Yeah, I was MAJORLY inspired by Randy Cooper when that issue came out. I went junk hunting for months (still am) to find parts for scratchbuilt engines for my spaceship creations.
My own scratchbuilt/kitbash masterpiece ;) appeared in the Great Scale Modeller 1998. Here if you're interested:
http://homepage.mac.com/johnselvia/PhotoAlbum10.html
I contacted Randy last year (ydnar@rampageusa.com) to let him know of my secret worship of his skills, but I'm not sure that email is still valid.
Here's to a great great Modeller.
John
http://homepage.mac.com/johnselvia/