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• Help needed. I purchased a kit this weekend at the Houston contest. It's the 68 GTX Sox & Martin kit. The decals were stuck to the instructions. I seperated it a carefully as I could but I screwed up a couple of the decals. PIC
  • looked in my boxes of decals all I found were black & white from the Cuda. yours if you need them *NM*
• Re: aluminum foil
• OFF THE BENCH.... Little out of my wheel house never built a puller, now it has my fire burning to continue my "Orange Blossom Special". Not a very good kit but it built up pretty good. Decals were pretty shaky. PIX and thanks for looking
  • I like different! *NM*
  • I always liked tractor pulls. Nice work!! *NM*
• Hey guys, here is my latest completion that was started last year sometime ago.
  • Wow, that looks great Bob. *NM*
  • Wow is that nice! *NM*
  • Where did you get the wire wheels from? *NM*
  • Looks great!!! *NM*
  • The body style "wears" that color very well, Bob. *NM*
• Little did I know when I took this photo a few years ago the car would become the subject of the latest Hot Wheel.........PICS
  • Good thing they changed the name before Mommy saw it. *NM*
    • My main reason for posting was you never know what may come of the subjects you photograph. Many subjects end up as magazine features. That name change was a GIVEN. No way would they have let that through. The wheel change was also a "Hot Wheel" thing. *NM*
      • I was just thinking. They could have renamed it Nash Ole. That would have been imaginative. *NM*
        • Or the Old Nash. *NM*
      • Glad you thought so. *NM*
• Salvino's replied to my email and said they had me mixed up with someone else who broke their window. : / *NM*
• Parts request: 454 engine "front cover" part #30 for the Monogram/Revell 1970 Chevelle SS454, any help appreciated! *NM*
• Poking around in filing cabinets and look what I found!
  • Actually. some of those "old leftover kit decals" are also aftermarket. Might be some old Fred Cady or JNJ sheets there.
    • There are a few Cady sheets there, but lots of old kit sets. I need to use the 68 Mopar marker lights now that I re-found them! *NM*
    • I got three sets of Hooters decals since i wanted to make a transporter using the Kodak trailer. *NM*
  • Re: Looks like some great stuff you came upon, enjoy! *NM*
  • I do that.....found a bag full of Modelhaus parts from the last time they were at Toledo......it was like Christmas! *NM*
  • Nice find Deke.Always a pleasant surprise when that happens. *NM*
  • Lots of neat stuff Deke! *NM*
  • Call me when you go digging again I'll help you. *NM*
    • Frank, there was a lot I didn’t show! Still need white stripes from the Cady sheet for the Cougar. *NM*
  • Nice find!!! *NM*
• Scott can you send me Gerry's contact info? TIA. *NM*
  • Not Scott Hess but Scott Liggett here. Mr. Hess, I don't mean to horn in here but here is a link to the website. Once you enter the site at the very bottom, in tiny writing, it say's, [email protected] Good luck! *NM* *LINK*
  • You can find Gerry on Facebook or contact him at the email address inside
• A Model a Day. *PIC*
  • That looks great. What kit is that? I did the old Revell 3 piece body and it was a real pain. *NM*
    • It's a diecast. I bought a painted/assembled one when it first appeared for around five bucks *NM*
  • KOOL... Back in the day I bought one of those 1:1 kit cars... WAPA after a couple yrs I got tired of excuses, waiting for parts, etc... finally I received it with missing parts. I ended up selling it to a guy from Tenn, met him in St Louis for the exchange, donor came with. *NM*
• HAMS 2021 Pics from Saturdays show in Houston to Compliment Terry Love's Post *NM* *LINK*
  • thanks Len , nice to see the Dallas people there *NM*
    • Thanks Jack. It was a good road trip for us. Thanks for the great show. *NM*
• Scott, here are some more pics and a little info on how I built it.
  • That’s a fun build! I remember every other episode the car would get trashed. I read somewhere those Firebirds were left over from the 1976 film Cannonball. *NM*
  • Hey Ron, where did you get the non-T/A fender vents? Did you scratchbuild them? When I built my '71 base Firebird, I couldn't find anything in another kit so I made my own. *NM*
    • Bob, I had a resin '71 Formula that I cut the vents off of. It was a terrible casting so I cut it up for this project. *NM*
  • Very neat! Always liked that Firebird when I was a kid, great build! *NM*
  • Very nice build Ron. If I remember right, wasn't that the bad guys car from Corvette Summer that was black. I'd like to build that one & the Corvette from the movie. I found a resin Corvette on ebay, now just have to find the pieces for the Trans Am. *NM*
    • Yes it was. It was also in an earlier episode of CHiP's still flat black and I think it tries to run over John. *NM*
• I liked when he got a brand new '82 T/A in light blue during the last season. *NM*
• Looks like an old photo. The car is probably restored to pristine condition by now. *NM*
• That is cool! *NM*
• Finished PICs Actually, I posted pics of the body awhile ago but I didn't have the engine detail done. Well, now it's done.
