*** Friday Art Show ***

[Janne]

Same concept car as in last weeks show, differently colored and different background.

[airkooled]

Finally it's Friday in Finland! I've been itching to post this. My first Fink on the back of my acoustic/electric guitar case.

[Tuck]

I got mercury charlie ready for the prom... in a pinstriped suit.

[whizzerick]

I got mercury charlie ready for the prom... in a pinstriped suit.

Could you be more of a f**kin' ruler???

[Jeff Norwell]

Love it Tuck.:)

[graverobber63]

That would be a killer Tee Tuck

[Slide]

Man, that is beyond rad, Tuck!

Always look forward to seeing your work, too Janne! Keep them coming!

[sean72]

Hey fellas,

I haven't post any new art for a while, been real busy with work and home. I just finished this truck last week.

Sean

[Aaron51chevy]

Here is a little Lass in honor of St. Patty's Day,


http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/lg_irishgirl.JPG

[Church]

Barring a little tweaking, here's one of at least 4 new shirts I'm trying to get done by Paso.

[Empire32]

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8418/monster018pe.jpg

[Buick59]

Photos if anyone gives a damm.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/pistons-2-border.jpg


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-25-border.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-22-border.jpg

[Buick59]

Ooops two more.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-20-border.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-26-border.jpg

[zombiehut]

[quote=Buick59]Photos if anyone gives a damm.
quote]


Amazing photos , just went thru your site and really enjoyed it.

[slo60]

yeah dude -- those pictures are the shit... mind if i borrow one as a desktop background?


keith

[Jeff Norwell]

Photos if anyone gives a damm.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/pistons-2-border.jpg


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-25-border.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/industrial-22-border.jpg












DAMN STRAIGHT!!......nice work Mike....how ya been doing?

[Brandy]

My gives for the week............Not by me but for me.:D I'm SO excited to get it! An aircleaner striped by WHODAKY for my 55 Poncho. Done in red metallic, gold, cream and black one shot.

I'm SOOO excited.:D :D :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/MARCH10.jpg

[Painterman]

Just had Erik (HIDDEN) do this for me as my logo for my little paint and body business. He did an awesome job!! I highly recommend him if you need a logo. Great job Erik! Dave

[Meester P]

Shit girl you must be nearly splittin your face in two with the biggest smile ever. That is one sweeeeeett air cleaner,the guy really knows how to pull a line.
John

[Buick59]

DAMN STRAIGHT!!......nice work Mike....how ya been doing?


Doin Ok Mr Brush. Busy screwing around with muscle cars and camera's and such. I'm a part time lurker now. Most tof the cars Im screwing with aren't quite HAMB material.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/blue.jpg

[cole]

Im a fan of all you artist.

And maybe one of you would be interested in doing a graphic for our shop, check our stuff on salinasboys.com , we want to keep the look close, simple timeless, have a few hundred bucks for the right one .

send me a e-mail salinasboy@aol.com it needs to be a black and white . hope to here from you- Cole

[airkooled]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/MARCH10.jpg

I could tell that was a Whodaky before I even read the text. It's very cool to have such a distinctive style.

[KustmAce]

New digital work

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8734/hookahskull19nf.jpg

[the-rodster]

This is my first art show....

please be gentle...


http://www.scrtc.com/~wells1/buck1.JPG



http://www.scrtc.com/~wells1/buck2.JPG

[Chandler]

Practice
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/1029/10057505py.jpg (http://imageshack.us)




A guy at work made this for me out of sprinkler wire. Kinda cool

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4274/10057545wo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[HIDDEN]

Im a fan of all you artist.

And maybe one of you would be interested in doing a graphic for our shop, check our stuff on salinasboys.com , we want to keep the look close, simple timeless, have a few hundred bucks for the right one .

send me a e-mail salinasboy@aol.com it needs to be a black and white . hope to here from you- Cole

email sent

[Painterman]

email sent

Hey Erik,
If Cole wants to see your work, show him what ya did for me. Should be right up his alley!! Dave

[00 MACK]

P.T cruiser that will feed me forever. The guy wrecks it every week.

