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Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:53 pm
by speedgraflex
Stikpusher wrote:Yes, Evergreen is most helpful in this hobby!
In Shep We Trust

Shep? Who’s Shep? Did he create Evergreen??
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:56 pm
by Stikpusher
No. But he brought awareness of it to a generation of young impressionable model builders when Monogram hired him to dioramas with their kits and included these flyers in the boxes. Sheperd Paine...

Before all the modelin gurus of the YouTube and internet age, before Verlinden, in the 70’s there was Shep
http://sheperdpaine.atspace.com
Like ILM of that age, he was the inspiration to many...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheperd_Paine
With Evergreen, a bin full of assorted odds and end spare parts, and your imagination, anything was possible to build...
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:52 pm
by speedgraflex
Carlos...
Sincerely.
Thank you.
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:07 pm
by speedgraflex
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:11 pm
by Stikpusher
Anytime my friend.
We are spoiled nowadays in this hobby. Especially now with the advent of 3-D printing. Not mention so many kit choices available. We’ve never had it so good.
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:16 pm
by Stikpusher
Highly recommended...
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:09 pm
by speedgraflex
Carlos!
Thank you so much! As you know, I was inspired by your posts and assembled the little flared spoiler for this project. I am not a hundred percent happy but ya know, being inspired and being a part of a community goes a long way. I need to get over whatever the perfection seeking genome is within me.

Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:23 pm
by Stikpusher
Bruce, perfection only comes after repeated attempts that result in varying degrees of failing. If you don’t try, you’ll never reach it. Make the errors, and learn from them.
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:34 pm
by speedgraflex
I just demolished a slice of thick cut Sicilian pizza with pepperoni! In other words, I took out my frustration on food.
Re: Bandai 1/16 1966 Ford GT 40 Mk. II
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 7:37 pm
by Stikpusher
Hopefully with some beer... pizza and beer often helps!