Tom Geiger

This kind of stuff happens when humans transport things. The mussel epidemic in the Great Lakes was caused by ships releasing their ballast water (which included the mussels) into the lakes as they cruised along. And most recently the friggin stink bugs that seem to be everywhere in my area. They've been traced back to the importation of furniture and such from Viet Nam and countries from that region.

And that seems a lot easier than creating photo etch. I'm surprised that some enterprising soul hasn't offered scripts done with chrome foil decals commercially. I understand that ALPS is an endangered species. Still amazed that a better new type printer hasn't come about!

Bingo! I was gonna post the same thing. Lately I've been filling gaps with scrap Evergreen plastic, and gluing it in with Zap-A-Gap.

Ha! I was an army brat too and went to school in Turkey and Germany. The school I went to in Pirmasens, Germany has a Facebook page and I've reunited with some of the kids I knew back then. I was fortunate that my father retired in NJ when I was in high school so I graduated from a US civilian high school! I met a guy who was a US dependent in Iran back when things got hot and had to leave. Around 1967 we were in Turkey when the Greeks and Turks were threatening war. We dependents all got evacuated from Izmir and sat on US Navy ships in the ocean for a few days. Best time in my young life back then!

The company is PJM, they run the power grid for the eastern half of the USA and Canada. The car was in their lobby. The concept is called V2G- or Vehicle To Grid, which will allow the fleet of electric cars to be used as one huge storage battery. Depending on the situation, the car will receive power from the grid, but will be able to sell it back in times of need. Today the fleet is plug in vehicles, eventually they say it will be wireless according to a presentation I sat in on. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/electric-vehicles-start-selling-power-into-pjm

Wouldn't live mice wearing little backpacks full of Tylenol be more effective?

This is actually a big issue in my business, Facility Management. Companies have provided premium parking spaces for car pools and hybrid cars, and the greenies are demanding outlets for electric cars. Companies want the best publicity so they're eager to consider new environmental ideas. My old company was trying to decide a policy when I left. It was determined that it would cost thousands of dollars to install the outlets. And how many are enough? Suppose you are the car that gets there late and can't get plugged in to get home again? And the gas using employees are crying foul. Shouldn't they be getting a gas allowance to make things even? Businesses are another story. The King of Prussia mall has installed free hookups , but that's to attract business. But this all will be history before long. I was at a meeting at an energy company a few weeks ago where they had an electric Mini Cooper in the lobby that gets it's power from the grid. Where technology may not solved the battery capacity issue, it will be cool to have an electric car that is constantly getting it's power from thin air.

and okay, date of last issue was 2006-7, but I believe if you created 100 sets, you'd be stuck with 96. Aftermarket parts sell when the kit is current. The Lincoln isn't all that detailed a kit to begin with, so I don't see people coming up with $$ to super detail it. I'd be swapping quarters, would be a better end result than foil cast, unless Brian can print good chrome looking decals!

Very cool. That was one of my favorite Tom Daniel kits when I was a kid. I have to build another one!

that always was a radical design! I remember being in Paris as a kid, around 1968 and riding in one of those as a Taxi. I was impressed that the steering wheel had one single spoke! I'd like to have one in 1/24 scale!

Darn it Don, you just cost me $64!

Very nice job. I've always been interested in Dune Buggies! And I'd like to own a 1:1 someday... add that to my Bucket List.

Any progress on this one? It was going so good!

Oh, how many times we've seen this!

Puppy! I've already gone to my 35th reunion.

Harry, you are obviously a highly skilled modeler. My advise is to newbies and those who are upset that they are getting poor results. Those issues that I point out are generally the reasons, and if they followed this advise they'd get better and eventually develop good skills. Essentially the message is to concentrate on getting a good result rather than chincing on the product. Once they reach a certain skill level they'll learn how to do the things you do effectively. Note that my last statement in the post was: "Concentrate on making your model look good, not how much product you will use. You will get good results and you will use less product as you get better."

Thank you, but I have that kit plus I ordered a batch of resin guitars the last time I ordered from a caster. I have the luggage from 3 Johan '59 Rambler wagons set aside too. I will have a few key items where you can see them (why I cut out the rear facing seat) and guitars in the passenger seats. It will have a tarped roof rack like the old limos did, so I'll just need some shapes to go under the tarp. I recently found the old U-Haul trailer from the '62 Buick wagon kit, so that may get hitched behind for some additional equipment room. I'm thinking a country band so I can put Texas plates on it and steer horns. How about "Cal Perkins and the Texas Tea Party"?? Thanks Carl and Adam! And Rich, the two campers are still in the upper corner of my bench. I do change gears, so the other night I was fiddling a bit with the Dodge Van camper. With this being a hobby and no pressure of deadlines etc, I do what catches my interest when I sit at the bench. Sometimes I'll do a step on a project, then put it back in the box. Not finished but it's one step closer for the next time... so what did I do with that Volare?

That's a lot of fun to do. I started my van body camper as a slammer but was encouraged to try an interior. Using basswood and Evergreen sheet I managed to create nearly everything. The key is that it's all straight lines!

In the later part of the last century, back when you wouldn't hesitate to cut into one or three of these, I created the above long airport limo body. Nothing more was done to it, other than pull it out of the box to look at from time to time... As things often happen, I decided to see what it would look like on wheels. the two chassis had been cut, but were never joined. I think I was over complicating the project, trying to find some current chassis to spliced into a detailed build. Well, I decided to just build it as a curbsider, so nobody will ever see this chassis, nor do I have to worry about it, It looked good on wheels so I attacked the interior. All I had were three untouched tubs in the box. I had hesitated to do the cuts until after I had sorted out the chassis, but also because there is no flat bottom to it, which I anticipated making it difficult to square. Then I saw the top sill and it became pretty easy. Those are actually metal axles glued to the sides. Note that with 4 three passenger seats, I eliminated the rear facing seat so we'd have some room for cargo. And I'm just keeping the standard Johan issue short leg interior. I had thought about cutting it all out and making real floors, but nah! Note the three different color interiors. And a money shot! Here it is with the interior fitted in place. I had stretched it 74" in scale. There are still some body work details on the sides to make it all work. This will be a band bus from the late 60s. I've already started amassing luggage and guitars.

Very cool Rich! Another great 50s classic. You must have quite a car show going at this point.

Love the Rich Rods sign. It pulls it all together. And I'll have one of those local beers! Interesting that the domestic product has English on the label!

Very nice build. I do like the tractor nose.

and if the paint isn't sticking too well, it can come off too! As in paint that was sprayed right over plastic with no sanding prep.

First try putting the body in warm water.

That's beyond cool! If you plan on displaying with the car, be careful outdoors. I've seen more than a few models melt in the sun!