Harry P.

Nice! That's some pretty slick paint you laid down...

Interesting weather here lately. January 5 and it was in the 50s today. Global warming? Yeah, baby... sign me up! I don't have to shovel heat!!!

Was that a kit? Who made it?

Where?

You can zoom in.

http://www.google.co...iw=1245&bih=715 Second link on the results page. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Took me a few seconds.

Hmmm... it took me all of 3 seconds. Are you sure you're using the right google???

Have you called Bill Gates?

From a google search: Includes three sheets of 2” X 6 ¼” self adhesive vinyl top material. Comes with complete instructions. Recommended Kit(s): All 1/24 and 1/25 scale kits.

They must have changed over recently. Or they're still in the process, because the UPS truck that comes by here looks just like the one in this post.

Isn't that what a current UPS truck looks like?

Nice kid ya got there!

That looks great, Mike! I love the color, very cool. Just one suggestion: Unless the driver is a double amputee, I'd angle that steering column up a bit...

That is some mighty impressive scratchbuilding! I'd love to do a magazine feature on this. Send me a PM if you're interested. I would need step-by-step photos... so before you get too far along, if you're up for it, let me know ASAP. I'll PM you too.

Try sending Tim Ahlborn a PM. He wrote the article, he might have the answer. His member name is mackinac359

CS5 Extended (version 12).

As far as the pollution created/energy consumed by the air compressors needed to "fuel" the car... it's the same argument that applies to electric cars: If you own an "electric station" that sells electrical charges for electric cars, you use X amount of energy to create the electricity used to charge the electric cars... but the cars themselves (assuming they are pure electrics, not hybrids) cause zero pollution. If you own a gas station, that gas in your underground tanks also used X amount of energy/caused X amount of pollution to get to your tanks, but every single car that fills up also causes it's own amount of pollution on top of that. If you plug in numbers, it's pretty obvious that if we all drove electrics (or air-powered cars) there would be less pollution/less energy consumed overall. The days of our cars being powered by gasoline burning internal combustion engine are definitely numbered, IMO. Not sure what will replace them, but they are going to be replaced. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but I'd guess certainly before this century is over.

What happens when those freshly-filled air cans rupture in a crash? Do they shoot the driver out through the roof and into the stratosphere?

Once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun!

ok... I looked it up. So please change your screen name.

Since I did this tutorial there is a newer version of PS available (of course!). A few more bells and whistles, a few cool new features like the bigger, better warp feature and some spiffy new 3D stuff... a few of the tools and functions are laid out a bit differently, but the basics are still the same. The secret to PS is the layers, it gives you the ultimate in control and versatility. All versions of PS from the oldest to the newest have the same basic structure.

That's one way to do it. You can also use black India ink.

That's weird... I see a blue Chevy!

That's a nice start. Can't wait to see how this turns out; it's a pretty detailed model you've decided to build.