Well, I’m a bit late with a monthly posting.  I try to get ‘er done around month’s end, but January was a BUSY one!  I have a much bigger crew to manage now, and scattered coast-to-coast.  So travel and long days for work have stunted my OTHER projects a bit.  Fortunately, Bob Ensign has been

Some folks like to know exactly where they’re going, before they ever start.  Few Great Racers are like that, though – and I’m no exception.  Indeed, I suspect that one of the things I like best about this game is just that, its open-ended quality.  Well, when I set out to make a new Great

Well, since my last posting, I have been gathering bits.  I have all the required fenders to form the pontoons and head fairings.  Last weekend, my un-indicted co-conspirator, Dave Ullman flew in and we put some serious time into making sure the sketches could be matched with sheet metal reality.  Well, in fact we matched

Those of you who are married are likely less lucky than I.  It’s not that I am single – far from it, in fact we’re married 35 years this December 2011.  It’s just that most spouses I’ve seen are less tolerant/supportive of a dedicated lunacy in one’s Significant Other than Sue is of mine.   As

There are at least two ways to go about a project like this. The most obvious & pricey is to draw exactly what you want, then hire superbly skilled craftsmen to realize the dream.  But: A) I ain’t made of money; B) There’s less glory in buying, compared to doing.  So I’m taking another path: