Harry P.

No "s" there either. It's Jack Daniel's whiskey. As in the whiskey of Jack Daniel. Not Jack Daniels.

Tom Daniel. No "s."

Huh??? Explain, please.

No driveshaft? No exhaust manifolds?

Lots of progress on the chassis, about 90% finished. New photos coming tomorrow morning... I'm too lazy to do it tonight!

Wow! That looks like a terrific kit. I had no idea it even existed. Hmmm...

And to add to that story... Same thing, but there's nobody behind me as far as the eye can see... yet instead of waiting for me to pass, they pull out right in front of me. What is wrong with people?

This didn't irk me today specifically, but it happens so often I have to wonder what the "bleep" is going on... I'm driving down the road, and there's some guy (or girl) sitting on a side street waiting to pull out onto the main road. I'm several hundred yards away, so the person has plenty of time to pull out onto the street before I get there. But they sit. And I get closer. And they're still sitting. And I get closer. And I get so close that I think, well, obviously he (she?) is waiting until I pass. Now I'm just yards from the cross street, and NOW they decide to pull out right in front of an oncoming car (me!). And to double my pleasure, they decide that 20 MPH is a good speed. This has happened to me so many times I have to wonder what's going on?

I've been working on the chassis for several days. There are a lot of small parts... all sorts of brackets, linkages, control levers and rods, etc... all of which have to be cleaned up and painted individually before assembling to the frame. Everything is fitting together almost flawlessly... whoever engineered this kit really knew what they were doing. But it hasn't all been trouble free, as I showed you in the above photo regarding the rear brake levers. Another problem I found is with the shifter/handbrake assembly. The floorboard extends out horizontally, beyond the faces of the frame rails... so much so that the molded-in mounting pins on the brake lever assembly are too short; the inside of the assembly contacts the side of the floorboard before the pins reach the frame rail. I found this out after I had assembled and painted the handbrake assembly, but this time the fix was easy. I slipped some short lengths of aluminum tube over the mounting pins, then added some longer pieces of brass rod into the aluminum tube sleeves. These pieces of brass rod are now the new mounting pins. A drop of CA holds the aluminum and brass to the kit piece. All I have to do now is brush paint the aluminum extensions to match the rest of the assembly, and install on the frame rail:

I think you might have overdone it just a touch... But it looks good otherwise. Nice paint!

Dead today at 71.

Q: What did the considerate skeleton say to the bartender? A: I'll have a beer... and a mop. Q: Why couldn't the skeleton cross the road? A: He didn't have the guts. Q: What happened to the guy who couldn't pay for his exorcism? A: He was repossessed. Q: Why do mummies have a hard time making friends? A: They're too wrapped up in themselves. Q: Do zombies eat popcorn with their fingers? A: No, they eat the fingers separately. Q: Why did the vampire give up acting? A: He couldn't find a role he could sink his teeth into.

What a pleasure to see you back!

So has this kit actually been released yet? Has anyone here actually seen it in the flesh?

A lot of the posted photos are missing.

Looks good to me, too! I like the washer bottle detail, very nice!

The rear brake mechanism was a problem. Out of the box, the rear springs were in the way of the actuator arms. I didn't find that out until I had painted the parts and tried to install them. I had to rebuild the parts using portions of the kit pieces, styrene and aluminum tube, and strip styrene. I had to extend the rods so that they come down outside of the rear springs and don't interfere with them. Since I had to rebuild these parts anyway, I decided to add bolt head detail made of hex-shaped styrene rod:

Anyone know his screen name? I need to contact him.

The October issue was delayed a bit, that's all I can say. It's being printed right now.

Not bad after a 20 year layoff... but those front spring shackles must be magic, because they're not connected to anything!

I agree with all of the above... very nice. And I love the straight six.

As a kid I loved JoHan kits. I wish I still had all of those models I built back then.

I get it. But it does look pretty cool as a convertible. But it's your model. Have at it! Just remember to show us the results.

Actually, if you can find a suitable replacement windshield frame, I'd leave it just as is.