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Interesting! Thanks for the link! There are going to be some happy slot racers and modelers with this news.

Do I hear a "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!"? Y'know John, this event could potentially end up w/some support from our hosts, perhaps a bit of MCM swag and a little blurb in the magazine to invite people to the event, maybe have a gallery from the event. New event, new ideas, never know where it can go.

Nice hijack Lyle! My buddy in HS drove a very similar white/red '64 Malibu HT, neat car and color combo and I've always liked this model of yours and 64/65 Malibus in general. His Malibu taught me firsthand the dynamics of oversteer :shock:

Lyle, great idea, your sentiments on keeping the original cruise as-is at it's home base mirror mine. The first Saturday in March welcomes one of the first shows of the season, the MCCM Birmingham Classic NNL. A lot of us show off our winter projects at that show. It's a good weekend with a good feeling, the spring thaw idea for that weekend sounds good to me. Since we all like long weekends, perhaps start it on Friday and run it through Monday, might help anyone who may have to travel for B'ham and also the people who cruise the boards weekdays at lunch.

Welcome Jeff! Glad you came out of lurker mode 8) Jairus will chime in about posting your name in your signature, and I'd like to show you something familiar that I got from you a while back: Still far from finished; it's fought me tooth and nail all the way and it was all my fault! My Testors lacquer had a bad nozzle and spat and splattered it into a mess, my Alclad work is pitiful, I sat the body in my dehydrator a bit crooked after I had repaired the paint flaws and it warped, thus creating several tedious hours over the stove and a pan of hot water getting it back. :oops: Needless to say it's one of those models that I had to put down and come back to later, but I will as I dig this AMX. I still have to figure out how I'm going to tackle the thin silver line that will separate the blue from the black shadow mask, but I still have another round of blue to go before that.

Welcome Craig. Cool model 8) Didn't take me long to learn (and LOVE) these style boards (and that was about 5 years ago already). You should quicky acclimate.

Dan, I'm not quite sure why either, unless it's because the car looks naked without stripes and AMT didn't bother to put them in the kit :roll: Aftermarket decals were never easy to come by either. I have 'em (from Last Detail, they're nice), but haven't had a chance to build my undecorated glue kit yet, nor it's Z28 brother that I bought a resin nose conversion kit for, and I really like both cars.

Nice build 8) ; I've built one of the predecorated red ones from the evil empire and enjoyed the build thoroughly, and it looks really cool.

To do soon: '62 Willys Jeep PU; replica of my uncle's Jeep as seen in the picture. Will be weathered to match 8) AAM resin that I picked up cheap as it was missing fenders which shouldn't be hard to scratchbuild. Ferrari F430 Challenge. Will be white and undecorated as a track day car. Gunze Alfa 1750 GTV. Just picked it up for 5 bucks from a scratch and dent sale, roof was badly crunched but I managed (I think) to repair it sufficiently. I thought it was a goner and only good for parts. Neat model of a neat car. This is how I want it to look:

We all have 'em. First up, Mustang Ghia conversion. Hasn't gone anywhere since the photo. The AMX has. AMX w/first coats of Big Bad Blue paint. It was a disaster at first, paint splattered badly in my first attempt at Testors new lacquers. A new nozzle solved the problem. Then it warped in my dehydrator as the resin is a bit soft and it was put in crooked :roll: 3 hours of hot water dewarping... :oops: Will get SG black "shadow mask", need to figure how to make the silver separation stripe. And get better results w/Alclad, or Spaz Stix, or Mirrachrome or Killer Chrome :roll: Hopefully finished for our pony car theme in November. Porsche Carrera GT coupe. Started w/an idea w/a friend, he started and then finished his racer first (had it at NNL East past 2 years), hope to finish this street version before November. As conversions go, this one's almost too easy w/Revell roof. Parts fit like magic. Nissan March, John Cooper Works Mini Cooper S. Got bored w/the March, and waited for some better rims for Cooper S. Got the rims from the RSX kit, so it may get done soon.

Check your PM's 8)

Moving it wouldn't be in the spirit of harmony IMO, combining it with other venues like this is a thought. There may be people that aren't as flexible as you or I on that idea. A separate and different event here of it's own merit and idea would be just fine, though I'd think it's best to look at a time when it won't conflict with something else.

The ability to spell "clique" means you are in one

Although I wouldn't necessarily call it obscure, Ronin was one of the best car chase movies of all time IMO and a lot of people haven't seen it. It was thrilling w/o being too "Hollywood" and the cars that they used were spot-on in believability.

