Message Index

• Today is 6-2, and kicks off Where were you in '62? American Grafitti Weekend over at Build it your way Model Car Group. If you are a member join us. *NM* *LINK*
• My son is driving his Fiero to the 40th Anniversary party in July. They have a Fiero model car contest *LINK*
  • I wonder if my buddy Cliff still has his Fiero... I know he was thinking of selling it a while back... *NM*
• Looks like Jolly Green Giant stepped on James Dean's little car! *NM*
• Interesting model kit if you like trucks - *PIC*
  • Looks like they offer another one as well - - *NM* *PIC*
    • Do you know where we can purchase them? *NM*
      • Looks like direct from the caster. *NM* *LINK*
        • Castings look nice!!! *PIC*
• YESTERDAY FINALLY..... Got around to getting my 68 Biscayne out of storage. Finally able to get some nice pictures of it with nothing in the backround. PIX and thanks for looking.
  • Very nice car!!!!! I like that it is a post car!! *NM*
    • Thanks Dave... Funny 25-30yrs ago I wouldn't have looked at that car twice, one because of the color (always thought is looked like snat green) especially w/ the interior being the same. Post car brought it down a notch. NOW! I prefer this combo more than anything I've owned *NM*
  • What a beaut! My buddy had one - we called it the Biscuit Can. That is a beautiful car you have! *NM*
    • Thank you sir *NM*
      • love it Frank, have you built a model of it ? *NM*
        • I've got the donor kit but I don't like how you order from MCW so I'll have to wait until I go NNL East of have someone pick one up for me. I wish they would do PayPal or take my card without putting your info on a form. *NM*
          • Don’t know if I’ve ever seen MCW at NNL East (how I wish so I could get some of their paint). Now that they’ve moved further south, I don’t know if we’ll ever see them there. *NM*
          • MCW does accept Paypal and credit cards directly on their website now. They have just started casting again since the move so they are a bit behind with their orders. *NM*
            • I ordered a resin piece from them about 2 weeks ago, and their confirmation note said 4 to 6 weeks. We'll see, but I can wait. *NM*
            • Thanks very much for the info. *NM*
            • Thanks Ed, I ordered one last night after reading your post. *NM*
  • Ya know Frank, the black headlight bezels go with the black spokes on the wheels. Might want to leave them. I think they look good. *NM*
    • More than likely I'll leave it because your right it doesn't look that bad I was just thinking original as possible except for the wheels. But you're right I do like it blacked out *NM*
  • '68 was probably the last year big Chevy's had performance in their DNA. Cool car Frank *NM*
    • The 454 in ‘70 wasn’t bad before they went to low compression in ‘71. *NM*
  • Where did that beautiful 61 go? *NM*
    • The 61 ended up going back to the original family late 21. I bought the 68 about 6 yrs ago. *NM*
  • Can't say it's as clean as the truck, but they make a nice couple. I wouldn't change a thing. Great looking ride. *NM*
    • You should hear it.... I can't post a video my hosting site package doesn't let me. With the cam in it and headers it has such a unique sound. *NM*
  • Nice ‘68! *NM*
• 60/61s for June 1
  • All look great *NM*
  • Very nice work. They look great. *NM*
  • Surgical... beautiful *NM*
  • Nice clean builds. *NM*
  • I like the Comet a lot! *NM*
    • Me too. Don't see these very often--clean build. *NM*
  • Both beautiful builds. *NM*
  • Nice builds, BTW if you ever wondered what happened to the 1:1 tooling for the front of the Comet check out the Oz 1964/65 " XM & XP " series Ford Falcon, nothing was wasted back then.....lol. *NM*
  • Nice clean builds! *NM*
• 1961s for 6-1
  • Those are all good looking. Nice job. *NM*
    • Yeah what Dan said. *NM*
  • Very Nice! *NM*
• (PICS) A few old survivor '60 and '61 models as well as my more recent '61 Pontiac Catalina...(for some reason, I've painted them all red)
  • Red seems to suite them just fine. Nice job on all, as well as paint jobs. *NM*
  • (pcs) Oh yeah, a couple of old survivor '61 Super/Stocks I'd forgotten
    • They're not red, but they are beautifully done. Great job. *NM*
  • Well red is a great color and looks good on them all. Nice builds. *NM*
  • Cliff, I have to ask, do you buy red paint by the gallons? LOL!! My reason for asking is because the board members think that I buy white paint that way! Your builds look great. *NM*
  • Really nice examples *NM*
  • Nothing wrong with red. That Catalina is gorgeous! *NM*
• '61's for 6/1....pics....
