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Post by Brandon on Dec 22, 2016 9:08:38 GMT -6
Merry Christmas to all and have a safe and happy holiday season.
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Post by Brandon on Dec 20, 2016 9:20:25 GMT -6
Dang... That guy *almost* gets it... I wish it was mine. I'd put some Ansen slots on it and fix the interior...
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Post by Brandon on Dec 19, 2016 11:11:20 GMT -6
No info (that means I didn't Google it... ) but I ran across this in a Facebook Gallery... not 100% spot on, but very, very close. I dig it.
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Post by Brandon on Dec 12, 2016 9:40:57 GMT -6
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Post by Brandon on Dec 8, 2016 15:42:09 GMT -6
That's pretty awesome! I dig it.
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Post by Brandon on Dec 8, 2016 15:19:18 GMT -6
LOL. Yes I do. Everything is better with more. Kits like the Double Dragster make things easy. Looks great! I love those front wheels. I'm using them on a Hemi Gremlin...
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Post by Brandon on Dec 8, 2016 10:57:58 GMT -6
Is it me or is the roof line not right now, had more rake to it in the Farber/Monogram era ? I always loved this car, one of my favorite Hot Wheels as a kid. Mine too. I had the chrome version. It just looked so tough...
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Post by Brandon on Dec 7, 2016 9:45:08 GMT -6
Great article on the car's history. Honestly I didn't know about the middle part. It went from humble beginnings to the Monkey Ward (news to me) to a phaeton that burned in a fire, to a billet 90s rod and the restored.... one has to wonder what else the future holds for it. retrorides.proboards.com/thread/93064
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Post by Brandon on Dec 7, 2016 9:12:29 GMT -6
I swear if I ever get a shop big enough to make a proper mess I'm building one... link
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Post by Brandon on Dec 5, 2016 11:30:43 GMT -6
If nobody else needs them for a Firecracker I'd sure like to use them on another project . So consider me second in line ! They've found a home, but I do have a set of front wheels from a Groovy Grader, (but no rears) if that will help you...
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Post by Brandon on Dec 4, 2016 14:01:28 GMT -6
My Fire Iron parts lot included a Firecracker... as much as I love the old stuff I am never going to use those wide wheels and tires on anything. If one of you guys is BUILDING a Fire Iron and wants to turn it into the earlier Firecracker version, PM me your address. They are off an unpainted built-up and the fronts are still attached to the front axle. The rears were snapped off the back axle and will need to be drilled out. (pretty easy fix) Overall they are in great shape. I just know I'm never going to use them, and thought one of you guys might want to add a Firecracker to your built-up collection.
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Post by Brandon on Dec 3, 2016 5:15:46 GMT -6
I love the headers. It's a great parts kit, as well.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 28, 2016 21:18:09 GMT -6
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Post by Brandon on Nov 28, 2016 21:16:31 GMT -6
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Post by Brandon on Nov 28, 2016 11:17:27 GMT -6
Today is the launch of Drive Tribe, the Top Gear guys' new automotive hub.. as if we don't have enough time-sapping things... LOL.. Read more about it here: linkYou sign up through Facebook and have to join six tribes to set up your account. All the cool kids are on there... it's pretty neat. I started one for my Turnrow Speedshop website: Turnrow SpeedshopPlease join it so I can go public, and if any of you guys start a tribe, post it here so we can all get on the board. If you haven't seen my Turnrow Speedshop site, slide by and check it out. I built it a while ago and now that building season is here, I'll be back on it. www.turnrowspeedshop.com/
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Post by Brandon on Nov 27, 2016 12:54:04 GMT -6
Man, as much as I like the Mysterion, I find this design really appealing. Unlike some "revisions," they did a good job on this one. I like the nose.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 27, 2016 12:49:29 GMT -6
...and we forgot to mention how a lot of those uber-detailed projects stall. Sometimes they just become work. LOL.. I think we ALL suffer from that. I can't count how many times I've gotten halfway through something and asked myself why the heck I even bit this much off? My Showboat Chris Craft gasser and Old School gasser bus are probably 15 years old or more... I chip on them until they become work and pack them up. One day... When I was a kid my folks built me a "model bench" along the wall in my bed room. Best thing they did. When I was really young before we moved I had a workbench downstairs in the "cellar" as we called it. Then we moved and I had that bench in my room. Usually, though, I worked at the kitchen table. I even remember building a few outside on the picnic table in the summer. The prices, too, made it easy. Every time we went to the store I came home with a model, or maybe two if they were really cool. I remember looking at the shelf in K-mart going; "Got that one, that one, that one, that one..." and shrugging and picking out a BMW because I didn't want to go home without SOMETHING. It got pro-streeted with Weld wheels and a Hemi with a Z/28 TPI fuel injection setup because I wanted to close the hood but have a big engine.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 27, 2016 11:39:15 GMT -6
Maaaan, that wall paper brings me back! My brother and I each had our rooms done. His was gran prix cars and mine was 18 wheelers. Nothing cooler when you were a kid. I need to see if I can dig up a picture.
You are one of the guys who do like to wire the backs of gauges and make cotter pins for throttle cables, LOL.. and I love it. You are a gifted madman... I do think we got to a point in the hobby in the late 90s where the rush was on to create as much detail as possible, (especially by those selling the parts) that those who weren't wired like you were a little overwhelmed and left in the dust when trying to compete on the IPMS levels... and funny to me, sometimes those uber-detailers missed the simple stuff like stance or even sanded tire tread.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 27, 2016 11:31:37 GMT -6
Who will win this showdown?
