn't open, so I didn't worry about the radiator. A piece of clear from a blister pack made a back window.