Ace-Garageguy

I've paid as much as $15 for a fairly current kit of a US car missing the engine and a few other bits. For $8-$10 at a show, I'd think they'd move pretty well...assuming you hit somebody who actually has a use for the kit, or can convince himself that he "needs" it just in case.

I'm in if somebody pays me $120 per hour it takes to do a proposal. These days, I don't work for free unless I REALLY have "skin in the game". Last time i came up with a gold-plated sure-fire winner (that netted the client $50k for 3 months of work...MY work) I didn't even get a thank-you.

I had a look at what you're trying to do over there. The responses so far are certainly at a significantly different level than what I'm used to seeing (the incessant celebration of ignorance and the banal and trivial), so I'll concede that maybe you're on to something. Asking for a well-thought-out and detailed response is going to tend to appeal more to those who have (possibly) something of value to say, and an above-average ability to communicate. My problem with FB, as it is with most all online communities, is that the value of much of what's posted is nil. In order to successfully research any question on the web, one has to start with a significant amount of understanding of and knowledge about the subject in order to sort through and discard the preponderance of just plain wrong information that's endlessly posted and re-posted as "fact" and "opinion" by people totally ignorant of the field they're acting as "experts" in. Soliciting business-case proposals from unknowns who may or may not have any clue about what they're responding to strikes me as a novel approach, but you never know. You just might get lucky and tap that one-in-a-million.

Glad you found it helpful, sir.

Judging from the model photos, there seem to be significant proportion, line and stance issues.

Hmmmmm...must be a different FB than the one I get on my computer...

I don't see that anyone is disputing the fact that plenty of Japanese cars have plenty of "muscle". What is being disputed is that the term "muscle car" was coined to refer to a particular type of vehicle from a particular point in history ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car ) and does not encompass late-model heavily-Asian-influenced 2-doors with relatively large engines and front-wheel-drive. Why does the Honda in question HAVE to be a "muscle car"? Can't it just be a lightish car with a kinda powerful engine, and not try to me-too me-too piggyback on a quite well defined concept? Sure, it's kinda sorta like a muscle car if you stretch the concept enough, but it just doesn't fit all the criteria to BE one. It's like this. The "Bauhaus" school of art and architecture is from a particular place and time, and represents a particular stylistic vision. Though things may be done later in a derivative or similar style, while influenced by Bauhaus, kinda like Bauhaus, evocative of Bauhaus, or carrying on the Bauhaus philosophy, they are still NOT Bauhaus. Far as I'm really concerned though, who cares? A fast car is a fast car, no matter how you make it fast or what you call it.

Always a treat to watch your cars come together, and to see the kind of thought and planning you put into this stuff. Nice.

Man, this is beautiful. Inspiring too. Lots of Cobra Daytonas and a big blue transporter. Can't get much better than that.

Love it. I always appreciate a "what if" build when there's a plausible back story, and yours hits the mark. Love the planning and the color, too. Very interesting.

Thanks !! I'm always willing to try something that might work better. Fixturing clear parts can be a time consuming chore, and if there's a for-sure way around it, I'm in.

Probably depends really on what time period your little wrecker is supposed to represent, and whether it's a "working" wrecker for a gas-station etc. or something for show. Just about any well-detailed smallblock Chevy V8 would work. They all look much alike for the most part (265-283-302-307-327-350-400). From '58-'65, a 348-409 big-block would be kinda cool, and would probably be my choice, even if the truck was in service today. If the truck is still working after '65, a re-engine with a gen-II big-block Chevy (366-396-427-454 all look pretty much the same) would be entirely possible in reality.

I'd advise caution trying to use any CA or solvent-type glue for clear parts. The risk of solvents crazing or CA fogging is just too great in my mind. I'd rather fixture windows in place and let the PVA (white-glue) based products set up than have to remove buggered clear parts for a re-do...which takes a lot more effort than just walking away from the model while PVA sets up.

I had a similar experience the first time I tried Chrome on an older machine. It was close to useless, and I didn't bother with it again until maybe 3 years or so ago when I upgraded my system after a hard-drive crash. I've been happy with it since then...but it does encounter the occasional difficulties people mention on this site...slow loading, responses dumped into "404" limbo, etc. I change avatars frequently, and it works a treat so long as the file size is within limits.

Here's some additional food for thought... https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/what-color-paint-to-use-to-match-dow-7-coating.235753/

Magnesium parts are often finished with a coating called "Dow 7", which is probably what's on the blower in question. There's a thread on here somewhere about various ways to get the effect...though Dragline's suggestion is probably as good as any of them...and it's not always exactly the same color. Tinkering with custom mixes of Testors "metalizers" looks like it could produce very good results too.

Very attractive model; your work looks great, but something about the kit proportions looks a little off to my eye. This is by no means any reflection on YOUR work, though.

X2. Good clean work.

Fine looking model. I always liked Panoz for going with the "front-mid-engined" concept, in spite of the fact that everyone "knew" rear-mid-engined was the only modern way to build a race car.

Fine fine fine. Work to be justifiably proud of.

Yes, very nice.

Don't know how to use apostrophes? No worries. Just throw one in randomly anywhere, and maybe the teacher won't notice. Work's for mine's.

Cool little car. Looks like she's had a hard life, but with the clean engine and new rubber, she'll be making a complete recovery someday...or at least get driven. Nice work

What you have looks very good, and I applaud your effort, going ahead and scratching what you needed instead of giving up. Nice work, really.

See above.