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Every time I look at this village I don't want to come back to reality. I think you have cast a magical spell on it that will eventually draw us all in and capture us forever!

"We are taking a tour of the town and that is that!"
 
"But Mommy I DON'T want to go home!" "I LIKE it here!"

It is amazing.
 
Before the village was phenomenal when you looked down the streets and at the assorted buildings and it was not hard to imagine ones self walking from place to place enjoying the architecture. Now the village is starting to show signs of life, and one almost expects to hear sounds of birds in the tree and the squeaking of the cart wheel being rolled down the street. 
 
I find it nothing short of fascinating, and it is truly triggering my imagination into overtime. Thanks Ekis for the COVID free streets that are free to roam and enjoy.

Nice work philo

Apparently the authorities were asking the same question. At least you got to get a ride. You can still buy them used and I suppose they could be considered the poor man's super car. A few are less than $100.000.
 
Here is one just down the street from you. https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/detomaso/pantera/2441879.html You would only have to sell half your model stash to finance it! 😭 Just tell your wife about what a great family car it would make.

I know that Ford made a continuation Ford GT 40 in the early 2000s. I think it was a ground up design and had very little in common with the 1960s GT40. In fact I think the GT40 name was still owned by the British so Ford had to call it the Ford GT. It looked the part and certainly qualified as a super car but had many concessions in comfort and features intended for the luxury buyers. Much the same as the original Shelby 350 turning into the Shelby 500 Softer suspension a little more headroom air conditioning and radio, stuff like that. I think jay Leno did a comparison piece on the differences. He owns one of the continuation GTs. I think Ford made them in limited numbers for a few years but they never seemed to catch on as well as they hoped. Now days I think they are concentrating on the second generation 2018 GT, supporting it with actual racing models like the original GT40. I looks much more like Craig's  build here, than any other Ford GT ever built.
 
Now days there are at least a couple of almost bolt by bolt GT40s replicas being built. I think Shelby American started making them a few years ago but with Carol's death this may no longer be true.  The other maker seems to be a company called Superformance they claim that 90% of their MKII parts are interchangeable with the 1966 car.  They may be the present maker of the Shelby replica cars, it is kind of unclear, If you are still in the market and just happen to be in Ohio you can look at a few of their line. https://mmgmotorsports.com/inventory/ ! One could almost  afford a MKIII 427 Cobra reproduction!
 
I'm afraid that as close as I will ever get to any of these kinds of cars will be to watch Craig build one after another!

I think that the replicas fall more into the normal mode of other automobiles and don't really have the collectors value so they decrease in value over time and mileage rather than increase like the true cars do. After all that is what they are meant to do. Produce a limited almost custom car that can be driven on the street  without fear of doing damage to a million + dollar one-of-a-kind historical racing automobile.

And that part of the business has probably been more successful and profitable than the more familiar sports cars over the years. The sports cars were the result of Enzo Ferrari pissing off yet another manufacture who decided to go into competition against him to get even, just like Ford a few years later.
 
Now days it's just a fancy VW!
 
I agree that the best looking sports car prototypes come from the mid 60s to early 70s. But those were the years I followed that type of racing so I may be biased. These days the cars for racing have to sacrifice all aerodynamics for speed and it seems like the street versions feel the same need in order to produce cars that can almost never be driven at those speeds and are sold to people who probably should not drive at those speeds anyway. My preference  would be a replica GT40 or some such over one of the newer designs. But in reality they fall into the same category as the new Ferraris and such and I would still need a Go Fund Me and more to get one.

Shapeways claims this one is 1/350th scale: https://www.shapeways.com/product/Y4N29CSSC/agustawestland-eh101-merlin?optionId=157812213&li=marketplace They show it as being available in a number of scales but say the 1/350 version is 1:350: 5.5 x 1.4 x 1.6 cm. They say they also have a 1/285 scale at  6.8 x 1.7 x 2 cm, this could be what you already have in your Trumpeter set. They also offer a smaller 1/400 at 4.8 x 1.2 x 1.4 cm. At that scale you get two helicopters. The maker offers all sorts of aircraft in what seems to be almost all scales.

