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I think one reason these subjects look so good is that when you combine a roof chop with a much longer wheelbase (that's all shifted forward), you end up with "classic proportions" that made all the really high-end cars of the era look so good. That proportion is roughly half the car's length forward of the windshield, and the roof height looks almost chopped because the cars are so big. Old Fords etc. were economy cars & their proportions, by comparison, were more like the small cars today. Original 3 & 5 window coupe bodies look like top hats to me since the roofs are so short, tall, narrow, & the hoods are also rather short.

The smoother all layers are, from primer to color to clear, the smoother your finish will be. A new layer of paint just seems to go down better when the layer below it has been sanded smooth (and by sanding, I use Micromesh so the "sanding" is almost like polishing). Each model is different. Some require little primer, others that have bodywork require more steps in the primer stage. I use Micromesh on nearly all paint, I level out primer with 2400-3600 grit before color, and if I go through the primer to plastic, I spot in a repair of that area & wetsand it smooth. I use similar grits between color coats (depending on the amount of potential orange peel and any dust/dirt particles to deal with, and do be very careful not to sand through to the primer or plastic because the pigment on successive coats might not be dense enough to hide those breaches in color). I don't sand a metallic/pearl color coat before clear. If I apply clear in more than one session, I'll hit it with 3200-3600 before the next coats. If you wetsand layers w/fine sandpaper or Micromesh, you end up with a fantastic finish that requires a minimum of buffing out. If I'm using Tamiya paints & it's not a dark color, I can get away with scuffing the clear with 3600/4000 & then buff it out with Tamiya coarse, fine, & finish compounds.

It was easy to find the new link. It's still there, but renamed. Mopar Engines

Amazing; I'm impressed ....the mild custom/resto-mod path was definitely the way to go with this. It's hard to believe that this gorgeous model started as such a steaming pile of poop out of the box...but then again, it's always fun to take something like this and make something really nice from it. I agree this has to be the best Pyro/Lindberg '48 Continental ever!

There was never an original plastic kit or promo of the '58. Rare indeed The AMT kits that people remember of that body style are '59 & '60. However...Modelhaus makes the '58 Continental in resin. CV or HT. Modelhaus Lincoln Page

Harry's still partying like its 2009

458 Italia. Oh yeah. Would be nice if the Austin Healey reissue had the original racing parts included again (roll bar, chopped windscreen, tonneau cover). Seems like Revell AG is out to put the smackdown on Fujimi & Tamiya, with the timely subject matter.

I'll bet most of the cars are either inside deals or Craigslist finds. I have an ancient Mazda 929 that when it's fateful day is near I could donate it to the Le Mons cause! V6, RWD, all-independent suspension, a poor man's BMW 5 series wrapped in an anonymous Japanese body with an Oldsmobile-like crushed velour interior

They're roughly $10 Million from Land's End If anyone wants them I can find out the ordering information from their business outfitters. They're quite reasonable, and often have free shipping and/or free monogramming. We got some pretty cool monogrammed denim work aprons from them. They can put the logo on a lot of various products.

These gentlemen are still mulling over the punishment for your ransom demands: And our Prez gets pretty crazy about his signs:

I noticed in Treble that your bold/italic "Gregg" didn't come through as italic. I do believe IPS Software didn't do all of their beta-test homework for this software

I had upgraded Firefox last week, but it wasn't the latest-greatest, which I just uploaded. Everything is like greased lightning, but the skins are still messed up.

IP Duo & Treble are the two skins that show editing functions properly on my FF. All others, aside from Comfy, show half the edit buttons. Comfy blocks most of them w/the "show all" bar.

Comfy may be comfy, but other skins work better in Firefox. Aside from "Comfy", most others show half the edit buttons. I think this was IP Duo:

This is how the edit screen looks on IE8: This is how it looks on Firefox: Sorry to say IE8 is better w/this forum than Firefox, at least on my end. I don't really like using IE for anything unless it's a last resort.

As I said, under the typing field there is a bar with the "show all" button. This bar is blocking 95% of the two buttons that are used to preview & submit the edited post.

I just tried to edit one of my posts. I got so bloody annoyed with the fact that there was no way to view the edit or complete the edit I just deleted it. I opened the post with the "edit" button. I was able to make the change, but there is no link (at least one that is intuitive or easily seen) that allows me to preview the edit, or complete the edit. It sure was easy to delete the post, but certainly not to edit it. Edit: In Firefox the bar that says "Show All" underneath the typing field is blocking the edit buttons. Better call Orkin. This site is rather buggy.

Very slick! Great model, I'm sure he's thrilled.

Tapani sends them to the US; I think he needs paypal payment. I got the Saab about a year & a half ago when a friend ordered a pair of Volvo P1800's and a pair of Anglias. I have evil intentions w/the Saab :D

Comfy is easiest on the eyes.

There's a huge Hobbytown USA on the north side of town in Kennesaw off of I-75 & Barrett Pkwy. They have great paint selection; kit section is thinner than usual since they opened a Hobby Lobby almost across the street from it. If you are into anything aircraft, AAA Hobbies in Marietta, also on the north side of town, is the place to go for aircraft builders. Lots of good builder/paint supplies there too.

I find it pretty amusing that I had bought a number of Maisto unassembled diecast models a few years ago & they came with big tubes of Testors tube glue I have about 4 or 5 of these tubes, and I haven't used tube glue in close to 20 years Guess it's time for me to spread the wealth at one of my club meetings...someone will want 'em, I'm sure

And I really do want to see photos of the Miura model whenever they do get around to making it!

Please provide evidence! The reason I say this is that there is a company using a stock 1:1 Miura photo to sell a large scale model, but no photos of the real model have ever surfaced. Here are more of the 1:1 photos from the same shoot: 1:1 Miura SV studio photos

So far so good, I'll get used to it. Will we at some point be given options to change the look of the forum as we could in the past? I like the fact that pictures aren't being resized & that the smilies are all on one page w/o needing to open another window for them all