Modelmartin

Perhaps. It would be interesting to know why.

Hearse, come on, his sponsor was Revell. That was an intentional play on words. DUH! And all this time you thought it was mispelled! I think plenty and I think that SOME people would not know how to spell and write a proper sentence if their life depended on it. I am just saying...... By the way, had should not be capitalized, and even Hemingway wouldn't run a sentence on like you did. You combined a statement and a question in one sentence. Your second sentence should end at car. Your third sentence should be starting with did. I do not think that anyone ever called Mr. McCulloch stupid for naming his car "Revellution". And who are you criticizing me by telling me not to be critical? Now Bob, if it was Mr. Riga's car why is he saying he is dead? Mortis is similar to mortal, mortuary, etc. The word for dead in French is mort. It all comes from latin roots. Gramps, Yours was a simple mistake like all of us humans make pretty routinely. Saying riga when it is supposed to be rigor is just plain lazy. They didn't even look it up. What a bunch of stiffs!!

I was perusing listings for model car stuff on Ebay and ran across these decals for a Willys Gasser which I thought were fictional - something made up by the decal maker. But there was a picture of the actual car which as anyone can see, is a very nice car. It is rigor mortis, Dude! It is the stiffening of the body after death. Man! That is embarassing to mispell something so badly and so publicly on the side of your car!!!!

Egads!

That looks like a nice start to a fun custom car. The Lindberg Auburn, Cord , and Lincoln are all originally Pyro tooling from the late 50s. They don't look so good today but they were OK back then. It would be really nice if an accurate well tooled Auburn was available. The Lincoln would be great too. No need for the Cord since Monogram took car of it so well.

I'll have a beer and a dog with everything on it.

On my flight to GSL in '81 I sat next to Jesse"The Body" Ventura. He was very polite , friendly, and funny. He was actually an OK governor until he brought his rasslin' act into the legislature. Legislators don't like being physically threatened. Ooops!

From Evilone to Mr. Rodgers in only 3 pages! I love it!

Oh Harry!

I was about 7 when I started. I can't remember which was first but I had an Airfix 1/32 Beetle brush painted yellow with lots of decals!, an AMT 65 Impala, and an AMT 64 GTO. My dad built models and I was crazy about them. He eventually quit but I kept going! He lost his collection in a garage fire in '76. He only collected annuals and some vintage cars. He had many of the original AMT '58s and lots of annuals through the early 70s, all built stock. It was quite a shame.

That looks quite nice considering what a bone of a kit you started with. I believe that was first a Protar kit and available in Canon markings and it had the extra nose wing they ran at some of the short tracks. I always liked the short tail high wing version. Cool.

Me, too! I can build quite well but I am still trying newer and more advanced tehniques. Several years ago I finally tackled wire wheels for a 1/12 Motorcycle. I had known for some time how it was done but had not sat down and done it. I just decided one day to sit down and figure out the details and do it. When they were done it was the greatest feeling! An equally good feeling was when said model won 1st in Motorcycle class at GSL in '09. My next trick will be some 1/25 wires - bring them down in size! I plan on pushing the envelope until I kak!

We had a guy in our club who was like that. He was actually a very good builder but for someone who was as serious about contests as he was, he didn't go about it very well. He was always going to little contests here and there where the judging wasn't very good or to IPMS contests that also weren't judged very well. He was always getting agitated when he didn't win and I don't think he actually won much despite being a good builder. He brought his best model to an IPMS show where another guy just happened to build a 1/12 Ferrari F1 loaded with machined parts and of course he missed out on winning that one due to bad timing. That model would have won many other contests but I don't think he ever brought it out again. I tried to talk to him about contests but he was in the middle of a "Red Mist" episode. he didn't hear a word. The difference is that some people love to win and some people hate to lose . Those who love to win don't mind if they don't win but the ones who hate to lose aren't even happy when they win! All they did was avoid personal shame at not losing . I recommend therapy!

