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                        Street Tuner GB!!

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Street Tuner GB!!
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:51 PM
                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Welcome To the Street Tuner GBSign - Welcome [#welcome]

                        Im not a real big talker so lets get right down to it.
                        1.Any Street Tuner
                        2.What if ok
                        3.Any AM ok
                        4.PE ok
                        5.Any Scratchbuilt ok
                        6.HAVE FUN!

                        Participants:
                        1.PakNicK-40-Honda something.
                        platinumhw-Honda Civic SI coupe
                        archangel571-300zx
                        frostygirl-Honda Civic Hatchback
                        Ralph Marshall-
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Friday, July 29, 2005 2:49 AM
                        make a link to your GB in auto section. and decide which section you want the GB to stay in. that way people won't get confused with posts. i am putting the badge i designed at the other section.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 10:49 PM
                        I am in paknick I will let you know soon what I will build.

                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 11:06 PM
                        Hey paknick I know this car is not a tuner but I thought I would show you a car that I have been working off and on for two years. she will be awsome when she gets finished. most of the chassie and motor is scratch built, the tubbing for the rear tires has been a chore but very fun. it will have a scratch built fuel cell and fuel lines when finished.


                        Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 11:36 PM
                        WOw Platinum,that looks amazing,I like the Gray with the black interior,that just looks amazing.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 31, 2005 10:18 PM
                        well glad you like it but it still has a long way to go. I hope that it will be done by november
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 1:18 AM
                        hey paknick that badge looks cool are we going to use it or do you have something else in mind

                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 11:07 AM
                        Depending on the time frame, I might be interested. My street tuner would be Mad Max's V-8 Interceptor.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 4:01 PM
                        ralph where did you find that car? or is it going to be scratch built?, love mad max and would love to build that car.

                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 6:37 PM
                        Mmmmm no comments here I hope this build goes off. no one saying anything. Whats up?
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 6:40 PM
                        Im looking to build a skyline type R' now to find the kit at my hobby storeBig Smile [:D]
                        Kevin
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Thursday, August 4, 2005 7:58 PM
                        get that new tamiya Z-tune GTR R34 then. sweetest skyline of them all.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 10:42 PM
                        Ok now were talking that is what i will go looking for tomorrowSmile [:)] thank you archange571
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 10:52 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by platinumhw

                        ralph where did you find that car? or is it going to be scratch built?, love mad max and would love to build that car.

                        Kevin


                        No, not a scratchbuild. There is a plastic kit by Aoshima and several guys who sell resin ones. Haven't decided which one to try yet, but I've wanted to build one for a while, so this may be my inspiration.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 5, 2005 11:01 AM
                        Thank you Ralph I will check into it today.
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 5, 2005 12:55 PM
                        I did a little more research last night. The main resin kit is made by Planet X and runs a cool US$ 120 ! (They also make kits of the two multi-colored Pursuit/Interceptor cars from the beginning of the movie, also for $120 each).

                        So, unless I win the lottery between now and next week, it looks like I'll be trying to track down the Aoshima kit. It's out of production, but I've seen it for sale in a couple of places so I think it's still generally available.

                        Let me know if you find anything else.
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                        arki30
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Second City
                        Posted by arki30 on Friday, August 5, 2005 1:17 PM
                        This may not be getting the interest you think it should because there is another forum dedicated to cars that's affiliated with this forum. Go to scaleautomag.com and you'll probably see more interest.

                        That being said, it's still good to see some car GB's going on in this forum. I'm particulary enjoying the Muscle car GB.

                        Building Now:

                        1/48 Academy Bf-109G6 - 100%

                        1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A - 5%

                        Upcoming:

                        1/48 Revell F-14D

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 12:28 AM
                        Actually I am about 30 minutes' worth of work away from finishing an Eclipse ... if I hadn't started it yet, I'd be all over this GB.

                        But I'll watch. Cool [8D]

                        Good luck to everybody!!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 8:36 PM
                        audiophile we are having a great time arn't we. when the eclips is done jump in with a new tuner. I was out today looking. hard to find decent kits.
                        Ralph that kit at this time is out of my budgit. so I will look for other ridesSad [:(]
                        arki-30 that muscle car build we are working on is the bomb. I hope to have more stuff done on the duster and challenger this week.

                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 8, 2005 9:14 AM
                        Yes, it turns out that the Mad Max kit is out of my budget as well. I realized I could spend $50 for one not very good car model or get 3 state-of-the-art armor kits for the same price - voted for the 3. Good luck to the rest of you with the build.
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Monday, August 8, 2005 3:33 PM
                        yea that price tag can get you at the minimum a recent tamiya or dragon armor kit with full set of aftermarket detail parts to go with it.

                        but why NOT try scratch building?? pretty sure several layers of weathering can get you one that will look just as good...
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 9:37 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by archangel571

                        yea that price tag can get you at the minimum a recent tamiya or dragon armor kit with full set of aftermarket detail parts to go with it.

                        but why NOT try scratch building?? pretty sure several layers of weathering can get you one that will look just as good...


                        A reasonable question. I am actually in the middle of scratch building a 1:29 scale railroad flat car for my garden railroad, so I'm not averse to the general idea. However, this would be my first car model and I don't have enough confidence that I'd be able to do a reasonable job on it. I'd rather save up the money for the kit (I have since found places that sell it for $40, so looking around may save some money too) and spend the time on adding scratch details.

                        I WILL be building a model of this car at some point, as the first 2 Mad Max movies are among my favorites of all time. In fact, I hope to build a set of the brightly colored cars as well to make a little diorama; I'm just not likely to be able to do it all as part of this build.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:04 PM
                        paknick have you decided on a GB badge yet? just wondering.

                        Kevin
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:31 PM
                        i made a badge but it was posted on the tread paknick started in the auto forum, which everybody had since ignored........ u can see it in my sig space. hehehehehe.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 14, 2005 3:37 PM
                        archangel I like your badge. now all we need to do is find the birthday boy to be, and ask him if he likes it.
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2005 3:18 PM
                        Hey paknick where are ya? have we set an offical date yet? and do you like the badge design?
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2005 6:38 PM
                        PLantinum and all:Sorry I have been away for a while,some family stuff,I like the badge,so if everyone else does I guess go ahead and take it.I think the Start date should be..august 30? to....August 30 06.?Does anyone have ny opinions/suggestions?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2005 7:52 PM
                        Cool on the badge paknick glad to see you back. ummm a year sounds a little long to me. but what everyone thinks will be ok My 2 cents [2c]
                        Kevin
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 15, 2005 9:29 PM
                        Well the reason I put a year is so that the slow builders(no offense)can finish in time,to maybe even build a second kit.
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                        archangel571
                        • Member since
                          June 2005
                        • From: NJ 07073
                        Posted by archangel571 on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:22 AM
                        sounds fine with me, n in hope that more people joins as it goes on for a year. that's the fun part as well. either way i got enough skylines to last me for the year... actually that spoken as a fact is almost kinda sad... yet interestingly i'd rather sign up with a Tamiya 300ZX convertible with some minor scratch built mods.
                        -=Ryan=- Too many kits... so little free time. MadDocWorks
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