Shafter44

Beautiful work I wish had those kinds of skill in heroic scale. I can almost see those space smurfs getting Nurgled.

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I worked at a local tire store back then doing alignments and suspension work and had a nearby body shop bring one of those in after it had some minor crash damage. The front end was based on a 70's style Camaro clip and finding factory info on proper settings in those pre-internet days was a task into itself because if you just used the GM baseline the car was all over the place, a real pain, but probably not as bad as finding parts for one now.

When I was a kid (the 70's) my father owner a concrete plant and several of his trucks were old REO's and they did indeed have dual driven rear axles with single split rim tires. I know that I'm not remembering this incorrectly as the remains of a few of these trucks still exist at the old homestead, so even if not common this configuration did exist.

Here's a Jaguar XK-E I found at a flea market for about .50cents although it is most likely a later issue of re-issue it's marked Lindberg Line NO-4 on the bottom and has the interior molded in a slightly different off-white color and really nice chrome bumpers and even exhaust tips as separate piece (that's why I think re-issue don't believe an original could have survived all those years in a box of die-cast) and since most of you are familiar with the mat it's sitting on I doubt it's HO scale.

My brother in law is from France and in 1989 he and my sister decided to move back to the area he was from. My then wife and I used this as an excuse to go on a European vacation later that year and while visiting my sister we happened upon a clockmakers shop in a village not to far from their home. Inside the shop high up on a dusty shelf I found 6 unopened JO-HAN kits still priced like it was 1975. Needless to say I purchased them all, for even less than the stickered price, because the owner was happy to be rid of them. My bro in law translated the story to me that they were all left over from the son of the previous owner who had apparently tried to start a hobby shop inside his father's store at some point and when the current owners had bought the business they had found a few kits and supplies left over and they had no need for any of it and what I purchased were the last remnants. I still have all of them displayed just as I found them because even after all this time and a messy divorce I just can't bring myself to open them.

Great looking ride, Andretti was one of my favorites back then even if he didn't live up to the hype attached to his name.

I have several different Ford and GM toy trucks made by IDEAL marked Made in Japan and copyrighted between 1966-68. These were very high quality pieces with features like separate windshield wipers,horns, etc. and multi piece wheels and cargo boxes. They are about 1/32 scale and are probably where the resin kit came from. If you run across any they are impressive versions of a subject not otherwise available but they don't show up in very good shape to often as they are somewhat fragile. If i get a chance I will dig them out and post some pics as there high parts count makes them easy to disassemble and modify and many 1/35 scale parts work well on them.

Just WOW!! I love all your sci-fi stuff you have a real knack for making them just the right amount of believable. Keep up the amazing work because plenty of people build trucks even hacks like myself.

Personally I can't stand 90% of the scripted "reality" shows out there these days but consider Jay Leno's Garage to be the real deal as he is a well known car guy and make an exception for Wheeler Dealers because it does seem like it started as the genuine article and has maintained at least some link to the real world. What I really enjoy is all of the obscure motorsports coverage on MAVtv, I mean where else can you see drag boats and tractor pulls back to back (YouTube doesn't count).

I have several kits in my collection that I will never build even though they may not have been purchased with that intent. Whether it be the nostalgia a MIB kit I destroyed as a child brings out or just the fact that I find a certain beauty in the way a pristine kit looks before any of the parts have come off the trees there are probably quite a few kits I own that I would probably find a replacement for before I would build the ones I already have.

Most 1/43 scale kits are not only limited production but primarily originate in Europe and have the cost of import passed on to those of us in the US who have taken the time to build them. In addition the fact that most are only available for a short time from the original manufacturer means that by the time the average hobbyist encounters them they have acquired "collector" prices. Even with these faults though you can get some amazing stuff you wont find in larger scales and some truly surprising kits exist. In the early 90's I built a lot of NASCAR kits from Starter(France) that were available mostly because they didn't seem to care about all those licensing and copyright laws the big companies had to deal with, although I paid a premium to get the kits.

Beautiful work on all the kits you just posted. Wonderful painting skills for such small kits.

Well I am definitely a cheapskate. I know most of the "professional" flea marketers in my area and rarely pay more than $5 for a kit and the system seems to be working because in last 4 years I've accumulated about 450 kits. There are a few older large scale kits that I paid $10-20 for but other than that it would be whatever Hobby Lobby is charging (minus 40% of course).

I think the rims look fine. Water and super clean aren't easy to find in the wasteland so when he had a little extra he said to himself "Hey, I bet those rims would look awesome cleaned up". I mean you gotta fill the time between road wars with some constructive activity.

I had the same question last year when I built one of the DTR reissues of that kit. I decided it was the engine that came in the kit and just kinda went with because I personally don't think an accurate representation of anything other than the engine from the Lindberg modified. You can always make up some story about a racer in Somewhere, USA who decided to build his own motor and that's why they kitted that car instead of the thousands of others that existed at the time, makes a better story than the designers were just lazy.

Always loved Marty's cars, started building a replica of his Plymouth that they featured on Americarna last year. Might finish in another 5 years or so.

Looking very good. I just picked one of these kits up on clearance at Hobby Lobby any particular build problems to look out for?

Went to the Ollies in Morristown TN yesterday came home with 4 Beverly Hills Cop Nova's, 62 Bel Air, 68 Vette, 64 GTO, 69 Baldwin Motion Camaro, Little Red Wagon, Miami Vice Spyder, Meyers Manx, and Surf Buggy. Went back today and got even more, my store had a lot of Round 2 and Revell Classic Cruisers, Streetburners boxed kits. I spent about $400 in the past 2 days so you better get to your local store they're going quick.

I recently saw a 64/65? Chevy done in a similar fashion though the body was not narrowed to quite the same T-bucket extreme and have seen similar ideas in a few of the Rat Rod dedicated parts of the internet. This seems to be some new trend in the more offbeat car kulture( you know with a K) crowd and that probably explains the flat black paint.

Beautiful model and love the subjects you choose. Even if it does take you 30 years.

Love it.Great work on the details, I try to tell everyone Fury Road is really a movie about recycling and the environment but no one listens.

Does anyone know the real story behind the 40 Ford kits origins? If the Lindberg kit is simply a "clone" its a very good one because I'm currently working on coupe that was put together using two partial kits I had in my stash a Lindberg 40 coupe and an AMT sedan delivery. The parts from these kits have so far been completely interchangeable with the AMT version having a much higher parts count and the Lindberg version just seeming to be a bit softer in the details and engraving, like it was made from a well used mold.

A modern tooling of an AMX and Javelin would open up a world of subjects I would like to complete but I just cant cut up pricey originals that lack the detail we take for granted on newer kits.

I thought Rule #1 was not to talk about Fight Club.