  • Nice!! I like that you left the hubcaps off. *NM*
    • I had every intention to but they looked to good without them,Thanks *NM*
  • Nice work! *NM*
    • Thanks *NM*
• Fresh car show photos... Today's images are from a perennial favorite of mine... The Turning Back Time car show, in Sycamore, Illinois... A small town that put on one BIG car show... *PICS* *LINK*
  • Some nice cars there Marty, the Pontilet or Chevrolac was neat...the Arias V6 Hemi I'd not seen before....thought they were only V8 conversions. *NM*
  • I really like that green '72 Olds Ninety Eight! The poor thing needs PDR on the driver's door ASAP though. *NM*
    • Agreed! *NM*
  • Great pics Marty, love the red Grand Turismo Hawk! *NM*
  • Re: the 2-way car: Pontiac on one end, Chevy on the other? *NM*
    • Just your basic Cheviac... *NM*
  • The '59 Dodge wheel covers could easily be under a glass case in an art museum. The Olds' is a killer *NM*
    • I had '59 Dodge style aftermarket wheel covers except the center had a crossed checkered flags symbol on my '61 Chevy 4 door flattop sedan back in high school. They are now in my garage as mementos gathering dust. I should clean 'em up and hang 'em as garage decorations. *PIC*
  • Thanks Marty. So many really neat cars! *NM*
  • That Jenkins Vega (Toy XI) is the more complete of the two that still exist. The other was raced more extensively and little of the original car remains *NM*
  • Re: MANY great photos Marty from a really great show and I'm lucky that I was able to attend wtih my R/T twice as it is a great time. Thanks. *NM*
  • Re: Just got done lookin' at ALL your Sycamore photos and I really like that track roadster Marty, and thanks for all the great pics. *NM*
  • Some awesome cars there Marty! I was really intrigued by the orange Renault Torino! I thought it was an AMC American but that grille didn't look quite right. Very cool car! *NM* *PIC*
  • Is that an IKA/Renault Torino (orange Rambler with a facelift)? *NM*
• Wrecked Plymouth Stock Car update. Things that I've improved AND, I need your alls help please concerning painting a driver figure. ...................
  • I like using Vallejo paints for painting figures. They brush on cleanly and dry fairly quickly. *NM*
    • Ken, do I need a primer or can I brush over clean, bare plastic? (FWIW, I use their sprays--outstanding quality/coverage, super thin--better than Tamiya.) *NM*
    • Do they dry without any shine/gloss? Flat? *NM*
    • I like to use a primer coat when I am painting figures. The method i have used in the past involved painting the figure's 'skin' with black primer, and building layers of different shades, but it can be time consuming. For what you want to do, I would recommend...
      • Thanks for the shove in the right direction, Ken. Much appreciated. *NM*
  • For that era.......
    • Testors clear flat. Would that be the Testors enamel or Testors Model Master lacquer? Thanks. *NM*
  • Terry Love posted some Huston Contest Pics that he took there a little ways down the board. While the excellent, skillful painting on these figures is outstanding ............... *PIC* ..........
  • Some late 1960s driver pics for reference. *PICS* *LINK*
  • Check youtube for painting scale figures. There is an entire branch of modeling for that. For your stock car driver figure I would suggest you do not spray the whole thing with a clear matte coat. The helmet and harness buckles should be at least semi-gloss, as well the
• I was just looking...NONE of the kit makers have made a plastic model of the C8 Vette? Only diecast available? You gotta be kidding me! *NM*
  • Maybe they're waiting for a Batman movie to use it as a Batmobile... Of all the C-Vettes, it's my least favorite one. *NM*
  • GM probably wants the sun, moon, and stars for licensing. Not so sure a kit would set the world on fire sales-wise *NM*
    • Ditto on the sun, moon, stars comment. *NM*
  • Revell has done the C5R, C6R, C7R and I think they did ok with them. I think the C8R would do well in Europe and Asia so I can't see why Revell of Germany hasn't done one yet. I'm in for a couple. *NM*
  • I complained about this very thing several months ago. I got shot down by the debbie downers. So, like them, I guess we don't ever need a plastic model kit of the C8. 😕 *NM*
    • I like them too, but I can see why some more traditional fans might reject the mid engine layout cars as they are aimed at a younger audience than the front engine cars. I'd love to see a kit of one, I'm sure it would do well. *NM*
  • Last year I wrote to some kit manufacturers and got no reply :( I guess there is not enough interest in a kit. I would really like the race versions, I have the d/c. *NM*
  • You have to wonder why we have plastic models of the latest Ford GT, but no Corvette. Maybe eventually. *NM*
• Model Car Contest - Eastern KY
  • Are there vendors??? *NM*
    • Should have asked 'model vendors'?? *NM*
      • There will be one that I know of *NM*
  • Please excuse my ignorance, but I just don't know. I take it that there's a 1:1 car show outside and a model car show inside? 1:1 car parts vendors and model car vendors? The live band is outside? Thanks!! *NM*
    • Yes Scott, there is a 1:1 car show, the model car contest, the live band, etc. The goal of the car club that's putting this on is it grows a little every year.
