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Thanks to Matt T for a great trade!

Repeat info, please disregard.

It actually says "Hauling Henry". This kit and several others had the kit and a can of AMT pearl spray paint included in the box.

I've been to Tulsa, Detroit and Florida in our '41 Ford. Plus a couple of states for various car doings in our '55 T-Bird and '62 Starfire convertible. Only a little overheating issue with the '41 when we got to Texas. That was fixed with some side of the road metal bending to make a duct to move air through the radiator better. After we returned I made really nice pieces painted to match and never had any hot running issues afterwards.

Oh, go ahead and do it anyway. You'll feel better! Besides that's what screw bottom kits are for, right?😁

Anyone here from Wisconsin, the south eastern part of the state in particular? Also curious how many are also involved with a local club.

The Pactra spray 'namels had a pearl coat green that looks similar sprayed over black.

Jeff Shobowski got out of the model accessory business years ago. Last time I talked to him he was getting into RC aircraft and heli's. He said he had no interest in getting back into producing model stuff, unfortunately. That was over ten years ago.

The current Boss 302 kit has it's origins in this kit and most every part interchanges.

Other than obtaining an original kit I have to agree with other posts that Harts is a good starting point. I've never had any issues ordering from him, my past transactions went well.

Thanks!

I have a number of Grex airbrushes including the trigger style. They work great but are a bit more fiddly through the cleaning process than some of my other air brushes. They do have excellent customer support from my experience as well and of course work great. The AMT Galaxie was painted with my trigger action Grex using automotive paint.

Slotted Matchbox H.O. slot cars are not compatible with common track systems (Tyco,AFX,etc...) The rails and therefore pickup shoes have very narrow spacing which do not work on anything but Matchbox track.

Steve, are those Prehistoric Scenes yours? Those are some of my favorite kits from my misspent youth and still have most of them. As an adult I don't think I've purchased a kit based on solely due to the box art however I do buy kits for my collection specifically for the art.

It's a 1935 Ford. Note the body and roof were carried over to 1936 but the chrome '33/'34 style of the top of the grill along with the hood vents give it away as a '35.

I hope the re-release sells well but I can't give these away for $15 boxed and $10 bagged at local shows. I had a chance to buy more than a few cases for pennies on the dollar years ago and have been peddling them off ever since.

Albino deer a few days ago as I was leaving for work. We also have cranes, ducks, wild turkeys, turtles, (we're not too far from a river) plus the usual variety of critters nesting on the property. Coyotes make an appearance in late summer thru early winter. Edit: I'd like to point out that a local wildlife group was able to track the deer and take her to a preserve. Definitely better than try to survive in the wild being so visible.

Nice restorations!

You've got some really nice pieces David! The K-8 transporter is hard to find in the early release colors not to mention the box, nice!! There's some rare color variations I spy as well, some are transition cars when Matchbox started to change production to Super Fast from "regular wheels" My late father in addition to building models, collected diecast since the 50's and passed down his hobby passions to me. I collect pre-'77 Matchbox, most series including the bigger King Size, Speed Kings, etc... I've also collected redline Hot Wheels and Topper Johnny Lightnings most of my life plus various other vintage diecast that flips my switch from the late 50's to the mid to late 70's. I always enjoy seeing other people's collections. These are a few I pulled off my rack. I bought commercial pizza racks years ago from a friend who worked in the restaurant supply industry and store anything I don't have on display in labeled pizza boxes.

Nice! There's a company in Australia called Recovery Toy. They list an enormous amount of replacement parts for Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky and more. It can be a bit of a wait but they're great to deal with.

There are no "rights" to buy. 99% of the Johan tooling is long gone. If AMT (R2) or any other company were to produce anything from that era all they need are licenses from the perspective auto manufacturers.

Yes he did, however after he passed it was sold and after a couple of owners it ended up with Gene. When Dean Jefferies was still alive you could see it while driving by his north Hollywood shop. I'd make a point of cruising by when I visited friends in L.A.

I'm involved with a local diecast club (everything from Hot Wheels, Greenlight, M2, etc...) that holds monthly shows so can can network with other Redline collectors. Over the past year amongst the local guys there seems to be much more interest in Johnny Lightning subjects for those who collect new diecast. Perhaps if that's an small indicator of the overall market it would explain the steady releases compared to other subjects. Remember they're in for the money, and know who butters their bread. I have no issue with it as anything that fills their coffers goes to bring out some of the great kits we've seen over the past year, that's a good thing.

The Ambassador is going to be a tough one, MIB you're looking at around the $300 mark depending on where you can source one. If you're willing to work with a promo that's a little banged up they seem to be more common and I've seen them go for less than rough glue bombs. Good luck, hope you're able to find one, neat car.

That's cool. I like the B&W tones you used. Years ago I was the art dept manager at a large hobby shop and had a customer who worked with Copic markers. She could render subjects with a variety of grey tones that looked like vintage photos. Always liked that look, great job!