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One cool thing about TKM was the subjects they offered. Like the Packard Clipper mentioned by Mike above. It's a shame their kits were so poorly done. There were several cars they offered I would have been interested in building. I'm afraid that TKM was to resin, what Palmer was to styrene. Maybe worst? At least Palmer car kits had seperate chrome parts. From what I've seen, TKM just molded everything in as one big lump. Heck, Palmers even had interiors. Which is more than I can say for the TKMs I've seen. Scott

Whoa! I just went on eBay to see if there were any models of Nemo's car available. The Wave kit shows up. At a price well beyond what I'd be willing to pay. Just under $400! I'll not be adding that model to my collection anytime soon. Scott

Very cool! I've never seen the movie. I've heard mixed things about it. Going to the web site provided by Mr. Clarkson above, and watching the video there, I really like the Nemo car. It looks right. It looks like something Nemo would drive. It reminds me of another cool car made up for the movies. And that would the one seen in the first Captain America movie. I'd love to have models of either car. Scott

I bought and built the Astro well over 10 years ago now. It is a very nice kit. They also made a GMC Safari version. Has anybody seen any of those for sale in while? I'd like to get my hands on one. Scott

Friends and I have joked in the past that TKM stood for "Totally Krap Models." One of our former regular members of the MCCM, would bring in a TKM 80's Lincoln Town Car to remind others how bad TKM models were. His Lincoln was more of a plain brick of resin, than a true representation of the brick like Town Car. It was bad. And I believe to this day, it is still unbuilt. Despite that. I'd love to see more photos of TKM models built. It would be interesting to see if others like John above, can make a halfway decent model from them? Scott

Anybody out there have pictures of Kevin's/Missing Links '70 or '71 Montego built? I'd love to see one. Scott

I just ordered one of Missing Links 1970 Mercury Cyclones this morning. I was impressed with Kevin's '65 Buick Wildcat, that I built in the last year. So I'm looking forward to building this one too. It looks like a good kit from the pictures. And the Revell '70 Torino chassis looks like it needs very little modification to make it work. My plans are to build it as a Cyclone GT. I've wanted one of those ever since my dad brought home the brochure back in 1970. The Cyclone Spoiler always looked too cluttered up to me. The "plain" Cyclone, with the exposed headlamps, too plain. The GT version is the way I like my performance cars. They may not be the fastest at the dragstrip. But, they would be comfortable and classy to drive in every other circumstance. Scott

Nice job, and great review. Scott

All right! Revell fixed this kit in a way that will get me to finally buy one. The wheels and carb set up, plus the red plastic, kept me away from the Starsky and Hutch version. The wheel covers they chose for the new release are not my favorites. But, at least they are factory correct. I'll be using them. Scott

Still very cool! Scott

A nice looking Grand Prix. Great job. Scott Aho

Good looking Blazer. Very nice job. Scott Aho

Yes. Show us more. Scott Aho

Opened mine up today, and started doing subassemblies in preparation for painting. Wow! Am I impressed. This is a very nice kit. I only have one complaint. And it's a very minor one at that. I wish they would have offered this kit where one could have had the optional third seat in it. Making it a nine passenger, rather than a six. But, that's it. Everything else looks great. Good detail. Without going overboard, making the kit complicated to build. What I've glued together so far, fits prefect. I'm loving it. I've always been a big fan of the Suburbans. I've been waiting for years for somebody to do one. And Revell has done this one right. I do hope they eventually follow this kit up with a panel truck version. But, I'm glad to see a Suburban first. R. Scott Aho

I've been building models of the Titanic lately. 3 of them! I doubt one can consider the Titanic a "Pleasure Craft" after what happen to the real one. I had been eyeing Academy's 1/700th Scale Multi Colored Parts (MCP) Titanic kit at Hobby Lobby for quite sometime now. A few weeks back I was looking at them on eBay, and they have a version of the exact same kit, but with LED lights. So I took the plunge and bought one. With no painting, it took me only two days to build. I had a lot of fun and it looked great when it was done. So next I decided I needed their 1/1000th scale MCP Titanic. Since I've have Round 2's predecorated Star Ship Enterprise and Kingon Battle Cruisers in that same scale. Again, another fun and nice model to build. That one took less than one day to build. So..... I decided to buy Academy's 1:400th scale MCP Titanic. This one is going to take a while to build. A lot of little parts. Things like the ship's railings. And all sorts of pipes, vents, winches, and things like that. Then there is the rigging. Even though the Titanic was not a sailing ship, there is still a lot of rigging need to be added. And I've never rigged anything before this. So far, the 1/400th scale Titanic is coming together beautifully. Again, because of the Multi Colored Parts feature, it really need no paint. Other than the cargo covers. They are molded in clear plastic. Why they did that, I don't know? So I had to paint those flat white. The rest of the parts are looking great just as they are. And I love the way the parts fit and go together so nicely. I'm very impressed with this kit. In fact I'm impressed with all three Academy MCP Titanics I purchased so far. They are great kits. Scott