Wow, that's really nice! Mainstreaming at it's very best.

We found the Rendezvous DVD a couple years ago @ the local Ferrari dealership in the parts aka toy department right after it was released again. They previously had VHS tapes for $100 :shock: It's insane! But after playing NFSU a bit too much :roll: it was almost tame :wink:

Cool. Quickie hijack. I see that the Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina (December pics) are now public. Zoweeeee! I want it in 1/24. Photo copyright goes to James Glickenhouse, not Ultimatecarpage. Yada yada.

Dan, you'll be happy that is my plan. Just can't say when, but it will happen and I'd like to get to it soon. A friend of mine restored a '67 Jeep CJ a few years back; recreating one he remembered from childhood. It was fun to drive and ride around in, and got lots of attention, but it wasn't too practical to use for it's intended purposes and he sold it to help finance his passionate hobby of flying, and buying an old Cessna 180. Traitor :roll: :wink:

Tony, point taken. I have come to really love this forum as well. I'm glad you feel enough ownership in the experience to feel comfortable speaking your mind so that your experience here isn't spoiled by others. That speaks worlds of your character. I found this forum early on and immediately felt at home. I quickly signed up and joined in. Because I liked this forum, not because of any outside influences. It's a good feeling when you get in on the ground floor of something you believe to be so good and getting better every day. This isn't the first time I've gone to a new forum and had similar feelings, and it may not be the last. I'm greatful for the friendships I've made on the boards, some of whom turned out to be in my own backyard and now we're friends in our own home club. Communities like this and model clubs and shows and the related friendships do a lot to keep our hobby alive in the face of adversities. As for my previous statements, my soapbox is back in storage and I'm looking ahead. I'm proud that everything discussed here has remained rational, civil, and friendly, and protective of a positive attitude. Things are going to be fine 8)

Gee, all that gossip over "there" where many of my friends still hang out. The usual cross section of replies from rational to rude. As I've said many times to many people including the proprietor personally, I'd still be "there" if there were mandatory registration. I hang out on a handful boards, it is the most basic and accepted standard for posting on public message boards. It effectively deals with the majority of troubles. I'm a moderator on one and it's rare that I have to be the bad guy in the first place. I know I'd be in "heaven" if "there" ran modern board software that I've come to love. Dave McGowan knows exactly my sentiments about that End of comment. Back to reading the gossip :wink: EDIT: Just read Bill's reply. I too get bothered by the censorship and especially the extreme example he pointed out, but I would live with it if my one simple wish above were implemented. Greener pastures had already been found long before I ever disappeared from "there". It happens!

Worked like a charm. Welcome, welcome, welcome!

I love it; though I'd never heard of this particular vehicle. Jeep models lend themselves so well to modifications and scratchbuilding. I've been a Jeep nut my entire life. My uncle had a 62 Willys Jeep PU that I remember well; and I've just gotten some vintage photos from my cousin of it to recreate in scale. I have the AAM body and donor kit, proper resin wheels/tires, I just need to scratch build the missing rear fenders (which made the kit purchase a literal steal and those fenders will take no time to make :wink: ). It's going to be really fun, as I love weathering...just never get a chance to do it much w/all the sports cars and exotics and shiny stuff that I'm most interested in.

Cool; what's the story behind it? Should look great with the weathering all finished.

Ditto. I have to wonder if any kit purists screamed when they saw this hard-to-find kit modified like this? Time seems ripe for some kind of 2-in-1 reissue.

Tony, the rules here are pretty darned simple, I think there is no problem posting where you have found good things. However if you were to link to the forum of another magazine you might get some grief Your description of the Mustang suspension was like deja vu all over again :wink: I fit 19" Aoshima rims on mine and I was not going to let them sit outside the fenders nor sit up like an SUV. I almost used these same Pegasus rims on a Ferrari; I like the 2-piece design so you can easily paint the centers. Glad I'm not the only one who has stretched 18's over 20's My Mustang chassis isn't pretty, I only went far enough to get the job done. I was nearly embarrassed when it's chassis was photographed for another magazine and then I saw it in print :oops: For repstock guys the Maisto '06 Mustang metal kit has some of the later 18" wheels that would look great on the Revell kit. Seems Revell chose the most boring IMHO rolling stock for the kit. And I really wish they'd at least make an attempt to decorate sidewalls in this age of not paying royalties :roll: