Ace-Garageguy

I started this one same time back, to be Z-28 powered, and it will be (at some point there'll be two of these powered by American iron, as I have a few engine-less Ferraris), but I came across it again the other day, and had a rework of a Revellogram 1/24 Pontiac GTO engine on the bench, so I says to meself "self...why not a 3X2bbl GTO engine in a GTO? What could be more natural than that?" You have to remember that there was a time these things were just obsolete race-cars, and could be had with broken engines for pretty reasonable money. Not exactly cheap, but accessible for motivated normal humans. I actually worked for a guy who bought a RUNNING 550 Spyder for around 5000 bucks. Yeah...like how much is that worth today? So here we are. The original thread is below, for anybody who wants to see how we got to this point. I had to enlarge the old-school American mags to fit the fat 1/24 rubber I want to use, by wrapping the rims in .020" styrene. The engine is a 1/24 (supposedly) kinda blobular mess that's not real accurate, getting reworked to be more accurate at first glance. I like the trans, and the fact it has a 3X2 setup that should fill the Ferrari hood blister nicely. The blue one is a Revell 1/25 Poncho for reference. In her previous incarnation she never made it up on her wheels, but this time she has. Color will most likely be a light blue period GM metallic, maybe with white stripes. The dark blue hood is just a Tamiya paint test over a slightly crazed self-etching primer.

Game theory can be used as part of the decision making process preceding military operations.

Flake in model car paint is often way out of scale, and looks like something you'd see on an old-school dune buggy.

"Era of the Cat" wasn't an Al Stewart song.

Sure and begorrah, 'tis indeed the truth.

Scene-planning in advance is prudent prior to building dioramas.

Structure of physical objects is of primary importance in the design process: function and structure first, then style and shiny.

I'd rather just give 'em a

Yeah, I was kinda disappointed by that too, but just be glad it didn't come with the horrible tires shown on the box art.

Say...what?

You, sir, have some beautiful models.

First car model...probably not the best one for a kid to start on, though my skills have improved somewhat since then.

"Home is where your heart is", unless it isn't.

Congrats.

Best advice so far...

Ago long and away far doesn't sound as good as long ago and far away.

Easy enough to make replacements from PET or clear styrene or acetate sheet...

I've used some dollhouse brick that could be paving stones in 1/24-1/25, mounted on a board in a picture frame...

School ain't what it used to be, with many HS grads unable to really comprehend what they read, or work with fractions and other basic arithmetic, write a coherent sentence with reasonably correct word-usage and punctuation, or answer the question "when was the war of 1812?"...yet they're all "technology" wizards.

Would you have any interest in selling copies of the gray buck? PM me if so.

Seems the more things change, the more they stay the same the stupider they get.

Great info, Thanks.

I know very little about big trucks, but builds like this have captured my imagination and made me want to learn more. A lot more. Thanks for showing this fine work, and providing inspiration to an old dog who'd like to learn a few new tricks.

...one seriously smokin' Olds.

Sure do like that big ol' truck.