Another great review! I still love Chris' reviews. They are the best. And I'm looking forward to adding this Suburban to my collection. Scott

Very nice job. Looks just the tractors I remember as a kid. Like I said, very nice. Scott

Your your sister found some interesting stuff above ☝️Mark. I'm sure you'll have few problems getting rid of them if you want to. Even here. If fact... I see two Lockheed Constellations in their. If complete, what would you like for one of them? Scott

Interesting. Scott

More nice stuff. I'm glad your here posting your models Mr. Yost. Cars and others like the above. Again, your interests are very similar to mine. It's fun looking at what your showing us. At least I'm having a good time. Scott

I can't disagree with anything you've said Mark. You've basically hit the nail on the head. The Olds 350 fiasco was probably a bigger mistake than the development and execution of the Chevy Vega. Eventually trying to save money by taking away each of General Motors divisions autonomy is in my opinion what killed General Motors. Back before the mid-70's, when you bought a V8 Oldsmobile, you got a V8 built and designed by Oldsmobile. An Oldsmobile 350 V8 was not the same engine as the Buick, Chevrolet, or Pontiac 350. They were all different engines. Just having the same displacement. An Oldsmobile was not a Buick or Chevrolet. It was an Oldsmobile. GM's 1980 X-body, '81 J-body, and new '82 front-wheel drive A-body, what is the difference between those cars? Not much. Why buy one over the other? Only old brand loyalty at best. And that brand loyalty will only last so long selling the same vehicles. I believe this is part of the reason we don't have Mercury or Plymouth anymore too. Why pay more for a Mercury over the same basic Ford? Plymouths's case is a little different than Mercury's. In that case you could get a slightly better version of the same car, for not that much more money in a Chrysler on the same showfloor. The Chrysler name had more clout than Plymouth. Mercury did not have the same over Ford. Anyhow, I guess this all has little to nothing to do with the main theme of this thread. Other than, setting things up in a way that I doubt we'll see another Firebird Trans Am or Plymouth Barracuda, which I'd both like to see, in my life time. I hope I'm wrong. But, I'm not going to be holding my breath wait for them. Scott

??? Where did you get the above story come from? It makes no sense. Contractors not willing to Chevrolet trucks? Why did Chevrolet offer a special Work Truck edition of their pickup for several years? And GMC did not? I worked for a couple of GM dealers for many, many years over that time period. There was never any talk about closing down GMC that we ever heard of. Just before the bail out and recession of '07-'08, trucks, including GMC's were selling very well. Pontiacs were not. I still think killing off Pontiac was a big mistake in the long run. And I still question of killing off Oldsmobile too. I think with the right vehicles both brands could have been saved. GM has been very badly run for about thirty years now. My favorite brand, Buick, doesn't even hold much interest for me now. The only thing I still like from GM are some of the Chevrolet cars, and the trucks, from both Chevrolet and GMC. It is interesting how GM destroyed Oldsmobile. In the early 1980's Oldsmobile was one hottest brands going. Cutlass was one of the best selling cars there was at the time. Less than 25 years later you could barely give Oldsmobiles away. How do you destroy a respected brand like Oldsmobile that quickly? Or Pontiac for that matter? And if it wasn't for the Chinese market we would not have Buick. This company has been F***ed up for a long time now. The bean counters started taking over sometime in the 1970's. And it's been down hill ever since. Scott

Nothing new I can add. The advice above is the way to go. Scott

I hate to be naive. But what is this "list" being referred to here? I've never done any real big trading with anybody on the web. So, I really don't understand what went wrong here. Scott

Mike Conners earlier this year. Now Adam West. How sad. To me West will always represent the true Batman. He was the Batman I was reading about in comic books back then. First Mannix, now Batman. Plus, let's not forget Mr Spock/Nimoy last year. I guess I'm getting old. It's hard hearing about these loved icons passing away. Adam you did a great job. I will always have great memories of the work you did. Thank you. Scott