[safariknut]

Some clocks I did recently for a show in New York and some fan blades for the Detroit show.

[4t64rd]

A DIRTYT/4t64rd long distance joint production... gotta love Photoshop filters

[j-bird]

Whats up everyone. First post since Detroit. Pinstripers auction was great. Ben, you're a lucky man and i am glad the painting of Gray went to the right home. Pics comin soon. Anyways, this tank has striping and air brush combined. It's what the guy wanted even tho i think the sides are sort of cheesy. I like the top and it is differentfor me.

[Jeff Norwell]

ha ha

Hey Ray....it sure was nice to spend time with you in Detroit......I hope to see you this summer!

[Jeff Norwell]

yo jimmy..where you beeeeen......

[Jeff Norwell]

tucka the sucka

[j-bird]

Heres a hand painted panel that sold in detroit for a lowsy 80 bucks. Sucks bein one of the last ones up on a friday night. Wish i could take a couple thousand dollars next year a make off like a bandit.

[Tuck]

tucka the sucka

haha that sedan rules...

[Jeff Norwell]

haha that sedan rules...




Post somemore you hidden Kanadian......you hide too much.....remain seen:D
Stop eating that kanadian pancake maplesyrup delight.......ha ha hah




ha ha

[1bustedbuick]

tucka the sucka
Realy nice :D

[chopped52]

great designs guys, sweeet pinstripping Tuck

[Vance]

As some of you might know, I'm a striper too. One of my biggest influences is our own Safariknut. So, I'm gonna take a post to brag on him and post a couple he did.

The red one is one that I bought at an auction. I still feel a little guilty in the fact that I stole it for a mere $35. The second one has a great story behind it. I was bidding on one of Safariknut's flying eyeball designs and ended up getting outbid... BY HIS WIFE! Safariknut being the ulitimate great guy that he is, did this wonderful blue panel, just for me. Talk about being a great guy. He did this without telling me. He saw me at another event and just handed it to me. If I'm embarrassing you Ray, TOO BAD!

You can get even by posting a pic of a certain frying pan...

Vance

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/Hulick/th_IMG_0001.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f359/Hulick/IMG_0001.jpg)

[Tuck]

jolene made me pancakes this morning... but I didnt eat em... I couldnt stomach that kanadian tree sap she put on it hahaha...

This is the best I can do on short notice...

man theres some good shit this week, Empire I always dig your stuff... I LOVED those posters from last week. RULERS

[Jeff Norwell]

wow.....a moaning Lisa.....I always wanted a moaning Lisa.....


MMMMMMMNNNN pancakes..yummy.....Jolene...you deserve better....thanks for the note.
I love that painter sketch.....remember NEXT week Tucka:)

ha ha

[Jeff Norwell]

Yes...Empire has the Fire....you rule brotha...:)

[safariknut]

ha ha

Hey Ray....it sure was nice to spend time with you in Detroit......I hope to see you this summer!

Right back at ya Jeff;one of the high points of the weekend.You have WAY too much fun you know.BTW if you get down for Billetproof this year,I might be able to ,"find" one of those ,edged devices" we were discussing.

A quick anecdote:When my brother-in-law and I got home Saturday night and we were reviewing the day he asked me if you did anything else but draw those crazy characters you were doing at the show.I showed him the panels you had so graciously sent down to me awhile ago and he was properly impressed.Thanks again for them.