• A Model a Day. *PIC*
  • Nice job...always liked this one. *NM*
  • Neat kit, glad it's gotten reissued *NM*
• Do any of the '53-'55 Corvette kits come with an uptop? *NM* *PIC*
  • The Monogram '53 has a soft top, The AMT '53 does too. The AMT '55 has a hard top. *NM*
    • Thanks Larry, you've saved me a search. *NM*
  • Classic pic. I do not think I have ever seen one in real life with the soft top up. Odd shape, but kinda cool, too. *NM*
• Sunday photos.................................................................................................PICS
  • Oh my, that 1958 Lincoln Mark lll convertible!! *NM*
    • Oh yeah! *NM*
  • That black '57 Ford is my fav of this cool bunch! *NM*
  • That '54 in Pennant Blue AND the finishes on the mahogany boats...outstanding! Love your assortment--look forward to them very week. *NM*
• Might not want to buy this. (More inside)
  • Salvinos seems more like a model club than a business, what with their builders club, exclusive offers and the Saturday morning chats. I think the first couple of kits they produced missed the mark in the Cutlass and the MC, but the Chargers seem to be nice.
  • That’s odd. My ‘73 Petty Charger had a warped body and they replaced it free. They did ask me to show a picture of the warped body, after I stepped on it. But I’m sure that’s just to prevent someone else getting another replacement. *NM*
  • I hope you didn't send them anything. $10 is just crazy. *NM*
• Houston Contest PICs. There will be a few duplicates and a couple out of focus but the last several shots are of the Best of Show winner. Sorry I can't remember his name. *LINK*
  • That's the best rendition of an Aurora '34 Ford I think we'll ever see. *NM*
    • It was amazing. He said he started it in '03. The long wait was worth it. *NM*
  • Thanks Terry! *NM*
  • Great pix - Thx! Looks like an excellent show. I am happy to see the Revell E-Type "wire" wheels can look good detail painted. Also happy to see pic 30, the Custom Body FC. I designed the decals and Chuck Boerner printed and sold them, so it is good to see them in use!! :) *NM*
    • I was glad the new Jag was there to check out. Another project for another day. The decals looked great, *NM*
  • That 1/16 scale Green Elephant won 1st in the big scale. *NM*
  • Hate that I had to miss it. *NM*
    • It was good to be back out on the circuit. *NM*
  • Thanks Terry *NM*
    • You're welcome. You could post your pics. I noticed you had more of the entries than I did. I didn't get a picture of every thing on the tables. *NM*
  • Interesting personal single seat helicopter, but if he is going to drive down the road towing it in his trailer he better figure out a way to align and attach the rotor over the copter body center line or he may have a serious problem! ;^) *NM* *PIC*
  • Thanks for the pics, Terry. Looks like it was a great show. The surge in the Covid-19 Delta variant here in Texas made me reluctant to attend even though I am vaccinated and usually wear a mask when out of the house since one can still get it even though the two shot Pfizer
    • Your right! Three people on staff at my church came down with it this past week, including the Pastor. I shook his hand I couple days before. As they say, it's not over until the abundent person of non specific gender has sung. *NM*
• Been looking forward to this one! *NM*
• To answer Old Draggers question: "is there anything that wasn't drag raced?"..........