  • Nice. Good lookers. *NM*
  • Re: Nice builds! *NM*
  • OOPS! Found another one.....pics.....
    • Smooth mild custom. Wild color (for today's tastes) fits the style *NM*
    • I couldn't drive that one. It's too pretty. I'd feel like a girly man. Lol *NM*
  • Nice builds but love that Ford, always have. *NM*
    • What Gabe said! *NM*
• #61 for 6/1 Happy June 1st all.
  • You did good!! *NM*
  • Re:A beautiful build of a superb racecar. Richie Evans used to come to Capital City Raceway (Ottawa Ontario) on Wednesday nights back when it was part of the 'Modified' circuit. The car was eventually bought by one of the local racers and continued to compete for a couple
    • Thank You for your kind words. Of course those cars were probably only that good because of you know who behind the wheel. lol *NM*
  • Nice. Someday I gotta build one of those. *NM*
    • Get after it Gabe! They are an easy fun build right out of the box. And not overly expensive either. *NM*
  • Gosh darn, that's a clean build, Dan. *NM*
  • Love it! *NM*
  • great work *NM*
    • Thanks for the views and compliments gents. *NM*
  • LOVE IT!!! *NM*
• DOES THE EXPRESSION...Poking a sleeping bear sound fimiliar? Well that's what Marty has done . Just a little poking around last night during Perry Mason. PIX and thanks for looking
  • Uh Oh, he's done it now! lol *NM*
  • I love a good "fight"(as long as I'm not in it). I don't have that knd of "talent". *NM*
  • See how you are.... You pull a trick like that, when you KNOW that I have to go to work.... Just for that, maybe I'll just have to build something else..... *NM* *PIC*
    • Yow! Now I AM hiding behind something. *NM*
    • You just do that to distract me knowing (I try) I can't build everything. *NM*
  • Ah, Perry Mason...-you're a man after my own heart, Frank...I put on my DVDs of my favorite shows from the '50s and '60s. *NM*
  • That is definitely cool! *NM*
• 1960s for 6-1
  • WOW, Great collection! *NM*
  • We had a 60 Chevy Impala convertible that color when I was a kid. *NM*
  • Nice job...... *NM*
  • email me off the board Gary *NM*
  • Those are all Nice! Good work. *NM*
  • Great looking builds!! *NM*
  • Those are all nice builds. *NM*
  • Model perfection *NM*
  • Those are all fantastic! *NM*
• Terry, that's a great treasure!
• Agreed, think Pyro 1/32nd was the only one. *NM*
  • Though Pyro had done one, but couldn't find it in the stash. But... did find a 1910 in 1/59 from Glencoe in a double kit with a 1/48 1909 Stanley. No idea who did them originally. *NM*
• Does a 1/24 scale 409 exist?? Thanks. *NM*
  • Probably in a 1/24th scale diecast but I haven't seen one. *NM*
  • Classics Motorworks 1961 Impala maybe *NM*
  • Yes. Maisto 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air. *NM*
    • Re: Yes. Maisto 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air.
