Ace-Garageguy

One helluva lot easier to do cam belts on that than it is on a PT Cruiser.

Excellent documentary produced by the BBC. Warning: there's no loud banging music or hysterical commentary, so it might not appeal to "reality" TV aficionados.

The Lindberg cab is chopped and sectioned, and has an incorrect line at the bottom of the doors/cowl that allows it to be channeled on the fender unit. The proportions are off, and the bed has no side detail whatsoever. This bronze one was restored from a gluebomb to pretty much out-of-the-box by "Mercury Flathead" on another forum. It's a very nice build, but it's not a particularly accurate '32 truck. If you want to build a reasonably accurate '32 Ford pickup, you'd be better off starting with the '34 cab and box and building it up on Revell '32 frame and fenders, with the '32 grille and hood. In reality (on the REAL vehicles) the '32 and '33-'34 Ford truck cabs are almost identical...the only differences being in the stamped reveal across the rear cab wall. The '32 Ford pickup is built on essentially a '32 car frame, which has a shorter wheelbase than the '33-'34. HOWEVER...You can build a beautiful model from the Lindberg kit. This one is by Matt T, a member on this forum. It's been modified extensively, and there are more pix here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3443

It represents the last version of the generation-one Olds overhead valve V8, the 394 cu.in. engine. The detail is light, typical annual Johan with an axle-hole through the block, and heads molded in one piece with the intake manifold, but it looks pretty much like what's the real car. The exhaust manifolds and valve covers are quite good (though the valve covers are painted on the real car, not chrome) and the location of the alternator and PS pump are correct. (I have a 1:1 '63 Olds convertible). This is an entirely different engine than the OP was asking about, and is the last development of the 303 cubic inch V8 Olds introduced in 1949.

Nice looking panel. In 1/48, you really don't need anything any better.

A guy riding a unicycle, in rush-hour traffic !!

Extremely clean early-'60s Beetle, dark red factory color, all stock except for chrome rims and Porsche hubcaps.

That is just unnecessarily cold. Someone should pass a law to make it illegal to be colder than 30. I just don't know why this hasn't been done yet. Think of all the money it would save on heat.

Just for reference, stock '57 371 Olds valve covers don't have the multiple inverted vertical ribs or the wire looms like the 303 in the '50 has. Instead, they have 2 outside vertical ribs that stiffen the covers under the bolt holes. I don't recall seeing these specific covers in a kit, but the smooth ones in the 394 Olds-powered version of the SWC Revell Willys are the right shape, and could be modified with styrene strip to represent the ribs. The SWC covers are for the last version of the first-generation Olds OHV V8, and have 2 small bolt-hole indentations that would need to be filled also.

Yes, that is the way I usually do it in the shop, but I didn't find a quick video of that method, and it's still kinda difficult to do on a 1/8 inch circle. That sounds like a good, simple approach. Maybe just draw circles on a piece of clear plastic, using a fine-line Sharpie and a circle template like the one above.

Very unusual, and really looks great so far.

Yeah, that white convertible looks savable, but it could be gone from the rockers down, too. I don't think it's a Speedster...windshield looks too tall and seems to be welded on. But the windshield frame doesn't look like a cabriolet either...they had sharper corners from this angle, as did the convertible D. Can't imagine anyone leaving a bolt-on windshield frame on the car, outside. Anyway, it appears to be an A series body, and any 356A convertible is worth saving. Appears to be a lot of sheetmetal on some of the other hulks that is decent, and I'd sure like to have picking rights on the early 911 shells for mine.

Looking good, great color. Nice work molding the front end too.

Really like the Carson top, long deck idea on the '58.

Or you can always stop by your friendly neighborhood window-tinting shop. They should have scraps in a variety of shades of gray, and the ones I've dealt with in the past were more than happy to give me as much scrap as I could carry.

Just one man's opinion, but I think this is one of the best motorsports films I've ever seen. I was especially impressed with the editing of the East African segment, somewhere around 30 minutes in. Kinda funny how the current "drift" guys think they're actually doing something special by sliding around showboating on dry pavement, when rally drivers are really racing, balls-out every second, on constantly-changing surfaces...tarmac, dirt, gravel, mud, snow... with hard obstacles like trees to hit and sheer-cliff dropoffs on the outside of turns. No doubt about it...at this level rally drivers are the best in all-around car control, and could most likely shine in any form of motorsport.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/12/23/gk-restorations-porsche-graveyard/

Though it's obviously a significant hot-rod survivor with tons of creative engineering, remember it was shiny when it was built, and was built to run, as evidenced by it's brief appearance on the dry lakes. Hot-rodding in 1951 was very creative mechanically in general, and junk was the parts source of choice. You couldn't build a car out of catalogs in those days, and since the cars were primarily built to be driven and not just as outrageous fashion statements, reasonably correct engineering principles, welding and fabrication work were usually in evidence. This is it as-built.

It'd make a nice daily driver, but I'd have to put some kind of rack or hitch on it to make it as useful as my old Chevy truck.

WOW. Thanks for that. Just scanned through a few minutes of it and it looks like it will be time very well spent.

You must have either been looking through my window, or you've hacked my P-bucket account.

That's a gorgeous car. I didn't know this boat-tail version existed until your model here. Beautiful thing.

In my opinion, the Lindberg '53 Ford (cars) are right up there with Moebius kits and the best of the recent Revell offerings. I have several on the shelves, and sometimes I just look at them and marvel at how well engineered they are, how well they fit together, and how good most of the parts look. Frankly, I've been waiting to build one until my skills get a bit better. Here's one built by member Cruz (I think). Doesn't get much better than this... Here's another one by member 70mach1...http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=63037&hl=%2B1953+%2Bford AMT has a '53 pickup. This one was built by member RandyB...another beautiful model, pretty much box stock. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=67828

You're right, but digression is part of the nature of public forums. I agree 100% with Richard's sentiment.

I don't think anything inflammatory has been said. Model cars are equally accessible to women as they are to men. Last time I looked, you didn't have to get a gender test to buy a model. So it comes down to choice. It's also been my experience that there are many more male gamers than female. This certainly can't be due to females having restricted access to the internet or modern technology, or being "forced" into gender-specific roles. It's simply innate interest.