Harry P.

It's worth whatever the buyer is willing to pay for it. Simple.

What you describe is pretty much how it's done today. I don't know exactly when the tool cutting process became fully automated. I'm sure Art will fill us in when he sees this thread.

Gotta agree with everyone else. If you're burned out with the hobby, just let it go. But don't get rid of all the stuff... odds are the bug will hit you again sometime down the road. When it does, you'll be glad you kept all the kits and stuff.

An injection molding machine is a heavy, large thing. The molds themselves are only a small part of the whole machine. The mold is a two-piece (or sometimes more) hunk of steel, with the shapes of the parts to be made carved into them. The molten styrene is injected into the mold under pressure, and fills the recesses in the mold to form the plastic parts. A basic mold has two parts (the top half and the bottom half)... but more complex parts require more complex molds with more parts to them, some of which have to be able to slide back and forth in order to allow the finished parts to be able to be ejected from the mold once the plastic has cooled (hardened) enough to hold its shape. Clear parts are made with one mold, colored parts another, tires another.

How about it? Real or model? The answer: REAL!

So get yourself a computer and join the fun!

As far as proving I was born... you're just going to have to take my word for it...

Sure, why not?

You just posted here, so you can't really be computer illiterate!

I also love the color. One small "but"... you really should have sanded the steering wheel rim to get rid of the flash.

ok, ok... You win!

That's about the slickest K-Ghia model I've ever seen. Beautiful work in every respect.

Another nice one from you, G!

Hmmm... one of the bodies you painted "today?" Time stamp on the photos says Feb. 29.

My problem is the particular models I like to build (Pocher). They're not made anymore (the company went out of business years ago), and unbuilt kits are getting harder and harder to find. And of course, as the remaining unbuilt kits are sold, the prices keep going up, up, up, because there's only a finite supply of them in existence. I buy to build, not to "collect" or to resell at a profit... so every Pocher kit I buy and build means one less on the market, and that only serves to drive the price of the remaining ones up even higher. So by buying and building them (thereby reducing the number left to sell), I guess I'm actually part of the reason the prices keep climbing!

I have to agree with everyone else. Beautiful work and a fine looking model. Nicely done!

Very cool! Having fun while learning new techniques at the same time... you can't beat that!

It would make sense that the kinds of cars you have the most interest in are the ones you grew up seeing the most. Guys who grew up in SoCal would be more into customs and all sorts of wild automotive stuff than say, a guy who grew up in rural Vermont!

That's pretty old... almost 10 years old! Sort of "old news" by now...

Hmmm.... apparently somebody from Pegaso snuck into an Aston-Martin factory and took some photos...

You're right, it's too early to ask...

No, it won't be.

First thing: rip it open and check it out. Even if I'm not going to build it right away, it still gets an immediate "inspection"....

Pretty sure this is 1/25.

We're working on it.