Ace-Garageguy

Then... ...and now...

I thought I recognized the shape of the radiator / grille shell, looked on my shelf at the Beverly Hillbillies truck model, and sho' nuff...

Kinda like keeping the bullets locked in a different location from the gun...also locked up. "'Scuse me, Mr. Bad Man...my wife is afraid of guns, so everything is locked up and safe. If you'll just not hurt us for a few minutes, please, I'll go unlock the gun cabinet, then unlock the bullet drawer, load the gun (if I can remember how to do it) and point it at you (I'll be way too terrified to actually shoot, though). Mmmkay?"

Any of you guys know if any of the Nissan S-14 Silvia / 240SX Kits are full detail? Or Skylines of the same vintage? I just bought a Tamiya Skyline GT-R, and it's a curbside. I need some greasy bits. This basic body shell is what I'm after, but with engine / suspension.

Isn't it called "Up the Down Staircase"?

Yeah, I like this a lot too. Pretty cool truck.

For some odd reason (nee note below) a lot of folks seem to have the need to spout off concerning stuff they don't know anything about, posturing as experts when they actually know nothing, or when what they do know is dead wrong. This clip from Jimmy Kimmel asks a lot of hip concert attendees about their opinions of various artists...none of whom actually exist. https://youtu.be/frjaQ17yAww NOTE: If you'd like to know more about the pervasiveness of this phenomenon, and take a look into some possible reasons for it, here's an interesting article... http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/confident-idiots-92793

Yup...knowing a lot of the part names was definitely important in helping me avoid being a complete newb-tard when I started reading the real car mags. And having put a lot of kits together, I had a pretty good idea at least where the major components went, and kinda what they did. I sorta doubt there's an app for that.

This is the size flake you can expect with the Testors "One Coat" metallic lacquers. This is top-coated with gloss-clear and sanded / polished... but Testors also makes a "dullcote" clear, #1260. If I remember correctly though, those metalflake vinyl upholstery materials are glossy.

I tend to agree. Even the snapper kit is a great source of parts. Far as the real car goes, I think it may have kinda offended too many crusty old traditional guys, but anyone who knows world-class design and fabrication will love this thing. Beautiful build of a rarely seen kit, by the way.

> Dirty Dave...Like 'em all., specially the fleetline gasser and the '55. > Al rich...Like those too. > Foxer...There have been a lot of times I'd have liked to have that at a Kulture meet...

Indeed. I'm liking the rest of yours too, Bruce.

While this doesn't duplicate the look of any 1:1 axle I've ever seen (tubular axles are common with welded-on, forged solid ends, but not I-beam units), I think it's a great way to get the I-beam look without pirating from a kit, as you say. Nice trick.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." George Carlin

Well, yes. Greg's right. If you aren't really familiar with the cars, or don't have a set of photos of a real one to compare to, the Revellogram (nee Aurora) kit makes a very attractive model. It looks enough like an Aston to be pretty well instantly recognizable as an Aston.

Ignore the digressions and tangents. LOOK at the pictures Matt put up in post #41. The ONLY one that looks like an Aston Martin is the white one...old Airfix, no longer available...unless you score an expensive NOS or possibly built kit. The rest are disasters...fixable if you're really good and really really patient.

Metalflake upholstery is kinda super tacky by definition, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. If you mean large flake, like you see in dune-buggies and boats (like this, which is, I know, paint or gelcoat, but I've seen upholstery just as loud on occasion... ...then Testors "One Coat" metallics will give you about that flake size in 1/25 scale. Either dull-coat or gloss-coat it to get the level of shine you think is appropriate. There ARE some metallic-finish leatherettes and vinyls (like in my '63 Olds from the factory) that are really quite nice, but the flake is so small, it would just about disappear in 1/25 scale; a very fine pearl just might get a reasonable appearance.

Beautiful models. And welcome.

Yup, and have been doing so for years and years and years and years...

Not Lexan. Clear acetate or styrene. They're FLAT. We cut REAL ones from flat glass. Easy peasy.

Never heard of a "Corba". Or maybe I just forgot.

Nothing's free, nothing ever was free. There's ALWAYS a hook in whatever is billed as "free". ALWAYS. The "free" photo hosting sites make income by cramming advertising down your throat while you upload pix, and they sell data collected on users. Not necessarily personally-identifiable data (I don't get much incoming spam marketing crapp, ever), but data is now a commodity with a value. Use the AdBlock+ in Chrome, you don't see or hear the ads. I get HUGE bandwidth (which has to do with how many folks actually LOOK at your pix, as opposed to how many pix you have stored there) for $2.99 / month. My bandwidth allotment was routinely running way over the "free" monthly limit when I used to put up a lot of WIPs on several sites and update them regularly, so I upgraded. Lotsa folks looking. Not so much now, but hey, I can afford $3 per month, you know? Just in case I get real motivated again.

I held my temper, instead of making a total fool of myself.

And one of these days, Atlas is going to shrug.