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I was going to the wrong counties entirely. Has hints of Japanese and Italian influence, that was my main areas of searching.

Also, and this comes from an artist background, it's generally a good idea to have a set of brushes for solvent and one for acrylic. No matter how well you clean them, there's always a little residual paint left on them. Using different paints can sometimes cause them to gum up and deteriorate, especially on finer detail brushes.

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I've got a number of Berkley balsa models. Really gives a good bit of reference to the beginnings of automotive models. They were nothing more than a couple of blocks with patterns and crude white metal parts for bumpers, vac formed windows/roofs and rubber wheels. My how far we've come in the last 60+ years.

It's a repop, original Manta Rays do not have the hood bulge/scoop that's on Bill's. There have been a number of companies that have reproduced this and many other vintage bodies over the years.

20% off HL model prices still leaves them more expensive than my LHS.

Temporarily Out of Stock.

HA! If you're so inclined you can always take them out to a field and shoot at them. Please note I'm certainly no misogynist but my ex is so bat carp crazy our daughter hasn't spoken to her in 10 years. Don't ask me why we got married, just young and dumb.

Nor crushing them out of frustration. They also have no concern how you actually feel about them or their feelings, and your not obligated to explain your actions or feelings to them. You can have other hobbies or spend time doing other things you enjoy without complaint. If you make a poor choice of models it doesn't come back to bite you in the behind later, you can always dispose of them with no consequences.

Jeez Bill, and I thought wife number 1 was aaah, crazy!?! Been there seen that! At least she didn't get my models, motorcycles, guns or guitars in the divorce. And I did get a wonderful daughter who's nothing like her mother.

You can upgrade them or get rid of them if you lose interest Oh and they generally look better the older they get. (Although the misses is aging far more gracefully than I am)

Ridiculous, perhaps. But as YouTube videos of show coverage and highlights continue to be posted, this car seems to have certainty garnered more than mild interest.

The name on the link says Will Davies, however Art Fitzpatrick was Pontiac's acclaimed ad artist from 1959 thru 1972. He did the auto renderings while Van Kaufman was responsible for the background and people for the illustrations. This is the first time I've seen Mr Davies's name attached to GM ad art as some of the subjects I've come across have been for Chrysler and it's various divisions besides the usual book covers he did.

Extremely cool! What media? And on what type of paper?

If you have Amazon Prime check out "The Car That Ate My Brain" Artist Von Franco's quest to build an exact replica of Norm's T. Has lots of historical video and is excellent reference for building any one of the versions, many of the changes are explained in the narrative.

Rod Stewart's layout was featured on PBS's Tracks Ahead (I think) a number of years ago. Even my wife, who generally doesn't pay much attention to stuff like that was impressed. I don't have room for a layout in my basement, will be occupied by my slot car tracks when they're finished. I do however have a number of trains, Walthers beautiful Hiawatha set and I'm working on completing Con-Cor's GM Aero Train in HO plus I have a number of interesting pieces of rolling stock I've collected over the years. Still have my Bachmann set from my childhood that's set up around the Christmas tree when we put one up. For now that's about as close to a layout that I'll have.

Ford never made a factory Deuce town car but it was produced as a Model A.

I agree. I pulled up the video to my 70" TV, thought it was cool watching on my phone but wow! What an incredible layout! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the link, certainly sheds light on the designer's intent on some of the features for this concept. The 2018 NNL Milwaukee featured showcars and a beautiful build of this kit won people's choice for best theme. Hopefully enough of the tooling for this kit exists for a possible reissue at some point as this is one of my favourite concept cars kitted from the 60's along with the Chevy Astro 1 (that has unfortunately been modified for the Scorpion drag car) I have a MiB original and a couple of nice rebuilders but more is better...

Yeah, they have constant reminders to not text especially since it's illegal to text while driving here. Does no good. Until recently I had a long commute to work, could write long novels about the ignorant nonsense I'd see almost everyday.

Our state DOT has information boards hanging over the various interstate and state highways. Often between traffic time and alerts there are general driving messages, the best I've seen to date... "Camp in the woods, not in the left lane!" Should be flashed all the time as far as I'm concerned.

Ditto, digg'n the look! What's the source of those wheels!

Oh I hope so! Thanks for the heads up. I've considered handing a set over to a resin caster but he's not overly interested in casting them and fear they'd sit and eventually be lost.

Could you provide a link for these, please!! Googled the heck out of the name you posted plus 3d printed Richard Carroll tires and couldn't find anything. Have a couple sets but are still on their blister card, would rather use these. 3D Scale parts is listed on Shapeway's site but didn't see those listed.