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5 hours ago, PatW said:
Do you include motorcycles on this?
What, in this thread? Sure, why not.
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How is this a NASCAR build?
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My Model Car Club just had a small kit auction due to a small donations of vintage build ups being donated to the club. Best way to disperse them is via auction and it benefits our treasury.
One of those kits was one that I have been after for quite some time. They are either really expensive or really bad. And that is the MPC Dick Jesse's Mr. Unswitchable GTO funny car. And yes, I know that it is nowhere near accurate to the read deal, but I am looking at this with eyes of a regular model builder.
I was surprised how not bad it is for being a brush job built up from back then. Glue is not too bad and it could be easily restored, but, the question now is, should I restore it or just leave it alone?
Leaning more towards preservation and display as is, but, I do have some decals just in case.
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Well, tell her that at least you are not paying a monthly fee on a mini storage full of models, yet!
Now that guy needs help!
Help!
LOL!
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I think I was around 7 when JoHan came into my life. One of my aunts gave me a Javelin kit for my birthday! Luckily I have a mint one in the stash to do a better job with than I did at 7!
Image from the net
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4 hours ago, Twokidsnosleep said:
That video doesn’t mention brakes
Google says front disks and rear drums
Oh, it looks like drum all around, which would be correct for the time frame
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6 hours ago, chryslerjunkandstuff said:
The some excuse or another thing is incorrect..
The first 1/25 scale prototype of the Powell, as well as a ludicrously cool 1/18 scale build of it, were both stolen at said show..
Thus causing a huge, and I think, obvious, set-back in production as neither turned up, and resulting in the entire project having to be started over from scratch..
It's the kind of thing that kills projects in the making, and it's pretty cool that we're able to get it now at all..
I don't understand the mindset of the thief, just, in general, but also, after stealing it, you couldn't ever show it to anyone or whatever, because those that know things would instantly know where it came from..
Anyway, doesn't matter what I think really, other than, YO, this thing is undeniably cool, and yall should get hold of one if you can!
This kit is nothing I would really want. It is a Niche type kit that a few want, but not all of us.
Easy Pass
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Since some of you only watched the video and did not read the comments, here is one from Okey Spalding posted to this video.
"Steve, thank you for the kind words about my latest JoHan kit. A minor sorta semi-correction, while the 79 Caddy was the last "new" tool (actually a re-worked 77/78) , I brought out three kits between 2000 and 2002. The reissued 75 Olds Cutlass, multi-option 1959 Rambler wagon, and a snap kit of the Chrysler Turbine car. The Turbine had been a promo, but never a kit. I had reissued the Rambler wagon as a stock only kit under the ACCUCAST brand. However, the 2001 issue of the JoHan Rambler kit was a multi-option build which included custom parts, police parts, and three sheets of decals. On a side note, You did not mention the 3D printed parts that come in the pre-production kit of the Powell. We rushed to get it out for the NNL, so maybe we forgot to include them! AAARRRGGGHHH!! You should have 3D printed door handles, side mirrors, the grille bars, gas cap, and three tiny tiny "Powell" scripts. If they are missing, contact me and we will send them as soon as the second batch is run. We are getting ready to run 20 more kits that will hopefully be ready by mid July. And yes, the guy working on the instruction sheet is not yet finished. But if any modeler has an issue, my card is in each pre-production kit."-
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I think it was around '72 or '73, I was 5 and it was a Revell Snap Together Volkswagen Bug. Biggest memory of it was when I found it in a bush after the family dog chewed it up!
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9 hours ago, diggerguy said:
Yes these are niche kits, but so what? The days of million selling kits are long gone, I don't see hoe it's possible to NOT make money on this stuff. Hello.....marketing please ?
Package them as what they are. People are buying old, OLD aircraft kits. Think there might be a niche for these? OR the Pyro line?
OR.......
You and I would love one, but, not everyone. Sadly I see this every time I go to my LHS and see all the "Rare" re-issued kits still sitting on the shelves years after they came back. Makes shop folks a bit gun shy on ordering old stuff again.
One of the employees will ask me what I think about getting certain kits for the shop and sometimes I have to say don't get it. Because it is a Niche kit that only a few will buy, and then it will sit.
Just my honest views and opinions.
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22 hours ago, sean2390 said:
Thanks Jesse for making and posting this video ... it is appreciated!
Oh, I did not make it, it is off you tube! LOL! Can't take credit for that. And you are most welcome!
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2 hours ago, stavanzer said:
I wonder how much demand there really is for the Astro One?
I'm not sure that there really is that big a market for the kit.
For those who don't know what the Astro One looks like....
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I know some of us are excited for it, either due to nostalgia, subject matter or just never had one. But I fear it would be a shelf warmer, just like the AMTRONIC. Weird and goofy, but definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
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2 hours ago, 250 Testa Rossa said:
If they brought the Scorpion back, then they should consider the return of the Astro I.
I wonder if the scorpion is a one time shot before they restore the tooling?
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I might have one, let me check tonight
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It is a great kit, not much to it, but a nice builder.