Shardik

If you need reference material, let me know. I've got a Hot Rod magazine with a full feature article on this car and I can scan the relevant pages.

Looking forward to yet another stunning build, Richard. You always deliver the goods!

That's part of the frustration. He lists some really cool and unique stuff, but does he have any of it?

Maybe you could iron it out.

This is one of the things I love about this group. I too have gotten items from other members, gratis, though not anonymously. Done simply for the enjoyment of seeing it go to good use. Kudos to all on this site who "get it". Which, incidentally, I believe to be the majority.

Also speaking from limited experience, the Revell '48 ford custom coupe tops my list (so far). Everything fits and looks great. Lots of build options and detail, and the top chop is so nicely done it looks like it should have come that way from the factory. Of course, once I get around to building my Galaxie '46 Chevy sedan delivery I suspect I'll have a new fave'.

Interesting, considering you can get a complete set of brand new, full size and fully assembled wire weels for less than twice this amount. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-XKE-MKII-Dayton-Chrome-Tubeless-Wire-Wheels-/230620025074?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35b20650f2&vxp=mtr Or a pair of used ones for $175.00 And yes, Ron; we get the concept. It's just amusing is all.

I have only ordered from Strada Sports twice, but both transactions have followed the same pattern. Both times I ordered items listed on their website and paid via PayPal at the time of ordering. Three weeks after my first order, I received a vague e-mail stating that "one of the items" I had ordered was out of stock but expected "shortly" and that I will be informed when my order has shipped. Another three weeks goes by and no further communication. By this time I'm a little frustrated and send an e-mail inquiring which item is back ordered, and could he please ship what is in stock and allow me to pay whatever additional shipping is required when the other item arrives. Two weeks later I am informed that the missing item is the resin GT40 engine which comes from a small caster who makes them to order and can take from four to eight weeks. By this time it has already been eight weeks! Another week goes by with no communication. Now I'm irate. I send an e-mail requesting that he ship what he has and cancel and refund the balance of my order. A week after this I get a message saying "oh, sorry, I thought we had already done that". One week later I finally get my merchandise and refund. The transaction took ELEVEN WEEKS from start to finish...For an incomplete order! Eight months later, having calmed down somewhat, I determined to pass it off as an isolated incident and give Kevin another chance. What was I thinking? This transaction began on 27 Sep. 2013. To date, following the same pattern as above at an even slower pace, I have had only two e-mails from Kevin. The first, apparently standard, notification that "one of the items" I ordered is out of stock etc... Two weeks after I make the same inquiry as above he deigns to inform me that he will look up my order. This was two weeks ago, and I have heard nothing else since. Tonight I canceled my order. If he could even be bothered to communicate with his customers and give some impression that he values their business and is working to fulfill his end of the transaction, I would not be so upset. Strada Sports has the absolute worst customer service I have ever encountered. I will not make the same mistake again.

Revellogram needs to reissue this kit. I'd buy at least three of them. Looks like you're having fun with it, and keeping a relaxed attitude. I'll have to try that someday .

I used to work for a Volvo dealer in San Diego and had an opportunity to drive one of the earlier P1800's... Noisy, but FUN!

Cool. One of my favorite kits. Well engineered with good detail and a nice chop. As for color, in my opinion they look best in something dark. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Wing Nut Wings rocks! I have three in the stash waiting for my skills to catch up to the kits. Obviously, you have succesfully made the transition. You have handled the rigging particularly well. Bravo!

For the math to come out right, you would need to include the built kits as part of the stash. After all, they were in the stash before you built them, right?

I'd buy the '56 Chrysler for the box alone. How long has this been out?

This is an interesting exercise, but the formula itself renders the numbers meaningless. Dividing the number of completions in one year by the number of aquisitions over multiple years means there is no real relationship between the factors. Also, in my case as well as many others here, I usually require at least two kits, or parts thereof, to complete one build. O.K....The real story is I'm just embarassed by how the math comes out for me.

I sandwiched six strips of brass between two 1/8" pieces of aluminum, clamped it all in a vise then spent an hour on a bridgeport mill going back and forth with a 1/16" endmill. Note: the fingers were made about .003" narrower than the slots for clearence. It helps if you work in a machine shop

What fun! I love this kind of techno-bash/steam punkish/machinen krieger stuff. Very creative and well executed. And, man have you gotten my cogs turning.

Here's a little something to bring this thread back down to earth. A scratch built winch. I also scratch built the piano hinges for the hood

Ken, Have you considered casting it yourself ? With your skill and creativity, I believe you could easily master the process. Also consider that this genre is a fairly narrow niche and well out of the purview of Jimmy's usual clientele. Were you to market them yourself, you could target a more receptive audience.

Very nice! As I looked at the first picture, I began composing a (polite) critique regarding the lack of rigging and control cables*...Then I looked at the second picture . I am extremely impressed with the detail you have achieved at this scale. This grouping really exemplifies what I love about the fighter planes of The Great War. You can build a dozen examples of the same type and no two of them need look anything alike. Incedently, have you read Bloody April by Peter Hart? It's a fascinating book about the air war over Arras in 1917, filled with first hand accounts in the form of after action reports and letters home from the pilots and ground personell. I highly recomend it. *By the way, I raise tarantulas so if you want some material to take care of that rigging issue...

Oh boy! I'm gonna be savin' ma pennies for this one. The Typhoon is one of my favorite WWII aircraft, and shamefully under represented in the modeling industry, at least as far as quality examples go.

That looks fantastic. The weathering on the chassis, in particular, is highly convincing. Come to think of it, so is the patina on the body. I can handle extreme weathering but this kind of subtlety still elludes me. Have you done any tutorials? Have you posted any of your WWI aircraft in the other models section? I'd love to see them, as I share that particular passion as well.

For filling fine detail like this, I prefer Gunze Mr. Dissolved putty. It goes on like thick paint, but is thin enough to get into small recesses. The only drawback to it is that if you try to put it on too thick, it shrinks and cracks.

Yep; had to be candy. Perfect color. It's gonna look groovy with the chrome installed.

I like! That 4 link blows mine away. Very nice work, so far. Where did you source the LS-7 from? I'm looking for a good example for an up coming build.