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Looks like a log to me too.

Danny, THIS is THA MOOK!!!!! Like i was tellin ya, my nephew lives in a converted cotton mill that left one section unrestored so residents could see how it once looked. Your Dio is ON THE MONEY, Daddy-O! I'll try to get Joy to get me some pics and try to have them for Friday's meeting! ;)

'At's ok Harry. Russian Tanks are not a usually seen thing on our streets. Now over there, they probably are seen ALOT!!! Those barrels on the back are the mufflers and noise suppresion system for it. Like you can suppres a TANK!!!! :lol:

I like it! Notice how the road wheels look like Army Torque Thrust mags???? Cool!!!

YEEESH, Kev, an I thought I had been on some heavy trips!!!! This'll be your wildest build yet,kiddo, and i don't expect it to be calm either! Go for it dude, ya got MY imagination goin!!! (Pssst, ya got MOVIE rights on this idea????)

WOW! I have an old F&F Resins 57 Poncho, and your conversion sure is pretty close! Too bad no one ever decided to pop this rascal, cause it sure is a pretty car! You did an EXCELLENT job! Thanks for posting it!!!

Would it BE possible to do a WHOLE body that way? Is this like the guy who's doing the Elenor Mustang on a Rapid Prototype machine? THAT would make a COOL model.

Those are GREAT pro mod kits( 55/57 Chevy's, 55 Ford, and Christine), but they MAY be a little more complicated than what your used to. They DO build up nicely with not alot of work, but there's ALOT of peices, and they go in some tight spots. Perhaps just buildin up a coupla Drag styled cars, till you get up to speed might help. These are some nice kits though, and once you get your skills honed, they can be built up into some KILLER models!

Actually, this is a pretty good idea for ANY hollow tires. I never thought about that.

Jeremy, now THAT'S a twist i never saw! Olny spyder wheels i've EVER seen were chromed, a PAINTED one is unique! As for the "Day Two" build, I build ALL of my cars that way,Bro. I could NEVER leave my cars alone, so i build my models the same way!('CEPT for my wifes Eldo, cas the don't make speed parts for it!!!) ;)

Bruce, i did this awhile back also, AFTER i saw an article in that other mag about fixing the wheelwells. It came out pretty nice too. I used the interior of the JoHan 75? Cutlass, and the Dash out of the 76 Monte Carlo. The Chassis came from an old MPC GTO. Kinda a mishmash of parts but it did come out as nice as yours! GREAT job on a very rare car!!!! ;)

This April 1st, i will have been at it for a steady 52 years. I'll be 58, and i got my first one from my Big Brother Art, a Revell 56 Chrysler New Yorker.

Can he get that kinda detail IN 25th scale??? I don't have any use for such an option, but if he pops it, I'm SURE we'll be seein a COUPLA ideas from YOUR crazy self!!! ;) ;)

The ONLY R&R kit i ever had problems with was his 53 Mercury. THAT is a misshapen pile of POOOOP BUT all the other kits i have (which are quite a few) WERE very workable, but in NO WAY in the class of the newer casters. Ray's too tired to update anything, so be WARNED that his kits ARE buildable, BUT NOT without some work. I STILL enjoy his off the wall stuff though. ;) ;)

Real.

Rod,Before he had to give it up, my brother used to have a 24hr. heavy truck repair. He would go out and repair semi tractors that had broken down on the roads. He had a Ford van he worked out of, with Arc welders an Welding tanks and stuff. A truck like THAT one would have been a GREAT service truck!. Just an idea..... ;)

WoW! it sure came out NICE! Me an Crazy Jim went in on some of that stuff, but i must be doin somethin wrong, caz I haven't gotten a shine like that! Your Dart came out GREAT!!!

Now THIS is the kinda stuff that's really cool, to me. I LIKE the oddball,off the wall cars that you could order back in the day. A 427 Biscayne, or a OHC 6 Pontiac Le Mans Sprint. Your 300 is looking good, and I'm SURE your freind will like it! After all, he'll be the only kid on the block with one!!!

Jeremy, there used to be a black 69 Hemi Roadrunner around here that was Black, and with the flat black dual hood stripes. The Hemi Air Grabber hood(NOT the A-12 6-Pak hood) had the hood grilles painted RED. These REALLY stood out on that black rascal. Just made it look even BADDER!!!!! He ran steelies an dog dish caps on it with a bench seat and Auto on the column. GREAT lookin car!!!!

Ed's doin ALOT better than he was. But he's feelin his oats again, and other than needin the Antibiotics in his IV, he'd be able to go home! He's got someone to waych his son, his wife is out of the hospital, and slowly but surely, he's gettin better. He says Hi to everybody, and wants you all to know that as soon as he gets home and is back to normal, he WILL finish any and ALL deals that he had goin before he got sick. If ANYONE wants to call/contact him, just PM me, an I'll give ya his Cell number.

Guys JUST got off the phone with Ed. He's on a nurseing home right now, because he needs to be on IV antibiotics for the next 6/7 weeks, and mecicaid won't pay for him to have HOME CARE, BUT they WILL pay if he enters a nurseing home. So, That's what he did. Since being in a nurseing home DOES have it's limitations, No internet access an so forth, he has asked me to explain his situation to you all. He is feeling VERY depressed as to not being able to comply with variuos trades or deals that he made before he took ill. If Ian Ashton is reading this, Ed appologizes to you because he hasn't been able to return you your resin masters. I TOLD him we aren't ogre's and that we would all understand how being "Laid Up" in a nurseing home CAN put a REAL cramp in your style, but I didn't believe we would hold it against him. So, gus, just to keep ya updated on Brother Ed's condition, if ANYONE wants the inside skinny on wats happnin with Ed, just drop me a PM. Suffice to say he IS getting better, he DOES miss us(LOL) and hopefully he'll be back among us soon!

It's beautiful Zoli!! But i wonder what the curb life of that rascal is REALLY like! I do not believe that a car THAT nice has ANY kind of a curb life over there!!!! Police car or NOT!!!

Oh that's just plain ol MEAN lookin!!!! GREAT job!

Jim., yer ONLY as old as ya FEEL, brother!!!! C'mon , you KNOW yer still 15 at heart!!!

Well Damir, it looks pretty good ta me!!!. I like it, and I've seen QUITE a few around here that it could pass for! Great job!!!