Harry P.

If you're talking about ways to make a model look more like a real car in the photo (as opposed to talking about taking better photos, technically), the most common mistake I see is that the model is almost always taken from a somewhat overhead angle, looking down towards the car. A real car (unless specifically taken that way in a studio) wouldn't be shot from a position like that...it would be most often shot from a person's eye level. So the one biggest trick to making a model look more like a real car is to shoot it from a low angle, not the typical "model on a table top" angle. Just like you've done in your photo.

A lot of us posted political stuff there...it's not any one person's fault. Things just got a liitle too far away from models and too heavy into politics and/or religion. Those are two topics that you can bet will always be trouble!

It's been shut down because there were quite a few complaints about all the political posts. Maybe it'll be back some time in the future, maybe not. But for now, it's history.

One of the worst kits ever produced??? I was under the impression, that aside from some very minor issues, this was one of the better kits from the 60s.

Hey guys...read the quote in my sig and relax!!!

It looks to me like you definitely made the most of that kit. It's amazing what a little talent can do to! Nice job...by looking at the photos you'd never know what humble beginnings that model came from. Got any more to share?

I've never used that product, so I can't comment on it, but you might like to try some other ways of doing a wash. You can take flat black paint and thin it down about 50:50 and use that as a wash. I thin down good old Testors (the little square glass bottle) and flow it on. Sometimes a quick wipe with a paper towel (or my finger) to bring out the raised areas, and you're good to go. You can also try thinned down black ink as a wash, as well as acrylic black paint. If you mess up, water will take care of your mistake and you can try again. There is also a spray by Testors called "Transparent black window tint" that I've used with good results. It gives chrome a sort of bluish-black look that I like...it tends to tone down the too-bright "model" looking chrome of kit parts, IMO. I especially like it on motorcycle engine parts and chrome spoked wheels. It gives the chrome parts a nice "depth". There are many different products you can use to get good results. Personally I like to use stuff I already have on hand anyway, rather than buying a specific "wash" product...but that's just me, the "frugal modeler"...

Pretty cool! But with the headers routed like that, wouldn't the driver pass out after the first couple of laps???

Hey now!!! That is VERY cool! Your attention to the details in the drawijng is fantastic. That's going to be a great piece when it's done.

Very nice! I love funny cars from that era...they still looked like real cars. Today's funny cars are like today's NASCAR racers...except for the decals they all look alike!

Ooops....I just realized that this is the second Corvette in a row. Sorry 'bout that. I'll pay better attention next time!

Obviously if the board was "broken" you couldn't have posted your message!

Time for another exciting round of Real! or! Model!!!!!!! The answer: MODEL! If you know for sure, don't tell!

On the 'cuda, I'd add a few things. Check the fit of the hood...something's not right. I'd paint the side marker lights (they shouldn't be body color). Also, I'd either paint the hood pins silver or foil them...they shouldn't be body color either. Same on the washer bottle...it was a translucent white on the real car, with a black cap. Front turn signals shouldn't be body color either. I think the thin molding around the front end should be chrome, and I'm not sure if it was optional or not, but most pictures I've seen of the real car have chrome wheelwell trim. I hope this doesn't come off as being critical. All the things I've mentioned are very easy to add and would make for a much more realistic model. You've done a nice job so far, you just missed a few fine details.

Something like this...

The picture in your last post isn't showing on my computer, but I was curious and went online to do a google search. You're right...those engine mounts really are just "sticks". Hard to believe that with the twist the engine would produce that those mounts actually worked!

I'm shooting for Obama ohana!

I wonder about those spindly front engine mounts...looks like they'd snap like a dry twig the first time that engine was fired up!

Yeah, sorry about that. I don't know the actual numbers...I thought it was 1,000. But in any case, it's based on number of posts.

Looks like you have it figured out just fine!

Glue bomb, eh? May I interest you in a magazine subscription? :lol: :lol: :lol:

It works by how many times you make a post. I don't know the specific cutoffs, but once you make a certain number of posts you get a certain title, like "MCM Friend", "Regular" etc. Once you hit 1,000 posts you become an "ohana", which is a Hawaiin word that means "Family member" or something like that. That's the "highest" ranking you can get.

######, you're good!!!

I don't want to make you guys look too bad...but I do have a pretty good slider... Maybe I should use it!

Yup. November 6, to be exact.