Harry P.

BTW... has anyone ever told you that you look like the guitar player from Lynryd Skynryd? I don't know his name, but you know... the guy that looks like you!

Duplicolor paints are carried by most, if not all, the national auto parts chains... O'Reilly's, Pep Boys, NAPA, etc. Here in the Chicago area Walmart also carries a limited supply, but you'll get the widest color selection at an auto parts store. And there's always the online suppliers...

Gregg loves the WiFi so much, he's decided to buy himself a private jet, just so he can fly from show to show and keep in contact at all times. And he said I can have a Ferrari as a consolation prize...

Good luck getting on a plane with either a file or an Xacto knife...

Watch it... no religious posts, or God help me, I'll delete it!

Looking good so far. Man, that's some major-league scratchbuilding!

You can have a bigger avatar if you want, I think the max. size allowed is 150x150 pixels.

Duplicolor is "real car" touch-up paint, it's sold at auto parts stores (and sometimes Walmart).

The Pocher kit has a black body.

October 2008.

Oh, I get it. You guys are assuming he's building a race version and that he has the decals. Looks to me like more a stock version of the car. He never did say that he has the decals, so I was wondering what you guys were seeing that I wasn't!

Keep going where???

Where are you guys seeing decals???

I might have done a similar car in the past, but never this particular one.

Ok... stooopid question, but what about all the chrome trim on the body? And the ribs on the tailgate? Covered with body color???

Well, then it wouldn't be a "tall T," now, would it?

Dave, you're a lucky man! You have learned how to live and enjoy your life with a positive outlook and attitude. Not everyone is "wired" that way... but for those who are, count your blessings!

I agree... give each model its own folder, then maybe group similar builds into a larger folder (hot rods, factory stock, trucks, or whatever).

I use Testors "Brass" in the small square glass bottle for painting brass fittings.

I agree 100%! In the 1:1 world, it's actually pretty rare for one person to be expected to do all the work himself (engine, interior/upholstery, body work and paint, etc.) In the 1:1 world those are all very different aspects of building a car that require very different and specialized skills and knowledge. In the 1:1 world it's generally understood that the vehicle itself, not necessarily the owner, won the award. But in the model car world, the assumption is that we are judging one single person's skill at building a model car, and we assume that all parts of the model were done by the entrant. In the model car world, the model may be judged the "winner"... but what is actually being judged is the builder's skill, and the trophy is actually awarded to the builder of the model more than the model itself. The model is entered as an example of the builder's skill, while in the 1:1 world it's more the car itself that is judged... the assumption being that more often than not, more than one person had a hand in creating it.

If by "pre-war" hot rod you mean a hot rod as it would have been built in the 30s, the wheels and tires you have on your mockup are all wrong! Those types of wheels/tires didn't exist back then.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

How about this one? Remember... if you know where the photo is from, DON'T TELL! The answer: REAL!

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I'm what the baseball announcers call a "crafty southpaw"...