Harry P.

It's generally understood that a car that has undergone "restoration" means it has been brought back to factory-original, as-built condition. You can throw in your own definition of what "restored" means, but I'm pretty sure that "restoration" has a specific meaning in the car hobby.

Restoration means restoring to original condition. Anything else is customizing. Nothing wrong with either approach, but that's the difference.

The segmentation of the forum is so that you can find specific model subjects more easily. If you're interested in, say, diecast models, you would look where? Why, that's right... in the diecast section! What a concept! How on earth do you figure that specific sections for specific models makes things harder to find???

This has been hashed out and decided long ago. The forum is separated into specific sections for a simple reason: to allow people to find specific topics without having to wade through a bunch of unrelated threads. Every subsection of the forum is very clearly labeled and even has a description of what should be posted there. I really don't understand why anyone would have a problem, for example, with posting a motorcycle in the section specifically for motorcycles. Makes perfect sense to me.

I have no problem with you posting this, but I think it's the kind of thread that can very easily go very bad very quickly... so I'm going to lock it. Again, no problem with the initial post, just where it might have gone. Call it moderator's intuition...

That's definitely a later car. You can tell, not only because the silver applique is gone, but the seats are different. All first-gen cars had the seats like in your model... simple smooth cushions and the very thin and curved seatbacks. But you model still looks cool.

I'm pretty sure that all first-gen Es had the silver appliques on the dash and console. You might have been looking at photos of later year cars, after they dropped the silver interior trim.

Actually several detail mistakes. First-gen E-types had silver appliques on the center of the dash and the top of the console. The inside rear-view mirror was mounted on a vertical rod that ran from the windshield header to the dash in the middle of the windshield. And the forward portion of the front side marker lights was clear, the rest was amber.

Scratchbuild it! It's easy. Use the back side of an X-acto blade to scribe open the rumble seat cover like you would scribe open a door. Use a chunk of balsa wood to carve and sand a seat cushion and seatback. Seal the wooden cushions, paint them whatever color "upholstery" you want. Glue the seatback cushion to the inside of the rumble seat lid and glue the seat cushion to the chassis (you might want to add a "floor" and a riser for the seat cushion to get it at the right height). Add some side walls out of sheet styrene. The hinge can be as simple as two short lengths of wire mounted into the sides of the seatback cushion. just inside the cover. Slip some aluminum tube over the wire "hinges" and epoxy the aluminum tubes to the inside of the body. file away some clearance for the tube hinges on the side walls, then glue the side walls in place. (Of course you do all this before the body is glued onto the fenders, while you still have access to the underside of the body.

Where did you get the diner? Scratchbuilt? Where did you get the figures and other stuff? Lots of questions you need to answer!

We do our best to keep things civil here. Sometimes certain people like to see how far they can push things, apparently just to rock the boat or call attention to themselves, but that sort of thing seems to have lessened here lately. It still happens now and then, but not nearly as often as it used to. Maybe because several of those people were given a permanent vacation from this forum.

Looks fantastic! Nice work...

Topics get locked by moderators when, in the moderator's opinion, a forum rule has been broken-for example, the topic has become a source of problems (personal attacks, etc.) If it's only one or two people who are causing the problem, those specific posts will be deleted, but if the whole topic becomes a big mess and everyone starts chiming in with nonsense, it's easier to just lock it altogether than try to deal with posts individually. Some topics do go off in strange directions, but if it's all in fun and nobody is breaking any forum rules, the mods will generally let it run its course. Obviously there will be times when certain members think a topic was locked unfairly, or a topic that should be locked has been left to go on too long. But in the end, it's the moderator's call as to whether to lock a topic or let it go on. It's a matter of judgement.

How about this one? Real or model? The answer: REAL!

Just as a basic rule of thumb, and to make your life easier, always glue parts together that will be painted the same color, or are supposed to represent a single piece, before you paint them. For example, if the engine block is molded in two halves, glue it together first, then paint as a unit. (If the cylinder heads and intake manifold are also going to be engine color you would also glue those on before painting). If the front seat and seat back are separate pieces, glue together first and paint as a unit. If the mufflers are two pieces, glue them together, then paint. You get the idea. You can use brush paint for small things... personally I almost always use brush paint for things like shocks, axles, suspension parts, engine components, etc., because with brush paint all the paint you apply winds up on the part. If you spray small parts, 90% of the paint winds up in the air, not on the part. And for small, irregularly shaped parts like engine bits and pieces, brush strokes aren't a problem-you'll never see them (most paints flatten out and "self-eliminate" brush strokes pretty well if you're applying them correctly). I would definitely stick with sprays for large areas like bodies. Brush painting a body is possible, but why mess around when it's so much easier to spray.

Gotta be honest, the satin chrome thing doesn't work for me. But everything else is top-notch killer work. Very impressive in every way.

I could mention Toad the Wet Sprocket here and blow everyone's mind...

I don't think "disused" is a real word. I think you're just trying to Schwinn us over with humor...

This could easily start a chain of puns if we frame our comments correctly...

So the other guy "spoke" too soon? I love bike humor...

Your brother's "friends" stole his key and robbed your house?

If the design of that car was heavily influenced by the Jaguar E-Type, I'd say that the E looks about ten times better!

Your decals, right? Nice.

This one was hard... only 7 of you came up with the right answer. The car is a 1965 Apollo 5000 GT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(1962_automobile) Who got it right: trogfor ChrisR G Holding Kenny Badluck 13 wisdonm Lunajammer

Beautiful! Fantastic work all around, a real beauty! (and my all-time favorite Camaro body style)...