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• 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*
• 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*
• 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
  • 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*
• 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*
    • 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*
• 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'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...
• 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*
• 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.
• 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*
• New Project #3
  • Nice. *NM*
  • Love all the diamond plate *NM*
  • Incredible as usual! *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*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Awesome pics as always. Lots of cool projects. *NM*
  • Bill, nice selection...I'll take the DeSoto Convertible & 69 Fury H/top........can I pay with card?.....is delivery available?........lol. *NM*
  • Thanks Bill!! *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*
  • Love the graffiti wall RR theme graphics! *NM* *PIC*
  • 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*
  • Love the pic of Landy's '68 Charger. Why? Because the Charger III is behind it! *NM*
• Nice job David...one of my favorite body styles. *NM*
  • The '68/'69 is my favorite too. *NM*
• Oh yeah...that's nice! *NM*
• Freaky Friday....*PICS*
  • Nice work! I'm just about ready to glue my porta-potty together but afraid it's going to be tricky. *NM*
  • Where's your Calvin flying saucer? *NM*
  • Cool stuff, as always :) *NM*
  • Goofy?...lol...you weren't kidding,.....where do you find a model of a porta -potty?.......lol.......neat. *NM*
  • I didn't know there was a kit of the Star Gate thingy. *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*
  • I have GOT to build my Quest Dragonfly! My favorite show as a kid. *NM*
  • Re: Freaky Friday....*PICS*
    • And how long have I known to delete the Subject box text and start my post there?? Doh! *NM*
  • I built one of those AT-STs (along with the Darth Vader figure for Ertl... *PIC*
• Yes, Revell did a great job on those Vettes. *NM*
• I wonder who won the $426 bid on the ‘70 Cadillac Coupe Deville promo on that auction site. Almost a half a grand a pop. Getting like the Mopar promos. Those things are getting really pricey! *NM*
  • Oops, sorry. $438. *NM*
• Speaking of luck, I know a guy who knows a guy that has an almost perfect black '63 Riviera that cost him a $20 raffle ticket. That's luck!
  • No, real luck is the guy who won the 2 billion dollar lottery ticket. That’s luck! *NM*
    • I'd settle for the Porsche...I'd sell it and get my '56 painted! *NM*
      • Yeah, but imagine how many ‘56 Porsche’s you can get with 2 billion. *NM*
        • Well, if I had 2B, I wouldn't buy a single Porsche! *NM*
          • I wouldn't buy a single Porsche, I would buy multiples. Might be enough to buy some of Jerry Seinfeld's! *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*
• Can't wait for the reveal! *NM*
• The Galaxie is a hard one to fake - but I'm sure there have been some 'miraculous restorations'
• Was there an ERTL '70 roadster as well as coupe? Memory bank overdrawn. *NM*
  • '72. It included both tops. It was packaged as a '71 once also *NM*
  • Only as a kit version. Promo was hardtop only with T-tops molded in. I wish they did a convertible body style promo back then. *NM*
• Lookin' good! *NM*
• I was setting at my computer last night and realize I hadn't checked the board in several days. I felt real bad because I try at least one a day to check in but it has been crazy lately. So this morning I check in and it seems everyone is busy other places. *NM*
  • It has been extremely quiet here as of late... Sadly, it seems people prefer fakebook groups.... I refuse to lower my standards to that level. *NM*
    • I go onto FB to look at the builds that people do but there are just so many groups that I don't know which ones to join. Here it seems we have a very well rounded group of builders. Customs, street rod, trucks and even a tank or plane thrown in every once in a while. *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*
  • I agree, I think alot of folks have migrated to FB but Im here everyday because there is less garbage to deal with *NM*
    • I tried MCM forum but that seems to confusing. Yes, it is separated into different areas but here everything is in one place. If I'm not interested in a post, I don't have to open it. FB is a lot the same to me. *NM*
      • Terry if you sign on the MCM form you can go to unread and its like going on here that's the only way I can do it *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*
    • I only have a problem with people who aren't capable of disagreeing respectfully. They substitute name-calling for a credible argument. *NM*
  • I don't like FB either. I come here everyday. Usually multiple times per day. *NM*
    • When I worked at a mortgage company, I had the board up all day. Probably spent more time here that working on mortgages. No that's not the reason we had a financial failure in '07. *NM*
  • Never been on facebook a day in my 58 years here on earth. I prefer to stay antifacebook.
    • Same here. Never will. *NM*
    • Oddly enough, the tone of my former club's monthly meetings paralelled that of FB at times, sometimes unpleasant. *NM*
  • Last post about FB got me in trouble......so no comment. *NM*
    • I knew you could get in trouble on FB, didn't know you could get in trouble here. *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*
  • 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 don't get it! *NM*
  • "One raffle ticket" *NM*
    • Ok, I was trying to assign a word for each letter. Came up with some real strange stuff. *NM*
• Gonna be a beauty! *NM*
• Sharp! *NM*
• Raymond, you have mail. *NM*
• Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum... *LINK*
  • Was the Thomas Flyer still there? (It may have been a temporary loan.) They were just setting it up when we were there in May. *NM* *PIC*
    • I had been meaning to get over there and see it./ From what I heard, it was there for the summer *NM*
      • I got to see it back in 1976, at the Harrah's Museum, in Reno, Nevada. *NM* *PIC*
        • For a couple of years, it was in a company lobby in Buffalo...
          • My grandmother lived on the same street as Sara Thomas, who was an heiress to the Thomas Company
    • I believe it is at the Stahl's Museum in Michigan *NM*
  • Amazing. There are no Pierce Arrow trucks!
  • Way cool PIX, Howard. Didn't know about the bikes. Thanks for posting. *NM*
• Great looking builds!! *NM*
• Nice build!! *NM*
• Some 1957 stock cars Smokey style. *LINK* *PIC*
  • Cool.... I don't suppose that there's an extra couple of gallons of fuel lines running through the roll cage tubes!!! 😉 *NM*
  • Very nice work!!! *NM*
  • All three look good. Are the white lettering decals black surround on white decal paper or black on clear paper with white paint under or white letters on clear paper? ALPS? *NM*
    • Re:Laser printed top and hood on clear paper, sides on white paper *NM*
  • Really nice ! *NM*
  • Very nicely done ! I recently built his ‘62 Pontiac as it won the Daytona 500 that year. I might need to work on these soon. *NM*
  • Very nice. Love these old stock cars, and Smokey was a genius! *NM*
• Another great build David!!... *NM*
• WOW!! *NM*