Message Index

• Was the AMT Hemi-Sphere Top Fuel kit a direct re-issue of the Garlits car sans the decals, or were there other differences? *NM*
• Good ev'nin' guys! I started and finished my first project of 2025.
  • Looks good, don't see a lot those built. *NM*
  • Almost an evening's project, eh Bob? I like the snap kits also, especially the Monogram 1/32 scale Mack CF fire truck kits.
• My version of a bone stock 1966 C10 *PIC*
  • That is cool! *NM*
    • X2! *NM*
  • That is very cool, just a bit off bone stock! Love it!! *NM*
  • As Jim Kampmann and I used to say when we saw a really cool car at a hot rod show...Oooooo....Ahhhhh! That is really creative and well done! TB *NM*
    • Thanks Tim, that’s a pretty big compliment. *NM*
  • No seats or steering wheel…how do you drive the dang thing? *NM*
    • I’ll probably put those in when I put the glass, bumpers, grille, and the rest of the parts in. You have a great eye! *NM*
    • Driver-less by remote or sit back and take a nap.... That is too kool. *NM*
  • As someone else who subscribes to the "blank canvas" school of thought, you really make me smile!!! *NM*
    • Thanks Marty. I love this hobby so much. *NM*
  • ;-)) *NM*
  • Pretty wild so far Steve! Lots of 3d printed parts I assume? *NM*
• Question, help or what do I do. PICs Many of you saw my engine builds that I did the end of last year. Well, I still have several more that I want to build but some of them are missing parts. Many of these came to me through parts boxes or collections and I need to find
• California Fires - God Bless and keep safe all our friends and their families and loved ones. Praying for you all. *NM*
  • Don’t forget the Heros who run in to the fire as we run away from it. *NM*
    • True that. You are right, of course. I never forget my brothers and sisters on the lines. *NM*
    • Thank you, John. *NM*
  • The level of destruction around L.A. is just sickening. It'll take years to recover. *NM*
    • Hopefully the process to get a permit to just clean up will be expedited. *NM*
  • Amen to that. Danno. So much to pray for and much to assess going forward. *NM*
• Apart from Steve Perry & myself is there anyone on here or that you know of that is building the V12 Hydroplane engined kit.......I have a couple of questions & need to compare notes.....lol. *NM*
  • Probably can't help you with the questions, but I have one waiting in the queue.... I'm thinking that I will probably tackle it this summer, when I can once again paint outside.. *NM*
  • Check out Steve's very in-depth buildup of the kit here.... *LINK*
    • Thanks for the link Tim, as I'm building the V12 Griggs Hardware # 3 version the questions I have are to do with the V12, however Steves review has answered a few things....but it would have been nice to have a V12 sound card rather than the Turbine card thats included..lol. *NM*
• Good evening guys! I was wondering if any of you might have the instructions for Monogram's old '86 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z kit? I've looked in Drastic Plastics albums on Fotki and nada. If someone could scan or just post a couple pics of them, that would be great. Thank you! *NM*
  • That’s the kit with the red car on the box? I have that kit. Can I email you pics? *NM*
• Off the Bench - 1969 Camaro Pace Car Replica
  • Good Lord! I can almost hear Harlan Fangler turning the key and Tony Hulman giving the command to start engines! That is an AMAZING Build! Congratulations on a real stunner! *NM*
  • Excellent build! *NM*
  • WOW! That is fantastic. *NM*
  • Man is that nice! Way to go, Gerry! TB *NM*
  • All that detail work really paid off. Looks great! *NM*
  • Looks great!! *NM*
  • Very beautiful build! *NM*
  • That's a beauty! Speaking of dusting, I'd hate to have to dust the interior of that after all of the fine details you've added. Might want to buy a 1/25 car cover! *NM*
  • Beautiful model, Gerry! That interior is an absolute showpiece on it's own. *NM*
  • That turned out nice, the in-progress updates along the way really showed how much work went into it *NM*
• MPC ‘80-‘81 ProStreet Camaro reissue delayed again? I didn’t see it listed with the new kits for 2025. *NM*
  • I've been waiting, almost impatiently, since the first announcement for this kit. I'm hoping that Round2 would address what's going on with it. *NM*
• #2 for '25 PICs
  • The kinda green that works on Porsches. Very striking! *NM*
    • Thank you. *NM*
  • Kermit's ride??? I like it. *NM*
    • That's funny. *NM*
  • Re: #2 for '25 PICs Too Green for me, but it's a nice build none the less. Very clean! *NM*
  • I need sunglasses to look at that model! LOL! *NM*
  • Looks great and appropriate for a modern Porsche! *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • One Mopar Missile please! or the Black R/T...or 68 Cuda....or a blue Demon.......Jeez, I think I like em all. *NM*
  • I'm digging the red Dart in the last set. *NM*
  • Always appreciate the round fender mopars! *NM*
  • Dig the red '71 383 convertible. Easy enough kitbash. *NM*
  • That first Chrysler convertible has me remembering when my father owned a '70 Newport convertible. Silver with a black interior, 383, and slotted mag wheels. It was an awesome cruiser. Wish he had been able to keep it. *NM*
  • Great *PICS* Bill!! *NM*
  • That first pic knocked me out of my chair!!! That thing is GORGEOUS!!! *NM*
    • Great to see a post from you, David.... I thought about calling to check on you yesterday, but then figured that you might have your hands full. *NM*
  • The shot with the gold Cuda and silver Charger almost looks like an AI illustration. *NM*
  • Oh that last one! ‘68 GTS 383 in red! *NM*
• The last two very wet winters we had are partially responsible for these fires being so bad.....
