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In today's mail I received Atlantis Models I Want to Believe flying saucer kit. To go along with my Atlantis Models Earth vs. the Flying Saucers kit. Interesting that they rate the I Want to Believe kit as a skill level 2 kit. The Earth vs. the Flying Saucers kit is only rated at a skill level 1. I didn't find the I Want to Believe kit any harder to build than the Earth vs. the Flying Saucers kit. Though the I Want to Believe kit does indicate using glue on building its stand. But, I found this wasn't at necessary. And did not use any glue on mine. Even if I did use glue, I'd have a hard time rating the kit skill level 2. I'm really not sure either kit really deserves the rating of skill level 1. They are the two easiest kits I think I've ever encountered. Despite how simple and easy they are to put together, I really like both Atlantis flying saucer model kits. For their simplicity, their detail is very good. I like the L.E.D. lights that come with both kits. Though they work a lot better with the I Want to Believe kit, than they do with the Earth vs. the Flying Saucers kit. On the Earth vs. the Flying Saucers kit, I like that it can be displayed with either its ray gun or landing tube down. Since the ray gun comes out from under the saucer, there is another stand to display it in that mode. All in all, two very fun kits. That I enjoy very much.

The wheel spinners look a little out of scale. They look a little too big to me.

It looks good to me. Am I missing something Snake? Other than the slight warping of the hood, I like the looks of it. It's a good representation of what a '65 Sting Ray big-block coupe looks like to me. And other than paint, your right Snake, it is strictly "out-of-the-box." Some may question it? But yes, even though kit came in red molded plastic, I did paint it. As I do with every kit I build. Basically another one of my "promo" style builds.

Again, I enjoyed Chad's latest video. I especially like the other guy taking the Coke at the end. Sad to say though, there was nothing I am interested in adding to my collection other than maybe the N-scale Coke truck and trailer. I like the '69 442 and the '70 Corvette, but already have earlier versions of each kit. The one I'm waiting for is the AMT 1/32 scale '63 Corvette.

Thank you.

Fun. Just proves that old Beetles can be used in many different ways. The Universal car of all time.

A decent looking Deuce. Very Kool.

Looks good. I like the '62s and '63s better. But, it's still a nice car. And you did a nice job building it.

Wow! Very nice. I like it a lot.

Looks great! Very nice.

Looks very nice.

A week or so ago, Snake asked if I ever finished building my Monogram '65 Corvette? Which I had. But, had not put up photos until this moment. This is Monogram's 1/24 scale kit. And yes I do know that I did not paint or foil the trim like others think I need to. I like my kits way. So there is no need to mention or point it out.

As noted by JC above, Impressive.

You are correct. I forgot about those two.

Tom Daniel has talked about designing this kit several times. The engine was not taken from any other kit Monogram or anything anybody else had in their inventory at the time. The engine is based on a real WWI Mercedes aircraft motor. Again as noted, it was scaled differently from the rest of kit. For it would have been way too big otherwise. But, it was designed and tooled up specifically for this kit. Several of Daniel's designs took liberties with scale to get the right look. The Beer Wagon is another great example. A real Mack AC it was designed after is much larger than what the Beer Wagon would be in real life. The only Daniel kits that I can think of that used parts designed originally from other another kit, is Rommel's Rod. And maybe the Badman '55 Chev. Other than that. Everything else as far as I know, was specifically tooled up for each kit. These are fantasy vehicles. Designed to look good. Not to be 100% accurate scale wise.

Dave, If you go in a couple of pages you can see more detail on both N scale structures.

Yes I did. It came out very nice. Another one I should post photos of.

I've built one. It was a pretty nice kit. I'll have to dig mine out and post some photos.

What's the diner built from? That looks very cool.

As noted by Ellen above, you will not be disappointed by the Monogram Cord. It's way better and easier to build than the old Pyro, now Lindberg, Cord. Though the Lindberg Cord can turn out okay, with a little work. Work that is not needed with the Monogram kit.

Okay. Even if I had the money. I'd passing on this one.

Went on eBay to see what the new reissue of this kit was going for. About $35 with shipping. Instead I bought a brand new copy of the reissue for under $20 with shipping. For that $15 difference, one does not get the mini bike. But, you do get the kit molded in white plastic. White plastic vs. mini bike and black plastic? Plus a savings of $15? I do hope the mini bike will eventually show up in another future kit. One molded in white plastic.

It looks like it turned out pretty good.

Not a though decision after seeing the two choices. The Cheetah of course.

Looking forward to the AMT 1/32 scale Corvette and the 1/16 scale Honda motorcycle. Now if we can get Round 2 to reissue AMT's 1/32 scale '32 Ford, '40 Ford, and '60 Thunderbird. The 1/32 Indy would be okay too. I'd buy it.