Message Index

• When was the Stranger Things models coming out? *NM*
  • Late Q4 I hear *NM*
    • Thank you *NM*
• Dedicated Scale Enthusiasts Magazine Super Show in Denton Tx today. PIC and Link *LINK*
  • Excellent pics. Thank you for sharing. I gotta find me a Pantera kit (preferably the one from Testors) to replace an old build that "disappeared." *NM* *PIC*
  • This one tickled my funny bone! *PIC*
  • Thanks for the pictures, Terry.... LOTS of very cool stuff on the tables there. I have a question.... Did the crowd at this show seem a bit younger, than say your average show lately? I ask this because of the number of cool modified import cars on the tables..
• The Parking Lot *PIC*
  • Well that turned out fun! *NM*
• Finished the James Bond 007 Goldfinger car.................PIC's
  • Looks good - if this is the future of EZ click, I'm in
• Obscure parts request. Renewal Packard hood. Mine is severely warped. Thanks. *NM*
• Straight Line Saturday.....
  • Great pics. Please tell me that's a mannequin. *NM* *PIC*
    • That's no mannequin..... That was just one of stunts that Gary Watson was known for back in the day. *NM*
  • Seriously diggin' the injected Fiat!!! *NM*
    • X2....that's a perfect race car. *NM*
    • Re: Seriously diggin' the injected Fiat!!!
      • Hemi? BBC? *NM*
        • I'd bet on a Chevy...if it were a Hemi, the rocker covers would be out in the breeze instead of under the body *NM*
        • My guess would be BBC as the hood sides are not bubbled out for Hemi valve cover clearance....but that is just a guess. *NM*
        • If you Google Danny Townsend, it looks like all his other race cars had injected big-block Chevys in them. *NM* *PIC*
    • It was a Big block Chevy.
    • Image search found this. *PIC*
  • Some old classics. Thanks! *NM*
  • Neat stuff. The Buick V6 funnycar is interesting. Can't say I've ever seen it before. *NM*
  • What great memories!! *NM*
  • Rare pic of a T Bolt with the cloverleaf hood! Would love to see more of those! *NM*
    • I totally missed that detail..
  • That Garlits Dart--never seen such a rig. Love all the pick ups, CD. *NM*
    • There were actually two of those Darts. Garlits still has the second one in his museum. Another team built a similar Barracuda bodied car (but left the roof on that one) *NM*
• ATTN: Mike L......
  • Thank you! *NM*
• Anybody know if this decal sheet has been repopped? Thanks. *NM* *PIC*
• Friday Evening Randomness..... ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
  • Thanks Marty...really likin' the '64 El Camino! *NM*
  • Great stuff as always ….And neat to see this ; I had the “gas powered” toy version when i was a kid *NM* *PIC*
  • Kool stuff Marty, thanks for sharing. Tom Nagy told me that he had never seen anyone having as much fun at the dragstrip as the guy and his kid running that Ken Veney injected Vega F/C
  • The phantom/custom '57 Fleetline's got my wheels turning *NM*
  • That last one, Stutz Bearcat *NM*
  • Fantastic Friday Marty! *NM*
  • Great PICS Thanks Marty!! *NM*
  • Great stuff as always, and with the HTML coding, a lot of flippin work too boot. Love that two tone '58 Ford Business Coupe, wonder how it avoided becoming a short track warrior! *NM*
    • Thanks, but it's honestly not that much work. Fotki provides the HTML codes.... I just copy and paste.🥲 *NM*
• Just ordered a Moebius Dodge AFX kit. Is like to build this. Anyone know if decals are made for it? *NM* *PIC*
  • Not that I'm aware of, but I wouldn't be too surprised if someone doesn't come up with them in the future.
  • I found some decent reference pics over at Mecum Auctions. *LINK* *PIC*
• Looking for a kit source. I know I've seen something like this but I can't seem to find it? *PIC*
  • Ken, If you can't find it try using a craft ring of the appropriate size, fill it with some 2 part epoxy and then paint. Hope this helps. *NM*
    • Thanks Charlie that helps a bunch. Much appreciated. *NM*
  • Revell 67 Corvettes. *NM*
  • Try the stock ones from the AMT '49 Mercury *NM*
  • AMT '55 and '57 Chevy pickups. Maybe also '57 Vettes. *NM* *PIC*
    • Ding, Ding, Ding, We have a winner. Well actually 2. The 55 & 57 Chevy pickups have the perfect lense. Charlies idea provides the perfect trim ring. Thanks guys *NM*
      • Aluminum tubing from KS can work in a pinch, too -
• Rimrock Plastic Modelers 2024 Contest and Show *PIC* *LINK*
  • Nice variety and turnout *NM*
  • Neat stuff, Terry. That woodie p/u is way cool. *NM*
  • Thanks for sharing the PICS! *NM*
  • Nice stuff Terry, really like that Mig. *NM*
  • Great to see the phantom Caprice droptop from the SAE contest is alive and in great condition *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Thanks Bill!! *NM*
  • Cool Beans bill...I'll go for the '71 Cuda 440 with the great wheels and tires! *NM*
  • Re: Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS* Some really great stuff, thanks for posting those! *NM*
  • The 71/72 Plymouth B-body's got some epic 80s graphics. Still wish AMT would back date the '74 and bring back the optional parts *NM*
  • Thanks! Had me drooling all over my keyboard! *NM*
• PLASTIC UNDERCOVER 2 *LINK*
  • Re: PLASTIC UNDERCOVER 2 *NM* *PIC*
  • Got my room....plan on being there!!!! *NM*
    • I will be there also Friday night and for the show. *NM*
• Thank you David! It was fun! *NM*
• Posting pics
  • I always have that issue if I'm trying to post from my phone but if I post from my Fotki, it works fine. Just my experience. *NM*
    • Re: I always have that issue if I'm trying to post from my phone but if I post from my Fotki, it works fine. Just my experience.
