( Up For Trades ) jo -han Pro-stock / factory stock amx javelin looing to trade for squad cars batmobiles 
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1009604.aspx
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Jo-Han AMX JAVELIN ( Up For Trades )
Fisker Atlantic aka Project Nina leaked
We interrupt today's schedule of April Fools posts to give you some real breaking news. Images of the Fisker Atlantic (aka Project Nina) leaked to the web today via Czech site Autoforum.
Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball Marcel Balsa Lorenzo Bandini
Ferrari F12 Berlinetta hits the track [video]
The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta was one of the stars at the Geneva Motor Show and Youtube's Marchettino has managed to catch the car putting in a few laps at the track. 
Eddie Cheever Andrea Chiesa Ettore Chimeri Louis Chiron Joie Chitwood
Let's talk a little about...SAFETY!
It was bound to happen...an accident. It started with me removing excess flash from parts on my latest project. I was holding a parts tree in my right hand while I was holding my hobby knife in my left hand...lightly, and the knife slipped! The blade tip struck my right pinky finger tip and started bleeding immediately and then the knife hit the inside of my right thigh and fell onto the floor. I grabbed a paper towel and applied pressure to my finger and started to make my way to the bathroom to take care of the wound.
I then realized that my right leg was wet! I was bleeding from my thigh...a lot! I got to the bathroom and pulled my jeans down to find that I was bleeding quite a lot from where the knife had hit my leg...blade first I applied pressure to my leg and called my wife, who was in the other room. She came running and saw all the blood running down my leg and grabbed me some paper towels. She then grabbed the phone to call an ambulance while I was putting pressure on the wound. One thing I noticed was that the blood was not spurting, just flowing, so I didn't hit an artery. I can thank my first aid training from over 30 years ago!
I told my wife, who was still on the phone with the dispatcher, that I didn't need an ambulance and the blood was clotting. She said that the ambulance was already on it's way to the house as I continued applying pressure to my leg. When the ambulance arrived and the paramedic came into the bathroom, I was sitting there examining the wound which had stopped bleeding. The wound was about 1/4 inch long and probably just as deep if not deeper. At the most, I might have nicked a vein, but thankfully, no artery! The paramedic said that I should keep pressure on the wound for a little bit longer and to call my doctor for a possible tetanis shot.
I thanked them for coming out and that I would be OK and would not need any medical attention from them nor would I need to go to the hospital. I called my doctor and I was told that I was up to date on my tetanis shot. I treated my wounds with bandages and antibiotic ointment and went to examine my blood soaked jeans. I now have a hole in my brand new jeans where the knife had struck me. I changed my clothes, grabbed a snack and a bottle of water and sat down for the rest of the afternoon.
I am now angry with myself for not having a firmer grip on the hobby knife. That probably would have prevented the accident in the first place. And, sitting closer to the bench with my legs under the bench top. As I look back at this incident, I have done all that my training has taught me...applying pressure to the wound, treatment, investigating the accident, taking action to prevent or to eliminate future accidents. I want to thank my wife Wanda, for being there for me and taking the action she thought was necessary as this certainly looked a lot more serious than it turned out to be. I am very thankful that this turned out not to be a very serious accident, but it was bad enough.
OK, now what have you folks done to prevent workbench accidents and improve safety in your work area?
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/946148.aspx
Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball Marcel Balsa
GMC Yukon and Sierra Heritage Editions announced
GMC has announced plans to celebrate their 100th anniversary by introducing two special editions at the New York Auto Show. 
Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta Allen Berg Georges Berger
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Fernando Alonso: ?The goal was not to lose many points to the leaders?
Fernando Alonso turned the form book upside down with his brilliant victory in Malaysia ? but the Spaniard insists that it doesn?t change the fact that Ferrari is well off the pace in normal conditions this year. In a car … Continue reading 
Eric Brandon Don Branson Tom Bridger Tony Brise Chris Bristow
A Pair of Deuces - Completed 3/27
This is a little project I’ve been working on for the last three weeks. While I’ve built quite a few Revell ’32 Fords for some reason I’ve only ever built one full fendered one. So I decided I’d build two at once, a chopped 3-window coupe and a roadster. The plan was to stay close to kit-stock, trying to keep them fairly similar in construction techniques, using a large box of spare parts from these kits I’ve amassed over the past few years, but still changing key elements so that they would land up being quite different in “flavor” when I was done.
Both cars are based on a kit-stock Revell ’32 Ford chassis with the front spring shaved to bring the nose down. Both cars use kit wheels, the 3-window coupe using the Torq-Thrusts that can be found in all the Revell Deuce kits, and the roadster using the steelies from the 5-window kit, but with AMT ’40 Ford Deluxe hubcaps which are shallower than the Revell kit ‘caps. Both cars use the Goodyear GT Radials rear tires from the original Roadster kit, and both cars use AMT Firestone Deluxe Champion front tires. In the case of the .coupe I used Dirk’s very cool stick-on vinyl whitewalls which totally changes the look of the tires.
The chopped 3-window coupe is a resin piece purchased on e-Bay from “gregory23c”. Flawless styrene-like white resin and very reasonably priced. Highly recommended. I used the interior from the 5-wndow coupe, along with the hemi engine from that kit, with lots of chrome and a bright Tamiya Camel Yellow (PS-19) paint job finished with Testors Wet Look clear for a 60’s car show vibe. The crummy little 4-barrels from the 5-window kit were replaced with two of the dozens of 4-barrels from the Revell Deuce small block Fords I've collected over the years. The air cleaners are of unknown origin from my parts box.
The roadster is inspired by the Jim Shelton and Gray Baskerville roadsters, both classic full fendered cars. It will have a chopped windshield like the Shelton car and the Testors Mythical Maroon paint has been finished out with Krylon semi-gloss clear for a more worn look similar to the Baskerville Deuce. The motor is a Revell Parts Pack small block Chevy with stock Chevrolet script valve covers and ram horn exhausts from an AMT kit, and the transmission from the Deuce kit small block Fords to minimize any mods to the drive train. With the blackwall tires, steelies, semi-gloss paint and plain-Jane SBC I’m going after the funky late 50’s street rod look of the Gray Baskerville roadster to contrast with the shiny slickness of the coupe.
In keeping with the roadster’s Old School vibe I modified the kit interior by raising the seat about ¼ inch in order to have the bolster on the seat back stand out above the rear deck as was so common on older roadsters. The dashboard is the kit piece but with the stock face with its cassette player and air conditioning outlets removed and the kit instrument cluster cut out and modified to fit over on the driver’s side of an otherwise plain panel.
I’m close to finished, with maybe another week of bench time to get them both done. Here are some shots of the cars so far.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1008160.aspx
Jim Clark† Kevin Cogan Peter Collins Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo
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