1320wayne

Well, it's been about a month since my last update so here it goes. I took a parts box seat and painted it up and added it to the interior along with getting the extinguisher painted. From there I added more detail to the engine. The distributer is one of the best created from Scale Modeling by Chris. The plug boots are actually painted solder drilled out to accept the plug wires. The Hemi decals come from one of the new goodies sheets from Slixx. The aluminum pulleys are from Detail Master. The engine is just set in place at the moment. Everything is starting to come along at a quicker pace.

This one is really looking sharp. I especially like the pictures with everything in the background. Gives your workbench the feel of being in a race shop setting with tow vehicle and other cars under construction.

I've said it on other builds and I'll say it again for this one. Just simply take out a Thesaurus when you view one of John's builds just so you will always have some way to describe how unbelieveable his workmanship is. Another amazing build. Every step so far has been awesome but it really started to come together once you added the paint.

I think Mark hit the nail on the head here, at least for my perspective he did. You've seen many different responses from different people but I would also think that in most cases each individual would have to respond differently for different projects. I think that as you continue building you should learn from each previous build and hopefully streamline your planning from there. I also think that different projects would require different approaches on planning. For instance, I did a diorama about two years ago. The first one that I ever did. I spent about eight years planning for it, collecting materials that I would one day use in it. I visualized what the finished project would look like and when it was all said and done my vision from eight years back was pretty close to being acheived. Then there's those projects that are the spur of the moment planning simply because you've seen an image in a magazine or on t.v.. Not a whole lot of advanced planning but moreover just jumping right in and doing. Then there's those highly detailed builds that require plenty of research and collecting of detailing materials before you start. My wife sometimes walks up on me and wonders what I'm doing when I'm simply staring at a part or a body or the entire unbuilt model and I tell her that I am envisioning what I'm about to do and how I'm going to do it. That's my take on the subject.

That body style just lends itself nicely to this kind of build. It's looking good already Tyrone.

For me it was simple. I grew up in a household that a lot of life revolved around cars. We were either building and racing cars on the strip or working on some budget deal that dad had picked up that needed work to make it something just a bit better. I think, throughout my childhood/younger years my dad went through somewhere around 200 or so cars. He was never satisfied with what he had and was always buying something new to play with, fix, have fun with and then sell it for a profit, albeit slight most times. So my interest in cars came from my dad. And, as a child, I fondly remember sitting on the living room floor (with my back to the T.V.) watching every step that my dad took with his latest model while he worked off an old T.V. tray. I asked plenty of questions about everything he was doing. That's where my interest in building models came from. Why do I still do it? Because I'm never satisfied with the last model that I just finished. I'm always wanting to see where I can stretch my abilities on the next one. Even at 40+ years old it still builds a sense of pride in what abilities I do have. It's my way to retain those younger days, step away from the day to day real world every once in a while and simply enjoy something simple, although I always seem to complicate the simple. The bottom line is I have fun. And I'm partially one of those guys that Steve made mention of. I like to show off what I do. Not for the sake of ego but because I like model building and I like to see other people show off their skills as well. I learn from them and just maybe someone might learn something from me.

The progress is looking mighty awesome Tyrone, as usual.

It's called modeling ADD. If your workbench is big enough to have multiple builds out at the same time you will always find yourself switching from one to another, even in the same day. I actually worked on four different projects today, even if it was only for a short time.

Very nice build. And the pair look good together.

I would definitely fall into all four categories or a combination of different ones of different builds. For instance, right now I have at least one of all categories as ongoing builds at different stages of completion.

Very nice looking build.

O.K., so the valve covers are corrected and repainted. The engine is starting to come together. The front suspension is partially assembled.

Sharp looking paint, Brett. This one's coming together nicely.

Wow Tyrone, I don't recall seeing this one before. Excellent job, as usual.

Good looking progress. I also "gotta do the dew" when I am at the workbench.

Thanks guys. I have some more to update. I will have pics. up tommorrow.

Very nice. The paint scheme looks good.

Really nice. Great looking paint and detail work.

First of all, great work so far Brett. Secondly, the body is not the one shown above but one from Top End Miniatures. It's one of the earlier masters that I created for Chris.

Where? The only Anglia decal sheet that they have posted is for the Kohler Bros. car. And I don't ever recall an older, out of production sheet ever being done by them. But hey, I've been known to be wrong before.

Yeah, that came out looking great.

Thanks for the offer but I can change the ones that I have.

Thanks Walter. I was unaware of the difference. It won't be too difficult to fix and move on.

Think about what you are asking for? A standard set of rules removes all individuality of the process. It takes away free thinking and different perspectives. Someone mentioned IPMS. They claim to have a standard set of rules for any shows that wish to follow the IPMS standards. The problems there are simple. Who's to say that the person, or persons, that developed those standards were correct, or reasonable. You will always have differing opinions come in to play to discount any consistency with a standard set of rules. Half the fun of competing/attending different shows being run in different ways, is that you never know what to expect. In my opinion, the only set standard that should be in place for all shows is that all that attend should have fun and enjoy what they are doing.

So here is some progress. I needed a set of modern looking valve coveres for the Hemi so I took a set of Hemi valve covers from a diecast funny car (a little large) and cut them down to size to fit perfectly on the kit based Hemi engine. And added some paint. And then I went about more work on the rear suspension. The four links are done and attached. I still have minor details left to add such as bolt head details along with the springs and wheelie bars but the basic construction for the rear end is done.