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• Shameful part request. I need 2 lower rear valance panels for the Donnie Allison/Model King ? 1971 Mercury Cyclone stock cars. Thanks everyone. *NM*
• Tamiya 1/6 Honda CB750F *PICS*
  • I like the showroom finish on the engine. Cool model! *NM*
  • Nice motorcycle, where's the model? Seriously, that's a fantastic build! *NM*
  • That could pass as the 1:1 bike, nothing to indicate a model, an exceptional clean build. *NM*
  • Beautiful build. I really like the lic plate as well. *NM*
• There was a toy collector store in San Antonio back in 2008, that had a CASE of AFMT Thomas Flyer kits back then. Didn'tbuy one, but on a return trip there in 2012 or so (IPMS contest), I asked Terry Love about them, and he told me they were "gone". Turns out, he was right!
• Which 1/8 Monogram kits had the reverse steel wheels with the tasty detail?
  • Might have been the Big Drag, but I seem to recall none of the kits with those wheels had more than two. They were available separately in pairs also *NM*
  • What do you mean by "tasty details"? *NM*
  • The Big T, the Big Rod, the Big Tub, and the Big Drag each had two of the reversed steelies. The steelies were chromed in all but the Big T. *NM*
    • There was also a Parts Pack that had two chromed steelies and two chromed 5-spokes. *NM*
      • Oops, the Big T had 4 of the steelies, unchromed. *NM*
• Think that's my parents' '65 Coronet 440 2-door hardtop, in line behind the 2-tone HT on the line.
• FOUND! New photo's of Ford concept cars. *NM* *LINK*
  • Great find, David! Thank you for posting...
• Rommel's Rod...*PICS*
  • I like TD kits too. Always felt this model wouldn't look right unless it was weathered and you did a great job! *NM*
  • One of the biggest surprises whem they retool kit.......
    • I first met Lastovich when Revell had a booth at the IPMS Nationals in Dallas, Texas back in 2000. I quizzed him on the test shot of the Chrysler PT Cruiser on display.
• OK Moebius, it's time to step up! *NM* *LINK*
  • I agree. *NM*
    • X2 *NM*
      • X3!! *NM*
  • Agree, but Lindberg did the 64 Belvedere H/top...how about any 67 to 71 Fury H/top? *NM*
    • Sadly, no. Jo-Han 67-68 Furys and MPC 65-66 Dodge were it. *NM*
      • I'd also like to see a '63 Plymouth Belvedere kit with a 426 Max Wedge...
• Christmas Lights.... *PICS*
  • Northern Lights is on my list....... *NM*
    • I have only see seen them one time here in Northern Illinois..
  • At least that cruiser was clean! *NM*
    • ;^) *NM*
  • Cool! Too much light pollution around here for us to see them but we have seen them in Maine! *NM*
• By request... *PIC*
  • Thanks...I love it...and Calvin. *NM*
  • I've always just loved that! Thanks! *NM*
• Since most here are requesting mid - 60's to mid -70's American iron and I usually go for brass era or little weird Euro or Asian stuff; thought I'd make my head hurt and come up with some more modern American items I wouldn't mind seeing a kit of. *PIC*
  • Not a loser in the bunch.... As a matter of fact, to this day, I cannot understand why we never got the Crossfire or Solstice in a 1/25 scale kits. *NM*
    • Or the European version (Opel GT) in 1/24 scale *NM*
      • Or the Saturn Sky *NM*
  • The Checker would be an interesting kit,also any 30's/40's or 50's car,say a GM 2dr fastback,any 4dr H/top wagon,an Airflow Coupe,41-48 Chrysler 3W Bus Coupe,a full detail Muira,Espada,Interceptor,Iso Lele,Pantera,Mangusta or Holden Efijy. *NM*
  • I'd love to see a Crossfire. There are a couple that live in my neighborhood. *NM*
    • Wasn't there a Crossfire kit based on an unassembled diecast? Think Testors did the model. I have a Checker in resin.
