Harry P.

I agree with Charlie that a tan interior would look great, but the dark red looks great too! Man, I wish there was a kit of this car in 1/16 or 1/8 scale.

Did you post that model here? (the Runabout, I mean).

Better to have goals that exceed your ability than ability that exceeds your goals.

It is a kit car.

I agree. It's a car, not a Kenworth.

Right.

That's very cool.

That's kinda cool!

Pretty close vote... 23 REAL, 20 MODEL. And the answer is... REAL!

From what I can see, that looks pretty darn good to me! Nice job on the grille and the little details like the red bars in the bumpers and the scripts on the hubcaps.

I agree. But it's a fight I've been fighting for years, and I give up. I can only bang my head against a brick wall for so song.

That may be true in certain situations, but not in every situation. As far as model building goes, like with many other pursuits, the more you do it, the better you get at it. You will constantly raise your personal bar simply by keeping on building, keeping on trying new things, new ideas, new techniques. Sure, you're going to mess up at times, and fail at times. But the more you try, despite the occasional setback, ultimately the better you'll get. Don't ever think that you've reached your limit and there's nothing left in the tank... that you can't possibly get any better. Because that's false. You can get better, and you will get better, if you keep on forging ahead and trying. I know this for a very simple reason... I just proved it to myself! For many years I wanted to build a scratchbuilt 1/8 scale Rolls Royce woody by modifying a Pocher RR kit. I had the kit... I had the idea... I had the motivation. What I didn't have was the belief that I could do it, so the project never got beyond the "some day" stage. Then finally I decided to go ahead and try a "practice" woody using a 1/16 scale kit. Well, it turns out that I can do it! Yeah, it didn't come out perfect, I made mistakes... but I learned a lot. The most important thing I learned is that I can do this! So now I have the confidence to go ahead and finally dig into that Pocher kit and build that woody. If I would have "accepted my limitations" I would never have tried my "practice" woody and would never have found out what I am actually capable of. If I can do it, so can you.

That's not going to change anything. The magazine will still come out on an irregular schedule no matter how you label it. The best thing to do is just ignore the month on the cover. You'll get nine issues per year, as promised. Forget the "cover date." As far as MCM goes, it's irrelevant, for better or worse.

But it's not a quarterly... there are nine issues per year. Turning it into a quarterly would mean a lot fewer issues per yearly subscription. There's something right up your alley in the next issue..

Yeah, I realized that after I posted. Ooops...

Neither. They will represent the channels the glass runs in within the doors. No fancy chrome moldings on the window glass of a woody. And in this case, no chrome molding on the windshield either.

I'm going to go with Plastruct ABS U-channel for the side window glass to ride in (roll-ups on the front doors, sliders on the rear doors and maybe the rear side glass behind the back doors). I think .030 Lexan will work pretty well. Might just go with the kit windshield, but of course the side (and back) glass shapes will be different from the kit, so I have to scratchbuild those. And as far as whacking 3mm off the windshield frame... maybe, maybe not. Isn't the Sedanca a Phantom II? The Star of India is a PIII... so different dimensions. I'll have to see how it goes. I'll basically "eyeball" the design to what looks good to me. BTW... getting my Lexan on ebay, but I might be placing a pretty hefty order over at Marvin's place soon...

Sanity!

I agree. Could make for some very cool shots. But at only 12x12, it's way too small for my models!

Thanks, Mike and Tim. Glad you guys enjoyed that. I'm a big fan of stuff like that, and who is a better storyteller than Bill, right?

Yes, you definitely redefine the word "meticulous!"

Put the spare in a well under the floor. Or if the external spare was some sort of "design feature," put the plate in the middle of it. Or in a recess in the rear bumper, like I said. Yes, they could have done things differently. Namely, logically. I'll never understand why they went with those crazy, completely unnecessary pivoting taillights.

I agree with everything you said. But let's put your anal retentiveness to good use here... I'm gathering up the materials I'll need for my 1/8 woody, including Lexan for all the glass. The Pocher Star of India's glass pieces are 1/16 thick, which obviously scales out to 8/16, or 1/2 inch in 1:1 scale. Half inch thick glass might be correct for a bullet-proof car... ... but I'm building a "civilian" woody. Quarter inch thick glass seems "right" in my mind, meaning I'd need 1/32 Lexan. Your opinion? Quarter inch thick glass seem about right to you?

I've never received a call from PayPal... been using them for years. This is what happens when some "expert" puts something up on the web and everyone takes it seriously without any real, solid knowledge of the situation.

If you mean the license plate... you put it in a recess in the bumper, like almost every other car. But there have also been plenty of station wagons where the rear plate was in a recess in the tailgate and was not visible if the tailgate was open. Isn't driving with the tailgate open illegal in the first place?