Another guy with too much free time...

[lowend1]

http://www.goldclassic.us/this-incredible-1971-plymouth-cuda-116-model-will-blow-your-mind-away/

[Highlander]

 

(and I thought Mark was a bit ott... )

[Psycho Bass Guy]

You just KNOW that guy's named Arthur!

[TBird1958]

Lovely work,

I'm jealous of the time he has to work on it - that and the space/work area. Mine is good, I have a big indestructible Steelcase desk and a very nice spray booth - I still want more!

[4stringer77]

I bet it could run when he's done.

[lowend1]

Skill can be acquired, developed. What I envy is the PATIENCE he (and you too, Mark) has. You either have it or you don't. My efforts at model building as a kid were positively comical. My technique got better as I got older, but even as an adult, the desire to finish it - NOW! - was something that had to be managed. I still have to force myself to walk away and "let the glue DRY, dammit!"

[Highlander]

I used to go to silly levels of detailing but nothing like "Arthur" or Mark's work...

[Lightyear]

I have vivid memories of all of my model builds as kid - like many here I favored WWII aircraft.  Did anyone else, as kid, take a hand written note from their mom to hand to the clerk at the 5 & Dime Store stating that they had permission to buy model glue? 

[nofi]

ah, the glue fumes. good times!

[uwe]

[amptech]

I slightly remember the pleasant fumes of that small humbrol bottle....

Did lots of ww2 models as a kid, but I quit it when I started playing in a band, at the age of 13. Our keyboard player was
hyperactive, and smashed my 1:72 nightfighter which I had spent a zillion hours to complete

[rahock]

ah, the glue fumes. good times!

I had an old buddy who died a few years ago who was a great blues and jazz guitarist. He wrote one country song with kind of a Chet Atkins style to it, and the lyrics I can remember went something like this:

My cousin Bill has a still up on the hill, it's front for a glue factory
Oh give me a bag and I promise not to gag on that good ole airplane glue
Good ole, good ole, good ole airplane glue

Rick

[OldManC]

Those Fuel Altered photos in the middle of that spread explained everything.

[Dave W]

I had an old buddy who died a few years ago who was a great blues and jazz guitarist. He wrote one country song with kind of a Chet Atkins style to it, and the lyrics I can remember went something like this:

My cousin Bill has a still up on the hill, it's front for a glue factory
Oh give me a bag and I promise not to gag on that good ole airplane glue
Good ole, good ole, good ole airplane glue

Rick

That's a parody of Good Old Mountain Dew, the old Appalachian folk song.

[rahock]

That's a parody of Good Old Mountain Dew, the old Appalachian folk song.

You know that never occurred to me . It did sound a bit familiar, then again 90% of country stuff sounds familiar to me. Imagine Mountain Dew played with a Chet Atkins flair, and insert the Airplane Glue lyrics .
Rick