Ace-Garageguy

What scale are you working in? What kind of car (drag racing, road racing, etc.) ? What era?

That's sad. Still, it can be a wreck behind a period wrecker, or the focus of a bottom-of-a-ravine diorama. Shame to waste it.

That is actually a valid idea. Eons ago at the dawn of time, I discovered that air can get under the bodywork of a slot car and lift it, making it leave the track...just exactly as years later I saw Mark Donohue fly the Can Am Porsche at Road Atlanta

Maybe just for fun? Or maybe, if somebody is interested in science and engineering, to get a visual idea of the difference in airflow over a barn-door design like a '32 Ford as opposed to a late model Lambo? Granted data developed in 1/24 - 1/25 scale doesn't translate to full size, but turbulence around chunky objects can be visualized and perhaps better understood. What I don't understand is the need to 3D print any of it. The side walls are flat, and cheap high-flow fans in their own housings are plentiful.

I always wondered how the AMT kit built up. Good stuff here.

Sorry to hear of his difficulties. I've watched several old friends slowly fade away, and it's heartbreaking, as you say. I've read a lot on the subject, as I'm pretty ancient myself and hope to avoid a similar decline. What I've found is that physical activity and trying to keep learning new things seem to be linked with lessening the effects. Of course, to derive any benefits, you have to be fit enough physically, and have to have the interest in learning on a daily basis. I wish both of you all the best possible.

Very nice, clean clean, clean.

Great looking model of an important car. I love to see good models of early competition Porsches, when the marque was establishing itself as a leading sports car builder. Who wooda thunk they'd evolve into a manufacturer of poseur luxo rides and bloated SUVs?

It's still possible to build a very nice fiberglass replica for reasonable money. If you build it on an IRS VW pan, a replica can out-handle a real one, and if you use a built VW engine putting out more than 130HP, it can out-run a real one.

The 356C was built from 1963 through 1965, and all are virtually identical visually (except for tiny variations only a hard-core Porschephile would spot), so this model could be anywhere in there. But what makes this model more special is the 4-cam 2-liter "Carrera" engine. The "bustle" under the rear bumper is the only big giveaway it's a Carrera-engined 356. It was a very expensive car new, around $8000 US (about twice the cost of its 1600cc pushrod-engined brothers), and would be worth in the vicinity of a million bucks today.

Really really really REALLY cool, and an inspiration. The 1/24 Monogram Deuce is the best proportioned of all the 1/24-1/25 offerings, but its lack of a separate frame always put me off. Seeing your work here, I think it's time to reconsider this little kit's possibilities.

The Porsche 356 series came in four general models, 356 (pre-A), and 356A, B, and C, with sub-variations within the models. (There are also the very early, very rare "Gmund" alloy-bodied cars that look somewhat different, built from 1948-'52) A somewhat loose recognition guide for the standard 356 series follows: 356 pre-A cars through '52 had split windshields, V-eed windshields through '55, narrower and rounded-front hoods, with lower headlights. 1950-1955 The A-series cars were visually similar, but had one-piece smooth-curved windshields. 1955-'59 B-series cars had raised headlights, but retained the round-front A-style hood. 1959-'63 Late B and C-series cars had a somewhat wider and squared nose hood, like this model. C-series cars also went to disc brakes and the 911 wheel bolt pattern, instead of the VW-derived "wide-5" pattern. 1963-'65 More info: https://www.pca.org/news/model-guide-356-the-simple-porsche BEAUTIFUL model, by the way. Best use of quarantine time I've seen to date.

Good question. Is the car you're modeling s'posed to have the unit mounted to the diff, or stand-alone? A quick search leads me to believe it's this one (the text sites Motion Performance), which mounts on its own, with shortened driveshafts to and from it. https://bangshift.com/bangshiftapex/hone-o-drive-overdrive-looks-as-good-as-new/ If that's the correct unit for your build, it looks like a fairly easy scratch-built endeavor. But I am by no means "expert" on these things. EDIT: Yup. Found a ref siting the Model 300, shown above, as the one installed by Baldwin Motion EDIT 2: More info here: http://www.stangerssite.com/honeodrive.html

Just what it says. Twice I've tried to edit or add new text to older threads, and the photos in the post I'm editing disappear. Not all the photos in the thread, just in the particular post. In the thread below, all the photos in the first post disappeared when I corrected two text typos earlier today.

Archer weld bead decals. Similar to their rivets, they're resin castings on a clear carrier, so they provide a real 3D effect. https://archive.armorama.com/review/2764/

Great looking model, built from a kit people love to hate on. Love that color too. Those Testors candy enamels were far from easy to get right, and it looks like you hit the sweet spot.

Here's another way to tackle it: I made a tarp from heavy aluminum tape, coated it with mold release, and fiberglassed over it. See the process here:

Kinda human nature, ain't it? In the vast majority of cases, anyway. EDIT: And of course it's the basis of "buy low, sell high", and the not-so-golden rule "screw unto the other guy as he would undoubtedly screw unto you".

I acknowledge that's a large part of the problem, but it's not ALL of the problem. I know of innumerable verifiable instances to prove my point, but as I'm kinda sick and tired of being branded "xenophobe" and worse for stating the truth, I'll refrain from posting examples. But I'll say this much...if some of the things I know to be fact were to happen HERE, people would be running in circles with their hair on fire, screaming "corporate greed" and "corruption" at the top of their lungs.

What happened? She lose power and get blown onto the rocks? Sure is beautiful there. I envy you getting to see that every day, though I assume the weather can get pretty intense at times.

One culture's "stainless steel" is another culture's pot metal.

Remarkable finish for being brush-painted. Nice job.

How about a hydrofoil? Or something a little less radical, by McLaren designer Frank Stephenson?

Nice trio showing off the possibilities with this kit.