Harry P.

Thanks, Skip. But white roofs would also have reflected the heat many years ago. They just figured that out now???

I didn't do anything to the picture.

Years ago, school buses were yellow all over. Over the past few years I've noticed that almost all of them now have their roofs painted white. Since this happened just within the last several years, I assume it's some sort of technology-related reason? Something to do with GPS, maybe? Anyone know?

I think you'll like it.

According to Wikipedia, the first closed car (for at least four persons), which used the word sedan was the 1911 Speedwell sedan, which was manufactured by the Speedwell Motor Co in Dayton, Ohio. And there were others even before that, but they weren't specifically called "sedan." ???

Pretty close vote this time... 29 REAL, 21 MODEL. And the answer is... REAL!

For some reason that particular shade of blue really annoys me... but that's just me. It takes nothing away from your model, which is beautiful. Well done!

That's the shot right there...

That is one beautiful model!

Some of the chrome trim (on the deck lid, for instance) are kit pieces, the side sweeps and the run strips on the running boards are foil. Whitewalls are white acrylic craft paint brush painted on. The Lexan I used was actually left over from a different kit (I don't throw anything away!). It's just about 1mm thick and fits perfectly into the Plastruct "U" channel that I used to simulate the rubber gaskets. Yeah, building six of those wheels is a chore... Actually I just realized that I still have to mount the lights that go on the windshield pillars (they have the rear-view mirrors mounted on their backs). I guess I'm still not finished after all!

Well, here (finally... ) are the finished pictures. Paint is... none! Gasp! Yeah, that's right, none. The black plastic body panels were so perfectly polished and shiny right out of the box, I knew right away that there was no way I could ever come up with a paint finish to match that. Painting just isn't my thing... actually painting a body is my least favorite part of building a model. So I left well enough alone. I did a custom interior, because these were real high-end cars in real life... custom coachwork, anything goes, really. Like contemporary RRs, the only limit a customer had was the size of his bankbook... so I upholstered my interior with a pretty wild animal print-type "leather" and added custom "leather"/wood/chrome insert door panels. The seats are aftermarket resin items... much more realistic than the kit-supplied units: I used an aftermarket steering wheel, horn ring and wheel hub. I also used clear Lexan to cut new windshield glass; the kit supplied glass was too thick and way out of scale. The new "glass" is mounted in in-scale "rubber" gaskets made of styrene U-channel (you can see that "gasket" right at the middle pillar, by the rearview mirror. Dash is covered in real wood, glove box handles are made of silver paper clips: On the dash, I simulated the "mother of pearl" gauge insert panel with a piece of paper from the scrapbooking aisle at Hobby Lobby. The paper has a pretty realistic "mother of pearl" pattern printed onto it. The MB logo crest on the wheel hub is part of the aftermarket steering wheel package: Actually, I used a lot of aftermarket parts on this one... interior and exterior door handles, wipers, hood mesh inserts, grille mesh, headlights, etc... The cloth convertible top really works. I didn't want to mess with the tiny PE buckles so I left it open, but it really does work (honest!):

Cato... will do. I had this one 95% finished and never followed up.

My kit was in great shape when I got it, no polishing was needed on any of the metal parts.

Before you attach photos you'll have to attach your full name. Forum rule.

Not really. It's a spare bedroom, maybe 12x12.

I used to be able to do that!

Shelving units (cabinets) with glass doors. Something like this: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S89895185/ I have a bunch of them, side by side, covering the walls.

They're ALL good issues! (well, at least I think so...)

This is a QUESTION, not a tip or tutorial. It should have posted in the QUESTION AND ANSWER section. Is this really that hard to understand?

Right! Studebaker actually began as a wagon maker in the 1850s, I think... then later switched to cars.

This is one like I posted above: http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-schwinn-krate-xonex-model-toy-bicycle-bike-1993-/300843717270?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460baed296

The kit is made by Occre, a Spanish company, but I buy them through Model Expo: http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=OC51002

What makes you think that such a model even exists?

Why is part of it red?