      • There was also a 1/24 Solstice in diecast (Mastio?).... I have one, but not being one of the Reed brothers, I can't modify it the way I'd like. *NM*
  • Given how many kitbashes and slammers stuff like the Alumna-Coupe spawned, always thought at least a resin EV-1 would have made sense *NM*
• ON THE BENCH... Moving forward in between projects and it was time enough for it to have gassed out. Painted with enamel old Testor Boyd color. PIX and thanks for looking
  • coming along real good glad you could do something with it *NM*
  • Looks real good Frank. did you try the Future on the Revell chrome? I've seen it done but I don't have any so haven't tried it myself. , , , BTW, you know now Round 2 will be announcing a reissue now that you've done this. LOL *NM*
    • Haven't tried that maybe I do a little bit on these and see how it works. To expensive of a paint to take chances. I'll give it a shot and post when I do. *NM*
  • Nice save on one of my favorite muscle cars *NM*
  • Nice save, Frank! *NM*
  • Great save on a very rare kit
• Nomad...
  • Seems like "Nomad" would be a perfect name for a utility vehicle...why GM hasn't used it again is beyond me *NM*
  • I LIKE IT!!! Being an x-owner of a Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon I regret selling it. I've been looking for another one but kind of hard to find a low mileage one at reasonable money. May have to check into the Buick Regal Touring wagon with low miles. PIX
    • I was considering buying the Buick when new but didn't because it was soon to be an orphan. *LINK*
      • '78 was the first year for the 'Buick/Opel' built by Isuzu.
  • With the Stainless Steel top is a reminder of a 1980 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz I owned back in 83. *NM*
    • I had an '83 El Do Biarritz , one of the best looking modern cars ever built IMHO. *NM*
• Sharing a couple of survivors...pics
  • So cool! Now there is a kit that the folks at Round 2 need to 'fix up' and re-issue! *NM*
    • And include everything that was ever in that kit. I can't stop building chopped top '36s. *NM*
      • If it was up to me.....
        • Ah...but you're forgetting the roadster. *NM*
          • Okay.... An all new roadster body, with stock and chopped windshields and stock and Carson style up tops would be awesome! *NM*
      • Here's a how-to chop a '36 Ford roof (not my model, from a French board)... I've always found the kit chopped roof a bit too radical, this top chop is just right... The Goldilocks compromise... *NM*
        • Oops... Here's the link... *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
          • I LIKE IT!!! and it looks great. *NM*
  • Love the story, Bob. *NM*
    • Me, too! *NM*
  • If that was mine, I'd put it on the shelf exactly the way it is. Hope you did. *NM*
    • I did. With it's history, I couldn't bear to mess with it. *NM*
  • Very cool that you have such an early survivor... Hard telling what I might still have have, if my little brother hadn't destroyed them on the "pool table of death". *NM*
    • I feel your pain. Similar thing happened to me...
  • Don't throw out the Beanie Babies, some are worth a lot of money.. *NM*
    • Some Beanie Babies used to be worth s lot of money. *NM*
• We've had reissues of the MPC Pro Stock Vega's and Mustang II's. any chance the Pinto might reappear? *NM*
  • Since the MPC kits had V8s I would go for a couple of those. *NM*
• '57 Chevy pickup update,,, candy brown paint , , [PICS]
  • Nice colors and I love the rims and stance! *NM*
  • Very nice!! *NM*
  • Perfect stance. *NM*
  • NICE! I bet that really POPS in the sunlight!! *NM*
  • BEAUTIFUL!... I sure wish Round2 would release the '57 Cameo again. *NM*
  • These photos make me think that CAMS needs two Cameo trucks on the table in May. Beuatiful work as always Jedi master. *NM*
    • "Beautiful" *NM*
    • ,,Or maybe a GMC Steve-O?? , , , , BTW, do you have a new phone# with the new job? I tried calling a couple weekends ago but couldn't get through. *NM*
  • Got the 'gotcha' right there. Terrific looking build so far! *NM*
• Musing on potential Round2/MPC reissues - the remaining Super Stocker short track series. Would they be popular enough to justify cloning the Camaro, Mustang, Chevelle, and Barracuda bodies?