      • Click on the Fotki Pic and choose copy picture address, then enter it in the Optional Image URL box. If you want to post more put the URL between TheLeftArrowSymbol img src=URLTheRightArrowSymbol for each pic - one per line- only space is between img and src
• Thanks Dave! I'm finding myself doing that more often as long as I don't feel too lazy! lol *NM*
• Famous Bobby Allison quote...
• Current GM vehicles ordered under a GM Fleet Account number can delete some or all exterior ID
  • Ford used to have a Fleet painting guide (I had a copy of the '89 book) that listed the paint variations, but I don't know if they had one for part options.
    • It was and is the bugaboo of the Silverado and Sierra brands - GM could go many years without ever making the same one twice
• Re: The black 55 Chev has Canadian150 side trim *NM*
• If ANYONE has a standard '62-63 SMP bed in usable condition could you please PM - thanks *NM*
  • You could always print one. *LINK*
    • Not seeing the '62 Apache AMT bed in there, kicking myself for not getting one from Don when I could... not urgent, tho. *NM*
      • It's a printable file. It has the dually and the standard long bed. It's there. *NM*
• Has anyone gotten the September 2024 issue of fine scale modeler? If so, could you let me know please? Thank you. *NM*
• Um, "Flipped grille with Chevrolet logo mounted on bottom and enlarged headlights" ?? Looks bone stock to me with just newer 7" headlights, same size as stock. *NM* *PIC*
  • I'd say whoever wrote the column didn't do their research. The exhaust coming up through the bed is a bad idea. *NM*
    • If that truck goes any farther than trailer-to-parking space under its own power, I'm the pope
• Left oblique *PICS*
  • We had a 1958 Jeep that looked the same except for color. Was medium blue. Had a half soft top. *NM*
  • Which kit is that? *NM*
    • Looks like MPC from here *NM*
      • Yes. *NM*
    • Can we please start complaining about the missing tire? *NM*
• Lotta money there...wonder what those little oval gizmos sticking up out of the bed are. *NM*
  • It's the exhaust exits. Odd choice in my book *NM*
    • That's what I thought, but they don't seem too smart at all. *NM*
• Thanks guys! Jim, the color is Tamiya Mica Red over black primer with Duplicolor 1K Clear. *NM*
  • OK, thanks, gotta try it on something! *NM*
    • When I was planning the build, I tried three different metallic reds over black primer and that one stood out. More...
• Finally finished 1950 GMC Pickup Conversion. *PIX* and *LINK*
  • Two thumbs up!! *NM*
  • Great build! *NM*
  • Seraching to no avail for the classic GMC script in repro *NM*
  • Nice. That is my favorite car color. A buddy had a '66 Pontiac Sprint in that color but the only time I bought a car with it available was my '06 GTO. Loved it..Really looks great on your GMC build! *NM*
• Thanks guys for the kind words! In searching for online photo resources, I came across a site that has screen caps which worked out very well.
• One automotive writer in the '80s quoted another automotive writer who said, back in the '60s,that NO ONE in the future would be interested in collecting any car built after...1966!
  • I vaguely remember reading that article, in which it was stated that nobody would ever want to bother restoring one of the “new” muscle cars (of the 1960s). *NM*
  • I think that was Ken Purdy, who was one of the first modern 'scholars' of the automobile
• Oh no! Look what Spotlight has in their inventory! *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
  • Glad that's too big for my shelf! *NM*
  • The chrome is excellent and Atlantis updated the tubing for brakes and plugs and fuel. They also included braided lines. I'm going to ask if I can buy the tubing package for my other 1/16th funny cars. *NM*
    • It's good to see someone "new" jumping in and upgrading old tools. *NM*
  • Wow.. Nice that it is in the big scale the diecasts seem to favor. I think the big kits range from 1:16, 1;18, and 1:20. i have the 1:20 '80s Firebird and Camaro kits in my stored boxes somewhere but have never built anyting that scale. Do have a few 1:18 diecasts, though. *NM*
  • This gives me impure thoughts...
• Yes, Bob. That's the Steve Krontz I thought of immediately. *NM*
• Mike L, I'm with you on the side trim. W/o it, any body color would be, well, bland, I think. Now, what color inside the side spear would work with the body color? Interior color? Engine color? Something way outside for effect? *NM*
  • I'd match that insert to the engine, brake calipers and interior, but I'm kinda boring in that respect. I like the body ONE color, and the accents a complimentary color. *NM*
• The Moebius AWB Coronet kit showed up on my doorstep this afternoon, courtesy of Spotlight Hobbies. Great job on the fast service Matt and Dawn!!! Now, to decide how I'm gonna build it... Ramchargers, or Dick Landy?