As for you, Mr.Vance: Thank you for the memories of that.Jan and I still laugh about her,"bidding war".As for the certain fry pan,I've posted it before but I guess we can trot it out again.Thank you again for it;people still comment on it when they come in the shop.
Ray

[Prop Strike]

drip...drip
thank you
very nice all

[Jeff Norwell]

A quick anecdote:When my brother-in-law and I got home Saturday night and we were reviewing the day he asked me if you did anything else but draw those crazy characters you were doing at the show.I showed him the panels you had so graciously sent down to me awhile ago and he was properly impressed.Thanks again for them.
Ray[/QUOTE]











Thats what my grade 6 teacher used to say as well....hmmmmm....
and I am still doing it
ha ha

Ray....we should have a Friday art show just on you.....you are relentess.....a machine.......I am always in AWE......


ha ha

[A32Flathead]

Its been a while since I posted any of my stuff too, so here's a few dragged from the dim & distant past!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/General%20Shots/A1GP.jpg
Sea Bowl Pacifica Show July '04

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/General%20Shots/billetpair.jpg
Billetproof '03

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/General%20Shots/c7d7c168.jpg
Strangers Car Club BBQ July '04

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/General%20Shots/flamed38pontiac.jpg
Bakersfield '03

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v414/prophoto/General%20Shots/smalltruck.jpg
San Jose Cruise Night '04

[FONZI]

I love Fridays! (even though it is thursday!) You guys fuckin rule.


FONZI

[Stone]

nice work guys

[TINGLER]

A new shirt...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/hotrodtingler/Airkoooledtoo.jpg

[Pure Hell]

All I got ... quick study ... Got ta get back in the Groove ......

[blackbaron]

my this week art by markers and stripes on the glass..

[notebooms]

hey, im looking for a striper in the Nor Cal bay area to lay some lines on a old samsonite luggage cases we have. If anyone has good skill, into striping suitcases and is interested in making a few bucks, shoot me a PM.

thanks,

-scott noteboom

[McPhail]

Heres a hand painted panel that sold in detroit for a lowsy 80 bucks. Sucks bein one of the last ones up on a friday night. Wish i could take a couple thousand dollars next year a make off like a bandit.
that is a great looking panel.........one shot? I presume?......

[McPhail]

by the way.... just saw the article on tuck that was in a magazine someone handed me.......very clean stuff my friend.......

[Empire32]

man theres some good shit this week, Empire I always dig your stuff... I LOVED those posters from last week. RULERS

thanks !

[Vangogo]

#2
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1633/coffin2ep.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[gabo]

hi! new work.........
http://216.32.66.210/atpic/255/460/0/138982/0.jpg

[1- shot slinger]

Hey Guys....awesome work this week!!!

I've always admired HIDDEN's work, so I decided to give the "stylized black and white" vector art a go.

Here is what I came up with...its the Salinas Boys 36 being built for Kirk Hammet.....let me know what you think.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1659/vector36crop8wp.jpg

[Skate Fink]

Safariknut being the ulitimate great guy that he is, did this wonderful blue panel, just for me. Talk about being a great guy. He did this without telling me. He saw me at another event and just handed it to me. If I'm embarrassing you Ray, TOO BAD!



.......that red panel is awesome but the blue one is priceless!!! I, too, have one of those "Ray Smith stories." I imagine that there are several of them out there? The man is a class act...........

[k-member]

Damn! Fine Art Friday. Here's some outcast art. 1st one for the Irish.

[bcarlson]

Doin Ok Mr Brush. Busy screwing around with muscle cars and camera's and such. I'm a part time lurker now. Most tof the cars Im screwing with aren't quite HAMB material.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/Highgeared/blue.jpg

Yeah, that car doesn't look quite good enough to hang with the likes of us! :D

Nice shots!

Ben

[DIRTYDAG]

you have to be nice to Ray or his wife will check your ass into the boards! Both Ray and his wife=quality people...need more of em around..Hell if we had 2 El Vagos runnin around half the country would be striped by now...

J-Bird nice tank...I woulda been all over that panel but i was paintin damn it! what a steal!!!!!!!!!! that frying panel kicks ass Vance..

Nice stuff as usual guys...nothing finished to post this week..alot for next week though...

