Monty

Casey, compare your MRC M/Ts to the real ones and you'll see why they're not the best choice. The various words on the MRC sidewall are placed so haphazardly, it almost looks random. That might be OK if you don't paint the letters, but most guys who ran performance tires wanted the white letters showing.

Your wienerdog tells me she was just trying to get rid of some of those mold lines for you. Thanks for the pic! Since everybody else is telling you how to build your kit, I'll chime in too. If you're not overly concerned about the engine being "period correct" for '64, paint the engine block and heads Ford Engine dark blue. This'll give you a little more color under the hood. Just a thought.

I've seen the techniqe demonstrated in a magazine, but I haven't done it myself. I was asking the question in case one of our more experienced modelers wanted to collaborate with you on this. Any of you have extensive experience in tire surgery? If you have the ability to take a few sections out of the M/T tire & put it back together seamlessly, Frank might be able to cast 'em up so we can have matching M/T tires on our car.

Would you consider it if someone with that kind of experience did all the surgery for you? It sounds like there's some demand for a matching front M/T tire out there...

This is going to be sharp! Sorry to hear about the other two, but it looks like you've got everything on track now. If you're not mad at him/her anymore, post a pic of the wiener dog. I miss mine.

I love what you came up in terms of the speedster concept, but I don't get the "clashing colors" thing. Think back to when Porsche released the last 928: Lime green metallic paint with a lime & plum interior. http://t2.gstatic.co...-ybYLtGGWrP_WD5 Idea: You mentioned using the '78 Pace Car colors. Combine that with a red leather interior a la the '96 Grand Sport.

Classic example of More Money Than Brains. Yes, this was a movie car, but unfortunately there are like-minded people who buy a C3 and try to achieve "cool" by purchasing everything in the Eckler's catalog & slapping it on their car. If the goal was to make it garish, mission accomplished.

Frank, IIRC, the tire you're casting was only available in that size from AMT & generally intended for the rear axle. Have you considered cutting a few sections out of the middle of that tire, popping it back together and making a slightly skinnier tire we can run up front?

Apparently great minds think alike. Allow me to quote myself from Post #4 : If you want to create something from the C3 era that looks like a factory concept taken one step farther, why not do a Motion Performance or Yenko treatment on this: http://t3.gstatic.co...rITydlO4fU4b6UM I'd be curious to know how different the Revell and Lindberg versions of this car are. As far as paint and design motifs go, how 'bout using a modified version of the paint scheme from the Mako Shark? I could envision your car in a dark blue with silver as the accent color. Use the top of the brake duct as a reference point and mask along that line. To complete the homage, incorporate the Mako Shark's tapering, louvered rear window treatment http://www.amcarguid...the-mako-shark/

This is so weird - I've been a member of CorvetteForum.com since '98 and I suscribed to Corvette Fever magazine for years, but I'd never even heard about those cars till today when I was trying to find a picture for Darin.

After 20 years of owning a C3 and seeing countless numbers of others, this might sound like I'm raining on your parade but these cars rarely look good when someone tries to go "wild" with paint and body mods. More often than not, they end up looking like something out of the movie Corvette Summer. If you thought those cars were neat, you've probably helped make several drug dealers very, very rich. If you want to create something from the C3 era that looks like a factory concept taken one step farther, why not do a Motion Performance or Yenko treatment on this: http://t3.gstatic.co...rITydlO4fU4b6UM I no longer have the magazines with the pics, but back then Chevrolet was experimenting with mid-engine designs, and one engineer said he thought they'd probably have to use a twin-turbo V6 to meet future CAFE standards. Here's my 1980. I kept the interior and the body factory stock and spent my money on the engine and chassis.

You certainly did your body prep well. That paint flowed out beautifully. Did you use Testors/Model Master Guards Red? It's a fairly common Porsche color. Sorry to hear about the wheels and tires. You may want to write a post in our Wanted section & see if someone has some appropriate Monogram (1/24) wheels and tires that would work better. I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Yeah, there are a ton of worthless job sites out there. I've already run into a couple that were just a front for people pushing loans for further education. Another site appears to have been a scam to get working emails to sell to spammers. I used to get 4 spam items a day; since the day I applied for a job on their site, I've been getting around 45. The professional resume writing sites can be unintentionally funny, too. They all say something like "Our competitors use outdated patterns and styles, while we blah, blah, ..modern blah, blah, results, blah, blah etc. My favorite ridiculous thing: Go to an employment agency's site, find a job you're interested in and start the online application process. This will include either copy/pasting your resume or uplinking it to their page. Agency calls you in to "fill out some paperwork", which includes...taking a pen and writing out all the information that already exists on the resume you sent them. I can't see myself leaving Dallas. It's a big enough city that I should be able to find work somewhere. Plus, I have an excellent work history and good references. In fact, all but one of the jobs I've had since I moved here in '91 have been working with or for people I'd worked with previously at another place. Jantrix is correct, though. I'm only unemployed because my last employer went through three RIFs (reductions in force), cutting a lot of people down to a skeleton staff to survive.

