Just received the official word that there won't be a TamiyaCon this year, there may possibly be one in Spring of 2008.
If you are attending the IPMS Convention in Anaheim this week stop by the Tamiya booth for more info!
No I don't know who ran this one but the car was never butchered. There's another real one in that album plus a clone(the Maroon one) for reference.
Thunderbolt album
Take a look at my Aftermatket Resources page, there are a lot of good sources there.
As for an online catalog try Fantastic Plastics, Len has the best service out there!
Model Roundup is also very good.
Funny you should mention that Lyle, Michael's been doing this for quite a while too. We were all on the Modelcarlist group years ago when it started and Michael started Modelcarlist of Germany.
Good stuff Michael!
Here's a few of the 400+ pics from the show - funny thing, my buddy Ray pulled onto the freeway right in front of me so I grabbed a few shots of him on the way to Mooneyes...
...click on the pics or go to my site to see them all.
You could also make a false floor for the bed which is raised to clear the suspension/rear end like these...
...that last one is hinged so you can lift it to store stuff under the false floor.
The blanks have always been available here...
http://www.rtbrandon.com/blankplates/
...that's where Acme resourced the bases for their plate generator.
Let's give credit to R.T. Brandon for originally creating this great resource!
You guys need to pick up a copy of this book and study hard to communicate with Gregg in his native tongue...
Having lived in Hawaii for 8 years I can tell you learning to speak pidgin is a must!
Eh Brah, pau hana time yet?
Wow, amazing project!
I'm sure you have tons of reference material, but if you need more all the Lamborghini Media images are in this album on my site...
http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_rela...ini-media-pics/
This past Saturday was Lamborghini Day at Cars & Coffee and over 70 showed up, lots more pics at my site. Let me know if you like the short videos too...
...a couple Miuras showed up...
...lots more in the album!