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• Welll, here's what I think of the "whole mess"!! *NM*
• I'm working on the new Craftsman '65 GTO kit from AMT..........
  • David, what do you think of the engraving in the interior bucket? *NM*
• My thoughts are...
• A 72 for 7-2
  • NICE!! *NM*
  • That's nice. You've got quite the fleet of lesser (or never seen) replica stock subject material. Keep posting! *NM*
  • Nice Rivi! *NM*
    • Yes it is................ *NM*
  • Nice build. Looks so real. *NM*
  • A real beauty! *NM*
  • BEAUTIFUL! *NM*
  • Gorgeous car. Nice work. *NM*
  • Simply gorgeous!!!! *NM*
  • That's really pretty! *NM*
• Admin - Sounds good -->
• Is anyone else having problems with Fotki loading pics so SLOWLY, or is it just me and my steam powered computer? *NM*
  • I noticed that yesterday. Gaming computer with 2 terabytes of memory on a fiberoptic network and Fotki's still loading like dialup 20 years ago. Sheesh !! *NM*
    • "2 terabytes of memory"? You mean storage? *NM*
      • yes. *NM*
• '72's for 7/2....pics.....
  • I know it fought you…but I love the purple one!!! :) *NM*
    • X 2! I wish Round 2 would backdate the Gremlin. Shouldn't take much. Grill, bumpers and valance panels (latter of which may still be in the tool). *NM*
  • Very nice work. Good job on the detailing. Got em' lookin' like promos. *NM*
  • Boy, your Cutlass sure turned out a lot nicer than mine. *NM*
  • Nice builds David!! *NM*
    • X2
  • Really good builds. Is the Gremlin a resin conversion? *NM*
    • Yes. Resin body with AMT '76 (?) Gremlin chassis and interior. I put in a 6 banger from an MPC Pacer kit. *NM*
  • Always loved that Grimmie!!!! *NM*
• Future of the board discussion thread
• Just got home from the East Coast Hobby Expo held in South Tweed Heads,Australia,I actually got the peoples choice award for my Mono Big Deuce,the 1978 issue that I finally finished about 18mths ago from an old glue bomb, pics maybe on facebook, not sure. *NM*
  • CONGRAT's my friend..... *NM*
    • Ditto!!!! *NM*
  • Andy, email me the pics. I'll post them for you here.....if that's OK with you. *NM*
  • X's 3 *NM*
• Almost forgot about this one 1970 Thunderbird, so will sneak it in here a bit late. *PIC*
  • Nice bird. Good job. *NM*
  • My HS girlfriend had one Light Blue w/dark blue interior..... Always thought it was kind of space age design with the rounded rear seating and the dash. Rounding may be the wrong word but that's the only thing I can think of. *NM*
  • Nicely done!!!! *NM*
  • Nice T-bird! *NM*
• Since we're talking about it anyway, here's an update
  • Wow! You're not only ON it, you're all over it! Thanks for all you do and are doing, Looking forward to the future. *NM*
  • I'm pretty much satisfied with the way it is now, especially with the no ads all over the place. I don't have a problem with posting photos, but then I already have a photo site for storage since I take (or did) a lot of photos. *NM*
    • To clarify- regardless of the new solution you'll still be able to use external photo hosting and we'll never have 3rd party ads. (You may still see the banner of a few Spotlight kits) *NM*
  • I've been on & off this board since the 1990's & really appreciate all those who contribute to it & are responsible for it...I would hope that it still remains my go to place for model car info & friendship..........thanks from 10,000 miles away, Andy Douglas *NM*
  • This is great information…
  • Thanks very much for all your work and you do with getting the info out there to us. This is what I (that you've given me) have and greatly appreciated because of my simple life. Just remember like me and I'm sure a lot of us my VCR is still flashing 12. Thanks *NM*
  • Comments from a long time lurker and occassional poster
  • Thanks for sharing the current thinking......
  • Ultimately, the board needs to serve the business purposes of Spotlight
  • My two cents....
