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    Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project

    Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/19/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    Murilee, does this mean you're going to lift the restraining order against me?

    No?

    It was worth a try.

    Nice job on the model. That is some crazy talent right there.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @engineerd misses Uncle Pete: I got restraining orders like Rambo got bullets!
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    Image of Full_Moto_Jacket Full_Moto_Jacket
    07/19/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    I'm pretty sure I saw this on CSI.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    He even got the panel gaps right!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    When did Canadian pennies come car-sized?

    Could be tilt-shift has gotten outta control.

    Or...this guy is incredibly talented. Looks like it's door #3.
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    Image of highlandmiata highlandmiata
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    It also appears to be parked on a miniature street. I wonder if this guy has a whole miniature Alameda going on here... We must know more!
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    Novaload Misses Murilee promoted this comment Edited by highlandmiata at 07/18/09 7:13 PM highlandmiata was starred highlandmiata was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    That is amazing, and possibly also a sign of mental illness.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    07/18/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Possibly?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/18/09

    @something_unique_and_descriptive: But maybe POLARZ made it as part of his new handcrafts therapy, in which case--well, in which case it would be ambiguous.
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    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    Well, dang, Murilee, we all love you too and we would have made you one of these if we'd known you wanted one!

    You've got a world class fan or a world class stalker--or possibly a mad genius who can not only go back in time but also has a miniaturization ray.
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    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    A miniaturized collection of WWII world leaders beside the postwar automotive achievements of their respective nations would absolutely RULE.

    Hitler inspecting Murilee's Beetle, subtly frowning.

    Stalin with one hand on the hood of a Moskvitch, peering ahead with a steely glare.

    Hirohito standing stiffly at attention behind a Subaru 360.

    FDR in wheelchair, subtly smiling, alongside a Bel Air.

    Churchill, cigar in mouth, cognac in hand, sitting heavily on the front fender of a TR3.


    Sounds like a great companion piece to my pewter portraits of General Apathy and Major Boredom.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/18/09

    @stoke has a JDM front wing: You forgot Mussolini deftly caressing the roof of a 275 GTB.
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    Image of marc2068 marc2068
    07/18/09

    @stoke has a JDM front wing: And you forgot Franco behind the wheel of a Hispano-Suiza.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    07/18/09

    @stoke has a JDM front wing: If you're going with WWII leaders, who gets to stand next to the Citroen SM-- De Gaulle or Petain? I'd go with De Gaulle, myself-- he was taller, which will make the model-builder's task a little easier.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/18/09

    @stoke has a JDM front wing: Or you could just have notorious dictators and their Citroëns. Pol Pot, for example.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    Are you sure it's a tiny replica of Hubert and not a full size replica that's been shot with a tilt-shift lens while parked next to a giant coin?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/18/09

    @Tomsk 1.1: I'm sure. Hubert actually had a totally exposed Type 3 pancake engine, with no rear body behind the back window. The model doesn't show that because I didn't have those details in any of the photos.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/18/09

    In reply to Crazed Modelmaker Makes Tiny-Scale Model Of Murilee's First-Ever Hell Project
    I really want to nitpick what few things aren't 100%, but I can't bring myself to do it. It is just too damned cool.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/28/09

    In reply to Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!


    Imagine that SC/Rambler kit mated with a model of one of these. Jeep chassis, possibly the Rambler engine, red, white, and gold.

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    Image of Impalamino mkIV Impalamino mkIV
    06/28/09

    In reply to Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!
    Legend has it there is a barber in Iowa City that owns a SC/Rambler...


    /cryptic

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    06/28/09

    @Impalamino mkIV: There's a guy in Ypsilanti, MI that has one he bought brand new in 1969. It's absolutely perfect.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/28/09

    In reply to Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!
    That's easily $20 bucks, I wouldn't even blink at that. What's good is that so many people would NOT want that when they could have a Camaro or Mustang model instead. That non-maintstream Rambler heritage is working in your favor.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/28/09

    In reply to Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!
    The problem is the rarity of the model kit. If there were fifty thousand of these left new in plastic, not only would I build it, I'd paint it olive gold with a couple rust spots, paint the passenger-side front quarter-panel a nice shade of eggshell white, and put a couple rust spots along the rockers and behind the wheels.


    Oh, and those rims are fine in the back. Get a couple awful steelies for the front.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    06/28/09

    In reply to Model Hell Continues To Beckon: Vintage AMC SC/Rambler Kit In 1:25 Scale!
    Pretty neat, but it'd need to be a car with a higher AMC goofycool factor to tempt me, I'd say.. like a 1/25 scale version of this perhaps:

    I would've sent a tip about this kit, but by the time I saw it, the auction had ended.. Pretty Jalop kinda ride though, I thought.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/28/09

    @Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: Imperimino!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/28/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Chrysler cars with pickup beds should have "-page" appended to their names, according to the Official Jalopnik CarTruck Naming Convention Guide, so this is actually an Imperipage.
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