  • Let's just say they have been brought up at R2..........any info more than that someone in the know will need to chime in. *NM*
    • Well, the fact that they have been discussed is encouraging… fingers crossed. These were among my favourite kits back in the day and I’d love to see them again. *NM*
  • Sorry, forgot to indicate that there are *PICS* in my post above. *NM*
  • I guess it would depend on how well the GTO and Monte were selling
    • Business case goes without saying. I don’t have that info but thought it would be interesting to discuss… *NM*
  • I really want these cars that we haven't seen in a long time. *NM*
  • It wouldn't be tough to find Camaros, Mustangs, and Chevelles (started/built ones will do) to cut up for bodies. I always thought the 'Cuda was an oddball, especially with the AMT Mopar Kit cars out there *NM*
    • But, IMHO, the Cuda is the coolest one of the bunch! *NM*
      • Yeah, and I recall Mopar bodied short track cars that weren’t kit cars. Not everybody had the cash to put out for a new kit car. Often people would buy a used race car and rebody it. Plus weren’t the kit cars later than the Super Stocker series? *NM*
        • I heard the Kit Car program started after a couple of Chrysler guys went to a short track, and saw only Chevies and one Ford in that night's field...not a Mopar in sight *NM*
          • yep, years ago Bill Coulter did a story in SAE about the whole Kit Car progam-remember as a kid seeing a few of em running at our local tracks *NM*
          • I recall a time when almost every short track car was Camaro bodied, but there were also a few Mopars around. My point is that the Barracuda was not out to lunch, even if not common. The kit cars were a nice package and worked well when set up right. They won a lot. *NM*
            • Besides, in the model car world, the Barracuda made a sharp looking race car, which is really all that mattered…. ;-) *NM*
            • Chryco worked closely with some known short track racers to get the Kit Kar right
              • Some local dirt track racer named Dale Earnhardt helped them . First Kit Car wore a Challenger body. Buddy Baker drove the Dart Sport Kit Car that Car and Driver had built.
                • This is the Car and Driver issue with the Dart they built *NM* *PIC*
    • That’s true for any stock car, really, and I’ve done a few like that. For me, the original body mods done with decals and box art is just cool and nostalgic. I don’t know if there’s a business case for it but luckily that’s not my decision… *NM*
    • I'm totally on board, especially the camaro and cuda
  • Surprised with the Monte and GTO re-issues no one re popped the other bodies in resin, wasnt the base chassis and engine shared in them or did the cuda and mustang have mopar and ford engines? *NM*
    • All big block Chevys. *NM*
    • A couple of those cars had a different rear suspension setup, but all of the reissues use one set of parts *NM*
• What was the online site where you can design 3D parts.....it was for beginners.Thx *NM*
  • Tinkercad? *NM*
  • Sketchup? *LINK*
    • Thanks guys.....tinkercad is the one I tried a while back *NM*
  • I was just using Tinkercad to design a truck box today........ *NM* *PIC*
    • Nice....took me and hour to draw a cube with a negative space.......need LOTS more practice!! *NM*
• ON THE BENCH...Moving my 66 BUICK GS forward, finally got my teardrop and nail head for the build. Up on wheels and actually ready to paint. Hope I can do it tonight.PIX and thanks for looking
  • tear drop hood looks good on it .How's the Cyclone coming ? *NM*
    • Cyclone is ready for assembly.... I looks so good, probably in the next few days I should have it buttoned up. I was giving the enamel several days to gas out. Thanks *NM*
  • Yer killin' me Frank.... Now I'm gonna have to drag this thing out for the WTH Motorsports treatment... *PIC*
    • You see everybody it's not me.... I really think you should try to come out and play. THERE'S NO CRYING IN MODELING. I know kind of corny but true. *NM*
  • I have a "mental block" when it comes to those teardrop scoops... I can only see them being used on '63 Fords on up... *NM*
