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It is great. It is my favorite beer but only on tap. That bottled stuff is rot. Cheers.

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Holy Mass Quantities, Batman!!!!

That looks really good! The lines flow well. I like the Honda 4 power and the single seat ideas. It's very fun.

Congrats! I believe I have every issue and a bunch of Fanatics too. Model Cars is THE model car mag. I think there is another mag out there but I forget it's name. It doesn't matter - it isn't that good anymore. Go Team!

Harry, The old Entex issued Rolls Royce Silver Ghost "Balloon Car" has some lace yourself wheels that are really nice and they are the correct era. You may have to hunt them down on Evilbay but they are the cat's pajamas!

Europe Kits 1891 Panhard, 1895 Panhard Coupe and 1905 "Roi Des Belges". 1/32 however and I don't know when they were produced. I posted these a few years ago but thought they were appropriate for this thread. My builds, out of the box. Wouldn't the oldest car kitted be the Flintstone's cars by AMT??

Tires melting parts on Revell kits was only on their older stuff through probably the late 60sor early 70s. I think the mid-70s kits had stiff 2 -piece vinyl tires which I always throw away. They are pretty awful. The Porsche should have the vinyl tires. That kit was a rework of the slightly earlier 911S and Both were the first 1/25 911 kits made as far as I know. Good luck on your build. The kit does go together easily but doesn't hold a candle in realism or accuracy to the Fujimi kits. Of course the Fujimi kits are a bear to put together.

That is cool! Any pics of your Mini?

Very cool post, Terry! I have always loved speed record cars. The Goldenrod was Mastered by John Ostrenga. I saw it before he gave it to Jimmy for casting and it was a beautiful thinwall bodyshell. I dropped my jaw when I saw the castings. As a former law enforcement officer I am sure you can appreciate it's resemblance to a Billy Club!! I think that John did another car for Jimmy which has not been produced. It might have been Mickey Thompson's Autolite Special but I am not sure. I have one of the ScaleKraft Golden Arrows. It's a brute. It looks like they used Bugatti Royale tires for it. They are still a little bit small! I saw the real car in England. It is impressive as is the Spirit of America which is in the basement of the Museum of Scince and Industry in Chicago.

I would just like to point out that even sometimes those of us who are participating are put off by the nastiness and namecalling by some other participants. If I didn't care I would just pass it by which I already do with a lot of other threads and even sometimes I will pass over a thread depending on who started the thread. It looks like there are several good reasons for dropping all of the politics and religion. Right, Harry?

Very Nice! I see you removed the door hinges and have the big taillights. Did you get the later grille for it? The Fujimi Mini kits have the correct grill and it fits very nicely for the MKII and later cars. I am a former 1/1 Mini owner myself. However mine had a stock 998 with a BMC rally cam and twin SUs on it. If I slipped the clutch a little I could haze the 165R10 Yokohamas a bit. I have no plans to duplicate my former Mini in scale however.

Even though I have been in many of those debates I vote no. It creates too much bad feeling. Many people can debate and show respect to others who differ in their opinions. However there are too many who name call and instead of laying out their views and arguments for their viewpoint, they slander the opposition and ascribe very negative qualities to them. It is really very tedious and exasperating. I like an intellectual discussion of issues, not diatribes of delusional garbage. I am all for zapping any threads on politics and religion.

I have to wonder how much of this stuff today is computer generated or enhanced. I may be old school but I like real action. It seems more satisfying because I can relate to it better. I have driven fast before, spun out a few times and melted a few tires. Most cars that barrel roll don't drive away after! I think I saw part of that Tokyo Drift movie on TV. Didn't they have a scene in racing in a parking ramp? That wasn't too bad. I just remembered another movie that had some excellent scenes in a parking ramp. "The Driver" with Ryan O'neal from about 1978.

I was inspired by Bill Geary posting pics of the old family Javelin. I thought it would be fun for everyone to post pics of old family cars. I will start out with my parents first car. It is a 34 Pontiac Convert with rumble seat that they bought in 1949 just after they got married. In these photos they are getting ready and taking off from new Haven, CT to Ann Arbor, MI to start a new life. That is my dad on the right in the first photo. It was a classic pose for him over the years - hood up and him wondering what happened!! The second pic is my mom and my grand parents. She is 21 in the pic. She is 81 now and still drives cross-country, this time in a Scion XB!

