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Post by Tim Nolan on Jul 18, 2007 21:00:23 GMT -6
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Post by Tim Nolan on Jul 18, 2007 21:04:32 GMT -6
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Post by zeppy1320 on Jul 18, 2007 21:10:48 GMT -6
have ever thought about using balsa wood it's cheap and easy to shape and is your workshop in the closet  |
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Post by metalburner on Jul 18, 2007 21:29:00 GMT -6
that is evil looking!!!
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Post by ShowRodFreak Don V. on Jul 18, 2007 22:12:08 GMT -6
Looking Good Tim  oneyed |
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Post by Wardster on Jul 19, 2007 3:25:53 GMT -6
The build-up looks like it's going fine, to me. Any chance of getting some more info / close-ups about the "inspiration artwork" seen in one shot; and that T-shirt logo? (That one looks very cool, too!)
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Post by johnverkerk on Jul 19, 2007 4:49:28 GMT -6
SIMPLY PUT!!,,,,, THAT IS LOOKING KILLER!!!!
Tim ,, please check your pm.
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Post by Tim Nolan on Jul 19, 2007 6:56:09 GMT -6
Yes Joe, I haven't come out of the closet yet......LOL.
Inspiration artwork? Hmmmmm...You mean the Showrod card sitting next to it? It's that same dang shot of the Martian Spider you always see!
The t-shirt logo I have on. It's a caricature of a real hotrod, a buddy of my Dad's up in Daytona. Old WW2 medical van. He's since added a second blower to it!! It's pretty kool, but he's got so much money in it it's ridiculous!!
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Post by fredmellini on Jul 19, 2007 8:46:01 GMT -6
Great work Tim!!!!............You can hang the cutout cars around your Christmas Tree!!! ;D ;D ;D...................Oh yeah, The Spider is looking good also!! ;D ;D ;D
That is going to be Killer!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2007 8:57:56 GMT -6
Very Carrol looking!!! NEAT!!
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Post by barten on Jul 19, 2007 8:58:46 GMT -6
The paper works great . . .and leave it to you! This is just going to be a top shelf showcase piece! ! ! as usual!
Would you like to trade for after it is done? I will send you a couple kids AND an old cat named Frank! ! ! for it when it is done! ! ! ! ! Sound good? ? ? ?
Great job!
GB
Barten
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Post by barten on Jul 19, 2007 9:01:52 GMT -6
One more thing do they make a 1/24 scale kit of that Old WW2 medical van! I love that thing. . and the image too. . . does he have more shirts?
GB
barten
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Post by davemarek on Jul 19, 2007 11:13:30 GMT -6
Maybe if you came out of the closet...Or are you in a clothes store
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Post by davea on Jul 19, 2007 17:31:14 GMT -6
HaHaHa!!! I cracked up when I opened this thread and saw you holding the paper chain! And you have GOT to get outta the closet, Timbo!
The build is looking just incredible, you have got a great eye for design- great work with the plastruct!
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Post by Tim Nolan on Jul 20, 2007 19:10:42 GMT -6
Yeh well, I like to lighten things up a bit once in a great while!! ;D The closet.....Yeh, it's home I guess. Fortunately, I'm not a huge guy. Basically, this is the assembly bench. I have a nice shop in my garage, where I have plenty of room for drilling, cutting, grinding, painting, and all that stuff. Only in the last six months is it getting organized. I can actually get to my lathe now. Now I just need to learn how to use it!! My closet bench is very organized, with lots of parts cabinets, pull out cabinets next to it, and drawer space for storage. The other end of the closet is packed solid with all of my most valuable kits, and some storage tubs full of built kits. It's cool in the summer, and warm in the winter, and has a great view out into the marshland that surrounds my house. One of these days I hope to occupy a small downstairs room on the back of my house, which currently is a playroom for granddaughter Harmony. (Of course, so is my family room, living room, another bedroom....) Sigh....Toys, toys, and more toys!! (I had forgotten how bad MicroMachines hurt when you step on them!!!) I stepped on the container for some old Viewmaster reels we had a few months ago, in the dark, so full force on the downstep. I busted my ass, and bruised two of my toes so bad it was unreal. I also had a gaping cut on the bottom of another toe!! I was limping for about a week! So, in the meantime, I'll stay in my closet where it;s nice and safe, and full of CA fumes..... ;D Oh, and when I told my wife how I hurt myself, she say's: "Well, did you break it? That Viewmaster container is very old you know!!!" LOL.  |
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Post by flounder on Jul 20, 2007 19:26:55 GMT -6
Awsome Tim! Thanks for the laugh! Yours is looking great! Saw the pics of ther real one. Boo Hoo. You will go a good thing to pay it homage.
Keep going Bud.
Flounder
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Post by Wardster on Aug 2, 2007 16:58:56 GMT -6
Inspiration artwork? Hmmmmm...You mean the Showrod card sitting next to it? It's that same dang shot of the Martian Spider you always see! I'm assuming you mean there aren't any / many other shots? If so, here's one more shot ... and this one shows the top opened up! It's also at a slightly different angle; and the page ID's the engine. www.jayohrberg.com/70.htmlIf you were trying to emulate the original Martian Spider really closely, you'll be upset to find out the body hinges upwards at the back (not the front); and that it does so near the beltline. |
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Post by Tim Nolan on Aug 2, 2007 19:52:38 GMT -6
yeh Ward, thats the second shot everyone has! I swear, thats the only 2 pics that exist, besides one I have of it at a later date at Ohrbergs Museum. Of course, lets not forget these aweful shots...   |
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Post by Wardster on Aug 3, 2007 5:28:53 GMT -6
Of course, lets not forget these aweful shots... Oh, I don't know ... that post or whatever towards the front, in the second picture sort of looks Tiki-ish. I think I'd re-do the big spider in a Tiki theme, before I'd go with an Eiffel Tower one, if I were them?! (Do some weird paint job on the result, and call it "Tiki on Acid" or something?) |
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