Good points - I had forgotten that Harry was a professional graphic artist. My local OfficeMax shows they have these in stock, so maybe they'll let me see if it makes the kind of brightness I need.

I am currently unemployed and having a hard time finding work. The resume I've been using is one I wrote myself using tips from various sites and books that claimed to have the dynamic verbs and essential buzzwords guaranteed to get a Human Resources director's attention. So far, it has received very little response. Some background: I have a Bachelor of Arts degree but it doesn't apply to anything I've done in the last 20 years, and I won't be going back into any line of work related to the degree. The last five jobs I've held were all in the same field, but would be considered blue collar, so no need for the Platinum Level writing services, etc. TIA for all helpful replies and leads.

I wish I could see one of these in use. If you read what I said to Virgil, I'm already leery of things that promise a certain type of light but come up short. As I mentioned, this will be my primary light source back there.

Virgil, what does yours use for a light source? After buying a lamp that promised the brightness of natural sunlight without the heat and having it put out the equivalent of moonlight on a foggy night, I can't afford to buy anything that doesn't measure up, hence the request for LED lighting.

My hobby table is in the dimmest part of my apartment and the overhead lighting fixture seems to be more for decoration than illumination. I've been trying to augment this light with a regular 60 watt desk lamp, but I'm not happy with the results. The research I've done so far suggests that these LED lamps can produce brighter light than halogen lamps without the excessive heat, which sounds ideal. If you have an LED lamp that you use for modeling and you're very happy with it, I'd appreciate it if you'd reply with a mfr part number or some other way to identify it.

Mark's building Oscar Koveleski's car! Woo-hoo!

Leasing from whom? Okey? (Not questioning what you've said - just curious)

That probably had more to do with the oil crisis going on at the time than anything else. With gas mileage becoming more of a priority than all-out performance, the Glorified Pinto Mustang II was made much smaller and lighter than the previous version, which weighed in at 3800 lbs. Engine choices exemplified Ford's priorities as well, as the mighty '74 Mach 1 could offer nothing better than a 105-hp 2.8 liter V6. In addition, the Deuce also was the first Mustang to have those ungainly, federally-mandated railroad tie bumpers. Those two issues alone engendered a lack of respect among "real" Mustang owners for years. When I had my '73 fastback, I attended some shows where the promoters segregated the II's to a separate section. That said, I've seen some styling exercises where modelers used the Mustang II body, reduced the front and rear bumper overhang, and ended up with a very sharp looking car.

Eventually we're going to run out of superlatives if you keep posting up stuff like this. As you said, it's too bad so much of the detail is covered by the panels on the chassis, but at least we got to see it. I can certainly see why you enjoyed building this kit. I noticed the model is RHD. Do you happen to know if the initial 1:1 version will only be made for sale in Japan?

Thanks, Rob. I was already aware of much of what transpired through 2010 or so. The IMC thing is a fairly recent issue.

From what I have been told on other forums, a person named Okey Spaulding supposedly bought out the remains of what was left of JoHan. There are numerous stories about missing/destroyed tooling, which may explain why Okey never seemed to have much in the way of product to release. Now I see that a new company (IMC - no relation to the original Industro-Motive Corp) is planning to relase a JoHan snap Chrysler Turbine car, a snap '74-ish Cutlass, and another item that escapes me at the moment. As the alleged owner of all remaining JoHan product, how did Okey not have access to these? How did these guys happen to gain access to them? (I don't know Okey or anyone involved with the new IMC venture - I'm just curious what's really going on).

Andy, I love what you've done with this! The paint (Flame Red?) is a great choice for this car, your seatbelts complement an already nicely detailed interior and the engine bay is accurately done as well. It looks like you're using the MRC wheel/tire set, which, IMHO, offers the best Keystone Klassic wheels ever made in styrene. One suggestion, if you don't mind - paint the recessed areas of the wheel like this: http://t2.gstatic.co...T6DqzKIWGtSeYKD This can be easily done with a 10/0 detail brush and some slightly reduced semi-gloss black enamel. (Humbrol #85 is about perfect) What all did you use to achieve that patina on the chassis? That's one area where I'd really like to improve my abilities.