1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Ice w,ore!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Ken! Your work is amazing. We take good with the bad with the good or in dramatic terms there is usually a positive experience yet to come for you, for us all. So, I thank you most humbly and also most sincerely. Your work and words continually fuel what’s part of my drive to build models. I think I will stop to see your work wherever you post it wherever I am. Now I need to finesse the edges and assemble the cockpit!
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
More Research.

I wrote Marc Tyler at Immense Miniatures concerning a figure. He does incredible figure sculpts for slot car models.



I wrote Marc Tyler at Immense Miniatures concerning a figure. He does incredible figure sculpts for slot car models.


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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
What the heck is this!? Time to open a window.LyleW wrote:Ice w,ore!
Supposed to be “Nice work!”...I think.
Do watch for sink holes on the prop blades, prop hub, tail wheel fairing, and landing gear pieces.
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
LOL! Here I thought you were calling him an Ice Whore.....
I’m like... wut???
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Or he swore... 
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Bruce, the figure will really set this apart. Looking great! Now if only I could get my mojo flowing again like you have, I could actually get something done. I can't wait to see more of this Bruce, keep it coming!
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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Duke! Duke! Duke! (Lyle, Tom and Carlos)
I like the feeling of the photo of Robert Hall standing in the cockpit post victory very much! This will be what I am aiming to recreate here, with the mud on the airframe, and wheels, and that great stance by Hall with a confidence and a pure joy of winning. Based on Marc’s suggestions, I ordered the Dan Gurney figure with arms crossed and the civilian heads. And heads up to any 1/32 builders: his figures would work extremely well with WWI subjects.


In the previous photo, you can see the cockpit canopy on the ground just behind the front spat.

I like the feeling of the photo of Robert Hall standing in the cockpit post victory very much! This will be what I am aiming to recreate here, with the mud on the airframe, and wheels, and that great stance by Hall with a confidence and a pure joy of winning. Based on Marc’s suggestions, I ordered the Dan Gurney figure with arms crossed and the civilian heads. And heads up to any 1/32 builders: his figures would work extremely well with WWI subjects.


In the previous photo, you can see the cockpit canopy on the ground just behind the front spat.

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Re: 1/32 Granville Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.
Bruce that is a great figure for you Gee Bee. I’m really loving the sound of this vignette.
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