He was chasing a train. It qualifies and it was very good. In general, the Europeans do better chases in movies. They hang it out more and really go for the gusto. The American movie makers used to do it but have really not done any good ones since maybe the mid-70s. I hate the Fast and Furious movies. Unrealistic and melodramatic, with bad acting thrown in. I would have to go for Ronin, the Bourne movies, and Bullitt as my faves. I would add "Gumball Rally" and "Cannonball Run" because they were pretty humorous and did have some cool cars at speed and I am sorry, but if Adrienne Barbeau and Marilu Henner in tight shiny jumpsuits driving a howling Countach across the desert does'nt move you, you must be in a coma!

We are a diverse country and world. I do not believe any gods of any sort exist except in the minds of humans. We are a diverse group of people on this forum, too. We gather here to talk models and sometimes other things, but we have learned(some of us) to not get too inflammatory with our rhetoric. You guys missed that memo. I can see you two are all proud of your beliefs and views and that is just peachy. Many of us here believe other things just as fervently. None of us like to be called names or have our beliefs and motives slandered or our patriotism questioned. Thank you very kindly.

Si, Senor! They don't make or do anything in Saudi Arabia. They just collect money from foreigners who pump oil out of the land. When the oil is gone they will be penniless and worthless. Here is the link to GNP lists on Wikipedia -Wikipedia GNP lists It's an eye-opener!

It has been kind of light out there lately. The last two GSL winners were nice but not of the caliber one would expect. I think the few people capable of doing that level of work are a little burned out or are recharging their batteries for the next go-around. I have seen LOTS of great starts on super-duper stuff like that 908/3 thread but here is the big deal - finish the thing! Finishing something separates the men from the boys!!! Super-duper scratchbuilds and ultra-detail projects are easy to start. Anyone can start them. It takes a real model builder to finish one!!

Between Sweden and Norway! ! I kid you NOT! Imagine that! All of those SAABs and Volvos and ABBA albums best all of the oil coming out of the House of Saud!! What does Norway make? I dunno. It's only slightly less than Saudi oil. Perspective, if you will. Thank you. USA! USA! USA! And I am a liberal!

They could build them in Korea and call them "Hum Chee"!

I think we will still be on top for some time. The Chinese have a number of huge problems to deal that the US dealt with a long time ago during the development of the industrial revolution. The learning curve is steep and they are just climbing it now. Remember that they are well over a billion people and we are 300 million and we produce more GNP than them. I believe we produce 14 trillion and they produce 4 trillion buckaroos! Their inefficiencies and corruption really hinder them. I was wrong about number two economy. It was Japan and Germany is 4th. Tariffs and protectionism never work in the long run. They protect inefficient industries and things cost more and actually drag the economy down.

The US is still the largest economy in the world by a good measure. I believe China is the third largest. Germany Second? Anyway, good riddance to Hummer. Maybe China will buy Chrysler, too! We can sell them all of our derelict industries!

Holy cow! 36 coats!!!! Why? I'm just teasing, Dave! And people thought I was Gonzo airbrushing at 40 PSI! Seriously, though and this is just my opinion on this overall topic, I never use a spray can to paint any part of my models. I hate them. They are expensive and waste so much paint. You have no control over the paint. The thought of trying to spray one of my models with a can makes me ill. I do not know why a serious adult model builder would still use spray cans. It's a mystery to me. With an airbrush, if it is giving you some orange peel you can add some thinner, lower the pressure, move in closer without dousing your model with blast from the spray can"nozzle". Using a spray can is like painting a real car with a sprayer on your garden hose!!! I'm just saying and it's just me.

My inspirations from the pages of Model Car Science and Car Model magazines were Don Emmons, Hank Borger, and Richard Carroll. In '07 I met Don Emmons at GSL and all of his models were in the museum. Don was one of the nicest, coolest guys I have met. His models were great and have held up very well as he has also. He was very spry and was a joy to talk to. Richard Carroll's wild brass creations were the ultimate to me at that age. I dreamed of being able to scratchbuild like that. His designs were so artistic, too. Someone on the Coffin Corner forum actually contacted him recently. He lives in the Boston area and still has all of his models. Hank Borger's detailing and craftsmanship were great and he could spin a yarn, too. I loved seeing a new issue of Car Model with one of his creations on the cover. Hank came to a few early NNL meets in the early 80s and was genuinely surprised and overwhelmed at how much everyone thought of him and his work in the magazines. I believe he drifted into the "other" scale -1/1! I heard he also does a lot of military modelbuilding now, too All 3 of these guys were of the greatest inspiration for me in my formative years.