Harry P.

That works, too.

http://www.amazon.com/Paracord-Planet-550lb-Type-Silver/dp/B007ZSC03U/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1408839017&sr=8-10&keywords=silver+braided++line

Where are the wipers?

Shouldn't all those fuel and oil lines be braided stainless steel? If you're building this kit box stock, sorry... I missed that. If not, your lines really need to be switched out.

Why does the part of the flames that's on the doors look out of focus?

Obviously the amount of work put into this model, the craftsmanship, the attention to detail, the scratchbuilding skill, etc. is first rate. Very clean, almost surgically precise... that's not easy to do, especially at this scale. So I agree with all the superlatives, but... if there's one thing that sort of stands out to me, it's the fact that in real life this car wouldn't be driveable, at least not on real roads with real cracks and real potholes, because there is just about no room for the rear wheels/tires to move up and down. They would be constantly hitting the wheel openings, and it would get pretty annoying for the driver to be constantly scraping the rear tires on the bodywork. Slightly narrower rear tires, that were completely tucked in behind the fender flares, would have been a better way to go. I know, it's only a model, it doesn't have to "work." But making a model plausible in the "real world" is a goal I strive for, so those wheels just sort of jumped out at me right away.

Looks like a magazine to me. Nice model, really nice interior.

1969 Camaro Z28: 3300 pounds. 2014 Camaro Z28: To keep weight down: A/C delete, thinner rear glass, manual front seats (no power motors), tire-inflation kit deleted (except where required by law), interior sound deadening deleted, trunk carpet deleted, lighter battery, and removing HID headlamps and fog lights. There’s also no stereo. Chevy says it wanted to delete the audio system entirely, but federal regulations require one speaker be left in the car for the seatbelt chime. The team also stripped out the unused wiring for the fog lamps, speakers, and A/C. The rear seats stay, but the pass-through is gone and high-density foam has been subbed in for some of the heavier material in the stock seats, so they’re nine pounds lighter. Despite all that intensive effort to keep weight down: 3800 pounds.

A sealed-beam headlight replacement used to cost a few bucks. Toyota says that replacing a normal non-LED headlight on a Prius should cost about $641 a side. The unit itself costs $484.70 and the average national labor rate at a Toyota shop is $93.75/hr.

The new Challenger had a 6" longer wheelbase than the original. More car = more weight.

Also running changes were made by Jaguar as the Series 1 morphed into 1.5 and then 2... so there can be some differences among Series 1.5 cars as the transition was being made. And 1.5 export cars were different at times from home-market 1.5 cars. Very confusing...

I checked my two Jaguar E-Type restoration guides. Both agree that Series 1.5 cars had open headlights, only Series I cars had them covered. So the guys who posted that red one I linked to are wrong.

? http://www.boldride.com/ride/1967/jaguar-series-15-e-type#gallery/4 These guys must be mistaken.

Highs near 90, humidity the same. Yuck...

You guys are right. I was confusing Series "I.5" and II. Series II had the uncovered headlights.

Hmmm... I thought the only difference between I and II was an increase in engine displacement. Guess I have my series mixed up.

How do you know it was a Series II just by a quick look? Aren't Series I and II virtually identical on the outside aside from the external bonnet latches? Isn't the difference between Series I and II basically all under the hood (and revised floor pan)?

No. Today's cars are built with lighter weight, yet stronger steel than they used 45 years ago. And the crash resistance is engineered into the chassis and body panels... today's cars are designed to absorb and dissipate the impact because they are designed to crumple and fold in a very specific way. If anything, todays cars should be lighter than those of 40-50 years ago, yet be better able to absorb impact.

I forgot about Robin Trower. Good addition to the list.

You'd think that with the benefit of 40+ years of technological/engineering advances, they could build a Challenger today that would weigh the same as one did back in 1970. And ditto on Elon Musk, who is working on developing new technology, not desperately clinging to old technology.

BTW... I just submitted my application to obtain the copyright on the word "the." I expect to be real rich real soon...

People whose name is McDonald can't open a store and call it "McDonald's." It's their name, but they can't call their store that.

Not everyone is that stupid. If we follow that standard, all we should be able to sell to people is Nerf balls.

The man to ask about working with diecasts is Cliff Read. He is an absolute master. His forum screen name is traditional... I'd send him a PM if I were you... I guarantee he can answer your questions.

Another thing I don't understand is why the big oil companies aren't all over solar technology. They sell a product that is going to run out one day, a product that everyone is desperately trying to wean themselves from. So why not pour some of those billions of profit dollars into solar technology and develop cheap, reliable solar panel systems and get a jump on an emerging market? Seems like smart business sense. When ExxonMobil doesn't have any more oil to sell, they could then sell ExxonMobil solar panel systems, and if they got into alt energy now, they would probably own the largest chunk of the market for a long time to come.