Harry P.

Thunderclap Newman, Something in the Air.

Since the Bears aren't in the postseason, the closest "home team" I have in the playoffs is the Packers. And I like Aaron Rodgers. And I like the fact that they beat the Cowboys today! Go Pack!

The box art kit is pretty bad. And the actual kit itself is pretty bad. In fact, if I had known beforehand what a lousy kit this is, I would not have bought it. But I did. And by golly, I'm gonna try and make something out of it! I actually have more progress, but no time yet to do any photos... so maybe new updates early next week.

The only "box art" that would make any difference to me whatsoever would be a photo of the kit's parts trees. Now that's some "box art" that actually would affect my buying decision.

Send me a PM and I'll give you the details.

I've been busy with "real work" lately, so updates to this thread have been few and far between... but I actually do have some progress to report. The basic chassis is done: The wheels in this kit are molded in gray plastic. I want chromed wheels, so I ordered a can of Spaz Stix from ebay, but it hasn't come yet... so I'm skipping around and working on other parts until the paint arrives. It was a real PITA to attach the chrome trim to the sides of the fenders without any glue showing, and it was even more of a PITA to foil the ribs on the running boards. Man, I do not want to have to do that ever again!

Having built this same car in 1/8 scale (and super-detailed)... there's no comparison with this kit. It's like comparing a five star restaurant to Taco Bell. I really prefer 1/8 scale, but the reality is, there are only so many Pocher kits out there, and what is out there that I haven't built yet (Bugatti) is so freaking expensive that I may never snag one. So I have to make do with these little kits and their limitations. There's only so much detail you can put into a 1/16 scale kit...

Sorry about the long delay answering your post. I've been super busy putting together the contest issue of the magazine. so my forum and building time have been severely cut back. Anywho... here's how I made the plug boots. I took a length of styrene tubing of the appropriate diameter and drilled a hole into the side of it (to eventually receive the ignition wire). Then I cut off the tube at the desired length. Then I again drilled a hole into the side of the tube and cut off the desired length. I did that until I had eight short pieces of tubing, each with a hole in the side. Then I super glued a short length of wire into the end of each of the eight short sections of tubing, and then glued each of the short lengths of styrene tube into the cylinder head, using the wire as a "pin" to fit into the holes in the cylinder head. Then I super glued the ignition wires into the holes in the sides of the styrene tubes (those holes that I had drilled earlier). So now I had eight short lengths of tubing glued into the cylinder head, and eight ignition wires glued into those short lengths of tubing. But because I used tubing for the plug boots, obviously the ends were "open." So I used some 5-minute epoxy and added a small blob of epoxy onto the open ends of each of the eight plug boots... and once the epoxy had set up, I used a small brush and painted the eight boots flat black.

One thing's for sure... nobody can accuse you of taking the easy way out on this build...

Buckinghams, Mercy, Mercy.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/01/08/moonshiner-157-ford-fairlane-is-one-kind/?intcmp=obmod_ffo&intcmp=obnetwork

Four days ago? With leaves on the trees? I don't think so...

Yeah, I'm not counting on gas prices to stay this low... but it sure is nice while it lasts!

I bought gas this morning. Price was $1.97 a gallon. Seriously... I never thought I'd live to see a price like that ever again!

You have to click on "Contact Us" and he will send you ordering info. Strange way to set up an online store, but whatever...

This week's car is a Renault Viva Grand Sport, made from 1934-39. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Viva_Grand_Sport Who got it right (not many!) MikeMc bbsbase Chris R

I always thought it was the white courtesy phone...

Nice to see a new kit of an old Mopar.

That wreath is hilarious...

I agree with Tulio... the grille desperately needs a black wash. But aside from that, simple, clean, and classic.

Is that the "Frank Sinatra Edition?"

Very creative and well executed!

Oh yeah, that's a beauty! Nicely done on all counts. Very sharp model.

James... the odds of your work being featured in this magazine rise dramatically if you actually submit material to us. We rely on people submitting their work to us to be featured in the magazine... we don't have people "on staff" that create material. It's all about you guys submitting material! In fact, a ton of stuff that has appeared in the magazine has come from forum members. Just to name a few people who have had (and continue to have) features in MCM that were "discovered" right here on the forum when I first saw their work... Chuck Most, Cliff and Larry Read, Bob Steinbrunn, Scott Colmer, Bill Geary, Ken Kitchen, Marcos Cruz... that's just the tip of the iceberg. Of course, we also regularly run material from the "heavy hitters" of the hobby like Bill Coulter or Tim Boyd or John Teresi, just to name a few... but we are always looking for new material from people who have never had their work in the magazine. Send us some material. You might be pleasantly surprised.

I know.