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Thanks, I'll have to keep an eye out for some. I love the way that you "see" model stuff in things I wouldn't imagine. Jeff

Another fantastic build. What did you use for the clear lines coming from the valve cover breathers? They look like they have had oil vapors through them. Jeff

Great job! She has some talent. I can't believe that's her first. My first was a real glue bomb & My first paint job was a mess. Jeff

Great article, thanks for the link. Jeff

John, there is so much detail, on this build, I don't know where you could go the extra mile to more detail into your next build. Outstanding work. I love to see your models. Jeff

I like it a lot. The paint work, on the boiler, is amazing. How big is it? Jeff

That one kills me, too. When I shot Champ Car, at the photo meetings, the media relations person would hol up his cell phone & in a booming voice would say, "this is not a camera". I am amazed at how man spectators are trying to get pictures with cell phones. I've never tried, so I don't know it would turn out. The words, "this is not a camera", would haunt me if I even took it out.

It's a great question, but not being a camera designer, I really can't answer with any authority. It may be that they think dyed in the wool SLR users wouldn't accept it & they would loose buisness. I've only shot SLRs for many, many years. I had a point & shoot digital, a couple years ago, to have a light weight travel camera. I could never get used to it. I didn't like the feel of it. I went back to my back up camera, which is more of a consumer level SLR with cheaper, lighter lenses. Even it drives me nuts because it's so much slower than my pro body. I'm just spoiled. Jeff

I think it has more to do with backward compatibility. The lenses & flashes you have invested in, over the years, still work on the digital side. The distance from the lens mount to the sensor must remain the same as mount to film. When you have a collection of expensive glass, it's hard to just chuck it all & invest in a new system. On the pro body side, I'd really miss my vertical shutter button on side & the loud shutter. Plus the heavy pro bodies balance the heavier lenses better than my consumer backup body. I briefly looked at the NEX on DPReview & it looks like a nice higher end consumer system. It only has 7 lenses & 3 of those have 2012 as the release dates. It looks like a nice system to buy if you're moving up from a point & shoot. Even Sony has made it clear that it is targeting people to upgrade from compact cameras rather than offer a 2nd camera to SLR owners. Jeff

Mine is me at Laguna Seca a few years ago where I shot the Grand Am race. Jeff

I want to see how you do the headlights, too. I was excited to find the plexiglass headlight cover, in the kit, but dissappointed to see they had decals for headlights. Jeff

The Scariest part of Anthony Davidson's crash was none of the corner workers would touch the car because of the electricution danger. Sorry about your Lizards, CAL, they didn't fair too well. Le Mans is like that. Jeff

Jim does make a good point. Buy what suits you. If you want to take pics of your models or the family at the Grand Canyon, a point & shoot is what you want. The best advantage to this is, it weighs nothing & you can just slip it in your pocket or your wife's purse when you're not using it. If you want to shoot your kids playing sports, you may want to move up to a digital SLR. Now you have something that's a bit more bulky & not easily concealed. If the kids play night sports, you better start looking at more expensive "faster" lenses (f4 or f2.8). Big lenes are heavy lenses. If you want to get shots of Indy cars hauling the mail down the back straight at The Brickyard, you better get a 2nd on your house. You better start working out, too. you'll be carting around 20 or 30 pounds, all day. Jeff

I remember the episode. Something about the car being loud, so it must be supercharged. I'll have to check it out, just to see wide open spaces in Southern California. Ah, the good ol' days. 2150 by. Jeff

As you may or not have noticed from my avatar, I'm a motorsport photographer, on the side. I shoot a digital SLR with interchangable lenses. The quality of lenses varies, even within the same manufacturer. I have a light weight "vacation" 70-300mm "consumer" lens, that retails for about $300, that is pretty good for snap shots but is a little soft. For the track, I use "pro" lenses, that start at $2,000, that are tack sharp, down to what type of bug is splattered on the driver's helmet. I also shoot a frightfully expensive "pro" SLR body. It doesn't make the picture any better than a "consumer" body, but it locks in the metering & focus so much faster that I get shots I would have missed with a cheaper body. This is the kind of thing you need, to shoot something going 200MPH or more. You DO get what you pay for, at least with camera equipment. Do you need $8,000 worth of camera equipment to take a picture of a model, sitting on a table? No. Will you take a better picture of that model with an expensive camera? A mid level "point & shoot" will take pictures that only the most discerning will notice the difference. The biggest problem people have with shooting models is lighting & shooting closer than the minimum focus distance of the lens/ camera. It's not the camera that takes a good picture, it's the photographer. Jeff

I tried drawing panel lines, with a pencil, described earlier in the thread, & I like it. It's gray instead of black so it's a bit more subtle, not sticking out like a sore thumb, like black does. My opinion, your mileage may differ. Jeff

What's it going to hurt to use foil? You already know how to paint it. Try something new. It is up to you, though. Jeff

2011 Mini Cooper S Clubman. It's a street legal GoKart

Mines a disaster area. Like you, it necks down to about a foot square of work space. I'm working on it, though. I usually clean it up but it doesn't take too long for it to go back. I need to figure out how it happens & stop doing it that way. It takes the fun out of it, when you can't find the Exacto knife that's right in front of you, covered with a bunch of ######. Jeff

On one hand, you have modelers that would pay extra $$$ for a kit with PE parts & other detailed parts. On the other, you have modelers that don't want to pay what they charge for a kit, now. With all the detailed parts & PE emblems, etc., available from the model aftermarket, How about those that want to, buy a kit & a bunch of aftermarket parts to go with it. Then the ones that don't want to pay for the extras, can just buy the kit without having to pay the extra cost. Jeff

Thanks Chris. Great idea. Jeff

Wayne, those are some awesome builds. My favs are the orange one with the skulls, the yellow with checkers, & the black with flames. Great stuff. Jeff

Are you talking about panel lines filling up with paint or darkening them, like Harry posted about? Jeff

Welcome back to the hobby. Your altered is great. I'm looking forward to more of your stuff. Jeff

What do you use to glue the thread to the firewall? Jeff