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Bobby, thanks for the pics! Do you mind if I link to your album in our ACME club forum? I have one club member particularly incensed that I didn't shoot the dioramas, especially his diorama...I simply ran out of time before the awards ceremony...and missed taking dioramas and part of the custom/slammer class. Great photos! Hope you had a great time at the show. BTW, Ken Mouton, who built the 1/12 Ferrari 375, drives the silver Civic SI you shot in the parking lot.

Thank you for sharing those! I didn't get a chance to photograph the dioramas or half the custom/slammer class before the awards ceremony, and I've already caught complete hell from one of our own angry club members whose diorama didn't end up in our photos

I didn't get any pics as it was in the garage and not easily photographed, but I found one photo on pelicanparts.com of the car at Rennsport last weekend, and it's the same car you built. http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/...L/Page-2185.htm

Another great NNL in the history books! We had a blast as usual putting on the show. Thanks to all of our who attended, many who travel a great distance from all over the US to join us, it is you who really make the show what it is. Thanks again to all ACME members who do such a fine job of making this the best show possible for all of our guests and vendors who continually tell us how great they feel the show is. It's an honor to be an ACME member and part of a group who do so much for everyone else. That's what this hobby is all about. Here are the stats: 769 models built by 108 different modelers. Show coverage will be provided by Model Cars Magazine and Scale Auto. The winners: Top Ten Winners: Matt Barnett: 1/12 Hawaiian Tropic Porsche 935 Thomas Mathisen: 40 Willys Chris Sunter: 85 Fiero Pro Mod Dirk Joseph: 66 Nova Pro Touring Chuck Sears: Peachbowl Speedway Diorama Dave Thibodeau: Pirates of Caribbean Pontiac Stock Car Winston Mitchell: Python V-12 Larry Gabor: One man's junk, another man's treasure diorama Clay Kemp: NHRA Pontiac Grand Am LeMans web theme: Ken Mouton: 1/12 1954 Ferrari 375 1932: Rodney Jefferson: 32 Ford Tudor street rod 1957: Mike Dimytriw: 1957 Pontiac wagon & scamp trailer combo Best NASCAR sponsored by BSR: Mark Batson: Buddy Baker #88 Dodge Charger Daytona Best Junior: Jordan Rymer: 87 Monte Carlo pro street Ken Mosezar award of excellence (to ACME member): John Gum Augie Hiscano memorial award: Dirk Joseph: 66 Nova Pro Touring Best In Show: Mark Batson: Buddy Baker 1969 #88 Dodge Charger Daytona 367 photos of the event, including photos of the winners: http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/acme_sou...nnl-southern-n/

Wow, that's gorgeous. I just got to see the 1:1 a week ago today at Rennsport and I have to get the model too!

So nobody has noticed the detailing rag?

The problem is that you used ENAMEL primer. Testors enamel primers are not really good primers as they're not generally sandable (like "real" primer) and take a long time to dry. You get much better results using Testors white lacquer primer, or any of Tamiya's primers, or even Duplicolor or Plastikote sandable lacquer primers. The lacquer/sandable primers dry very rapidly.

Bill, actually you can use the URL from a right click/properties menu, but you have to manually delete the remainder of the code to the right of the .jpg of your image URL from that menu. The rest is the same as seen in the "share" button URL.

Simon, great meeting you and congrats on your awards! We had a blast, really enjoyed putting on the model show and being part of the event in general. My head is still spinning from all that we saw. Most likely we'll be doing it all over again in 2010. Glad you got photos of the crowd; I was taking model shots early before the crowd. That 1:1 917 model was great! Here are the model photos I took: http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/model_ca...port-reunion-i/ Here are the 1:1 photos that I took: http://public.fotki.com/ACME-IPMS/full-siz...rt-reunion-iii/

The reason you can't find that post is because it was removed as it was spreading around an untrue rumor that was getting people all worked up over nothing. I hope that this thread is deleted or the title changed so as not to further any rumors. Model Roundup is NOT out of business! All is well with Model Roundup; in fact their business is way up since the demise of Hobby Heaven as Hobby Heaven sent their customers to Jack. Jack posted this on another board: Hi this is just a quick note to let you know the Model Roundup Web Site is temporarily down due to a data center move. We post this message here as our friend Tom at Spotlight has referred many of you to our Web Site for your current kit needs. We are told the web site should be available again sometime on Sunday morning November 4th. However, some technical glitches have already delayed the site coming back up, so further delays and downtimes are possible. We apologize for any inconvenience any of you may have experienced.

Steve, thanks for the reply. Sounds like they got the size correct Nice to know a Revell Magnum isn't required for the wheels/tires. Be that as it may, the one I'm really looking forward to is the police car.