  • Thanks for the update. I have resisted posting a response to this thread, mainly because the original post p****d me off so much, but here it goes....
• A couple of 70's for 7/1 pics.
  • You wouldn't happen to have a pic of that Javelin in the sun would you? *NM*
    • Re:how about this?pic
      • Very, very cool! Thanks. *NM*
      • Those are very nice builds. The Javelin is great! *NM*
  • Outstanding builds, Curtis--paint, decaling, fit & finish, BMF, etc., everything done to perfection. *NM*
  • Looking good! *NM*
  • Nice Firebird! *NM*
  • Dang are those beautiful. *NM*
  • 70 Javelins, good looking Pony car. *NM*
  • Thanks for the kind words everyone. :-) *NM*
  • The Firebird is nice, but the Javelin is truly spectacular!!!! . *NM*
• Yet ANOTHER reason to refuse to use that stupid voluntary spy site *NM*
• 71 Bond Bug (they were all the same from 70-74) *LINK* *PIC*
  • This one belongs to Cliff Read's twin brother Larry... It was a ground up restoration... *PIC*
    • Awesome. I still make rumblings about doing one with an interior and maybe even chassis and engine detail. As if I need another endless project. *NM*
• Autocar U-7144 Installment #3
  • Re: Autocar U-7144 Installment #3A
    • Excuse my grin. I never worry about you not paying attention to detail. It looks so lifeless right now. But I'm already imagining how cool it will be when your done. *NM*
  • Man Charlie you stay busy with that machine work..... Astounding *NM*
  • Have you thought of doing an all-brass build of some kind, just to leave unpainted? :-) *NM*
    • Not really, Brian. I like seeing the project through to the end. I save in-progress pix in a project file. *NM*
• '71's for 7/1....pics....
  • All VERY nice, David!!! *NM*
  • How did they all wind up being Mopars? Nice collection. *NM*
  • WOW!! *NM*
  • Those are great! It was a very good year. Nice builds all the way around. *NM*
  • WOW I had forgotten about a few of those. Just remember me if you ever decide to get out of it. LOL! Don't you even think about it *NM*
    • Getting out of it I mean. *NM*
  • What a great collection of 71's. *NM*
  • That's an impressive bevy of beauties. I love it when a builder includes the engine detailing. Great work. *NM*
  • I hadn't seen that white Duster before. Very nice, and the colors really work together. *NM*
  • Dave, not only do you build great models, you take really good pics. The green duster is my favorite, followed by the white one. Keep up the great work. *NM*
• I bought a spray can of Tamiya PS-61 Metallic Orange at a not so local hobby shop. Now I see it's meant for RC clear bodies. Anyone try this type of paint on a styrene body? *NM*
  • I THINK it will work on plastic kit body...but is dead flat and a little rough as it is intended to be sprayed inside a clear body. Test it...... *NM*
  • Must be used over a good primer base too. *NM*
  • You’ll definitely want to prime/protect the styrene. The paint was hot and made to bite into the RC clear bodies. *NM*
  • I'll probably return it and get a different can of paint. Plus it'll give me a "legitimate reason" to go back. 😁 *NM*
• I completed the advance kit review build on Thursday and submitted the article yesterday. It should appear sometime week after next. I am now working on a supplement "Snapshot" with building and detailing hints.....I'll let you all know when the kit review appears....TB *NM*
  • Thanks. *NM*
  • Thanks for the work you do keeping us in the know. *NM*
• Does anyone have contact info for Paul's Model Truck Parts? I understand he took over from Scenes Unlimited. *NM*
  • I’ve been emailing him here , waiting for some other parts site he took over to be loads to his site *NM* *LINK*
• A 70 & a 71 for 7-1, longroof edition
  • Ed, those are really, really nicely done! Congrats....TIM *NM*
  • The Ford is fantastic, but that Chevy is WOW.... Over the top gorgeous!!! *NM*
  • Cool wagons! I need to learn how to make backdrops like yours. *NM*
  • Two very nice longroofs! *NM*
  • Wow. *NM*
  • Once owned a Caprice Estate Wagon same as your model. *NM*
  • Nice builds!! *NM*
  • Couple of very realistic cleanly done builds. Good job. *NM*
  • Fantastic on all counts..... especially on the Chevy wagon.... I may be partial I had a Malibu wagon same colors. *NM*
  • Both are great wagons builds and congrats on the award years ago. Definitely well worth the award. *NM*
  • Don't make me stop this car! First one to cross the line is not going in the pool when we get to TraveLodge! *NM*
• Most recent kits with the classic Monogram insert whitewalls and slicks?
