Ace-Garageguy

Harry's probably out driving his new Mustang. This could take a while...(sound of crickets).

Wow. That is COOL. I want it. I assume routine maintenance would be through the cab, like on a small van. Major work would be a real PITA.

Not all that uncommon on older V engines having only a single exhaust pipe out back, and limited space under the vehicle in the vicinity of the gearbox.

Rear-firing class 4 lasers would do it, or 2,000,000 candela xenon strobes...

Really enjoying seeing this one come together. I loved these things when they were new (1:1), and all the extra effort you're putting into this less-than-stellar kit is certainly paying off.

Soon as I get my 1/25 scale antigrav units working reliably, I'll let youse guys know how to get them.

Just what I was thinking.

Looks good to me...very clean, nice paint. I really like the way Revell did the windows on these, setting them in from the outside. Makes a much more realistic appearance.

Good observation. It also looks like he's pulled the entire building off its foundations, not just getting the roof skewed. If you look at the lower LH corner of the structure, it's no longer square on the little lot, and the whole thing appears to be twisted back on the RH side.

That rear 3/4 corner shot looks great with the wide meats. These are such good looking, cleanly-designed cars, and really respond well to updates.

I'm definitely still interested. Do you accept paypal?

He used to be a lube-tech... and before that, a heavy equipment operator...

The mixer driver moonlights as an electrician. His last job...

"Honey, the truck wrecked."

I like it.

I quite like the little Honda CR-Z hybrid, and turned around the try to see what it was first time I passed one on the road. It's a striking design, and looks like "high-performance". Though heavily modifying one would violate multiple federal and state emission-controlled-vehicles laws, it screams "I want to be a hot-rod" to me. Apparently I'm not the only person who's heard it. Though these are obviously artists' renderings, they're pretty cool ideas for models IMHO. Fujimi does one in 1/24.

Pretty cool. Looks to be a "technical pen" re-branded or developed specifically as a hobby tool. Keep us in the loop as to how well and for how long it works. Also, what the ink is soluble in.

I agree it's no great beauty, but at least it doesn't look like every melted-bar-of-soap, me-too car styling exercise out there. And I think one of THE most insipid-looking cars of all time is the Prius. It looks like it's trying to hide the fact it actually IS a car...which I guess makes sense for its intended market of car-haters. One eco-ride I'd buy solely for its looks is Honda's CR-Z hybrid. It's a striking little hot-rod in person and looks fast just sitting there.

If I was a Pinto and someone did that to me, I'd explode.

Glad to see these still chugging along. I like 'em all.

Saw my first BMW i3 today while I was walking to the grocery store. Neat looking car. Seems a lot more purposeful and adult than some eco rides out there. I could enjoy having one of these for reality, and a full-boogie 2002 tii for weekends.

Feelin' it at the moment. Intended to get up and on the bench early, when it was too cold to work comfortably outside. Got on here and blew most of the morning instead. Now it's warming up, and I've got big-boy things that have to be done...now. Bugger.

Yeah, poor little car.

I have several of those from the many different issues, and that's about the worst one I've seen. It IS correctable and will certainly help to build your skills if you decide to fix it. Kind of a PITA to have to do that much work on a "new" kit, but if you take it back, it'll just get trash-canned. Somebody here might be willing to trade for something else. I've saved a LOT worse...but I'm kinda weird.