Harry P.

EXACTLY. If person A is happy building a kit as is, flaws and all, and doesn't care about flaws or inaccuracies, that's great... for person A. But person B might take the hobby more seriously, and strive to correct the kit's flaws, and go the extra mile to add details that weren't in the box, and put in the extra time and effort needed to make his model as correct and as accurate as he can. And that's great for person B. Neither person A's or person B's approach is "right" or "wrong," just different. What is wrong is when person A attacks person B because person B enjoys the hobby differently than person A does.

It's not my job to enlighten you. You have your opinion, others may have a different opinion. THAT is my point. Not that your opinion is wrong, but that you don't have any right to demand that everyone else has to agree with your viewpoint, as you said when you stated that everyone who sees problems with this kit needs to "get some perspective" and needs to see them as toys... the way you do. If you want to see model kits as toys, that's perfectly ok with me. I never said otherwise.

Wow. Nobody does vintage trucks better, Charlie. Beautiful!

But remember, it's very thin... only 1/16" square.

No engine in this kit, it's a curbside (it does have a basic "block" that's visible from the underside, but nothing under the hood). So no worries about detailing the engine... the hood gets glued shut. Just a nice shelf model...

The radiator was assembled from the four kit pieces. I sprayed the part with the cooling fins silver and then blackwashed it to define the fins. Luckily this was a separate part; that made detail painting it easy. The "brass" shell was sprayed Rustoleum Metallic Brass and then Testors Transparent Window Tint. I added the brass line on the side (brass rod, "nut" cut from styrene hex-shaped rod and drilled out, and real rubber "hose" (hollow rubber tubing found in the jewelry making aisle at HL), and BMF "hose clamps." The De Dion Bouton logo was found online, printed to scale, cut out, and attached to the radiator with Future. As a reference, the radiator is about an inch wide.

It's NOT. That's my whole point! Remember, YOU are the one that said people who see problems with this kit need to "get some perspective" and need to consider them to be toys, like you do.

It's impossible for a tiny sapling to lift a 2,000-3,000 pound vehicle into the air as it grows. If you believe otherwise, fine. You're free to believe in anything you want to believe in.

Again, to make my point: They are toys to you. That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. But your opinion is not everyone else's opinion.

Ok, I guess you're right. I mean, it must be true. After all, it's on the internet.

Putting a car up into a full grown tree isn't the same as the tree growing and lifting up a car as it grows.

What you seem to be forgetting is that just because they are toys to you doesn't mean everyone else sees it that way. If you see them as toys, that's great... for you. And for all who agree with you. You are under no obligation to listen to any of the people who see problems with the kit. Build it and be happy. Nobody is trying to take that away from you. But isn't a bit presumptuous of you to state that everyone else must also see things the way you see them? Isn't it a little arrogant to come on this thread and tell everyone who doesn't see things the way you see them that they need to "get some perspective?" Are the people who see things differently than you do not allowed to have their own opinion, but need to "get some perspective" so their opinion matches yours?

For all of you people who actually believe these "cars in trees" photos are real, explain this to me: How does a tiny sapling have the ability to lift a car up into the air as it grows? In reality, if there actually was a small sapling growing under a car (almost an impossibility, given the fact that there would be no sunlight under the car to keep the sapling alive), the sapling would invariably grow up around the car (assuming it could actually begin growing under a car at all), and not lift the car 20-30-40 feet into the air as it grows over the years. Come on, guys... you can't actually believe these photos are real!

Looks pretty good. My only comments would be to check the right side taillight, it looks like it's on crooked–the "bullets" look like they are pointing upwards. Also the antenna is way out of scale... you might want to replace it with a length of wire that's closer to correct scale. Other than that... very nice!

Here's another angle of the supposedly same photo. The tree branches don't match up.

You may be right. But there's still something weird going on there just above it... that odd little gap in the leaves. The tree just doesn't look right in that area.

Did you notice the amazing branch that turns invisible?

And hanging down in an "S" shape that defies gravity...

Ah, ok. I see now.

Why is that one "definitely" a PS job, but not the other?

It all depends on one's level of acceptance of flaws. To some people, flaws don't matter. To others, they do. Different strokes, you know? Doesn't make one man's level of acceptance right or wrong... just maybe different from yours.

Notice there were no bids? Why would anyone pay this guy a dime when you can create your own plate decals any time?

I was being sarcastic. Of course the guy didn't have any way of determining the size of the hole up front. That's my point. It's a Photoshopped image.

I think you tend to overthink things a bit. My modeling rule is if there's a hard way to do something, or a simple way that gets pretty much the same end result... I pick easy every time! But seriously... there are different types of brass, some much more prone to snapping or cracking when you bend it. The brass parts included in Pocher kits is the brittle kind that snaps and breaks if you try and bend it. And if you bend it and then try to straighten it back out and re-bend... forget it. It'll break. But I've found K&S brass to be much more malleable (is that the right word?), and you can bend it way past 90 degrees and it won't crack or break. On the Pocher Alfas, they supply you with brass rod that you are supposed to bend into shape according to the diagrams in the instruction manual to form the oil lines. That's where I found out about the brittle Pocher brass. My first attempt was off a bit and the oil line wouldn't fit. But when I tried to straighten out a bend to try it again... SNAP. It broke. So I replaced the Pocher brass rod with K&S, which is much more forgiving and can be bent and re-bent many times without breaking.

No. I just bent.