  • A guy used to race a BMW Isetta at Sunshine dragway in the 80s, it was so slow, he used to win by people red lighting waiting on him to get to the end. *NM*
    • One of my brothers kicked that idea around in the early Seventies, with a Fiat 1100 he had *NM*
  • And then there was the "Flying Barn Door" Dodge pickup *NM* *PIC*
    • I've always wanted a kit of that truck with those decals. *NM*
  • Re: To answer Old Draggers question: "is there anything that wasn't drag raced?"........You forgot these........(PICS)
  • Re: To answer Old Draggers question: "is there anything that wasn't drag raced?".......... *NM* *PIC*
  • I saw the Olds wagon at San Fernando circa 1970...beautiful car as I remember it... *NM*
  • Many moons ago at Palmdale LA County Raceway there was a big bracket race, lots of 10& 9 second street cars, after umpteen rounds it came down to a 68 Hemi v a 79 Volarie stone stock wagon. *PIC*
  • For those posting station wagons, I think our host emeritus, Tom Carter, had a lot of success with a '60s(?) Olds wagon in dragstrip competition. Anyone have a copy of the pic he posted a few times? *NM*
    • Re: For those posting station wagons, I think our host emeritus, Tom Carter, had a lot of success with a '60s(?) Olds wagon in dragstrip competition. Anyone have a copy of the pic he posted a few times?
• For model train aficionados... This has to be the craziest thing I've ever seen. Check out the background layout too...
  • Wow. Incredible. I wonder how they keep the glasses at the correct water level? *NM*
  • Creative use of a staff and facility while Germany was locked down....... *NM*
  • That is SO cool! Wonder how much all those glasses cost as well! *NM*
  • The layout is as impressive as the technical accomplishment. Thanks Raymond! *NM*
  • Pretty cool but I'm glad I don't have to listen to it every day! *NM*
    • Charlie, did you get my email? *NM*
      • That would be a negative. *NM*
• Have a question for the law enforcement officers, current or former......
  • Transport cars
    • Thanks Tim *NM*
    • Tim pretty much has it all right. The only agency in my area that has ever used transport cars is the Sheriff's office. Unmarked, to avoid the flag down problem, and driven by bailiffs. Usually only from satellite courts when a judge imposed a jail sentence. All other...
      • Thanks Ronnie. *NM*
• Anyone have the latest re-issue of the AMT 63 Impala and could you post a photo of the decal sheet? Better yet, just tell me if the fender and hood emblems are on the sheet? TIA. *NM*
  • From AMT kit #1149M issued in 2019, I believe what you're asking is on there *NM* *PIC*
  • Steve is correct. I have the same kit. Fender & hood badges/scripts are there. *NM*
  • Thank you Guys *NM*
• You might have to go to an engineering supplies store or site for those. Or google for a "craft compass cutter" for some with blades, not the rotary disks, for cutting plastic. Be sure it will cut as small an arc as you need. See the link for an example of one on *LINK*
• NICC (Vette Club).... Had a little show at the dealership I use to drive for in my retirement. Come to find out two more shows were going on. I took pix of cars I haven't taken before in the last couple weeks. I entered my truck along side my ***INSIDE***
  • Great pics Frank, love that Marina Blue 66 Caprice and black Poncho Ventura! *NM*
  • Thanks Frank. Nice '58 Vette! *NM*
    • That's a rare color for 58 Vette.... One year color for Corvette "Gunmetal Metallic". You can get it now but for back in the day one year only. *NM*
  • Fun mix! *NM*
  • Hmmm...a Chevy/Buick/GMC/VW dealer. Interesting combo. *NM*
    • BMW as well.... Had Hummer for awhile until GM got rid of it. *NM*
• Fresh small town car show photos..... Today's images come from the Princeton Emergency Responders' Car Show, in Princeton, Iowa... Right on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River..... *PICS* *LINK*
  • BEAUTIFUL SETTING.... I was fighting 3 car shows in this area today, I choose to meet my best friend of 40 yrs at a small Chevy dealership show. Was going to head up to Roscoe but went home to freshen up and made the mistake of my recliner. *NM*
  • The "Mississippi River Paddle Wheeler" did it for me. Ahhhh, New Orleans. *NM*
  • WOW another Javelin! *NM*
• Now for something a bit different.... On my way home from the show in Princeton, I stopped by the Whiteside County Municipal Airport, in Rock Falls, where they were having a fly-in and air show... *PICS* *LINK*
  • That P-51 never looked that good in it's service like......almost like a over restored car! *NM*
    • Lots of BMF on that one (LOL). *NM*
  • Albert would have loved this one. *NM* *PIC*
    • That's what I was thinking as I was taking the pics of it. *NM*
• As a junior high person....I had comments that I actually thought might not be best to verbalize! LOL *NM*
• I think I've found me a new project (to go with the other couple hundred I'm wanting to do). AMT '62 Thunderbird as a race car, of sorts... Whatcha think? (Be honest) *PIC*
  • I LIKE it! *NM*
  • hmmm....interesting. I think a slightly higher windscreen would be better..but I like it *NM*
    • X 2! *NM*
  • YES *NM*
  • Oh yes, for sure yes!!! *NM*
  • Battlebird 2? I think it is a cool subject to build *NM* *PIC*
  • This is one that I've long wanted to do - Clem Proctor T-Bird *PIC*
    • Oh heck yes...
