OK. I have to know this: How do you procure and apply real rust to a model? That has to be one of the coolest modeling tricks I have ever seen.

Here is a borrowed pic of yours for any body just stumbling into this thread.

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Do any of your other gray hairs remember that modeling design contest thing GM had going on in the 60s? You know; The contest where kids sent in their scratch built futuristic cars to GM. It was GM's way of identifying future talent to hire for design.

I have tried Googling for pictures of those old models that showed up in Popular Mechanics and other rags of the same sort and have hod no luck.

I remember when I would pay $1.95 for a AMT car kit. Nowdays, they are $20.00 and up at Micheals. Go to Amazon and search AMT model car. You will choke on the prices.

Nice work !!!

Looks very good. Are your legs and base castings you made? What kind of tools do you use?

You are in a place where mere mortals cannot go.

The "A" pillars look OK. but the back looks like it needs to be more square.

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EDIT: Wrong thread.

I remember when they were a $1.95 kit.

Whodathunk that Rat Fink would be around 50 years later ?

Your bridge is nice, but I think you have one of the best tree/forest builds on any layout I have seen.

These are not mine, but something tells me a lot of you here will get off on this German airport. There are a lot of other videos about this German in Hamburg shop: Trains, airplanes, cities. There are some how-they-did-its, too.

Nice weathering job !

I have a practical question. How you dust or keep the dust off of an intricate layout such as the one with your bridge? How do you keep those trees nice and green?

You got me to thinking about compressed air. I think if I were doing some dusting with air I would get a small compressor and an airbrush. You can adjust the pressure of the air at the compressor, and you can adjust how much air velocity by manipulating the trigger. But the can is more portable.

Nice paint job. Cool looking car. I'd like to drive one.

I see your glasses in the back of the pic.

Throw down a dollar bill for size relationship. Please.

Your machining skills are top shelf.

Nice paint job on the T-Bird

And you have clocked all of your nuts and bolts for uniformity. Nice.