Harry P.

Nice work, Carl. Cool car, cool model.

I don't see anything that can be done better. That is one awesome interior! Congratulations on your very nice work.

Goodrich G-Force T/A. Those are the factory-stock tires.

Man, I wish I could get that kind of life out of a set of tires. My Mustang has only 30,000 miles on it (not even... actually 28,500) and the tires are worn to the point where they need to be replaced. I'm not a "light the tires" kind of driver (and the fronts are just as worn as the rears, BTW), so a set of brand-name tires lasting only 30,000 miles is a real drag.

A basic "must have" list to get started: • X-acto knife and #11 blades. But the blades in bulk, they cost a lot less per blade that way. • Several high quality paint brushes in various sizes, from tiny for small details to fairly large. Don't buy cheap brushes... they don't last and you'll wind up tossing them and buying better brushes anyway... so just buy the good ones in the first place. • A selection of sandpaper in various grits from ultra-fine to coarse. Get it at the local home center, less expensive than buying it at a hobby shop. • A set of various small files... round, flat, etc. Again, buy at the home center, cheaper than at a hobby shop. • Liquid styrene glue, CA glue ("crazy glue"), and clear 2-part epoxy. Liquid glue for general building (much neater to use than "tube glue," CA and epoxy for certain circumstances that will become obvious to you as you gain experience). • Sprue cutters (can be found at craft stores like Michael's or Hobby Lobby). • Small plastic spring clamps (I found a set of 20 at the home center for a couple of bucks). • A roll of masking tape (comes in handy in all sorts of ways). (Plus whatever paints you need to build the model) That should get you going, and all together (not including the paints) should cost roughly $50-75 or so. Soon you'll find that you want a few more tools. First should be a pine vise and a set of bits–you'll find all sorts of instances where you'll need to drill small holes. Eventually you'll want a razor saw and a Dremel tool with various assorted bits... once you have a Dremel you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. A food dehydrator is fairly cheap ($30 or so) and comes in handy for speeding up the paint drying process. And finally, you may eventually want to step up to an airbrush and compressor... but to be honest, many people build models all their lives without ever using an airbrush. An airbrush is one of those "not essential but nice to have" tools that you may or may not feel that you need (or want).

Same here. Don't use cash... I don't see why I should have to go to the ATM every few days and withdraw a wad of paper money. I use my debit card for everything.

That's pretty slick. Nice work. Personally, I would have foiled the door handles... but that's just me.

Welcome aboard, Chris!

But who is?

Ah yes... bookstores. The 21st century's equivalent of the blacksmith's shop.

It's clunky...awkward...badly proportioned...the lines don't flow... it's not a cohesive design...the plastic cladding makes it look incredibly cheesy...there are too many conflicting angles...and that's just for starters. Truly one of the ugliest designs of all time–all time– and that's saying something.

The way they are able to target emails to specific people these days, you must buy a lot of Spam...

It'll sell for good money, if for no other reason than it's "collectible." But that car/truck/van/whatever it is is one of the ugliest vehicles ever. I can't understand how or why that design ever got the go-ahead for production.

Make sure you stir the paint thoroughly before you use it. Enamels like that tend to separate, the heavier pigment settles at the bottom while the clear carrier sits on top. If the paint isn't mixed well, you could be painting with mostly carrier and not enough pigment.

It's a good looking little car. Must have been very stylish back in the day.

Final vote: 34 REAL, 12 MODEL. And the "REALS" have it!

At least it has power "breaks."

Did you forget to paint the engine?

They did correct it. Lindberg also corrected the lower windshield curvature on their '61 Impala kit.

So if you understand that a forum is a place where people express their opinions, why did you seem so surprised that people were doing exactly that?

Gregg is still tinkering with it. There may be a way to tailor the ads to more closely reflect forum members' interests. At this point it's a work in progress... refinements will be made. Give it a little time.

Because the photo was posted on an online forum, where people... wait for it... people express their opinions! Hey, wait a minute... Online forum? Members expressing their opinions? Hmmm, I just might be on to something here!

No you can't. The billboard chooses you. If you sell ad space, it's up to the advertiser to buy that space. You don't control which advertisers buy ad space, they do. You can only run ads for the advertisers that actually buy the ad space. It's true that you can decide to only accept ads from certain advertisers, but still, it's the advertisers that have to buy the ad space. It's their choice whether or not to buy the space.

Maybe someone else has a different definition, but to me a model is a scale representation of the real thing. A full-size representation is not a model, but a replica.

Since this an actual, operational engine, I don't know if "detailed" is the right word. It has what it needs to actually run... "detailed" sounds more like looking realistic. This thing is realistic–because it's real!