• Nice build. *NM*
• Today's local car show.......... *LINK*
  • Did the person with the Silverado buy his trophy where he bought all the other crap he has glued all over that poor truck? Even a "crying baby", how 20 years ago. LOL *NM* *PIC*
    • Guessing you didn't like that truck? .......LOL *NM*
      • Definitely not my style C.D. *NM*
        • Yeah, Mine either, but each his own. :) *NM*
          • Hey, whatever keeps the parts stores open. *NM*
    • I bet he got a J. C. Whitney catalog laying in the seat, LOL! *NM*
      • Now that's funny... *NM*
    • Reminds me of a kid building an old AMT kit with all the custom parts, and tries to use every one! *NM*
  • Nice, you started the show with a Studebaker! I believe it is a '66, the last year for the Studebaker. I remember when Boyce motors closed their doors in Fairmont, WV. No more Studebakers, Studebaker had a long run starting with wagons. *NM*
    • One of my favorites!! A 66 was road raced back in the day......2 door version. *NM*
    • '66 had a plastic grille and only one headlight on each side. That's a '64 or '65, depending on what's under the hood. '65-'66 used McKinnon (Chevy) industrial engines because Studebaker sold off their foundry *NM*
• I've got one of those rulers--never thought to try it. Thanks, Mark. *NM*
• I didn't know that, Bill. Thanks for the source. *NM*
• Thank you, Charlie. That is a big help. *NM*
• WOW! Dave Shuklis's Corvair. Only saw it in B & W PIX from years ago. Way Cool! *NM*
• I can see it. *NM*
• PHOTOS: 23rd Annual Rambler Regional held in Boxboro, Massachusetts today...*3 PICS* and *LINK*
  • Thank you John that was great! No Gremlins though, bummer. *NM*
  • Oooohhhhh mmmmyyyyyyy...that Marlin is gorgeous. *NM*
  • Lots of good stuff there.......
  • Too bad it has rained this Sun and last Sun here in MA. I miss Saturday shows due to work. :-( *NM*
• "The the r-r-ride t-to th-the s-s-sand-sandlot w-w-w-was q-q-qu-quitte a-a-a-a r-r-r-ide b-b-bec-because o-ofo- of t-th-the r-r-re-rear t-t-ti-tires' pro-o-o-f-fi-files" *NM* *PIC*
• Smoke looks interesting but I'd make these changes
• A Mini-Stream for Saturday. A little weekend miscellany. *LINK*
  • I like the VW powered snowmobile! *NM*
  • I'd love to have that Bronco kit as a kit concept. That tow truck is simply beautiful. The most beautiful cab of all Ford pickups. *NM* *PIC*
  • The Star Trek one just cracked me up!!! *NM*
  • Thanks for the Schwinn accessories photo brings back Mems!! *NM*
  • I actually remember the Sheik in wrestling! My grandfather used to watch "rasslin" every Saturday night! *NM*
• Car Craft back in 67 had a pink e type named Snoopy on the cover. *NM*
  • That would be this one. Speed City Resin has a "kit" of this car. *NM* *PIC*
    • Forgot the link: *NM* *LINK*
• A Model a Day. *PICS*
  • Neat trick with the washers as disc brakes *NM*
• They have been talking about it for over a year.....not sure any tooling cut yet *NM*
  • No tooling cut yet, and not until after the current Cup cars are finished. Estimating a release in the early part of 2022. *NM*
• One of these would be fun in scale.....PIC
  • I agree! Wouldn't mind finding a 1/1 one either! *NM*
• Thanks everyone :-) *NM*
• That's correct, but that's not the case. No worries :-) Sometimes I can't see other folks pictures posted here - I just don't mention anything. It is what it is. *NM*
• I sure hope it's 1/25. *NM*
• That's been a rumor fo quite a while. Did they say when it is due out? *NM*
  • From what i saw it will be Christman to New Years or so *NM*
• That pink Charger belonged to Allison Parks, Playboy's 1966 Playmate of the Year. *NM*
  • When I tried to copy that pic I got a "cannot be downloaded securely". I do not know if that was my Webroot Security or something else. None of a couple of other pics I chose had that warning. So I discarded the request. Anyone else get that warning? *NM*
    • It's in my Fotki account just like all the other pics. Just right click on it and then "save image as". No "download" is necessary. *NM*
• I can see the pic just fine on both my computer and my phone..