[hamilton]

man, excellent posts this week!!!!

I just put the finishing touches on this commissioned piece for a hot rodder in Irving Texas. As a tribute to his Father and monument to the project he's currently working on, Mr. Stevens gave me the concept and the initial design and after much skecth tweaking and brain twisting, we came up with this very unique piece. Mr. Stevens is constructing a vintage race car that will house the engine you see in the painting. The arms are actually floated above the block....crazy man!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/koolhami/gallery%20pics/Barts-Flat-Head.jpg
45" x 48" 3/8" mdo stacked, one shot

thanks for the gander,
Hami

[HIDDEN]

Hey Guys....awesome work this week!!!

I've always admired HIDDEN's work, so I decided to give the "stylized black and white" vector art a go.

Here is what I came up with...its the Salinas Boys 36 being built for Kirk Hammet.....let me know what you think.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1659/vector36crop8wp.jpg

nice!

[KustomLincolnLady]

My gives for the week............Not by me but for me.:D I'm SO excited to get it! An aircleaner striped by WHODAKY for my 55 Poncho. Done in red metallic, gold, cream and black one shot.

I'm SOOO excited.:D :D :D




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/MARCH10.jpg

Brandy!!!!!!!!!!! this is georgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!
and its purple too!!! :p

[airkooled]

A DIRTYT/4t64rd long distance joint production... gotta love Photoshop filters

What a powerhouse tag team! One piles up the junk and clicks the camera button the other makes it look pretty. Look out dead Andy Warhol!

Tingler, the shirt is awesome. I will be the envy of all the other VW nerds in Detroit. Wait. I'm the only one. Well you get the idea. Now if I could somehow make the car look that cool. Hmmm.

[oldandkrusty]

1-shot slinger, your work is really nice. I like it so much I'd like to know what size it is and if it is for sale. Just simply beautiful work!!!


Hey Guys....awesome work this week!!!

I've always admired HIDDEN's work, so I decided to give the "stylized black and white" vector art a go.

Here is what I came up with...its the Salinas Boys 36 being built for Kirk Hammet.....let me know what you think.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1659/vector36crop8wp.jpg

[stan292]

"I've always admired HIDDEN's work, so I decided to give the "stylized black and white" vector art a go.

Here is what I came up with...its the Salinas Boys 36 being built for Kirk Hammet.....let me know what you think."


Slinger -

HIDDEN is my favorite here too. I must say though, you are a VERY quick study. Superb work on the '36! Don't stop there.

[Vance]

.......that red panel is awesome but the blue one is priceless!!! I, too, have one of those "Ray Smith stories." I imagine that there are several of them out there? The man is a class act...........

I believe that anyone who has spent any time with Ray OR Jan has some stories. Ray is a great man and artist and Jan is a wonderful girl and a great closet artist in her own right. I can't thanks them enough for all they've done for me. If it weren't for Ray, I'd probably never gotten serious about striping.

He's the best... and very humble. You don't see that anymore.

Vance

[Spaulding]

Long time lurker - first time contributor. Just a couple examples of what I do. A little photochop and a decal design.

[hillbillydeluxe]

Been gone to Tejas last week with work, so I'm just now catching up. Did this while I was indoors with a lot of coffee last week. Imagining my dream car and scraping pennies together.

[nate]

Great stuff everyone!! Here's a wip for Cody the letterpresser

The family cruizer:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6378/s57wagon6lf.jpg

[j-bird]

that is a great looking panel.........one shot? I presume?......

The panel is 1/8" thhick plexi. I used one shot to paint the pin-up and the lettering on the front. then i striped the back side to give it depth. Finally i used some spray cans to do the fade on the back side starting from the outside with red to yellow on the inside. Time consuming for a panel

[McKee]

....Plowboys next build......

[1- shot slinger]

1-shot slinger, your work is really nice. I like it so much I'd like to know what size it is and if it is for sale. Just simply beautiful work!!!