  • In 3D it does, running out the door now but will look this PM for the vendor *NM*
• MOONLIGHTER CORVETTE... Apart and stripped and or stripping. PIX Thanks for looking
  • I've never seen that one before. That's really cool! *NM*
  • What is it soaking in? Just wondering. *NM*
    • Well being this was old Testor paint I decide to try the old staple "Wesley's Bleach White" or whatever it's called now a days... The expensive stuff I use for newer paints. I was so surprised this worked out so well. *NM*
      • Thanks. *NM*
  • So, does it still glow in the dark? *NM*
    • No. But I'm pretty sure Frank does. *NM*
      • So that's why he has trouble sleeping at night! LOL!! *NM*
    • I tested it last night and yes it still glows. *NM*
      • So are you painting it or leaving it bare? I remember having that model eons ago. They looked great with just the decals. *NM*
        • Not sure because the rear spoiler was added after paint and you could see the blue tint from the glue blue paint line... If I take the spoiler off I don't know how the body will react to the sanded area. My thought was to paint it white w/ White Lightning over that. *NM*
• New Packages from Ed Fluck Jr, MCW and the Revell Chrome spray just landed *NM*
  • Where? *NM*
  • Cool, what did you get from ED Fluck? He's got some cool stuff. *NM*
• O/T; I thought Dukes of Hazzard was fake..... *LINK*
  • Stupid.... Just plain stupid! *NM*
    • Failure to pay attention will get you every time. *NM*
  • Well, it wasn’t so fake that they didn’t destroy about 200-300 Dodge Chargers. *NM*
  • Why wouldn't the tow truck have flares and stuff out there. Plus only one cop reacting to the wreck? You don't even hear yelling about the crash? Kind of suspect to me. If real I don't want to dis-respect what happen. *NM*
• Funny.....Just picked up four of them from the "Bay" a few months back !!! I was thinking more James Dean but that is sweet racer Marty !! *NM*
• NEETO !!! Thanks for the history lesson !!! *NM*
• Interesting bikes. Thanks for sharing. *NM*
• Wow Curtis I hope mine comes out half as nice as yours did. *NM*
• Bob that came out nice. *NM*
• Is there any way I, or anybody else, can figure out how long we have been participating on this board?? Thanks. *NM*
  • I thought at one time you could click on your "profile" and it showed stats that included something that stated when you were first on the Board (member sense xxxx) ...I do believe that is all gone now ?? *NM*
  • All I know is that it was 2 laptops ago. LOL. *NM*
  • Can’t help you, I guess. But i found the Hobby Heaven board while we lived near Baltimore, waiting for my daughter to be born. She turned 19 in January, so… *NM*
  • I thought it was around 20+ years ago. (I still miss Tom's quarterly catalogs--the BEST before-bed-time relaxant ever.) *NM*
    • Yep, those catalogs were a great resource, I think I started getting them in the late 80's, kept them for yrs, think I started on the HH board in the late 90's or thereabouts, have learnt a lot from here & value the friendship. *NM*
  • I think I started on the board about '96 or '97 *NM*
  • I remember the click off to get to 1 million, about a hundred years ago *NM*
  • Some time prior to Y2K. *NM*
• Here is some pretty amazing large scale farm models. *NM* *LINK*
  • Love to see great modeling of anything. Thanks for posting. *NM*
  • Way, way cool, Wayne. Thanks for posting this stuff. *NM*
• Are you sayin' you gave him the 59? You generous soul. Your part of history! *NM*
  • At this point I had known Arnie for several years so he wasn't a stranger. Anyway, in conversation he offered to pay me for it, he reached into his pocket and rolled out what appeared to be $50. I told him I would not accept that and just to take I only have $8 in **INSIDE**
    • Great story. Thanks for sharing that. We could probably blah, blah, blah about drag strip and short track encounters forever. Still nice gesture to give it up to Arnie. , *NM*
• Shout out to Andyd! Got the parts, Mate!!! And it took only 31 days from Oz to Illinois!! L.O.L. Now, all I gotta do is get in the "modeling mood"!! Three months and counting!! Sheesh! *NM*
  • Need somethin' to get into the modelling mood? Snap into a Slim Jim! Wish it were that easy huh? Any way I can help? *NM*
    • Nah. Thanks anyway, Dan. Just gotta sit back, and WAIT. Been through this before. Last time, took roughly about 6 months. Like I said awhile back, one time had this happen, rushed back into building, 3 kits ended up in the trash bin, put in a VHS tape(Janis), and "chiiled. *NM*