  • Bandits might be the most recent one. Revell tooled a replacement tire for the '59/'60 Chevy kits, and I think the later issue '55 kits have different tires also *NM*
    • Thank you I will look - assume the T-Bird has the originals, perhaps the '57 Corvette? *NM*
      • Those have the taller/narrower ones *NM*
        • Similar to what I was remembering, thanks - will be ransacking a few boxes *NM*
  • I think Replicas & Miniatures may have them *NM*
  • The current issue of the '56 Chevy Del Ray 2-in-1....
    • Aha - thank you! *NM*
• QUESTION: Italeri is issuing the Opel Blitz straight truck. Don't the truck folks use it as the basis/donor for other 30's - 50's trucks, or am I sideways about this? *NM*
  • There's a lot of good bits and pieces in the kit. *NM*
  • Great starting point for a vintage build or scratch
    • Along with the Bedford, I think it was based off the Chevy 6. *NM*
    • From what I gather, the engine is different from the US engines. It is metric, for starters. *NM*
  • I've used some parts from this kit. detail is good. The cab is strictly Euro styling but does resemble a 1950's vintage Ward LaFrance a little. Some adjustments needed on some parts to make them into US design. *NM*
  • People do use the chassis and wheels, but in the end they are a bit different from US practice. Althought a GM division they did their own thing. *NM*
  • For reference here is a 1940s Chevrolet chassis. *LINK* *PIC*
  • Thanks so much to all of you. I'd be lost w/o this resource. You folks have helped me improve so much over the years. *NM*
• So glad I was able to hold my tongue long enough to see those with mature attitudes and better vocabularies respond. *NM*
• Perhaps a bit brusque - but a worthwhile discussion
  • I recall the discussion of the word "brusque" on the old board 20 years ago or so. *NM*
    • I have been called "brusque". *NM*
      • Isn't a "brusque" the tool thee uses to apply painte to a parte in order to make it a different colour?. *NM*
• Happy Birthday!! *NM*
• 2017-08-17 Hall of Flame I had never loaded this file or posted it so since I did for the Hot Shots vehicle decided I might as well do the whole thing. These is more the non motorized rigs. I been thinking that I need to get back over there and see what's changed. *LINK* *PIC*
  • Great pictures, Wayne! Yes, you must get back to see us! A LOT has changed. There are some great stories about the rigs you've pictured, and a lot of new things as well. We have about 130-140 fire trucks, including FDNY Rescue 4 - the only heavy rescue truck that
    • From a long time ago, I was given a "used" FDNY & a "used" NYPD ball cap, from a NYPD "street cop". I threw a $20.00 bill in the barrel. We talked about 911, and as I walked away, he said, "Hey, Corrections, catch"!!! I walked over to a park bench, and cried. YES, grown
    • Just checked and it was 2012 when I shot most of the motorized rigs. Just need to get my walking and back in better shape. I posted that set a long time ago, would anybody like for me to post them again? *NM*
• More "Asteroid City" behind the scenes fun *LINK*
  • Also see the YT channel for other behind the scenes videos. Various movie and TV show special effects. *NM* *LINK*
  • I said it before about this type of work............ WHAT A KOOL JOB! *NM*
• Archived forums can have their own downsides...
