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One thing about Greg, he always seems to know where the good pies are. And find something to please just about any taste.

Some auto parts stores, like the O'Reilly's I work at, can get paint custom mixed and placed in spray cans for you. It may take a few days. And it may cost more than normal hobby paint. But then you can get an exact match.

I'm so excited by this one, that I'll be passing on it. Aren't these the missing customizing parts from AMT's original '57 Ford Fairlane 500 Trophy kit? If that's the case, that's where they belong. Back in AMT's Ford Fairlane 500 kit. Not in a separate package.

Don't a lot of mainstream kits, including several from Round 2, come with Cartograf decals nowadays? Again, I hope all of the above claims are true. I'm just a little skeptical. The claims are a little grandiose. If going for accuracy, why is the rear bumper not correct for a '77 Cutlass? It's looks like the same bumper found on JoHans '75 kit and promo. It's got my Spidy Senses tingling. That's all.

This kit hasn't even hit the shelves, and I'm already bored of it. If it could be built was a "stock" showroom Olds I might be more excited. I love the hype above. "the highest quality decals ever offered in a model kit" Really? Why am I skeptical on this one? And on this whole kit for some reason? There's a old saying, "If it seems to be too go to be true. It is." That's the feeling I'm getting every time someone posts something on this kit. I hope I'm wrong. I hope the kit is a big success. Encouraging more new model kits in the future.

It must be that most of Aurora's molds went to Monogram. I say most, because both Polar Lights and Moebuis have reissued Aurora kits from time to time. I don't how this mold sharing thing works? Who actually has the molds? But, didn't MPC at one time also reissue some of Aurora's superhero kits in their boxes too?

Another Crosley that would be fun to see as a model kit. A Crosley Farm O Road. By the way I love honesty in advertising here. No good looking models here. Just real folk. And doesn't Ma in the backseat look like a pleasant one? Pa looks he's just waiting for her to wack him in the back of the head if he does something she doesn't like.

Another Hot Shot picture I have share.

You forgot about having to out run the meat eating dinosaurs between home and school. I lost a lot of good potato models, because I didn't dare stop to pick them up when I dropped them. We did try using a Crosley once to go to school. But, they weren't fast enough to out run many of those meat eaters. Lost my brother Uhg because of that experiment. Still, I would love to have a model of a Crosley Hot Shot. The roadster version without the doors. The roadster with doors was the Super Sport. I've driven a couple over the years. They are fun cars. Will I ever see a Crosley kit of any sort out there? I doubt it. There is probably not a big enough market for it. Doesn't mean I can't wish for one. By the way, I'm sure our experiment of going school in a Crosley would have worked better if we had a sedan or wagon rather than a convertible. And Uhg might be with us today.

Oh I understand why they did it. I still think the car would look better with skirts. And it is okay for others not to agree with on that point. We all don't like the same thing. Nor do we have to. That what makes life interesting.

Another one of "regular guys" rants that I don't get. I'm never sure where he's coming from with these posts he starts? Or what are the point of them is in the long run? I'm trying to stay away from anything he starts. It's just so hard. Am I missing something? Are other guys understand where he's going half the time with these? Help me understand?

Wow! That is one beautiful Connie in my opinion. Other than the lack of skirts, it's just about perfect. ?

The '53 bed is what Ford did in real too, on their stepsides of that time period. They a lot of mileage from that stepside box. The only trouble with using AMT's '53 stepside box on Moebuis' Fords, is what do you with the Moebuis' box? It doesn't look right with the '53 cab.

The steering on the wrong side! ? Just kidding. Both cars look pretty nice.

I've built the Titanic with the LED lights (and as you can see, it's 1/1000 scale little brother). It turned out really nice. I love the kit.

Broke down and ordered the1/24 scale Shasta and Kenskill Teardrop trailer last night. Ordered a blue Shasta. I'm weak. I couldn't help myself. ?

When will you be building it, and showing it to us? I'm curious and looking forward to it.

Fun from the old Aurora Thunderjet days. Aurora introduced several buildings in 1962, including this one, for their HO Model Motoring sets. This one is a repop. Having had an original years ago, I could not resist adding the new one to my collection.

They were the best. And still dearly missed.

Nice looking model. Good job.

And I'm agreeing with you.

You know Snake, your a bad influence on me. Your comments on the VW front suspension got me to go back and take a closer at the photos Casey posted above. The more I looked, the more I kind of like the chassis included in the kit. That and the turntable might convince me to buy the kit. Might. I will need a little bit more to really be pushed into doing it.

After all, North America is a fairly big market. I think they would smart in pursuing it more. I will buy more of their kits if they start offering kits that appeal to me more. I've been very happy with the Hasegawa kits I've built so far. Again, I'd like to them and Tamiya offer more kits aimed at those of us over here in North America. I love their stuff.

I've wondered about AMT's decline in the late 70's too. I bought less and less of their stuff as the 1970's wore on. Because I felt it wasn't up to snuff with the stuff they were doing back in the 1960's. In fact it seemed like as MPC kits moved up, AMT went down. Especially with MPC basically taking over the Annual field. I always wondered if the guys who really understood the model market hadn't move over to MPC when it was started by a former AMT employee. (I believe I'm correct on that? Am I not Tim?) As far as Moebuis quality, I haven't really seen any major problems with their kits. I've found the kits of their's I have built, to go together with few issues. None that were not within my skills to easily fix. I've been very pleased with Moebuis' kits.