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 19:36:17 GMT -6
The Turnrow Speedshop is back open and rolling. I've been thinking about this one since the end of last season, and it's good to see the brain farts turn into reality. I started with three Fire Irons and turned them into a twin-engined hook and ladder truck. Still very much in the rough-out phase, but I've had the Groovy Grader frame kicking around the junkyard for a long time, and I've always loved the shape and wanted to do something with it. It became the backbone for the trailer. Once I get my truck stance and ladder length nailed down, I'll add filler panels and cap it off. For now it allows me to play with the length. It will have a rear-steer tiller setup and a few other neat tricks. I'm pretty stoked to be back on the burners.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 19:30:14 GMT -6
I caught this on Instagram... I hope it's going to somewhere to be finished, finally? My buddy Meatball owned it many years ago... I knew it changed hands a few times, but that's all the info I have on it, other than it's awesome.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 9:50:51 GMT -6
LOL.. I hate to tell you two what I'm doing to mine.. Muwhahahaah!
Looks great. Honestly I didn't know the windshield flipped up.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 9:47:04 GMT -6
Ooooooh! That's genius! I love it.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 9:46:06 GMT -6
For some reason I thought I needed to build a twin engine hook and ladder out of a Fire Iron parts lot I bought on eBay. I am in need of the big ladder on the bottom of the two that go on the roof in particular, or both if anyone has any they aren't using.
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Post by Brandon on Nov 26, 2016 9:41:20 GMT -6
Great stories.. keep them coming.
I think Colin wasn't alone in becoming discouraged in the whole model show thing. I think the spiraling detailing fad left a lot of people discouraged on the outside. Not everyone enjoys sinking 30,000 hours and untold amounts of money on detail parts on one kit. Models were fun, and losing sight of that can be all to easy. Like I always say: Done is better than perfect.
I also might have been in a Young Modelers or Builders club. I can't quite remember, or maybe kits came with my Ertl Blueprinter subscription? I remember getting mystery kits in the mail in white boxes, and they were a military jet, a biplane, an MG and something else. Stuff I would never buy on my own, but I built them anyways. Probably the only two plane models I ever built...
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Post by Brandon on Nov 19, 2016 12:09:48 GMT -6
Asking about a Revell Street Demons kit was the result of a flood of thoughts. At 43 I'm a bit younger than many of you guys, and the wave of models released in the early 80s was my heyday. Many of these were re-boots of classics you guys enjoyed during the first rounds, and I admit, I was always a bit jealous. You guys had it good.
Many of the 3n1 kits from AMT had parts that weren't on the instructions for versions I knew little about. Old boxes from family and friends was like a peek backward in time with the hand-drawn illustrations and then "modern" performance and customization options that seemed so different to a kid in the middle of the Pro-Street boom. To this day I don't know why you would build anything with a single four barrel or factory wheels. Superchargers, mags, race items, all just normal...
Kits like the Revell stuff left a mark. The '54 Chevy panel in particular grabbed me by the eyeballs with the nose-high stance and flames. I didn't know what it was, but I was reeled in like a trophy fish. The curious four-pot injector without a scoop was odd, as was the "409" with funny valve covers. I tried so hard to cut the doors open and make them hinge, but ended up gluing them back into place. The front axle alone was one of the coolest parts that I would covet and use on a few other cars on down the line as they were harvested for parts for the next incoming hot ticket.
The AMT '57 Chevy with all of the 3n1 parts.. I'd never seen a Latham supercharger. It was as exotic as it was cool and curious.. and what was up with the little lizard? Mystery bits left on the trees from versions undone in time to make new ones always left me puzzled and inspired. The AMT '58.. you could build a'58 DRAG CAR? My mind reeled... instantly I cut the fenderwells out on the scribed lines inside. The '69 Chevelle with a rack of square headlights.. who would DO that? The AMT Cobra and Corvette drag parts were always a surprise. The Red Baron, Bad Medicine, T'rantula and Outcast C-cab left a mark, as did the Evil Iron trike. It was so big and alien to me after a world of 1/24th scale cars, and it had a skull... to a little kid this was mind blowing stuff. The descriptions on the box and instruction sheets were revered texts that inspired and energized. Where was this cool crowd of fun-loving car people? I wanted in.
It all started with the flamed Monogram '57 Chevy Nomad, my first kit. Flames, mags, and a wall of chrome options. Crossram intake? bucket seats and leaf spring shackles? What was this strange new world and what the heck as a "nomad?" I didn't know but as I smacked it together at breakneck speed I took the first steps of learning about cars and their variations that has served me well and landed me a career immersed in cars...
Which cars left a mark for you? Which ones opened your eyes or surprised you with their optional parts?
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Post by Brandon on Nov 18, 2016 9:38:38 GMT -6
Click on the attachments to open the full size versions and save them...
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Post by Brandon on Nov 18, 2016 9:37:51 GMT -6
Well I'll be, it did...
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Post by Brandon on Nov 18, 2016 9:37:09 GMT -6
See if this one lets the attachment work... Attachments:
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Post by Brandon on Nov 16, 2016 16:03:45 GMT -6
Anyone have an unbuilt one? I had one as a kid, and it left a mark with the straight axle and flames. I'd like to take another crack at it.... decals intact pretty important. Box not so much. The Demons and Saints series was one of my favorite growing up. Back before the interwebs you had to stumble across them in one glorious summer-long treasure hunt...
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