  • Glad to see you post on here, was wondering if you are OK *NM*
    • I'm at least 70 miles away from the fire area. Can't even see smoke from here. *NM*
• I watched a "Whats in the box" kit review of the "Stranger Things" K5 Blazer.....Wow that thing is awesome, can't wait to get my hands on one. *NM*
  • Speaking of "Stranger Things" the 79 Camaro will soon follow and it looks as if it does NOT have the T Tops! Hurray! I can finally kit bash this one! *NM* *PIC*
    • The Camaro has all the old goodies and 3 hoods now...LOTS of stuff *NM*
      • But apparently none of the parts are plated in this issue, at least not in the RoG-issue according to reviews. *NM*
    • Or this... *PIC*
  • Agree! I like that it looks as though it will be easy to build into a base civilian vehicle without much effort. Very cool subject matter nonetheless, and the tooling should open up possibilities for many other versions of square bodies as well. *NM*
  • The interior panels and frame rails, to me, suggest it would be easy to swap them out with pickup frame rails and interior panels.� Also note how the rear side windows are on a separate, but attached clear sprue making it easy to delete from a pickup kit. *PIC*
  • I saw that one too! I just happened to stop in at a local hobby shop and they had just gotten in the VW "Surfer Boy Pizza" delivery van. It looks pretty cool.
• Looks like something either one of us would entice each other to do Marty.. *NM*
• Truly great builds. *NM*
• New Build for 2025
  • DANG MAN! Just dang. *NM*
  • Nice! I can't wait to see the Loadstar finished. *NM*
  • This will look cool *NM*
  • That'll be nice....where do you get those chrome pens? Thanks. *NM*
    • See my reply to Munchie, Jim. *NM*
      • Thanks. *NM*
  • Very nice as usual. I have to say that I still am thrown off a little when I see a blue fire apparatus (we only have red and yellow/green in my area), but I like the look! *NM*
    • The Reo Gold Comet I did a few years ago looked a little lonely so this one will have the same livery.
      • I recall that build (another beauty!). They will definitely look great together! *NM*
  • Zoet Chrome Pens: source please, Charlie? *NM*
    • Don't recall precisely but I think they are obtainable through Amazon. *NM*
      • Did not find them there, but did on ebay. *NM*
        • I found them in two vendor's stores.... Both had them listed as out of stock. *NM*
          • Just bought one on ebay. *NM*
    • There are a couple of Youtube reviews too, check out Buster's Customs for a comparison between the Zoet and Molotow . the Zoet's are less expensive as well. *NM*
• Cool builds but really dig that Lark. *NM*
• Love the Gasser, there was a 1:1 around here a few years ago, called the "Larkness Monster" I'd bet money Marty has a picture of it. *NM*
• For some reason, AMT couldn’t get the body right. Winged it instead of using factory blueprints? Their ‘74 update to the Camaro was similar. Same design team? *NM*
  • No promo deal for either car. That, and AMT was starting to "offshore" some of their design and tooling work. They weren't in great shape at the time, but nobody outside the company knew that *NM*
    • AMT was off-shoring design work back then? Wow. No promo deal for the MPC ‘74 Camaro or ‘75 Ventura which eventually became the Nova, but they looked accurate. *NM*
      • MPC was still doing other Chevy promos in '74, mainly Corvettes. AMT exited that business after '72, and the original (pre-Ertl) AMT never went back to promos *NM*
        • Good info…thanks. *NM*
• I've lost bits of my brain down in the flaps of the box. *NM*
• Straight Line Thursday......
