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Well, whydontcha email Leon and tell him you want it!! I'll bet he's already planning it. I told him awhile back about someone spotting Plum Crazy and Sublime Charger Daytonas at the factory, he got his info. and found out they are '07 colors, and they're on his list 8)

Sorry, but it's the truth. I have several of his models; wish I had gotten more. I've built his Phantom Corsair, and have his BMW 3.0 CS and Alfa LeMans to build eventually. I wish I'd gotten the Jaguar XK 120C and a few others. He was working on a Mangusta and Alfa Canguro show car. Sad that he's OOB Last year in June Guido Fiew from Scale Kraft took a vacation to Europe. He was hiking in Belgium and had a bad fall; he nearly fell off a cliff and when rescued he had lost all but two units of blood. He nearly bled to death, and that's on top of his other injuries. He wasn't able to go back home to South Africa until nearly September, and was laid up/recuperating and considered an invalid until March of this year. His injuries, perhaps permanent, kept him from being able to make masters or continue with Scale Kraft. He's closed the business and is back to being an architect for his living. So far his attempts to sell the business haven't panned out. We lost a lot of very interesting models when Guido shut down Scale Kraft

So far nobody has done those decals. Hopefully someone will at some point.

While AMT is attempting to cash in on the Monte Carlo (and Mustang) from the movie, they didn't exactly do anything meaningful to the Monte other than to reissue the model (and apparently not w/the promised stock parts, but lowrider parts by mistake :roll: ). Anyway, are there readily-available sources for a resin cowl-hood, wheels/tires (stock car kit or ??), and perhaps seats? I can handle the rest, and could make the cowl hood if necessary. Here is a site w/some good detail shots of the movie car. I really dig the attitude of this Monte Carlo http://media.cars.ign.com/media/835/835567/imgs_1.html

Beautiful; nice replica-most people don't use the figures and I think they give it a lot more character. Nice work 8)

Good luck; I have had no luck sealing Alclad chrome without losing most of it's reflective quality. And that was using Future or clear Acryl over well-dried Alclad (and Spaz Stix; similar stuff w/great reflectivity before coating). If you want that great polished look, you're not going to keep it when you clearcoat over it. As for steel, you can clear over that because it's a more typical metallic. Soon I'll be testing Mirra Chrome's new "Killer Chrome" which comes in a spray can; not sure how it will react to clear, but it's made to be overcoated so we'll see...

Wow, the fine details and weathering are amazing! Nice job 8)

Neat trick! I'm tempted to try it out to make opening "safari" windshields on my barely in-progress ratty singlecab. Almost...since I'd have to remove the molded trim from the body and then make the trim on the windshield parts themselves. Decisions, decisions

Thanks for the reply Steve! Yours and Peter's excellent buildups and improvements should help anyone interested in building these models. I'll save it for reference if/when Trumpeter does a G-body that I'm interested in :wink:

It's amazing how much more I prefer this car w/just the addition of simple hubcaps! Nice work!!

Chevy site shows only the following 5 colors on an '06 Z06: Velocity Yellow Victory Red Machine Silver LeMans Blue Black Though I think I've seen pics of them (maybe '05's??) in Daytona Sunset orange.

Looking good; however correct me if I'm wrong-is the firewall on these cars curved like that? I had a '78 Grand Am coupe (wish I still had it, wish it was what Trumpeter kitted...) and certainly spent enough time under that hood and never remembered the firewall being curved like that. I can't think of any car that has a firewall that is curved to match the windshield contour and the rear edge of the hood. Again, please correct me if I'm wrong!

I've never seen the resin bodies warp once they're assembled; with glass and chassis and assembly they seem to hold up just fine, at least with my experience; but they're kept in pretty "friendly" conditions inside a showcase. I've had a few bodies get a bit warped from improper storage, but nothing that hasn't been fixed w/some hot water. I have a Shawn Carpenter '62 Grand Prix, one of the nicest bodies I've ever gotten, and it warped inside the box after I got it because a couple of parts shifted and the body wasn't sitting squarely in the box. I fixed the warp and repacked the kit carefully in it's box; I checked it recently and the warp has not returned at all. I'm a lot more careful now w/storing the bodies.

Tastefully understated; it bridges the gap between traditional lowrider and a mild custom. Very nice 8) I see Revell didn't engrave the rear fendercaps/fillers between the fenders and the vertical bumpers. Someone clever needs to build a ratty version of a Caddy missing those fillers :shock: :wink:

Great restoration! Looks real. Early '60's Mopar cars remind me of "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"

Very nice replica 8)

The pearl in Velocity Yellow is so stealthy it's far less noticeable than the fine metallic in Hemi Orange.

Lookin' fine 8) I recognize that "vented" windshield :roll: :wink: Had to tape it carefully from outside and glue it from the inside since I didn't test fit it properly before being commited to gluing it in this way. The windscreen and the hood hinge retainer to airbox inlet fit were the only problem areas I can remember.

Don't let that scare anyone; a friend is building one and it's looking fantastic. He was very skeptical before starting, but it's looking excellent. The only glaring omissions are no engraved or decal rear side markers, and the wing uprights are for ALMS races and not the LeMans race (as seen in Ismael's photo). Good building/painting/decaling skills like making tape templates and applying C/F decals go a long way towards making it a very nice model. Model by Matt Wadlinger:

Thanks guys! The lawnmower/yard stuff came from a similar Jeep as the one that was the basis for this resin transkit. It was a John Deere diecast stake truck (dated from 1999) that had these items. Terry Jesse wrote about it when it was new, I found one and got it.

That's what I expected, the extent of the bodywork restoration combined w/the rush-job aspect left me wondering if they deteriorated badly once everything had a chance to cure fully. I'd rather see these shows without the contrived rush-factor.

I actually haven't built much from my birth year, in fact they're all restorations: Ralph, the restored Corvair Buford, the restored Buick Bonnie, the restored Bonneville CV

There are probably Hobbytowns in Savannah and Jacksonville, and likely nothing in between; the GA coast is fairly rural and an excellent place to live. Not sure about standard mom 'n pop hobby shops in either place. Stock up on supplies when you can; there are worse fates than not living near a hobby shop. Here in Atlanta our hobby shops are relatively lame when it comes to model cars and detail parts; they're good for buying paint/glue/scratchbuilding supplies and for kits I hit Hobby Lobby sales or order them from the 'net. We have the biggest Hobbytown in the US and kit selection isn't that great and the prices are stifling; but I have gotten some great deals on closeouts/scratch and dent stuff there, just not on a regular basis.

That's where I get a majority of my Japanese kits; the prices are great and the service is as well. And yes, they do have some great end-of-show deals at the IPMS Nat's :wink: You do need to be careful to order stuff that's in-stock unless you are preordering models. I also buy several items at a time to save shipping; for example I just got 4 sets of rims; the shipping charge was about what one set of rims cost. One set of rims shipped would have cost about the same as four sets. I never get less than two kits at a time. I get SAL shipping which generally takes 12-14 days to reach me once I get the shipping notice. As an example of good service, I received a very badly damaged box (looked like a forklift got it). The kit it got was a new Lamborghini Miura, the body was fine but there was damage to the chassis, several of the parts trees and the decals were wrinkled. It could be built but would be tricky in a few places. I took some digital pictures of the damage, and within a week a fresh kit was delivered to my house and I kept the damaged one for parts.

Hmmm...I took some numbers away after .jpg and let's see if it works... Hey it does! Guess what, trivia time...that photo was done with an old-school photo trick; at the last minute they had to change the wheels to match what was in the kit, the chrome wheels are actually from a B&W photo and applied to the color photo.