    • No most make that mistake but at least in this part of the world teardrops were put on almost anything... Ford brought it to the forefront because at the time what else did you have other than a Pro Stock snorkel. **INSIDE**
      • Here is a few non-Ford's
        • SORRY Re: Here are a few non-Ford's *NM*
          • Yes best known for Ford models but after they made the rounds I'm not so sure it was exclusive to only Ford's as above pictures show. I can't remember the guys name (Lived across town and he hung out with a different crowd) The guy I'm thinkg about had one on his 66 Chevelle *NM*
            • From above post: He was older than I was but not by much... I always remember him thumping thru the drive in looking for a race. I say older because he appeared to have money to spend. A few unsuspecting souls would go out after him only to come back with hurt feeling. *NM*
            • Back when I was a highschool freshman, I had an older buddy from the next town over, who had a '56 Chevy sedan, that had a teardrop scoop. It was an old drag car (gasser), with a full glass tilt front that had the scoop molded in by the maker....
              • Another example... One of my local favorites from the 70's... Mike Peppers shorty 56 Chevy Wagon... *PIC*
      • I remember seeing a 65-66 Red Notchback Mustang with a teardrop hood in my neighborhood around '68. Sounded good but I never saw under the hood. *NM*
    • I'm with you Raymond. *NM*
    • I'd have reservations about how those would work as a scoop. The original Ford application uses them as blisters; the holes at the back are there to vent hot air. The intakes were in the grille *NM*
      • That's what the plan is but coming up with the hosing may be a challenge , but I will give it thee old college try. *NM*
  • Very cool! Love that it has a nailhead rather than the typical BBC. *NM*
  • 66 Skylark...joint project...
  • Cool deal Frank, I've got a gold one with black vinyl top that Albert built! Me and him many a Buick bull sessions back in the day! Still miss him! *NM*
  • Heck, go for the injectors! #tvtommy *NM*
• GOT MY TIRES TODAY SCOTT LIGGETT... Thank You Thank You I could tell right away they were smaller . Thanks so much. *NM*
  • You're very welcome Frank. I'm glad that I could help out. *NM*
• I only have a problem with people who aren't capable of disagreeing respectfully. They substitute name-calling for a credible argument. *NM*
• I built one of those AT-STs (along with the Darth Vader figure for Ertl... *PIC*
• Sorry I didn't post earlier but this week I received my '62-'64 Dodge short box kit from Spotlight Hobbies... What a labor of love...
  • I got mine last week, and you are correct, it is pretty nice. Lots of work, though. *NM*
    • I forgot to mention the nice little dusting brush gift so now my wife can get back her blush brush.... LOL *NM*
  • Nice to hear that it’s as good as it looks in the pics. I see the long bed is showing sold out already. Hopefully they will be restocked.
• Love the pic of Landy's '68 Charger. Why? Because the Charger III is behind it! *NM*
• Kool Pix , thanks for posting. Heard from a reputable source that the Landy A/FX is for sale again. Have no doubt it'll sale for more than I have. *NM*
• Grocery Getter or Bringer?
  • Outstanding!!!! *NM*
    • Where’s the model? Wow! *NM*
  • Excellent build, Tim. *NM*
  • Wow!! That turned out great!! *NM*
  • Wow, look so real! Fantastic models! *NM*
  • A&P Markets!! Haven't heard of them in a loooong time! *NM*
  • Super job! Very realistic. *NM*
  • Tim, really nice work, I love the little details like the fuel spilt on the tanks, smoke stains on the top edge of the trailer, well done & thought out. *NM*
  • Though my dad had his bodega (More of a neighborhood grocery store) when we grew up in the Bronx every now and then we went to an A&P. I remember those trucks unloading. Great Job. *NM*
  • The realism is perfection.. Great work! *NM*
  • Those of you who remember A & P know what the letters stood for, right? *NM*
    • Re: Those of you who remember A & P know what the letters stood for, right?
