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- My 2024 builds. ....... *PICS* .....
- Hope you found the parts okay. Looks like I'm short on luck; he won't ship north. *NM* *PIC*
- Just far enough past that era to be able to say "period correct". And neat. *NM*
- Neat weathering on the Jeep CJ, just the way they looked after several years in use *NM*
- Max's green '49 looks like Street Rods series box art! Sorry to hear about this latest update in your lives, thoughts and prayers continuing your way *NM*
- WANT SOURCE: Anybody offer a panel body for the AMT 1960 Ford F100? *NM*
- Resin Model Ranch has a 1957-62 Ford Panel. No picture on the site. Maybe you could ask him for a picture of it?? *LINK*
- I don't know if this is of any help but, *PIC*
- Pretty cool looking. Did a quick search on Googleator and found several
- Plus, the area above the windshield is way wrong. There is a slightly forward leaning vertical area between windshield and rain gutter that's almost 2" high. The builder should have used complete windshield from the p/u.
- Thanks, CD. FWIW, I was actually thinking about doing this as a plan B if Mike L hadn't found the above. Looks pretty daunting, though. *NM*
- Aside from the actual AMT '60 pickup bits used, that looks nothing like a '60 panel. Obviously they used bits from a Monogram '55 panel for the conversion. , , IIRC, Modelhaus used to make a proper one but that was a long time ago and their stuff goes for big money now. *NM*
- Has anybody sectioned the '49 or '50 Ford? If so, got any pics, especially in progress pics? Thanks. *NM*
- I built a sectioned 50 convertible, probably 45 years ago, using an old article from (if memory serves) an early Rod & Custom Magazine as my guide. As I recall it was actually a pretty simple job
- The old Scale Auto Enthusiast did a Merc issue with a how to on sectioning the '49 Merc. I bet the process would work on the Ford. *NM*
- Mark Gustavson did an extensive series on sectioning the '49 in Car Modeler over several issues (guessing 1993-1995). Worth tracking down. Unfortunately it did not appear in his subsequent customizing book *NM*
- I found the article I was thinking of. It's not as detailed as I remembered. My scans are from R&C Feb '63. If you look at the back cover scan you'll see my address in February 1963.....SCANS INSIDE....
- I did one many years ago (and have a Merc in the works now). If you retain the stock wheel openings, things get tight at the back. And forget about bigger/wider tires without radiusing the openings, front or rear *NM*
- Ideally, you want to find the area on the sides that is the widest, then use that as a center line. Take half of the intended amount above that line. half below *NM*
- There was a great tutorial in the day - Car Model? MCS? *LINK*
- OT: Just now leaving Buc-ee's in Sevierville, TN. Man, their sliced brisket sandwich is GOOD!!
- Ditto on those sandwiches. But the last 2 times, the line of cars stretched all the way back to the highway exit. " A victim of their own success ". *NM*
- Good thing there isn't one near me.....
