Harry P.

Schicklgruber.

I only wish I could afford one!

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Same here. We abused those things big time. But my friend had a collection of Corgy and Dinky cars that were bigger... not sure of the scale, maybe 1/43? Anyway, we weren't allowed to mess with those!

Did you do the photography? Very well done!

Your forum membership fee will be refunded immediately. There... I just did it!

Interesting... I think the wheels are great, and the way they're painted works really well with the rest of the car. Different strokes, I guess...

Guys, this is a thread about pickup trucks. This area is for kit news and reviews, not "I want them to make this" type of topics. If you have questions or comments regarding big rig stuff, you need to start a new thread in the correct place (Truck Stop).

Not close at all. I'm in the far northwest Chicago suburbs, Drew Peterson is from the far southwest suburbs...maybe 25-30 miles from me.

Balding? Looks like a full head of hair to me... You mean the guy painting the hood red?

You need to cut the graphics where they cross the hood and door panel lines and use setting solution to get them to snug down at the edges.

Ferdinand Porsche "borrowed" the design of the Beetle from the Tatra 97. So much so that Tatra sued Porshe. And Porsche was willing to settle. Then Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, halted Tatra production, and made the lawsuit against Porsche conveniently disappear. After the war, Tatra reopened the suit, this time naming Volkswagen. VW lost and wound up paying Tatra three million Deutsche Mark in damages.

Well, there are always going to be "bad neighborhoods," but when you've lived here as long as I have, you know exactly where not to go... either on a bike or in a car! The stuff that makes the news is basically happening in two very specific areas within the city itself (south and west sides). But I'm pretty far away from those areas... I'm about 35 miles NW of downtown–the entire area around me is safe. There is always going to be crime, no matter where you live, but around here crime isn't an issue. It's very rare to hear of anything happening in this area, but of course, it does happen. Last year a clerk working in the gas station I usually go to was murdered in a robbery attempt. That hit pretty close to home! You can't live in a totally crime-free area... even if the residents of an area are law abiding, the crooks will come to you!

Nice video... too bad part of the end is cut off.

You can't see any resemblance? Time to get glasses, maybe? Here's another one. Don't tell me you can't see that this one is an almost direct copy of a Mini Cooper: http://www.autoevolution.com/news/china-s-lifan-320-copies-mini-cooper-57654.html And even more... http://www.ridelust.com/5-amazing-automotive-rip-offs-from-china/

This week's car is a 1948 Playboy (not the same as the Jordan Playboy from the 1920s). Who got it right: otherunicorn MikeMc Lovefordgalaxie peter31a DynoMight

Looks to me like you're doing just fine!

That's a beauty! I love seeing the classics posted here... they just don't make cars like that anymore. Just a little tip... shoot some Dull-Cote on that top...

Some more interesting info I found from "The Dodge Brothers" by David G. Cox: ...in 1902, the Dodge brothers (who were running a fairly successful machine shop) began supplying parts exclusively to Ransom Olds of Oldsmobile fame. At the time, Oldsmobile was the top-selling automobile company in America and to the Dodge brothers, they thought they had arrived. Their business was booming and everything was going great for the boys. But just five years later, Oldsmobile was struggling and soon sold out to Billy Durant, in what was to become General Motors. Suddenly, the boy’s future looked cloudy, when in walks this guy through the front door. Everyone in Detroit knew about this guy. He was a local celebrity who’d won a big time auto race, but he was also known as brash, arrogant and hard to get along with. He had previously founded two auto companies and both had ended in fiasco. One can only imagine the looks on the brother’s faces when Henry Ford came strolling in to see them. Ford had brought along designs for a new model he called the "Fordmobile" (note: it's not clear if the "designs" Ford brought to the Dodge brothers were actual finished plans and machine drawings, or simply sketches of what Ford wanted the car to look like). The brothers liked Ford’s design but sensed what was coming next–Ford wanted credit from the brothers. In 1903, Henry Ford was just a guy; there was no Ford Motor Company with agents and offices around the world. Henry Ford was just a local guy, known around town for his bad attitude, his bad (business) history, and his bad credit. The brothers, on the other hand, had seen the declining sales of their best customer in Ransom Olds. So the brothers struck a deal with Ford. While the Dodge’s had given Olds 60 days to pay, Ford’s first order would be paid cash on the barrel head and afterwards, Ford was given just 15 days to pay. The brothers also stipulated that if Ford defaulted on the debt, the ownership of all parts reverted to the Dodge’s brothers, installed or not. The terms were tough; this is what the Dodge brothers thought of Henry Ford’s chances. Ford had no choice–without the Dodge brothers to supply him; he would be out of business for a third and probably last time. Henry Ford’s company at that time was known as the Ford and Malcomson Company. Malcomson was a Scottish immigrant who’d made a fortune in the coal business. He was what we’d today call an entrepreneur, investing in potentially lucrative businesses. By 1903, Malcomson had decided his project with Henry Ford wasn’t what he was looking for. Few questioned Ford’s ability as a mechanic, but many questioned Ford’s ability as a business person. Malcomson had had enough and saw in the Dodge brothers a potential reprieve from the foibles of Henry Ford. Malcomson (not Ford!) offered the brothers a 10% stake in the company for $7,000 in parts and $3,000 in cash. It came to be known as one of the greatest bargains in American history, as the Dodge brothers eventually sold their shares for over $34 million dollars, but that is story for down the road. The road immediately ahead for Ford was still rocky; he sold his first "Fordmobile" (Model A) for $895 cash, with a company payroll due and only $223 in the bank. That was the low ebb for Ford. From that point forward sales exploded. In 1906, Ford sold 1,599 cars, a year later it was 8,000 cars. Six years more and the Ford Motor Company were producing a 1,000 cars per day, every day.

I didn't see anything in the various articles I found and posted that said whether Dodge was manufacturing to Ford designs and specs... or whether Ford was simply buying engines and chassis that had been designed and built by Dodge.But since Dodge was also a supplier to several other car makers, and since Henry Ford was basically broke, my guess is that he was buying Dodge designed and built engines/chassis/drivetrains.

Beautiful!

Not in those scales, but in 1/18.

Another trick you could try is to cut large decals into several smaller pieces; the smaller pieces would be easier to handle.

You did a lot of work on that model... so why did you leave the huge gaps between the body and the front fender wells?