Jim N

That looks real nice. The paint is fabulous!

Excellent work. There is nothing wrong with the less detailed kits. As I have gotten older, I find that these tend to give me the greatest satisfaction. there is a lot less to fight with.

Unfortunately, as soon as the second category is created, people will put things in the wrong place.

The sport is going through a generational transition as it has from its start. With Johnson, Harvick, Kenseth, Bowyer and possibly Newman all over 40, the next few years will see the retirements continue. The shelf life of a driver seems to be about 45 these days as the experienced drivers no longer have a monopoly on good equipment. With the way Gordon and Stewart drove in their last few years, that age seems to hold up as the competitive limit for most of them. As far as Earnhardt, Jr. is concerned, I am glad to see him leave the sport when he chooses. He has had a few nasty concussions over the past few years, and as we have seen with football players, it does not have to take too many of these before real problems set in. As far as the future is concerned with his fans, he is a car owner. I imagine a lot of them will gravitate to his teams, particularly if he can move them up to the Cup level. I am sure Rick Hendrick will offer his support if Junior decides this is what he wants to do. So he will have immediate access to sponsorship money, drivers and equipment. I can also guarantee it that Chevrolet will pony up the necessary support as well. They will not want to see an Earnhardt associated with anything but their cars with everything that last name has done for their car brand. With regard to the comments on the segment racing, I don't see the problem. After the first dozen laps or so, the race settled into the drivers turning laps and positioning themselves for the last quarter of the race and then they went for everything they could get. Now with points on the line, they have to race in this part of the race. I have certainly seen the intensity level pick up when they approach the end of a segment. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I do not see how that is bad.

Both of them look great!

Very nice!

Very nice! You did an excellent job.

Wow, really nice job!

I completely agree. Chrysler only wanted Jeep. But in their defense, as I recall, AMC really only had the Concord as their last good car. The others were Renaults, which is one of several European car brands that never seem to catch on here in the States.

Very cool! Real nice build.

Looks real nice.

Outstanding work! Looks great.

You did a great job. The tree growing out of the hood is a nice touch.

Very nice work. I really like the old AMC's.

Great job!

Great work!!

Really stellar work! The model is gorgeous!

Very nice. The black trim around the chrome is really stellar work!

Very nice! Great job painting the body of the car.

Looks great! I like the additions such as the wing, front splitter and the rear diffuser. Really cool work!

You did a great job!

Great job Mark!

Really great work!!

Great job!

Alonzo has not hidden his displeasure with Honda's F1 effort for this year. I believe his contract is up at the end of the year as well. McLaren may be trying to throw some bones his way to keep him beyond this year, or Alonzo may be auditioning in the event he wants to give up the F1 gig.