- I had a pulled pork from the one in Johnstown, CO last week. Yummy! It's in a dangerous location though, just 8 miles from my house! *NM*
- I'm driving a Silverado EV right now - a few thoughts on the experience
- Those were the business for a few years- neat little cars
- Does Modelhaus still make the spyders? If not that would be a slam dunk 3-d project *NM*
- Sorta OT, but how do I change a webp file into a jpg file? Thanks. *NM*
- Open in your viewer, then choose "Export" ... and pick your extension *NM*
- Open it in MS Paint, and save it as a jpg *NM*
- You can do it online, there are websites for that. *NM*
- In general, you can change it simply by renaming the file and changing the ā.webpā suffix to ā.jpgā. You will get a warning message, that it may compromise the data, but Iāve never had any issues. I do recommend making a safety copy before attempting to change the *NM*
- Here is a mess I'd like to fix.... *NM* *PIC*
- Ditto that.... Lose the roll bar, chop the windshield, clean up the rust and wavy bodywork, give it a nice shiny paint job... It would look much better. *NM*
- Looks pretty bad, but....all is not lost. I can't seem to post it, but the engine bay is immaculate *NM*
- Is this AI? *NM*
- Not every day I get to read of a Canadian custom ('49 Meteor). I find it INTRIGUING. I'm reading the back story and saving many photos. Thanks for posting Jim.š *NM*
- Re: Here is a mess I'd like to fix.... I get it, but I like survivors . it appears that's what this is. *NM*
- My 38th and final build of 2024. A Jeep Gladiator Pickup. *PIX* and *LINK*
- 38 builds? In one year? I doubt that I have built 38 in the last 10 years. Might as well take up knitting. Looks good though. *NM*
- BTW, how much of this build did you have to dig out of the parts box? Looks fairly complete. *NM*
- Airfix has a block style kit of that and while box scale, it scales out to 1/25. *NM*
- Neat cruiser, David!!! *NM*
- Best Holiday Wishes to you and your family. I hope you and your wife come through with clean healh in the coming year. Thanks for all your participation here on Spotlight. Sorry to hear about your "Santa" friend's passing. He made a positive impact and will be missed. *NM*
- Nice One! Those were real boats in the sedans, but the convertibles were cruisers! *NM*
- The longest 1/25th model car except for the Caddy Ambulance, I believe. *NM*
- O/T: Definition of Torque *LINK*
- The difference between torque and horsepower ,,, Horsepower determins how fast you get to the wall ,, torque determins how much of the wall you take with you when you bust through it. *NM*
- Torque is the amount of twisting force the engine crank has in (ft-lbs) going through the drivetrain. HP is a mathematical function of torque amount times rpm (5252rpm) which equals HP. *NM*
- I knew the Definition of Torque ....it's a video...... *NM*
- And I thought it took a lot of torque for a full size Chevy or Dodge doorslammer to do that. Wow *NM*
- A somewhat bigger Chrysler six would be sweet. *NM*
- Anyone wanna see what I'm working on? C'mon inside.
- I like where this is headed. *NM*
- Looks pretty good to me, but not a two seater...yet. Anyway, I like it. *NM*
- Oh yeah, this is gonna be sweet. *NM*
- Here's some inspiration pics. I'm going to build another but with a different fuel tank and rear wheel and tires are coming from a 1/12th Tamiya Formula 1 car.
- Nice!! *NM*
- Looks like rubber band power there,,,just sayin....(grin) *NM*
- That's a pretty cool project, my friend!!! Are you planning to replace the Camaro rally wheels with mags? If I remember correctly, the 1/12 57 Chevy included a very nice set of Cragar S/S mags. *NM*
- He's been back for a little while, doing the Muscle car videos. Last I heard he was still a few months away from the Junkyard crawl, but posted he intends to return to it when he can. Agreed, it's great to see him back! *NM*
- Straight Line Saturday is back from the Holiday Vacation!
- Thanks CD, seen that blue Dodge Dart before, it is way cool! *NM*
- Love seeing pics of those old school home built dragsters. *NM*
- Great PICS!! *NM*
- That yellow Fiat with the red wheels and grille is sweet! *NM*
- That rusty frame dragster......Geez! *NM*
- I keep going back to the Ramchargers 64 Polara, with it's slightly altered wheelbase.... Would make a good addition to my Ramchargers collection. *NM*
- The S&S '64 Chevelle would be neat to do with the reissued kit *NM*
- You never disappoint with your Mopar pics!! I really likr the Challenger/Viper pic with the matching paint. *NM*
- So I got a neat suprise when I got this 62 Impala Annual from that auction site (PICS)
- That is an interesting note. He might be in witness protection since he was changing his name...: ) *NM*
- That's about as cool as it gets. Like a message in a bottle. *NM*
- I wonder how many people today know how to write cursive. *NM*
- What an interesting concept to add a note when it was built and all. *NM*
- Re: Finished this morning. PICS Love It! Really like the tire combo, gives it just the right rake and fills the wheel wells up quite nicely! *NM*
- Re: Old Stuff. *PICS* Maybe old, but it still looks great! *NM*
- Re: Final Friday Random of 2024...neat stuff, sorry about your Friend Mike, sounds like he was an all around great guy.
