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Nice work 8) That Judkins coupe looks much like what I want to accomplish with an MPC/AMT '32 Imperial, even if it ends up as a "phantom" 3 window coupe.

I have a Paasche VL, a Badger 150 IL, 3 Badger 175's (my favorite above those others) and now the Iwata HP-CS (also for 40% off) and it was well worth the $90 I spent on it. Wonderful quality, easier to clean than the others, uses every last drop of paint (cleaning feed tubes is messy). The gravity feed is the way to go. I'm extremely happy w/mine.

Great show, perfect weather. You can tell which cars I'm most interested in, especially for model reference. Finally some great shots of the Astro 1 show car 8) The show pictures start at #56, the previous pictures are from Saturday's auction and various cars around the hotel. Enjoy! http://public.fotki.com/grdeyed/car_shows/...a-island-conco/ This is a Pininfarina bodied Corvair 8) The motley crew after our yearly seafood feast at Jinright's in Yulee FL, L-R Pico Elgin, Bob Cline, me, Gene Whitehead, Brian Venable.

One of these will be on display and for sale at the RM Auction Saturday at the Ritz Carlton/Amelia Island. Hope the weather cooperates. Great place to get pictures/detail shots.

That's cool! Did I see this model at Birmingham?

Thanks for the preview Chris! Dunno when I'll get the Revell version, the Fujimi one is on order, and I hope they follow w/an "optional parts version" w/the Challenge rims and sport seats. We'll see.

Looks great! I rarely ever have seen one of these built, you did a fantastic job on it. 8)

A couple ideas on wheels: First, Revell's Uptown 300C SRT-8 will have the big (ginormous) custom rims like the rest of that series. 300C stock rims fit inside Pegasus 23" aluminum sleeves. The overall diameter of these w/Pegasus tires is still a bit less than the Magnum wheels/tires, but the wheels won't be so "lost" w/in the XL wheel openings on these cars. I stretched some Pegasus Bridgestone Pilots (they're sourced from Tamiya's 350Z kit), and they look really cool. I'm anxious to get the the Revell Uptown 300C and see if I can make the SRT-8 Touring as pictured in a reply above. Other semi-stock-looking wheel possibilities: Maisto Chrysler ME-Four Twelve concept car, Fujimi Sportec 19's.

Beautimus 8)

Here are some pics of the body-in-white: White on white is a ***** to photograph :wink:

Yes, I know, he told me last night he had an extra license for it that he gave to the club. Purchase price seems pretty reasonable considering it's better features/security vs. the current MCM forum software.

Wow, I'm honored to be mentioned in that 8) BMF is one of my least-favorite details, I love the outcome but I find it tedious to do the job; I learned long ago I couldn't scrimp on the preparation of the areas to be covered, and also that BMF doesn't hide anything-just like paint. I do take the time to get the areas that are to be foiled as smooth as possible, and then I start the tedious task of measuring, trimming, application, burnishing, trimming, or peeling back and starting over, or re-burnishing when the adhesive isn't as good as it should be... :roll: :wink: I love it when a BMF job comes out right, but the road to get there for me is always full of potholes, bad traffic and a bunch of U-turns It's one of those things that I have to be in the right mood to accomplish because the frustration factor is especially high if I don't start out relaxed and often I end up anything but relaxed after a session w/the foil.

I wanted to do this conversion but didn't see how to do it easily (I went off in left field on mine), and here you come along and nail it! Nice work. Color looks good on it. I like the Chrysler wheel style better but the Magnum's 5 spokes fit the openings better.

Our club has a free forum software that works well and has been relatively trouble-free from an administration standpoint. I think it's VBulletin software. I like forums with an "ignore list" feature so that posts by habitually annoying or incoherent forum members :roll: :wink: become invisible once you've placed them on your ignore list. I'd be overjoyed if that feature was available on every forum

Welcome Doug! Where in Litchfied County are you? I was born in Winsted. Visited there this past fall. Still haven't been to Lime Rock :cry:

I haven't figured out yet how to combine this kit w/Fujimi's. Not sure if it's best to splice in Fujimi roof/deck/taillight panel, or use the entire Fujimi body and open the hood. Measurements must be taken, yada yada...and I've got no time to work on it for awhile w/other projects ahead of it :roll: :wink:

I did a quick test-fit of the body/rear bumper, interior, chassis, and the working roof. The roof works perfectly and fits well open or closed 8) 2 of the 3 examples I've seen (one of mine, and Eric Cole's Revell Germany) roof frames were warped. Can't speak for his, but I carefully twisted/bent the frame into shape, took only a few seconds. The roof glass (if it's not warped) should also help to keep the frame straight and true when it's glued in place. For ultimate accuracy, the entire frame and visible rotating mechanism is made of carbon fiber; it's a beautifully-rendered part on the 1:1 car. The tolerance stack of body/interior/chassis seems to be good, the only thing I've seen so far quality-wise are a number of sink marks that will need to be filled. Interior engraving of the door panels and seats is far superior to Fujimi's Maranellos.

For the three people that care, listen up! Revell Germany issued their full-detail Ferrari Superamerica last year (basically a 575 Maranello w/a rotating glass convertible roof that made it a hardtop convertible); in their hideous end-panel access only flat box and molded in a strange combo of red and gray. Most of the body in red, but some parts like the hood were on the gray tree. Retail on 'em is $22.00. A very good kit effort ignoring the box and the plastic colors. Revell USA's reboxed version of the same kit is out now, retail is about $16 and it's available from the usual discount online sources. Ignore the awful boxart model photo (I've given up hope of mainstream boxart from the US ever being able to properly sell a kit), the kit builds pretty well from what I've seen on another forum or two. What's important here is the Revell USA version is molded in white. Hallelujah! If you are careful in your assembly (make sure the frame isn't warped before you start-a common problem fixed by careful bending), the rotating roof works on the kit like the real car. The wheel design is a bit weird, the design is rendered well once you tone down the chrome but Revell sandwiches the brake discs between inner and outer wheel halves which is...strange. It's molded in Poland, so I imagine there's a chance the plastic formula is better than what's being spit out of recycled take-out containers in China. For those Tifosi who waited on this model it's a true bargain being molded in white and packaged inside a box that won't make you lose half your parts when you try to re-insert them in the box. IMHO it's a far better product in US packaging and I'm tickled pink to have bought a pair of them for less than what an original cost. I got a second kit for combining w/a Fujimi 575 curbside Maranello, though I suspect Revell will probably do a regular 575 w/this tooling at some point though I'd rather see them revise the tool the earlier 550 Barchetta.

Nice start! The weathering is superb 8)

I lost a post yesterday too; but I don't know if it was my fault or the board's. I thought I had posted a reply, but it didn't show up later. I posted on it today and it's still there.

This is a second reply, oddly the first one disappeared??? :?: :?: Or maybe I forgot to hit submit :oops: Someone else mentioned missing posts, so who knows? Nice bike, the hotrod look suits it well 8)

That is a beautiful model! Nice choice of color.

WOW! That's killer! Old Ralph would...ralph!! Seriously, that came out great! Will it be posed doing a wheelstand at the show? Interesting trivia; I also am from Winsted, CT. It's a beautiful little town. Great Italian food, and the curvy country roads in those foothills are perfect for sports cars and Corvairs alike My Dad was a GP (Doc) there for years; he and my Mom set up household in Winsted after they graduated from college and got married. A year or two ago I found a series of letters back and forth between he and Ralph Nader, who was a local attorney at the time. Classic doctor vs. lawyer stuff, and my Dad pulled no punches!! He didn't take any of the nonsense; had to do w/a case of personal injury and Ralph's client was my Dad's patient. The letters were from August, 1960, the month before I was born :shock: Wonder what those letters would go for on Fee Bay??!!

Happy B'day MCM forum! Sure is a fun place to hang out. It's come a long way in just a year!

Welly made a VW Bora diecast in 1/24 scale, which is what the Jetta is called in other countries. It's not an easy model to find in the US. They also made a Golf Variant, which is basically what the Jetta wagon was, but w/the slightly different Golf fascia/hood than the Jetta/Bora. I did a quick Google image search and found quite a few of the 1/24 Boras on Ebay in Germany. No plastic has ever been made, though someone may have made a resin conversion of Tamiya's 5 door Golf V5 hatch which is OOP and still a hot commodity from the tuner builders all over the globe.