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The Revell Eldorado Brougham is a relic of '50's kit tooling. The glass looks "puffy", the front end proportions are too short, tires too tall. Takes a dedicated artist like Dennis to give it the silk purse treatment. It's a step above a Pyro '48 Lincoln or Auburn Speedster, but it's not a precision model by any stretch. Nice for the time period as a nostalgia piece while modern kits blow it away. The Franklin Mint Eldorado Brougham sweeps the floor with the old Revell kit. If you are patient and like to hunt you can snag one cheaper than a Revell kit. You can then refinish to your liking. I love the Foose Cadillac, have enjoyed seeing so many built and customized further-it's a great canvas to work with. I have plans for the Eldorod with my personal spin on the subject; I've always found the '53 Eldorado boring...the Skylark stole the show that year as well as the Corvette.

Four of my adopted kittens through the years came from homes of friends (or friends of friends) whose cats had litters of kittens, I paid more $$ for vet visits to get them tested, get their shots, get spayed than my latest two that came from the shelter w/all that and microchipped...by comparison a bargain.

$100 for a shelter fee is very reasonable, it helps weed out some of the folks who won't take care of the pets or use them for any nefarious reason, they have to keep the doors open and keep the animals in good health. If that's considered too steep, perhaps it's not a good idea to adopt, as vet visits, food, vaccines all cost a lot more than a measly $100 to adopt from a quality organization. Many good no-kill shelters near me, many have great programs for seniors 55+ to adopt 7+ year old dogs for free. And many have discount adoption days if you pay attention to their event schedules. And they have programs for owners with financial hardships. Today while going through paperwork for the two cats I adopted in the past year (from an excellent local no-kill shelter) I discovered the name of my female kitty's human that passed away about a year ago and she was returned to the shelter after his death. The shelter will take back any pets adopted from them for any reason. I saw in his obituary that he requested in lieu of flowers etc. to have people donate to the shelter. He was an avid car and motorcycle enthusiast. I'm happy I'm able to give his feline friend a new forever home, she's an absolute sweetheart, as is the male kitten I adopted in January who is now 11 mos. old. They're best buddies.

Does look good, I like the color. I built both Revell and Tamiya LaFerraris; I'd recommend the Tamiya. I figured since the Revell doors didn't open it would be a simpler kit; but after molding in the separate inset side piece I'd spent as much time as the extra detail of Tamiya's opening doors. The Revell kit does look good, but the Tamiya kit is a real sweetheart. The Revell kit is long out of production and unavailable after the Ferrari license expired. The Revell kit does have one detail missing in the Tamiya kit, some of the hybrid wiring in the engine compartment.

This was the page to cast your vote, Impostor was one of them: https://www.chipfoose.com/blog/cast-your-vote-for-foose/ Announcement of winners: https://www.chipfoose.com/blog/2-chip-foose-cars-win-fan-vote-for-revell-model-kit-production/

I can envision page after page after page of clutched pearls had the Impostor been one of the two Revell/Foose projects chosen by modelers...

I've made one order so far with Splash; ordered several colors on a Wed. afternoon, the label printed Wed. later that afternoon, the paint was on the way Thursday morning and arrived here on Saturday. Not bad for a trip from Oregon to Georgia! I will definitely order again.

That's amazing and unique, best use of the '70 Bonneville CV I have seen yet!

There's also information and photos on the ACME Facebook page. Thanks for posting this Tim! It was funny walking in Lee's garage yesterday and the first thing I saw was this: I was able to acquire some really neat models, including Lee's iconic Duesenberg farm truck, a replica of a real truck. The Delahaye above was mastered and cast by Pico Elgin who gave a copy to Lee, and this is what Lee did with it.

Very timely video, I had shared it yesterday on my FB page. Lots of respect for that girl! Turbo engineer, Mazda freak, works on her own car, and even let grandpa drive it

Comparision/contrast. About the same footprint as an Austin Healey Sprite.

