Maindrian Pace

Wow, that's one expensive collision. Might even be more than Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1.

Very nice!

Thanks guys. 4x4 decals for the bed sides were a requirement, so I found an image online that I liked, reduced it, and printed it. It looked too black on this truck, so I switched the numbers to a blue color, and left the drop shadow black. This turned out much better. They never print as vividly as they look on the screen, so choose a more vibrant color than you want before hitting print.

Ok then, ladder bars.

Nice salvage work so far. I'm seeing a straight axle '70s street freak in there as well.

Mint!

I'm digging the Keystones. But to use them properly, it'll need a set of yellow Lakewood slapper bars.

Thanks, Bruce. The BMF is done. That was annoying. The home stretch draws closer...

Wow, such a nice, clean build (both of them) on a kit not known for being particularly cooperative. One of the kids in high school (early '80s) had a similar car, a black '78 Z28 with '79 stripes. He was really proud of those stripes! And also of the Cal-Custom chrome dress-up kit on the otherwise stock engine, because that's what a HS kid can afford to do. Ditching math class for a burger run to McDonald's... memories...

I tried that with Counting Cars and there was like 5 minutes left.

Is it really that much worse than restoring the car? If it was restored and sold for 60-70K, it would end up in some guy's collection, only seeing the light of day 1-2 times a year, when he feels like taking it to a car show - where people walk by because it's another Corvette. He will get tired of it in 3-6 years, then sell it to another guy with a private collection, and the process repeats. Lots of nice classic/muscle cars are stuck in this near-limbo. "But we're saving them for future generations!" Future generations that will never see them...

I bet that turns heads in England, and not just because of the size.

Thank you Gentlemen. I think I'll pick my next projects based on how much BMF-ing they need.

I did this '67 a long time ago, from an original issue AMT fastback. The conversion was a little more elaborate than I thought it would be, note the difference in the shape of the top of the 1/4 panel between fastback and coupe: Since then, a couple of resin casters have made '67 coupes available, some better than others. But I do have plans for this one, and so does the Master Caster. Just not exactly in this form.

Three levels up, above the brown car. You can see the rear bumper and taillights only.

'62 Biscayne coupe, six/'glide, metallic blue. Like this one.

I always wondered how Chrysler was able to run special (if not reliable) destroked versions of the 340 for this series without making factory street versions with that displacement, while Ford and Chevrolet had to manufacture 302 cubic inch street versions in order to homologate their engines for the series.

I drilled the headlights out and replaced them with reflectors cut from '60s custom headlights and parts box lenses.

Disclaimer: Second-hand info, and I don't know how much is factual. But it seems reasonable. I discussed this with Dick, owner of Hobby Depot. He said that he has customers regularly calling him for new NASCAR model kits, and has all along. He told me that the main reason for no newer kits is because of the Car of Tomorrow. Not so much because they were generic, but because NASCAR declared their design to be their intellectual property, and only allowed companies to make models who were willing to pay exorbitant licensing fees, like 200K-300K per model - and this left pretty much die cast companies as the only takers. This was also one of the things that upset the car manufacturers, until Ford and GM reportedly threatened to pull out of racing unless they were allowed to run cars that actually resembled what they sell. Thus, no more CoT as of 2013. The manufacturers now own the car designs. Will they loosen up on the model companies? It would be nice.

You round-Earthers are totally square.

I love it all decked out with the rack and trail equipment, and the all-orange big block under the hood is the perfect engine choice. 10/10.

Paint mostly cut and buffed, this clear is really easy to work with. -MJS

Best one yet, not surprising considering the builder.

You guys that build these things out of paper just blow me away.

Looks like a rolling Photoshop. With an LS swap.