• Friday Evening Randomness..... ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
  • Right on the money, Marty! The "pic" with the "kids of the early '50's", brought a tear to this old man's eye!! 1951, I was a high school freshman !! *NM*
  • Good variety of subjects and pics. Nice back story shot of your early model cars exposure ;^) *NM*
  • Nice models, nice cars, Great pictures. Thanks for the show. *NM*
  • The '65 Chevy II 2dr wagon's a neat idea. But for how badly the Chevelle 2dr wagon sold in those years, it would have been a neat production vehicle *NM*
    • Stuff I would have bought except I was rocking a bicycle then *NM*
  • Love dem Packards!!....and that '73 Chevelle is pretty hot as well. Thanks Marty. *NM*
  • Great stuff. I really like that you include your dads old pics. I bet that scratch built dragster didn't stay on the coffee table after you got mobile as a kid. *NM*
    • Funny how that 'imprinting' works... got a pic here somewhere of me in a crib with dad's model shelf hanging on the wall above it :) Great pics Marty! *NM*
  • Great PICS Thanks Marty!! *NM*
  • Another great group, Marty. Love the Throwback pics. Your dad and I have a bit on common...! *PIC*
  • I like the old time pics and the dad pic. Is he still alive? *NM*
    • Sadly, no.... Dad passed away 10 years ago this September....
      • Sorry to hear that. *NM*
• Message boards ARE part of social media. *NM*
• JR Rodriquez was inquiring what I used and did to make a good bottom for SLAMMERS... Maybe this will help others interested in doing a few. PIX and thanks for looking
  • Those are nice. *NM*
  • I'm guessing the plastic square tubing for the axle is the Plastruct one with a hole through it for a metal axle? :-) *NM* *PIC*
    • Yes it is................ *NM*
  • Need a like button for these, great way to handle a slammer chassis project. And the Corvette FCs just melt my butter! *NM*
  • That's putting extra parts to good use! Thx for posting Frank. *NM*
• I was totally out of line with my post. I'm really sorry. However.......
  • You haven't been the only one wondering where the crowd went. There have been other recent posts asking the same thing...
  • I don’t think you were out of line. I like seeing whatever builds people post, innovative or not, and prefer this board to any of the FB groups. My only gripe is the picture posting procedure, but you have to take the bitter with the sweet. *NM*
• Ten Years Ago Today . . .Some Gave All *LINK* *PIC*
  • One of their trucks is at the Hall of Flame in Phoenix, John Ackerman told me the other (7A) is in the LA County Fire Museum. *PIC*
    • Well, yes, and no. Those pictures are early . . . really early! We have 7A at the Hall of Flame; 7B is in the LA County Fire Museum. Story:Re: One of their trucks is at the Hall of Flame in Phoenix, John Ackerman told me the other (7A) is in the LA County Fire Museum.
      • I shot the photos in August 2917. Thanks for the clarification. I knew John came up here and there was some swapping around going on. I was working at the time so we never got a chance to meet up during that time. I think he's still on the board at the LA Museum since
        • Cool. Check out this short video promo we shot today. *NM* *LINK*
          • Good video. *NM*
        • Lets try August 2017. *NM*
          • ;^) I knew what you meant. *NM*
• Sometimes I like to see just a stock build. Does everything have to be…”Look at my ‘incredible’ talent! I just built this thing out of tooth-picks!”. *NM*
• That came out really nice! *NM*
• Nice slammers, Frank! What type of chassis's are under them? I have a couple of FC's I'd like to do this way. *NM*
  • Reply in above post. *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • The picture of the Daytona is at Keystone Dragways in Manitoba Canada Driver and owner is Dennis Darling of La Rivere Manitoba.. *NM*
  • Thanks for the pics Bill. Always a treat. *NM*
  • Nice stuff.... Looking at the Turbine Car I have a registry some place that I kept because it had all the names that Turbine Car went to and a family in Rockford IL (I live) to use/test whatever they called it back then. *NM*
  • Great *PICS* Bill!! *NM*
  • That Charger Daytona drag racer really looks good with the mags and custom paint job *NM*
  • So many great pics! *NM*
• Thank you for all the nice comments *NM*
• I'm looking forward, too - I recall a ride in one with my father
  • Bob...just wait till you see the detail they incorporated in the kit. Even the valve cover inspection tag with the completely correct number sequence and font...TB *NM*
    • Sounds like they were huffing some of that Dearborn-ness
• I hope he is well and enjoying retirement. *NM*
  • Dittos! *NM*
• Facebook has too many god-like entities.
