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A brass rod in the supporting leg is really the best method to support the figure.

Fantastic. How did you do the sax?

Regardless of what the figure is cast in undercoating is really for the paint that is to be applied on top. Undercoating provides the "tooth" for the finishing paint and it should be a good quality spray. I use Floquil but there are others equally good like Painter's Touch or Tamiya. I usually...

I agree with Steve in that it is unnecessary and only leads to endless flame wars, bruised egos and can spin the forum into something it isn't or at least shouldn't become. Sticking to the subject at hand has been most beneficial since the inception of the forum and I would hate to see it...

Great idea and great execution.

All I can say is I am glad my wife didn't see it. I told her that clutter was the sign of a creative mind. Would have hated to be proved wrong.

Happy Birthday Guy. I am still trying to clean up my work area after seeing how neat yours was:-)

As they say in the Army, "remember, your weapon was made by the lowest bidder."

I think Remington also called them Army/Navy revolvers. There is a Remington 1858 Navy Revolver in the same caliber (.36) as the Colt. Their Army Revolver was .44 caliber.

I know on those old Navy revolvers the cavalry used they had detachable cylinders for reloading. Maybe that is what she was referring to.

"The cavalry officers would take a pre-loaded muzzle and attach it to the gun so that it could be faster to reload????" This lady lives in Fort Worth about thirty five miles from me. Maybe I could go and ask her to show me how to do this.

I remember Bill Horan did a shadow box of the Wilderness battle for the Boston World Expo. I couldn't believe that he did not have the burning forest as a background which would have been perfect for a shadow box. I mean otherwise the piece was perfect but could have been any battle save for the...

Fantastic facial character.

Fabulous work.

Very nice, Stephen.

Very, very nice.

Yeah, MotorMint is a good source and I linked to it above in my first post. I picked up a lot of the Pyros kits on Ebay except the most prized ones: A 1932 and a 1934 Plymouth Sedans. Those I got from a hobby store in Spain dirt cheap compared to what they sell for, if you can find them, on...

Well, most of the vehicles I have done have been before 1941. I have a lot of old 1/32 Pyro car kits that I cannibalize whenever possible. Things like wheels, door handles, lights, etc. The cars themselves are usually made out of plastic sheet. Complex curves on cars are difficult and take a lot...

I have scratch built a few vehicles in my time although not modern ones. It can be done but takes an inordinate amount of time and unless the inclusion of a vehicle is so important to the piece then I would really consider an alternative if at all possible. If you move up to 1/32 scale then...

Very nice all the way around.