They're also higher priced because they're imported from Japan vs. China. Revell/AMT kits are much more expensive overseas where they are imported vs. our home market. In Japan a Revell or AMT kit will cost at least as much as a Tamiya/Aoshima kit, sometimes much more. For instance the Revell '70 Mach I kit that's about to hit the market here for $17.99 is 3800 yen in Japan, about $33 at today's exchange rate, and almost as much as the best Tamiya kits (their Enzo is 3800 yen), more than the 2500-3500 yen price of Fujimi Enthusiast kits. Imports/tariffs/duties add to the cost of items that are imported.

Thanks for the pics! Do you know if the wheels/tires are the correct size? Any chance you can measure the outside diameter of the wheels (to the lip, not the rib that holds the tire)? If they're correctly sized to the 1:1's 20's they should be anywhere from .875"-.915", as you add an extra inch or two to account for the retaining lip for the tire. I'm hoping they didn't keep the 18" diameter from the earlier R/T & Daytona versions. A previous test shot photo from another toy show looked like that was the case. The wheels on my Daytona model are .81" diameter.

Looks impeccable! Nice work, the color suits it quite well.

The roughness may be one good reason his Feebay photos don't show anything up close or in focus. I've heard before that his models were kind of rough. I'd like to see closeup shots to see just how bad they are. I built the AAM version when it was new. It was decent quality, but the angle of the C pillar was definitely off, so I had to do some pie-cut surgery to fix it.

I guess I'll be there, considering it's our own show Looking forward to seeing everyone. Show up on Friday for our hospitality room after dinner (also on Sat. after the show).

Gorgeous Miura I'm surprised people mention the difficulty of this kit, I don't remember having any problems w/mine, it was a very well engineered kit. Very Tamiya-like. The hardest thing was trimming the chrome vent pieces that go next to the side glass. Neat trick you did to see the engine! My first Lamborghini siting as a kid was a Miura; I knew what it was from reading car magazines, and I was riding in the back seat of our '69 Fury III on the way to the beach and an orange Miura was following us; the "eyelashes" around the headlights looked wild, and the roof of the car looked no higher than the trunk lid on our Plymouth That was a realllllly cool car to see and that I can remember to this day. Of course I was telling my Mom what was following us, I was a certified car geek then and knew the year and make of practially every car on the road then! Can't do that anymore

From what I gather from last week's iHobby show is that it is a stock 351, not a 428. I didn't get too many details, the builder of the Mach I said the production hood scoop would be much better than what was seen on his boxart buildup at the show. A friend of mine Eric Cole, also on this forum (Eric C??) has an Azure blue '03 w/5 speed that I've driven several times. Fun car, much faster than a stock GT. If nobody else does a Mach I conversion we may attempt it; the hardest thing to figure out are the wheels. We're hoping someone else comes along w/more time and fewer projects and makes it easy on us so we can just buy a resin conversion. Or hope that Revell makes it in styrene so we save some serious time and $$.

Great finish on that Charger! Love the color combo, I have a matching '68 Charger model in the same blue/black scheme.

It wasn't missed - it was already announced earlier this year for release later this year and many of us already knew about it. Most people at the show were focusing on the new announcements at this particular show. It was good to see the Mach I in photos; it looks to be a great modified reissue. You'll be able to build either the Boss 302 or the Mach I from the same box.

Another great kit to convert would be their excellent '62 Corvette from the Route 66 series. Completely blows away the AMT kit. Would be great as an unassembled plastic kit (I have the diecast kit but some parts are already glued to the body )

The old Monogram one that's been reissued doesn't look as good as the diecast version, plus it's 1/24. All the diecast version needs is a plastic body and it will be the best 2nd generation stock T/A kit ever done. It blows away the AMT/MPC kits and it looks more accurate than the old Monogram 1/24 stuff. Terry is right, it's a seriously nice kit that most people have no idea how good it is merely because it came out first as diecast.

Looks incredible, Bill! Nice work, best color

That's an old sheet, a fresh sheet shouldn't do that. Some people claim that keeping the foil on a hanger and inside the fridge (sealed in a plastic bag) will keep it fresh longer. Happens to all my BMF, I don't use a heck of a lot so I rarely use up a whole sheet before it starts cracking.

Plastic. Revell quit doing diecast, the cost of Zamac/zinc has at least quadrupled. All the subjects you see in the list that have been seen as diecast from Revell are going to be plastic. The STi, '70 Challenger, '68 Mustang, Cutlass, Regal, scissor-door Escalade. No more diecast The price of the WRX kit was $21 in predecorated diecast, it's $15.50 for plastic. Nice engine too. You could tell in the diecast WRX kit that they had done an STi version, so it will be nice to see this variation as well.