• Model Show from Australia - something for everyone *LINK*
  • Wow, some good stuff there, The SF is really excellent, like the Hal 9000. The 'Milk Stop' diorama is great. Should have got one of the "Shaun' Rover kits when they were around. *NM*
• Haven't seen anybody mention that Misao Hiro, founder of Model Factory Hiro passed away recently. *NM*
  • Sorry to hear that - the kits are epic *NM*
• Car Show Pix, NSRA Pueblo CO June 23-25 *PIX* and *LINK*
  • Wow! Some great looking cars and trucks, besides your own gorgeous truck. Thanks so much for the pics, and Good Luck in the contest. *NM*
  • Thanks for the pics. Some fine rides in there. *NM*
• Those are really nice and clean looking. *NM*
• Nice build Gary. Research is have the fun. *NM*
• EIGHT!! *NM*
• Re: My Nichols worth..as you know I have been part of the board for a long time....
• Fantastic build!!! *NM*
• Well... *PICS*
  • I like blue *NM*
  • OEM blue or not, that blue really pops. *NM*
  • Nice, that's pretty close to the blues on my current and previous Focuses (Focui?). *NM*
  • Nice little runabout. You did a good job on the build. *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Terry!! *NM*
  • A rare bird, but good to see an example of what is becoming a very common vehicle type in the "real world" these days. Good job! *NM*
• My attempt to replicate "Ace", my 70 Challenger *PIC*
  • Looks good to me. Both of them. *NM*
  • Not that bad to me either. *NM*
• Thanks for posting this. My other hobby is model railroading in that time period. It's grand to see such an outstanding example of functional model building. *NM*
• x2. There's plenty of room for all types of model building in this hobby...TB *NM*
• "AMEN" from this corner...TB *NM*
• Ford called special paint cars "PTO" (paint and trim orders) and they typically included a "WTxxxx" tag number, referencing a color in the Ford Fleet Colors manual. In the video, you see a glimpse of the WT tag for this car...referencing the Ford Fleet Colors book...
  • Were all of those wild colors for pass car from the Fleet mix-o-matic?
• My research also says the same thing (see my "Ford Muscle Colors" article back in SA in the early 2000's)...good to know our reference sources agree on this! Best...TB *NM*
• Been lurking here since 1999, see no need to change it *NM*
• The general gist of what you're saying isn't wrong, but the language you used to make your argument will certainly ruffle some feathers *NM*
• I can't say that I agree with your criticisms, as I see all kinds of builds happening here. I choose not to do fakebook, or social media in general, for so many reasons that I feel I don't need to explain (because it's obvious). As for other forums...
• I like how the tires fill the wheel well perfectly *NM*
• Slam dunk slammers! *NM*
• Many of us come here because we did business with Tom Carter prior to social media. Posts by those with inside industry contact and modeling journalists are a plus. Social media is for dopamine junkies. *NM*
• Frank, you have hair??? LOL *NM*
  • Yeaaah I've got some just a little off center.... But between the hair in my ears, nose make up for the head hair. And yes I'm still a bit vane so I keep it trimmed up. I'm not crazy about that Party Favor Look *NM*
• Good looking models! The thought came to me if real cats were around one of these cars when they fired them up. LOL *NM*
• From one of those old guys...social media has done enough damage in this country..we don't need it here. Some things are ok jusst as they are. I don't need pictures of what someone was going to eat on my screen. Nor do I need people that haven't been around the block telling
  • Ain't that the truth *NM*
    • I agree completely! *NM*
• I agree with everything Bill said, except for the photo posting. I've got no problems with it. I can't believe someone would think the confusing format of something like Facebook is better than this format. Plus how many times does the "ruined paintjob" problem need to be