- That one deserves its own post. I didnāt see it as a reply, though, but I followed along when you originally built it. *NM*
- That's pretty cool, David. Great color for that car. , , BTW, Modelhaus tires still offers those spiders. *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
- Thanks Bill, as usual, I'd go for the GTX at the end. Beautiful car, great wheels. *NM*
- Thanks Dave, you post some really cool stuff. This time it's the Emerald Rumble. I have a chop top '40 coupe I wasn't sure what to do with. I can build something quite similar to the Rumble. Thanks again. *NM*
- Nicely done and it's fairly rare, certainly don't see many built stock. *NM*
- Nice work David!!! *NM*
- Thanks for sharing the PICS! *NM*
- Thanks Bill!! *NM*
- Looking good Terry! *NM*
- I love the settings where many of these cars are photographed! *NM*
- Re: Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS* Neat stuff this week.
- Question. On my new diorama, the light poles are a scale 25 feet tall. Their height is adjustable, I can shorten them up. Do they look appropiate the height the way they are, or should I shorten them. I think that 25 feet is a good average height, but IDK. *NM*
- If the scene has a lot of action "compacted" into a relatively small area, you might shorten them a bit to bring everything into perspective *NM*
- Just going by the photos, and not data, to my eye they would look best at approx 2/3 of their current height. In person may provide a different perspective, though. I would say to use your own judgement on that. You have a good eye. *NM*
- Costs quite a bit (whole exhaust system) but doesn't really show in box art photos or illustrations. Too, they're tough to do and still have the right look to them. A lot of older kit headers are spindly or two-dimensional looking *NM*
- Everyone, thank you so much for all of the comments and compliments on the beginnings of my new diorama. They all mean a lot to me. *NM*
- Steve....I saw that and thought it was a very interesting subject for a roof swap and executed very well. I suspect others did as well. Apologies for not posting a reply! Cheers....Tim *NM*
- Very, very tasty, David! Your detail paint work really brings out the best of this kit. Not well known, but Gary Schmidt had a 1958-60 Lincoln in his 1//1 scale collection....bet he would have appreciated this build! TB *NM*
- Here's how I did it........
- Any plansā¦some kinda drag car maybe? *NM*
- A roped spectator line for tours to watch the construction progress could bring spectators who would make multiple return visits to watch. Or an online site with multiple cameras 24/7 for "followers" at all times for $ from facebook? It works for
- That trail of smoke and flame is terrific! *NM*
- Very nice! *NM*
- Great build! And yeah, those brakelines are nothing short of amazing. *NM*
- That brake line paint detailing is so steady I'd display it on it's side! *NM*
- Sans the air cleaner, Troy Trepanier used one on his pink '66 Chevelle Pro Street from 1988 (link inside) *NM* *LINK*
- I was a lot less shaky 40 years ago! LOL! *NM*
- I like it *NM*
- Getting closer on my '68 Firebird build. Chassis, engine and interior are done and the body has some paint on it.
- Beautiful interior! Goes so well with that Gunmetal color. *NM*
- Looks great, did you widen the Pontiac wheels? *NM*
- Good work Bob. interesting color combo, great interior. *NM*
- Wow, that's a beautiful Firebird! That leather looks so real, and the color combo, the rims, it all looks so awesome! I'm sure you can figure out where to trim for a perfect fit, you're a modeller! *NM*
- Nice! As a 1:1 restorer told me point blank, red is the hardest color to do
- Bob, that bottle of Vallejo Liquid Metal in the last PIC: that stuff any good? *NM*
- Like the wheels!! *NM*