I just sent you a pm.

Thanks HIDDEN...it really means a lot coming from you, I hope you didn't mind me trying out your style...and stan292, thanks for the comment man its always nice to be accepted by the the true hot rodders and artists on the H.A.M.B.

[ChopperOlli]

Here's one new picture of this week.

Citroen AMI custom.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/Peltirumpu/ami.jpg

-Olli-

[gasit]

Postcard for "The art of Frankenstein's monster"

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c75/steve000/ART0293.jpg

[KCsledz]

Great stuff everyone!! Here's a wip for Cody the letterpresser

The family cruizer:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6378/s57wagon6lf.jpg

The minute I got in to work after you sent me that PM I made your sketch my desktop. I am stoked about it! Your scribbles are RAD!

[gasit]

Postcard back..

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c75/steve000/ART10294.jpg

[safariknut]

In honor of today I'll post these two:

Old Irish toast:"May you be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead!"

[HIDDEN]

I just sent you a pm.

Thanks HIDDEN...it really means a lot coming from you, I hope you didn't mind me trying out your style...and stan292, thanks for the comment man its always nice to be accepted by the the true hot rodders and artists on the H.A.M.B.

you just got to find your own style. if it happens to be the same as mine, great! its all about expression and that is the way it comes out of me. i didn't force it. if i have to force, i stop. move on and come back to it later, or start over. i have 20+ unfinished pieces that i just wasn't feeling at the time. i might finish them, i might not. its not about copying someones style, its doing whats right for you. i hope you enjoy doing them that way, the results are nice.

somethings you might not have seen for a while for good measure, lol
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7983/rpufront2kf.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6519/intake6iv.jpg

[chopped 40]

Very nice work! Glad too see so much talent up here.
Here's a liitle sampling of my art work!

RapRap
1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/BobsLakesModified.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/2drChevyAfter.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/1940RapRap.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/56Nomad.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/Milnerscoupe.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/32duece.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/ShortChevyPickup.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e231/chopped40/BobsBike.jpg

[meteor]

hey, new to the HAMB, great stuff everyone.

[meteor]

man, the image quality sucks. Am I missing something? how do you post a nice big clean file? thx

[Slide]

man, the image quality sucks. Am I missing something? how do you post a nice big clean file? thx
Judging by your PSD document in the first post, You're using Photoshop. Here's what to do:

Step 1: Go here (http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18) and tell us who you are. (This is linked at the top of Page 1 on the list of posts in the main HAMB board.)

Step 2: From the "File" menu in Photoshop, choose "Save for Web...".

Step 3: in the resulting window, play with the settings to the right hand side of the screen. You can see your original and compare it with one or more other examples of the compression you're applying. For Art Show stuff, JPEG usually works best... but sometimes GIF may be better. Also, click on "image size" (also toward the right of your screen) and make sure the largest dimension is around 600 pixels. Just below the window pane showing the adjusted image, you'll see the file size you'll end up with if you choose the current settings. Keep this under 70 k, under 50 k is better for those who are still using phone line modems.

Step 4: Save the file somewhere on your HD.

Step 5: Start your post on the HAMB. Attach the file, or if you've uploaded it to a photo hosting site like Photobucket, Image Shack, Fotki, Flickr, etc., link it there. If you attach the photo, it will show up in the thread as a small thumbnail that you can click on, which will load the full-size image in a new window. If you link it from a hosting site, it will show up right there in the thread as whatever size you made it in "Save for Web".

[meteor]

Slide, thanks for the info.

[TRAVEZ]

a little something i whipped up.

[TRAVEZ]

tucka the sucka

amazing stuff!

[chopped 40]

RapRap here,

Some of the pics are photoshop'd and the others are raytraced from a solid model. High res quality. When you save the image(no matter how big it is),I saved it at 8" across @ 72 dpi. Originally, they were 14" wide at 300 dpi.

