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Ditto on Ted's, he'll take care of you.

We're going to try and make it next year. It's a good time for trips for our schedule. I hope there are plenty of pictures this year so i can see what i missed.

yeah, you just can't beat Pro Tech braided anything! Fittings can be expensive, you can raid your local jewlery store for findings for a lower cost (albeit not super accurate) alternative to fittings.

that really is beautiful

Yeah, the milk comparison is the best one. Now, to see what that means, go get a glass of milk.. roll the milk around in the glass and see how much it sticks to the wall of the glass. when you mix your paint, it should have the same viscosity as the milk, and it should coat the side of your paint bottle the same way that the milk coats the side of the glass. If the paint is 100% coating the side of the paint bottle (i.e. not a little bit transparent) it's too thick. Too Thin is better then too thick.

i really like this build. love the colors

I just threw that up as an example. I ordered mine from gosh knows where about 20 years ago

I use clear plastic tubes, with the size of the stuff inside written on the cap. http://www.cleartecpackaging.com/clear-plastic-tubing.html

Well, if anyone wants to keep this kind of thing rolling, it's the exact reason why i started www.scalereference.com If we get enough people in enough different interest areas to maintain their 'section', it will insure it will last for all. I've been hoping Scale Reference caught on.. it's a great framework for reference material.

i agree with the others.... box stock or not, those are some awesome builds!

There's lots of different ways to skin a cat. When i'm doing brass work, i use a magnetic jig. I usually torch solder my frames, and it works well. I print out the plans, and use extremely strong rare earth magnets to hold everything down to a steel base plate. Full Article I wrote on the subject: http://www.dirtmodeler.com/?p=412

Always awesome stuff Wayne. I got to see some of your work at a show in Portland, OR, before you'd moved to Florida.. it was a yellow and purple altered that blew my mind!

Hi Guys, no virus' on the site. It's a false positive. I've scanned it upside down and sideways with every online scanner on the internet and none of them detect anything.

Coming from someone who produces a lot of photoetched parts, the problem for me isn't the initial setup costs, it's the time required to research and design the parts. When i hear "make this part here", my head swims. For me to make a part, i have to absolutely understand that part. I need to know what size it is, and the sizes of all the stuff it connects to, and how it all fits together. If customers would help with requests by doing some of the research, there would probably be more PE stuff being released. Once i have all the dimensions, understand how the part fits together, and have a plan to how i could be reproduced.. I then have to draw it up.. all while following certain design rules for Photoetching. Oftentimes the initial design idea won't work, because it breaks the rules of photoetching. So you have to tweak things. It's a time-consuming endeavor. Another aspect is, having the actual model that people are talking about. If you want door trim for a 55 Chevy kit, i have to find and buy that same kit... then tweak and tweak and tweak the artwork until that door trim artwork fits the kit perfectly... I haven't done too much for certain kits because i'm really paranoid about spending all the time and setup costs to make a new fret... and then the kit goes out of production. Anyway, my point is it's just hard.. you have to make so many decisions on what to do, what will sell, what won't, and how best to invest your time.

That thing is gorgeous man! That's all i can say

Drag Racing is pretty big worldwide. I've shipped Drag Racing specific parts to Brazil, England, Finland, Belgium, Thailand, Germany, France, and Norway.. just off the top of my head..

The Project: A 1:24th scale fully injection molded plastic kit of a modern Dirt Late Model Interested? join the movement, pledge support, and help spread the word. Help send this thing viral! http://www.dirtmodeler.com/?p=1093

What parts would you want on a PE kit for this? Maybe i can come up with something?

I'm at a loss for words on this one my friend. what a great looking engine!

Would you open to adding them to www.scalereference.com? Those are exactly the kind of photos i'm trying to fill that site with. I'm attempting to build a central location where everyone can find reference material tailored specifically for scale modeling.

I would really appreciate it guys. I can nail this thing and have it be a staple in builds for years to come. The design itself is pretty simple.. i just need some measurements to get the ball rolling.

Thanks Lou, i'll add that to some of the data i already have. Clay had given some of his stuff, so i hope to narrow in on the correct dimensions. I wish i had one and could just tape it out! in 1:16th scale, i can probably make the thing shift! I will eventually be making everything anyone could ever want. It takes some time though.

It's high on the request list for the next wave of drag car PE... I've tracked down lots of reference photos and exploded view drawings.. but i can't find a single dimension of a single part on one to start working on it. Does anyone have anything to go by i can use? thanks!

She's a beauty! can't wait to see how it turns out.. it looks rockin' so far.

That thing looks great! You're going to convince me to buy a sandblasting setup now after looking at your build. i'm kinda lazy and i'd much rather sandblast the chassis after soldering. Keep it coming, I love how this is progressing.