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  1. Ding ding ding! That's my selection too. To be a relatively "modern" kit from the end of AMTs Dyersville new kits, this thing's got some great detail and once finished it looks awesome, but the execution is abysmal. It's like whoever did the original test shot build for this kit must have been used to building the old sixties kits with worn out molds and felt it was close enough to just send it. The only other model I've been nearly as flustered with is the Monogram sprint cars. I bought two when they were released in the eighties. One developed wings when I was building it and was never heard from again, except for a few found pieces and I finished the second one last year with the wheels and tires from the first one.
  2. Looks terrific! My stepfather had one of these back in the nineties. I always thought the name was ironic even if it wasn't spelled the same because it couldn't accel at all. Scarry car in traffic with a top speed of about seventy on a good day.
  3. I guess I'll add my Rancheros. Cheap diecast I made some slight detailing to Recently finished this
  4. In 1960, "Ohio" George Montgomery won the Big Go at the U.S. Nationals in Detroit with his Cadillac powered '33 Willys Gasser as Little Eliminator for the second year in a row. The prize was a new Ranchero sponsored by Autolite. This became his exclusive push vehicle for the rest of his career. This kit is not accurate for a '60 Ranchero. It started as a '61 promo with the addition of Styline custom parts. Then in the seventies they added a big block Chevy, wider tires, and baby moons. In the nineties new wheels and decals. Somewhere the clear red taillights disappeared. In 2013, they decided to backdate it with a new grill and wheels, but left everything else the same. So, the interior, engine and chassis are incorrect. This is typical 1960 AMT sloppy molds, which means scrape, fill, sand. I'm OK with it. Colors are Tamiya racing white and twenty something year old duplicolor Toyota cashmere beige. I modified the molded in tailpipes for straight out exhaust. Seeing as the Chevy engine is incorrect anyway. I also added a Hurst shifter and scribed a few missing panel lines. Fun build, and I have the Willys and Mustang Gasser models for future builds. Thanks for looking.
  5. My last subscription (one of the Hemmings, I had all three) ran out several of years ago. Those were the last subs I had. I used to have so many subs, but with the internet and me reading more books, I just found the magazines piling up and not getting read. In fact, it took almost a year and a half to finish my final Hemmings mags. When they canceled my SAE subscription what, four years ago, that was truly the end. I just had to let my others run out.
  6. I built them all when they were released and then added a "custom" Firebird for my son who's a big Mark Martin fan and wanted a replica of a childhood diecast.
  7. Cool! I keep hoping these old Revell ASA kits will show up somewhere and get reproduced. They were pretty good kits.
  8. You can try Reddit r/NASCARCollectors
  9. Well, here's another one completed. Like so many others, it was started a few decades ago. I'm not thrilled with how the Tamiya pearl yellow paint turned out and it's my fault. I should have used white primer, but none was available and I was impatient to wait for it to ship. I used the weird one off DOHC Hemi that never went beyond testing as well. Barely fits and I took liberties with the induction by using a 426 Hemi dual four barrel system. The rest is right out of the box. All the chrome had become splotchy on the parts. I ordered a sprue of bumpers off of eBay for replacements, and painted the rest. That's about it. Thanks for looking! Out of the box after three decades...
  10. Looks great! I have this kit and those decals too. I will get to it one of these years.
  11. Well, currently my choice is limited to models I started the last thirty plus years and failed to finish or the gifted models I've received over the years. Started at about fifty plus. I have thirty some odd left. I alternate each build. I've been sort of scan and whatever lights my fire each time. That's my method.
  12. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Yes, it came with the mirrors, although I had to drill and pin the side mirrors because the attachment was so tiny, I knew they wouldn't stay. I built a few of those simple Monogram kits like the TR7 too when I was a kid. Lacked details, but looked good on display. The Datsun road racer, Porsche 911 Carrera, and 911 Rally. I wonder what ever happened to the molds?
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