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Considering the price of large 1/8th scale car kits like this cost top dollar my expectancy is that they would be top notch ! I would be looking at a 1/12th MFH car kit for a really highly detailed challenging model to build instead of one of those big screw together models. I get the impression that those 1/8th scale car kits probably satisfy the market for model assemblers and subject enthusiasts rather than serious model makers, as they are aimed at being a screw together assembly job rather than real model making as such. That is not to say that they don't have potential though, but reworking, correcting, hiding screw heads and scratch building missing parts does not appeal considering the cost of those things. Posts mentioning that instructions are vague and often incorrect leads one to believe a rushed job to bring the kits to market in many instances.

Nice Indy roadsters model taking shape here !

My daily driver is a boring but reliable Vauxhall Zafira MPV that I bought new about 12 years ago. Not worth much now but does what I want it to do so I keep it going. Over here in the UK Vauxhall Zafiras tend to be the butt of jokes about drivers who use them having given up on life ! Not that it bothers me much as I can use it as a van whenever needed. I can own all the exotics I cannot afford in model form ! Having said that I have owned some nice cars in the past like a Lotus Cortina Mk2, a Wolseley 6/110 , Triumph Dolomite, an original Fist 500 and a Simca 1000 Saloon uprated with Abarth goodies. My late younger brother's philosophy on buying cars was always buy old and very cheap up market cars with a year long test certificate, and buy the least expensive insurance. If the car did not go through the test a year later and expensive to repair it was offloaded to a breaker and he would simply go and buy another one with a year long test certificate. Cheap motoring as far as he was concerned !

Nothing to me looks more like wood than wood. It's finding wood veneers or strips with very fine grain that looks correctly to scale is the crux of the matter.

Very nice commercial vehicle model with an interesting back ground story too !

A very nice model of an everyday vintage commercial. Makes a refreshing change from all the customised stuff.

Nice work ! Considering this kit is quite elderly, it is nice to see what can be done with it . I will be following this thread.

Good to see that this forum will be completely independent from the Model Cars Magazine itself. We all know what happened to the Scale Auto forum when Kalmbach closed SA and ditched it.

Larry Greenberg's contact details should be in the magazine's editorial area I would guess.

Jurassic Park's first 3 movies were a mish mash of bits of Crichton's first 2 novels. Not bad films in their own right, but had the films been made to the books they might have been R rated instead of watered down to take advantage of the marketing opportunities for merchandise. However the book describes the tour vehicles as being Toyota Land Cruisers but Ford Explorers were used in the film.

Really nice build !

Your Cable Car !it has possibly been stored near a heat source that might have warped the parts inside the box ? Built one way back when it was first made by the Hawk company but cannot remember there being any issues. It anyone is looking to build a SF Cable Car kit, there is a company named Occre that make a kit in wood and metal in 1/24th scale depicting one of the double ended SF Cable Cars.

If it ain't broke, why try to fix it ? That is my own personal take. No need for a remake with a 'better' line up of actors. Big names will not necessarily make for a better film. Nor will another director or more up to date CGI for that matter. The original film is of an era and captures the brooding sinister atmosphere around the car and its nerdy owner very well. The modern Chrysler 300 is a bit of a brick on wheels, but if a modern version of Christine (heaven forbid) was ever made it would epitomize a big American mass produced car as was the original Christine. I don't think that cars like Mustangs of Corvettes would quite fit the bill somehow.

Bots and AI replacing pets ? With vets fees being what they are. Who knows ? I think that I will settle for a real cat or dog you can relate to any day. Vets fees, poo clearing and and fur balls included !

The magazine went through some production issues with haphazard distribution a few years back but appeared to be picking up again under Larry Greenberg's editorship. Maybe Larry Greenberg might be Erik's best port of call if he is getting nowhere so far with others to find out the current state of play with the magazine?