  • Wow! What a great selection of cool cars... LOVE the Cammer powered dragster and super cool push car wagon!!!! *NM*
  • Straight-line Point A to Point B... right to the point *NM*
  • WOW!! How great is that!! *NM*
• Does anyone recall if there was a kit with an early Hemi with IMPERIAL on the rocker covers? *NM*
  • There must be because I have a set in my junk box. I got them with a bunch of other stuff so I don't know what kit they came from. *NM*
    • Pic might help if you could. *NM*
      • I looked for them and now l can't find them. I know l had a set. *NM*
      • Here is a PIC of the Imperial valve covers.
        • Those are the MPC Cosmic Charger pieces. Lettering is upside down and not correctly spaced *NM*
          • The real ones also would have the wire covers. *NM* *PIC*
    • MPC Carl Casper "Cosmic Charger" streamlined dragster had a set, but I think the lettering is on the lower side which is incorrect *NM*
      • In the picture I have the lettering is above the spark plug holes *NM*
  • Picture I have is too large to display here. *NM*
  • Yes - There’s a set of Imperial rocker covers in the (recently reissued) “Bantam Blast” fuel altered of all kits… *NM*
    • Correction: Those are Dodge-covers... *NM*
  • I found the ones I have in my parts box. Here is a PIC.
• Test
• I need some help on this engine. PIC
  • instructions for Fujimi Ferrari GTO250, is this the kit you need...............link to Scalemates *LINK*
    • I had no idea Scalemates had instructions foreign kits. I guess I never looked before. Thanks *NM*
  • Re: I need some help on this engine. PIC *NM*
  • Terry, I have the Italeri 250GTO which uses the same Columbo V12, & the weber carbys sit straight onto the engine block with the chromed intake trumpets on them, those small extra parts look like the webers & there is 6 holes on the block top for them...methinks, lol. *NM*
    • Tho' I only see 5 of those weber parts..........lol. *NM*
    • Re: Terry, I have the Italeri 250GTO which uses the same Columbo V12, & the weber carbys sit straight onto the engine block with the chromed intake trumpets on them, those small extra parts look like the webers & there is 6 holes on the block top for them...methinks, lol.
      • Len, my apologies.....lol. *NM*
• I'm happy with that! *NM*
• Dallas/Ft. Worth is probably get somewhere between 2-5 inches of snow today. *NM*
• Ironic and sad...Bob hosted a group of us from the original NNL West #2 (Millbrae, CA in January 1983) at his house in Oakland. That visit was pretty amazing. (We also visited Bill Harrison's house in the South Bay that weekend.) Bob was a true icon in our hobby. TB *NM*
• Yes, I’ve been watching the coverage and it’s heartbreaking. I can empathize as we went through a similar situation on a much smaller scale, almost 2 years ago. We didn’t lose our property but know people who did. The uncertainty combined with the images of how
  • I'm retired from firefighting now but I can understand the situation some.
    • When my city had the fires, I figured that once it reached the end of the forested area it would be okay, which it mostly was. But our winds were only in the 40 mph range. The California winds topped out in the 100 mph area, so it kept going regardless. Crazy. *NM*
    • When my city had the fires, I figured that once it reached the end of the forested area it would be okay, which it mostly was. But our winds were only in the 40 mph range. The California winds topped out in the 100 mph area, so it kept going regardless. Crazy. *NM*
      • Not sure why this posted a second time… I’m blaming the phone! ;) *NM*
      • Spring of ‘23 was wild for Nova Scotia. Nothing up my way on the Bay of Fundy in East Hants but it was interesting down Halifax way. *NM*
    • Volatility of the situation was/ia aggravated by lack of mitigation - no clearing of ground cover or removal of duff for three or four decades. After all, it won't happen, will it? *NM*
      • All the deadfall is gone now...you would have thought multiple fires in the canyons would have gotten someone's attention
• Here's a still captured Marty.
  • Photo INSIDE ABOVE. *NM*
• A cousin and her husband live in Altadena. They evacuated yesterday. Haven't heard from her since. As might be expected, I'm worrired. *NM*
  • Just found out cousin's house spared. No utilities and have arranged 2 week stay elsewhere safe & sound. *NM*
    • Altadena density example. My cousin's property upper center rectangle. SCREENSHOT INSIDE.
      • WOW! Bet that golf course is worth a small fortune.
• Nice build! Would you happen to have more pics of this one?
  • I don't have, it's in storage somewhere, I moved 3 years ago and alot of my stuff just didn't get unpacked, pretty sure that's one of them. *NM*
• That Lark is too cool!! *NM*
  • Ditto! *NM*