Harry P.

Yes, there are latches.

Test fitting the hood. What a pleasant surprise!

I got the door posts mortised... And after some tweaking, got the first side of doors done... Now I have to try and get the other side done as good as the first side!

Yes and yes...

"No matter what you do or say, I'm gonna love you anyway. Keep on cryin' baby for you, I'm gonna keep sighin' baby for you"...

Who do you think you're dealing with, amateurs?

Good man!

John Mellencamp, Rumbleseat.

In all the years I've been at this, I've never built a snap kit. I got into glue kits as a kid (loved those fumes!. )... never even considered a snap kit. My loss, I guess.

I dunno... it looks pretty good to me!

You need to come out of your 1/25 scale shell! A period woody like this would be a perfect subject for a larger scale model.

Another beauty... but i think the metallic paint wasn't the way to go. I would have gone with a solid gray enamel, no metallic, just to keep it more "period correct." Just my opinion, of course. It's a beautiful model, superb craftsmanship as usual from you.

Both good suggestions. I'm going to give it a shot with the hinges I have. If I can't get them to work, I'll definitely try one of your ideas.

They are in the "Auto Art" section. Always have been...

You said left side only. I figured there was some sort of meaning to that. You know, like wearing an earring in one particular ear, etc.

Wow, this one has been in the works for quite some time! Nice to see the progress...

Not sure about aftermarket sources (although I think there would have to be one somewhere)... but the old spare parts box might work.

Ok, I give up. What's the meaning?

Huh? Isn't Tampa in the Eastern time zone, same as you? And Chicago time is only one hour behind east coast time.

I'm having problems with hinging the doors. Each door has three hinges, and in order for the door to open smoothly, all three of the hinge pins have to be in perfect alignment, otherwise there will be binding. In 1/16 scale, getting these hinges in perfect alignment is hard to do. The hinges themselves are very "tight" to begin with, there is no slop or play in them, and they don't operate very easily... it takes some effort to open and close them. If there was some slop, they wouldn't have to be perfectly aligned; the slop in the hinges would allow for some imperfection in alignment. But because there is no margin for error, I'm finding that once the hinges are glued in place, when I try to operate the door some of the hinges are just popping out of their mortises... the CA bond isn't strong enough to hold them in place if there is any stress on them as the door opens or closes. I'm trying to finesse things, trying to realign things as best as I can... but it's frustrating, to say the least. I'll keep trying, but I think I might ultimately have to get some cheaper hinges with more slop and looser tolerances to get the doors to work.

Makes sense. Thanks! I googled "hunting brake" and it kept bringing up references to "shooting brake." No "hunting brake" info came up. A "hunting brake" would make a nice companion piece to this model... but that's more work than I want to take on! How about you, Art? You mentioned wanting to try a real wood woody. Sounds like the perfect project for you.

A brand new shooting brake... http://www.mercedes-amg.com/cls63sb.php?lang=eng#vehicle_overview_section

The way I understand it, a "shooting brake" referred to a car designed to carry a hunt party, their guns, and dogs (and maybe their kills back home). I also haven't heard the term "hunting brake"... but wouldn't that describe essentially the same type of car?

Art, I'll be happy to get out of this one alive! No way am I going to do another one, not at this scale at least (1/16). But what I do plan to do is use this one as a "learning experience" and eventually turn the Pocher RR "Star of India" into a woody. Working at twice this size (1/8), I think it'll be a lot easier. Also I'll have the mistakes I made on this one to refer to, and know how not to do certain steps next time. And I'll have a better handle on what sorts of joints to use where, specific order of assembly, etc. This one (in 1/16) is my "training woody"... the next one (in 1/8) will be the "real" one!