I have to admit that your ability to use color and shading to make a very authentic yet also appealing looking ship always makes me envious.

Looks like you may have to invest in an endoscope! 😵
 
Even if not, you have done a nice job of detailing out the turret.

No need to get anyone back. When I got the chance to fly rather than plow through the mud I jumped at the opportunity! Armored vehicle life is really no fun at all. They are loud, (Well I suppose helicopters are a little loud as well) they always stink of diesel, they require a lot of maintenance............ remember that mud? that seems to be when they need all the maintenance! Everything is heavy and seems to have sharp edges And if you hit yourself against it accidently you almost always end up bleeding.😭 They are hot as H*ll in the summer and can burn at the touch, and likewise if you touch the side of an M-113 in the winter with no gloves on you can stick to it. Ask me how I know.
 
But yes I built one MANY years ago and I think I did a pretty good job. But like virtually all of my military things from before forty years ago, my ex-wife decided I had no need of them and they were burned, trashed, or given away. I have replacements in my stash but like so many things I have never gotten around to them. Armor never was a big attraction to me for some reason.

Probably not that fast, maybe 20-30 at the most but when traveling in any armored vehicle you FEEL you are going much faster while sitting in the open hatch. I trained in M-113 APCs at pretty much the same time and I can vouch that they were almost twice as fast as the M-60 During my six months of Advanced Infantry Training I spent considerable time driving and training in M-113s and the smaller M-114. After all that time and money spent on me learning how to drive, arm, and operate these vehicles and their guns, two days after arriving in Vietnam I was a helicopter door gunner and never set foot in a armored vehicle again. The military operates in strange ways. 

Yeah it was certainly something! I was standing in the loaders hatch looking down on the world from the great iron beast, lord of all I could see, watching all of the little surfs clearing intersections as we blasted through without having to stop. I probably had a grin that went from side to side as far as it would stretch. Could not hear a thing over the massive diesel engine and as I was just a passenger did not have a helmet that connected me in with the TC or driver. All of the sudden I was slammed down from above by the TC and when I regained my wits looked up through the hatch to see power lines going by almost within touching distance over the tank. Obviously I was not aware of what to look for when traveling tank style.

I bought one a couple of years ago when Dr. Per showed the one he bought and the pictures it could take. Like the one I posted above it only cost a few dollars. I don't have a cell phone that it works on but when I plugged it into my laptop USB port it opens a whole new world of photo ops. Photos of the inside of your Chinook would be no problem or the gundeck of a warship. Even waterline pictures of ships taken from the view of someone actually on the water are possible. The depth of field seems OK as well and as they have their own lights that can be adjusted for intensity, the use of a flash is not a requirement.

Looks like you may have to invest in an endoscope! 😵
 
Even if not, you have done a nice job of detailing out the turret.

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!

I bought one a couple of years ago when Dr. Per showed the one he bought and the pictures it could take. Like the one I posted above it only cost a few dollars. I don't have a cell phone that it works on but when I plugged it into my laptop USB port it opens a whole new world of photo ops. Photos of the inside of your Chinook would be no problem or the gundeck of a warship. Even waterline pictures of ships taken from the view of someone actually on the water are possible. The depth of field seems OK as well and as they have their own lights that can be adjusted for intensity, the use of a flash is not a requirement.

Looks like you may have to invest in an endoscope! 😵
 
Even if not, you have done a nice job of detailing out the turret.

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!

I bought one a couple of years ago when Dr. Per showed the one he bought and the pictures it could take. Like the one I posted above it only cost a few dollars. I don't have a cell phone that it works on but when I plugged it into my laptop USB port it opens a whole new world of photo ops. Photos of the inside of your Chinook would be no problem or the gundeck of a warship. Even waterline pictures of ships taken from the view of someone actually on the water are possible. The depth of field seems OK as well and as they have their own lights that can be adjusted for intensity, the use of a flash is not a requirement.

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!

That's  funny. All this time the color you used looked black on my computer unless I looked really hard and emitted deep thoughts of BLUE. Now all of the sudden as you start adding the chrome it really is looking a deep midnight blue all on it's own. The spell is finally working!