67 Eleanor convertible

[Mastercaster]

I just could not hold my horses or coral my joy to introduce this restless Filly, Eleanor convertible. She will be in my future line up of offerings. Mastered by French model builder and impressionist, Raoul Coulombe. He did a beautiful job of creating this Mustang transkit to add to your stable of Mustangs. A very talented man of many words. He also took apart every piece of a 70 Chevelle and put it back together again, a Beautiful car he turned into a 1:1 model so to speak. He has afforded to me the honor and privilege to make this resin kit for you. Half the proceeds of the sales go to him to help feed his styrene and resin addiction. So buy lots of them!

[darkrapid]

I still have the rollbar. I think the one from the 69 GT500 kit would work but it is thinner and taller than the one I did.

[Mastercaster]

DANG.....I will have to find my kit and get that part.

[Mastercaster]

The price of this kit with what you see plus 4 wheels, 4 wheel trim rings, a clear resin gas cap and some headlights in clear will be $50.00. So save your pennies or get another job so you can pony up the money. Hope you have a good saddle to ride this wild girl, cause Eleanor with her top down is just plain HOT!

[darkrapid]

Did you ever get this cast up? Just wondering about my master?

[Mastercaster]

Hi Raoul,
I still intend to get it going. You know I'm not the fastest. The master parts are just fine, I know right where they are, I just looked. I always have good intentions. Working 4 ten hour days is just a drag on me. I get very little done in those evenings. The wife and I started working in the garage to clear enough room to move out there. Not sure how long that process will take though. I am hoping once out there I can set up stations to perform the different tasks in and spread out a bit more instead of doing it all on one table top in a bedroom. I have a grandkid I am hoping to get to help me too. I can use the extra help. Once the kid sees some money get in his hands he might be less interested in video games. I am really wanting to retire from what I do and make this a new career choice. I have been doing some custom work for a couple of clients. I know I could do better and do more.

[darkrapid]

I don't know what kind of demand this kit will get. When I was casting some most wanted the fastback.

Model Car Garage had announced a photo etch sheet for the 67 Shelby along with another sheet for the 68 Shelby. That was over a year ago also but still has not been released. I'm waiting for those sheets to come out and maybe I can get these builds going!

[Mastercaster]

If only I were really rich! I would have a Modehaus type business going and then some more stuff. The primary focus of Modelhaus was 1:25 scale automotive subjects. I don't see why other scales and subjects could not be entertained. I would want someone creating and developing decals, mylar decals, photo etch, 3D printed subjects. People to create masters such as yourself, Mike Schnur and a guy named Mike Hanson who is a professional model builder and master creator. I need guys like Chris the Mooneyes guy who has a background in 3D printing. Brad Noorgard who has a career in graphic arts and yogurt, you know I just like to eat the yogurt but Chris could learn to 3d print our lunches with the right equipment. Vacuum metalizing would be a certain aspect of this vast business. I have no intention of being a boss. I would be a lousy boss. Having a building with these crafts or departments fitted with the right equipment in a business would be a dream come true. A machine shop would be needed too. It would certainly put a bunch of bored model car club members into activities they would enjoy doing. The resin casting itself could keep several people busy. Obtaining one of those empty car dealerships around town would be a great place to set up shop. Extra buildings could be built on the vast acreage. Lots of free parking too. And just think of the 1:1 car shows that could be there after hours. It would be quite an adventure but only if I were rich. For now it is just a garaged dream. I am guessing the real estate price for a empty car dealership is pretty significant. I do have some people asking when the convertible is going to happen. I need to finish updating the Cosma Ray molds too. I could sell several of those. One would tend to believe I would be very highly motivated for the money. My biggest problem is I am a horrible organizer. I really need a good manager.

www.kasifoam.com/

We recently had the house foamed up, it was not cheap. I had the garage done as well in hopes of being able to get all the Patti's crap put somewhere else and being able to have much more space in the garage. I really don't know yet how it is going to happen. It still looks bad but it used to be piled to the ceiling. She has two rooms full of stuff and two barns full in the back yard too.



I just don't know how one woman can amass such a mess of crap!

[darkrapid]

I'm pretty sure she says the same things about your stuff!

[Mastercaster]

Here are all of my kits. Actually she does say that. I just happen to have less. She did gather up tools around the house after some really deep cleaning that she manages to do and asked why there are multiples of tools. I told her that if I spend more than 15 minutes looking for a particular tool I just go buy another. Then I got the lecture about wasting money. I asked why she has several books that are the same. She says "you know I teach and I have lots of students". I just can't get anything past her! So...she and I spent the last three days moving my resin shop in the garage and her crap in the bedroom that I was occupying. We both took a lot of unused items to goodwill. I took a two cabinet Magnavox console stereo there that was built in 1959. The tube amp worked, the turntable operated slowly. Both cabinets have 5 speakers in them including a 15 inch woofer. It would make a great rodded guitar vacuum tube amp. Just needs the electrolytics replaced. Caps, resisters, etc. Vacuum tubes never died, they are still made today. The original speaker grille cloth was still perfect and the wood was still very nice too. Dropped it off yesterday at 35th and Peoria Goodwill. It was really hard to let it go, it was just holding up my crap in the hallway. Now I just have to set up resin casting equipment and sort out boxes of crap. I don't really have good organizational skills. Moving things around like this in our house is nicknamed $#!t shifting. Also, whatever we have stacked up happens to fall over is called a crapalanche.

[Mastercaster]

Hey Raoul,
We really hope you like what we are doing with this. I am teamed up with Rocky Smith (excrewchief) on the modeling boards. He is pretty good at doing body work. He gave the trunk lid some subtle lines that he and I both like. We intend to create a Modelhaus type business. I named it Holy Grail Hobbies. We intend to offer kits, parts, vacuum form glass, decals and a unique line of tools. There is a roll bar for this kit too. Rocky has it.

[drkerry]

Another beaut!!!!