      • Marty send me a package it took 30 days to get to memphis *NM*
        • Stagecoach or Pony Express? L.O.L.Mine was airmail(Ford Tri-motor)? L.O.L. *NM*
      • Just FYI, the VHS tape "Janis" ? As in "Joplin". An hour and thirty six minutes, concerts and interviews..Quite interesting(to me, anyway). *NM*
  • I thought I heard someone yelling early this morning from over where the sun rises...so that was you Boomer!..you got a loud voice mate...lol....pleased the parts arrived..did the bill for the parts 1st class QANTAS seats turn up yet?...lol, all good mate, hope they help. *NM*
    • Nope, no Qantas seat bill. Just as well, cause the wife and I are done flyin'. Been there, done that. No, haven't been to Oz. Too many snakes!! Especially the Eastern Brown. Besides, flyin' nowadays sounds more like a pain in the butt. *NM*
      • I agree bout flying. I've been on between 40 and 50 plane flights in my life, and that's ENUFF!! *NM*
        • Hawaii, Alaska, London, Paris, San Fancisco, Boston, New Orleans(4 times, my- favorite city), Lafayette, La.(Cajun Country-2nd favorite city) San Antonio, and I think that's about it for our "flying vacations". *NM*
        • Give me a good drive anytime.... I don't like the hassel of preparing to fly and the close quarters. *NM*
          • True, but I don't like road trips anymore either. So I'll just stay at home till I'm dead!! *NM*
            • For any of you whose family lives 2000 to 3000 miles from your residence you might fly more whether or not you enjoy flights. My unsolicited 2¢. *NM*
            • Use to be, "fender bender", nobody's hurt, you exchange info. Now, "fender bender", a.k.a. "gunfight at O.K. Corra!", my opinion! *NM*
            • Right there with ya Jim! *NM*
          • New Orleans(first time), Savanna, Georgia(twice), Charleston, South Carolina(twice), Cocoa Beach,Florida(twice) Biloxi, Mississippi(twice),Paonia, Colorado, Memphis,Tenn., & Plattsburg(sp?), New York, by way of Canada. Road trips! *NM*
• IIRC it's Tamiya Gunmetal right out of the jar. Brush painted. *NM*
• Thank you! *NM*
• Want to see a 50 year old model?.....pics..... *LINK*
  • A man ahead of his time. Creative and resourceful. That's a good job. *NM*
  • Cool! You two have been busy in this hobby for a long, productive time. I still remember some of the wild customs. from those days. *NM*
  • Love the chassis detail *NM*
  • Very creative. I am still building wild customs. *NM*
  • impressive work.... *NM*
  • That's a really amazing build. I love the working features! *NM*
  • 50 Years old !! OMG.....Lead Paint / Toxic Glue and Asbestos Seat Covers !!! LOL !!! Kool build though !! *NM*
• Missed you guys!! Haven’t been on much lately, moved into parents’ house in 20 after my Dad passed…
  • Sorry about your Dad. Maybe the modelling will help a little. Keeps the mind busy. Hope you'll feel better. *NM*
• Wow!! You will never convince me that trash truck isn’t real LOL!! *NM*
• Re: Winter to Spring Builds *NM*
• Those are all great builds. *NM*
• Very nice *NM*
• I want to thank everyone for their info on my question about creating a vinyl top and trim. Sorry for the delay been so busy over the weekend and not model building. *NM*
• He also wrote a ton of articles for both Car Model and Model Car Science in the late Sixties-early Seventies. Most were pretty elaborate projects *NM*
• You lost me with your comment "your political BS" verbiage. *NM*
  • Jason, you're very good at criticizing folks AND you never post a build. Maybe if you spent time--constructive time--building some AND POSTED them, this site would benefit. *NM*
    • I don't criticize folks that often,AND Idon't havea way to upload photos ( I now have a cellphone camera...
    • Hmmm... that self-righteous verbiage smel-oops, I mean sounds familiar...izzat you Ken ? *NM*
• A quickie off the bench....pics.....
  • That's pretty nice lookin',for a quickie. Like the monochromatic look. *NM*
  • turned out awful nice & clean, David *NM*
  • Good looking pick'em truck...lol *NM*
  • You know I like it... Smooth body style and right to the point. *NM*
  • Here is one I did from Testors many moons ago - *PIC*
    • You're hitting all of the 90's buttons with this one - very cool! *NM*
  • Looks great!!! *NM*
  • Nice! Wish I could find a 1:1 this clean! *NM*
• Where can one find these Cat tail light in 1/25 scale *NM*
  • I think they came from a '94-'99 Deville. But I don't think there was ever a model kit of that. *NM* *PIC*