Kei Car Wiki I call this diminutive mid-engine beast "Lambotini". Aoshima Mazdaspeed Autozam AZ-1. Built over the past few days, fun project in between commission projects. The real car has a 660 CC turbo 3 cylinder engine by Suzuki; Suzuki built this space frame gullwing car (think gullwing Fiero...plastic body panels fit the same way) under license for Mazda; a little over 4000 were produced in the early/mid '90's. I sat in one recently and barely fit, my feet were hilariously too wide to operate the pedals in the uber-narrow footwell...depressing the clutch would involve depressing the brake at the same time. This has to be the coolest kei car ever made, and they're just making it to the US under the 25 year law.

I fought with the headlights this evening. The rest of the kit is a breeze, the headlights...ugh. Thank goodness for Formula 560 canopy glue!

Thanks; I started mine over the weekend and took a close look at the headlight assemblies. Was it a matter of figuring out which way the chrome reflector traps the lens to the opening on the hood? Overall it looks like a great kit w/just enough detail and some clever molding. The hardest part looks like masking the canopy/windows inside/out.

I used Tamiya extra thin, it's my go-to liquid cement these days. Any of the liquid cements that soften plastic so it "welds" itself together should be fine. The Tamiya extra thin dries quickly.

Never know what will arrive from Hobbylink Japan: Car show freebie bag from Hagerty's near my workbench has been claimed: My little computer expert at around 4 mos. old, at 10 mos. old he's way too big to nap on the laptop anymore, even if he still tries:

The seller is Paul Hettick, not Robert Burns.

My recent order was $3.50 for shipping 5 jars of paint.

It's claimed to help seal the plastic surface, close the pores so to speak, after it is sanded. These are the areas that are always prone to ghosting if you use a too-hot paint on some plastics, with the surface gloss sanded away the plastic swells up from the solvents in the paint. It's not necessary if you're using common hobby paints (Testors, Gunze, Tamiya) but with these automotive sourced paints it's important to be mindful of the potential for crazing/ghosting and use proper methods of sealing the plastic from the aggressive solvents in automotive paint.

They're quite similar. So far I've only shot one color of Gravity (Porsche Sapphire Blue) and one color of Splash paints. While friends claimed that the Gravity paint would allow you to paint 2-3 bodies per jar, I used nearly an entire jar of the blue to cover one body. That said, it was the first iteration of the color offered which was revised later. It seemed to not have the pigment opacity that I expected. The paint job was a success. I recently sprayed Splash Paints Highland Green; being a dark color I decided to prime it with Gunze black surfacer. Even though the 1 oz. Splash jar looks suspiciously small, after thinning the paint slightly (with Mr. Color Thinner) to help smooth the paint flow, the Highland Green covered amazingly well in thin, opaque coats with no signs of crazing or ghosting, though I did use the liquid cement trick on areas of plastic that had been sanded to remove mold lines. I ended up using perhaps 20% of the 1 oz. jar. I'm pretty pleased how it turned out. I wouldn't hesitate to use either brand. My Splash order was placed on a Wednesday afternoon, processed by their PO early Thursday, on my doorstep on Sat. That's pretty fast from Oregon to GA.

Ditto! I had so much fun building an STi-style BRAT tuner, I really wanted to build a more stock-like BRAT, but they're not exactly easy to find. This one had been in my stash for a couple decades when I built it over a decade ago:

Those are both very cool! No build issues w/the AZ-1? I'm tempted to get started on mine; sat in one in April at a dealer in VA on our way to NNL East, and the first one registered locally showed up a couple weeks ago at our local Caffeine & Octane. I don't fit in the AZ-1; pedal box is way too tight. The local owner said he has to drive w/his shoes off. My left foot would hit the brake pedal every time I went for the clutch. My right foot would hit the brake when I tried to hit the accelerator. These are truly tiny cars! I had no issues like that w/the Beat I sat in. Nice work on both models, lowering that Beat makes a big difference...the OOB stance is too high.

There is absolutely nothing new about Revell Germany reboxing Revell US product...and because of that, if and when that box ends up in the US it's a lot more expensive.

Once my ordering issue was resolved on Wednesday I ordered 5 jars of paint. They were delivered yesterday (Saturday). That is fast service from Oregon to Georgia! Can't wait to try them!

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