The solid modeled one were much larger at their original size.

Thank for the comments!

RapRap
1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe

[TRAVEZ]

one more for the road. i'm a little rusty i haven't been using illustrator in a while. killer stuff as usual guys!

[Chili Phil]

My first ever Friday art show post. So please be kind in your comments.

This is a sticker I am doing for the Viper's project race car. It is an early draft. I know the tire smoke will have to be redone and also I am using a very old pic of the Coupe. There have been several changes to the car since this photo was taken. Most noticable is that we have chromed the fender blisters.

Constructive criticisms are welcome and thank you in advance

Phil

[rollie]

Striped some neat motorcycles for the show next weekend but didn't get any pics....next weeks show maybe... only thing I got pics of was a new tool cabinet I striped, "real" flames by Jason Gateman of RNR Cycle in Guelph.

[49 Fastback]

Long time lurker - first time contributor. Just a couple examples of what I do. A little photochop and a decal design.

Good job, Spaulding. Hope you'll post more soon! :D

Tucker

[Nostalgic Dave]

Friday art show rules! Love to see all the great work you guys do! Many of you have already seen earlier versions of this before, but it's getting much closer to "finished". I've refined the scallops a bit, and have been playing with the paint effects. Still need to finish the interior. I plan to put the traditional tuck-n-roll pleats in it, with maybe some colored piping. Tempted to try some louvers in the hood too.

Dave Stromberger
www.nostalgic.net (http://www.nostalgic.net)

http://nostalgic.net/arc/3d/-1959%20wip%20-%20deepRasberryWithScalsRT.jpg

[Killer]

you guys are some talented sonsabitches.

[BluesHound]

Cane for my dad while he recovers from hip replacement. It's gotten some good reviews from the hospital staff.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c359/smlyman/HAMB/cane.jpg

[Jimmy B]

I wasn't going to do anything this week but Cole's post got me going.

[Toyghoul]

Metal plate with bats on it that I striped...http://www.geocities.com/toyghoul/batplate.jpg

[Stone]

Man, you guys are putting out some nice stuff this week

[VAPHEAD]

those 36 Fords...ahh nevermind.

[hammerndollie]

Heres one of three bugs I have made from old motorcycle gas tanks. I call this one Japanese Beetle. Also a spider made out of large machine nuts about 16 in in diameter. I am currently working on one fron a harley tank. One is being displayed at a local tattoo parlor. They are available. I hope you like it. I don't have pics of the other ones...yet! If you would like to see pics, or are interested in one, get to me at hammer_dolly@yahoo.com Thanks
Mike

[k-member]

those 36 Fords...ahh nevermind.
I like what you've done with it Eric, now that's talent!

[a!rbrush]

great art works guys.my contribution.shes kinda big.water colors out lined with a sharpie fine line marker.http://www.pinheadlounge.com/portfolios/lg_b4fe.jpg

[ynottayblock]

Friday art show rules! Love to see all the great work you guys do! Many of you have already seen earlier versions of this before, but it's getting much closer to "finished". I've refined the scallops a bit, and have been playing with the paint effects. Still need to finish the interior. I plan to put the traditional tuck-n-roll pleats in it, with maybe some colored piping. Tempted to try some louvers in the hood too.

Dave Stromberger
www.nostalgic.net (http://www.nostalgic.net)

http://nostalgic.net/arc/3d/-1959%20wip%20-%20deepRasberryWithScalsRT.jpg

dude! it looks absolutely gorgeous, the scallops on the hood set if off nice. Absolutely great work

[bcarlson]

Striped some neat motorcycles for the show next weekend but didn't get any pics....next weeks show maybe... only thing I got pics of was a new tool cabinet I striped, "real" flames by Jason Gateman of RNR Cycle in Guelph.

So, how often do you accidentally "put out" the cabinet? :) I love the realistic flames... have ever since I saw them on a Road King about eight years ago... very cool.

Ben