      • Uh, I think that it's a slang reference to female anatomy that I won't mention here. *NM*
  • That’s nothing short of awesome! I thought the first pic was the 1:1, until I read the caption! *NM*
  • That's a nice build and display. *NM*
• Love the graffiti wall RR theme graphics! *NM* *PIC*
• Re: Freaky Friday....*PICS*
  • And how long have I known to delete the Subject box text and start my post there?? Doh! *NM*
• I like the conversational format here. The big blowup of each post on FB works, but imagine if each one of the posts for this week here had their own box, each popping out as a separate thing and all into separate categorized listings, etc. instead of the easily viewed few
  • Agreed, the relationship with Tom and now Matt and Dawn make this my go to place of contentment. *NM*
• I hear of people who win an antique car in a raffle, only for the taxes and fees to be more than they can afford. *NM*
• I think we lost some people when Tom C. retired and quit moderating this board. *NM*
  • That would be a shame but people are strange. At least I am and most of the people here are too. *NM*
  • People have came and gone all along. Time marches on. *NM*
• Oddly enough, the tone of my former club's monthly meetings paralelled that of FB at times, sometimes unpleasant. *NM*
• One of my friends (who happens to be a regular there) told me he couldn't follow our board, the way it's formatted. Didn't make much sense to me. :-) *NM*
• New Project #3
  • Nice. *NM*
  • Love all the diamond plate *NM*
  • Incredible as usual! *NM*
• Second that... and sorry to all but I've had so much on my bench that I don't know which way to turn first but it appears that I may have to break down and post those. *NM*
• Man I like that 73 Pro Street Duster... But being a once owner of a 70' 340 I like Duster's. Tim Boyd should be liking that one as well. *NM*
• Thanks Bill!! *NM*
• If the Star Gate Thingy you talk about is that gold fat thing I believe it's from The 5th Element one of the aliens that left the Infinity Stones. If that's that the one. *NM*
  • Your 100% right. All of those aliens look alike to me. *NM*
  • The Mondoshawans... *NM*
• Friday Evening Randomness..... ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
  • Great selection as always, Marty. I especially like the Packard and Ford Woody wagons. *NM*
  • Thanks Marty! *NM*
  • Dig the "Dog Catcher" and the 57' Pro Chevy... Sorry I couldn't help myself. But really Custom Vette's (well done ones) really float my boat. *NM*
    • LOL....... Don't throw your shoulder out, patting yourself on the back, Frank!!!! Seriously though, that red pro street 57 is just too nice.... Can't believe that I hadn't seen it before that day. *NM*
      • Dang you Marty just as you said that I threw my shoulder out, now I'm laid up for a few days. That 57 dates back to the beginning of the Rkfd Club and I really didn't know you and it has been the rounds so I seldom bring it out anymore. *NM*
        • That was one the cars that survived my fire cause it was in the house not the garage. I had about 30 cars in the house from the show we hosted that Sunday before. *NM*
  • I always liked your take on the Club de Mer! Way cool! *NM*
  • What engine would have been in the black sprint car?...triple carb/injectors make me think a 6, also curious that it has a right hand drag link, thought that was only done here in Oz? *NM*
    • Looks like a 3/4 midget, too small to be a sprint. I won't even guess as to the powerplant *NM*
  • And then theres a pic of a 1970 VG Series Valiant Ute, with the "Hemi 6"......Marty you are a tease........lol...thanks. *NM*
  • Dig that green Cougar!! How do you juist go out and acquire a Fiberglass Cougar body? *NM*
  • Nice Show! Thanks. *NM*