I have been to Beaulieu on The Old Sod and seen this beast. It is impressive in person. They also have a Bluebird and the 1000 HP Sunbeam on display. It's hard to imagine these beasts firing up and speeding away. Very cool.

Nice model but the pic in your sig CRACKS me up. Jabba the cat!

A major contest is a big motivation for "serious" builders. We get our jollies from competing. It gets our juices flowing. I am building my '11 entry for GSL right now. If I didn't have that in mind, I don't know if I would be nearly as motivated. I won't subject a major build of mine to a popular vote. Popular votes are fine for shelf models and such(which I build, too). Most NNLs do not reward the best models. Sometimes they do if it is a spectacular build but the "quiet" high quality builds are often ignored. They won't be at a reasonably well judged contest. So who wins on the forum?

No problem, Skot!

Good try! Dirnberger. You're welcome.

The best epoxy out here is JB Weld. It is way stronger than Devcon 5-Minute.

No TV? You lucky guy! My wife "needs" the TV. I would just as soon throw it off a bridge.

You said it! So why do you care then? I don't get why a whole lot of people who would not and CAN not compete at that level tear the idea down so much. It has nothing to do with them. Thousands and thousands of master level builders??? HUH??? Where? You need to get out and about a bit, Harry. There are maybe a few dozen at any one time who are active and competing. There are a lot of one-shot guys who build one crazy model and get burnt out and disappear. Life interferes with a lot of others. The timing for the announcement came at a bad time for the Ohio boys and friends of Jim Drew. I believe he had just lost out to Bruce Hamilton at GSL that year. Most opinions were that he was cheated out of a deserved victory. Bruce's car was certainly ugly and Jim's was stunning but at GSL it's craftsmanship over everything and Bruce's car was a Faberge Egg -an ugly one, perhaps. By the way, because the number of people expected to enter was small it was going to be entrant-judged. Each entrant was to do a judging sheet on every car but their own. A lot of work perhaps, but an interesting idea.

Oh Come on, George! We were going to have Chardonnay, Brie and Arugula! SNIFF!

No prob. I just wasn't clear on your meaning and I kind of wanted to say what I said regardless. You are right about the "master" thing. Some folks are legends in their own minds.

Well, George, the diff is that GSL - even though it is arguably the top contest in the country - is a pretty typical category type contest with the usual classes and master awards and a Best in Show. That type of show spreads the gold somewhat and people can enter as many models as they want and win as many trophies as they can. The Masters Challenge is a One class, one entry "Top X-acto" showdown. Just bring your best model and see how it does against every one else's one best. I believe they were going to have a top ten ranking in order and, yes, there were going to be cash prizes for the top 3 or 5. I don't have the paperwork in front of me. A portion of that entry fee goes to pay for the facility rental, other 'spenses too. No, Harry I will not revive or organise anything! Last time I organised a contest 4 people entered!!!

I take my model building seriously , I just don't take myself too seriously . I don't really understand what you are getting at with your comments. Most top tier builders I have met are real nice, open, friendly folks. Most of the Egos are also-rans in the model building department. They usually don't stick around the hobby a real long time because their ego needs won't be satisfied. The problem with model builders is the same problem the human race has - we come in all shapes and sizes and personalities. I have seen all kinds of people ripping on other people for no good reason usually because they misunderstand each other. Just look at the recent Sauber/Thibodeau dust-up! The fact that a certain group of people want a very high caliber contest doesn't diminish those who build at a more basic level. It seems that at times people are threatened by that idea. It is almost like they have a chip on their shoulder. I am NOT speaking of you, Bob. I am speaking in more general terms based on many years of observation of that most curious primate, the Human being! Harry, I did say that the invitational aspect was a bad PR move in hindsight. People who look for the negative and get their egos boosted by tearing down others really went to town on that aspect of it. A simple reading of the rules showed how easy it was to get invited. I had several people ask me and I sent their names along. I offered to nominate several good builders I knew who weren't on the national "radar". People assumed that the organisers were up to something when a simple inquiry would have have cleared things up. It's really too bad that The Master's Challenge was stillborn. I was very disappointed.