Harry P.

Ok, I don't want to seem stupid... but what is the plex thingie for? Is that supposed to work like an airplane's tail fin and steer the thing?

"It's the economy, stupid." -James Carville

Exactly... Since they're so cheap, maybe they should run an ad campaign urging you to buy two... then you'd have a nice pair of... well, you know...

There's no Tamiya out of the can color even close to that (Chrysler "Beige"). Maybe you can find a close match from Duplicolor.

Apparently a lot of you guys do know your clown cars! This one is a 2010 Tata Nano from India, and it's billed as the world's cheapest new car (Approx. $2,500!!). Who got it right: zoom zoom Badluck13 Erik Olijnsma sjordan2 MikeMc Jon Cole YSIslander Modelmartin Foxer mountaindewd draggon Brett Barrow envious8420 mark taylor mr moto Joe Handley mdlman1

But aren't those issues that any reasonably competent modeler can handle? Sorry... couldn't resist...

You mean ex-cyber knucklehead...

Cato... what I meant regarding the "per post" picture limit was that you could simply add another post to your original thread. I took your second post and merged it into your original thread... so all the photos are in this one single thread.

Too late, Kahuna! I've already made the request. You snooze, you lose...

Don't forget the "Cherry Bombs"...

I've been watching the progress of this in the Big Boyz section, and now that it's finally here in Under Glass, all I can say is spectacular! From following your progress, I know how much research you did and how much detailing you added to the basic kit. Also, the weathering is subtle but very convincing. I give this one a 10+...

I think all of this could have been avoided if Revell would have simply stated on the box that the kit is a replica of the restored car, not the original car as raced back in the day. At least that way everyone would have known what they were getting, instead of being disappointed when they opened the box.

I have no problem with your post. BTW, the second photo is the nicer one.

Thank you for your response. It's nice to see that we still have members who can take criticism or a comment in the spirit that it was intended, and not as a personal attack.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12248

I can't decide whether I find that impressive or frightening...

The weathering is cool, but to be honest, it doesn't seem very realistic... because it seems so randomly (and illogically) placed. For example, there are random splotches on the roof and trunk lid, but around the door handle (where there really would be wear over the years) there is almost none. The wear in the finish isn't where you would expect it to be in "real life" and seems to be sort of artificially placed without regard to real-world conditions–where the paint would wear on a real car under real conditions. Sorry, but you did ask for comments...

I find it amazing that so many of you guys can remember the first model you've built! I've built hundreds of models, and there's no way I could ever possibly remember which one was the first. I don't even remember exactly when I started building models. To me it's like asking if you remember the first time you ever hit a baseball or the first time you ever rode a bike. How can you remember???

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/psr/psr47062.htm

Funny that you should mention a Trabant! I did this a few years ago, just as a joke:

Beautiful color!

After I locked this topic Jim PM'd me... he had no idea that the topic of Reliable Resin was so "controversial"... apparently he hasn't seen the many previous posts on the subject. Anyway, I told Jim that the topic was locked not because of his initial question regarding RR, but because the topic has already been debated here ad nauseum, and generally resulted in nothing more than flame wars and bashing of Don/RR. Jim said that he was sorry that he missed the chance to post his opinion of Don before I locked the topic... so in the spirit of fairness I told Jim that he can send me the post he would have made if the topic hadn't been locked, and I'll add it here. Here is what Jim had to say: "I talked to Don by phone, and found him a strong personality as mentioned, but an engaging person. I have not ordered anything from Don, and was in no way trying to start a bash party. I read my original post now and see how it could have been taken that way. Don is a VERY busy artist and is not perfect by his own admission. The emails I received had great things to say about Don's work."

Another cool creation from the twisted (but very creative) mind of C-mos... (However, would a car with no windshield be street-legal?)...

From Wikipedia: P400 Jota In 1970, Lamborghini development driver Bob Wallace used chassis #5084 to create a test mule that would conform to the FIA's Appendix J racing regulations. The car was appropriately named the Miura Jota (the pronunciation of the letter 'J' in Spanish). Only one was ever built, which was eventually sold to a private buyer after extensive testing. In April 1971, the car crashed on the yet-unopened ring road around the city of Brescia, and burned to the ground. P400 SV/J Once customers heard about the Jota, they requested their own "Jota". Lamborghini could not justify the expense of building a series of Jotas, so they offered an upgraded SV model instead. This model, known as the SV/J, featured upgrades to the engine, suspension components, exterior and interior. Of the five examples of the Miura SV/J built by the factory while the Miura was still in production, two were built new (chassis #5090 and #5100) and three were converted from existing SVs (chassis #4934, #4860 & #4990). All of these still exist. Chassis #5100 is however the only SVJ to feature the dry sump lubrication system as per the mechanics of the original Jota #5084. One of these cars, chassis #4934,[6], was built for the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah stored this car under armed guard with another SV in Royal Palace in Tehran. After he fled the country during the Iranian Revolution, his cars were seized by the Iranian government. The SV/J was sold into Dubai in 1995. In 1997 this car was sold via a Brooks auction to Nicolas Cage, at US$490,000, becoming the model's highest ever price sold in an auction.[7] Cage sold the car in 2002. A sixth SV/J was built at the Lamborghini factory between 1983 and 1987 from an unused Miura S chassis. This was made for Jean Claude Mimran, one of the Mimran brothers, the then owner of Lamborghini.[7] Further Miuras were subsequently upgraded to SVJ specifications (trying to imitate the real factory SVJs) by various garages of Switzerland, USA and Japan.