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Oh. By the way. Recent reissues of Revell's old '60 Corvette do not come with stock wheels or wheel covers. But, the version I got today has some very nice baby moons on chrome wheels. I like the looks of them, and will be building the kit with them.

Okay! I admit I have sickness. At the last local NNL in May of this year, I won MPC's '60 Corevette in the raffle. What a fun kit. A lot of cool stuff in box. So I decided it's time to build it and the Revell '58 Vette I have in waiting. I'm going to paint them both Ice Blue with White coves. So I started the initial work on the two and decided I really should build AMT's old '59 at the same time, and in the same way. So I hunted down and purchase one off of eBay earlier this summer. From time to time, this got me thinking. I have never built Revell's old multi-peice body '60 Corvette. It might by fun to build that one too, as to compare and contrast to the other three. So, guess what I did? I bet you can't guess! Okay! You guessed it. I went on eBay and bought the Revell Highway Scenes '60 Corvette (with Die-Cut Diorama Motel). I've heard mixed things about this kit over the years. I got the kit in the mail today. I opened it up, and started doing some sub-assembly work on the kit. Including assembling the the body to get it ready for paint. And you know what? This kit isn't as bad as I've heard. In fact it's actually pretty nice. The multi-piece body goes together quite well. It's easier to assemble than Revell's old '59 Ford Retractable multi-peice body. Now is this kit up to snuff with their more modern tooled '58? Not even close. But so far, at least far as the body is concerned, it looks pretty good. And should turn out looking fine. Now the question is. Do I need to add Revell's '62 Corvette to go along with AMT's '62 Corvette? I know. It a sickness. But it's something I might have to do.

I too am a little sad to hear about this. I've always had mixed feelings about the kit. But, being that its quirky and the reissue would have had a reasonable price, I'm sure I would have picked one up.

I want both! I particularly like those gas station premiums that were sold back in the 1960's. The only one I ever got at time, and found an exact replacement of on eBay a couple of years ago, the DX gas Motorific torture track. I believe I got my first one back in Christmas of 1965. It was cool then. And is still cool today. The one I found on eBay was complete and in perfect shape. It even came with the same car, a light green Ferrari GTO. The box was just a little beat up. And I picked it up at a great price. So I have no complaints. Of the Texaco offered toys, the one I always wanted was the Texaco Service Station made by Buddy L. I think it was relatively expensive back in the day. And way out of my price range now.

Very cool. Who makes this? And what does it cost?

Very nice looking Sportabout. Another cool resin.

Last year I bought and built Missing Link's '65 Buick Wildcat. Yesterday received in the mail, Missing Link's 1970 Mercury Cyclone. Missing Link's '71 Hornet SC360 may have to be the next one I buy down the road. I've always like looks of that car. My only concern with this kit, is exactly what comes with it? On Kevin's website, it sounds like it may have everything but a drive train. It makes me wonder if there is enough there to build a nice curb side out of kit? And if it does not have enough parts in kit the to build and curb side, what kit does one use as a donor for the parts needed to complete the kit? It's not really care on Missing Link's website. Or the build above.

Actually I got this in yesterday's mail. Missing Link's 1970 Mercury Cyclone. Very nice.

I just got the Missing Link '70 Cyclone. I meant to post a review here, but accidentally posted it in the thread about Missing Link's Montego kit. So far, I'm impressed with what I got. And if you want to read more, check out the thread on the Montego kit.

I received my Missing Link 1970 Cyclone in the mail as of yesterday. Again, another great looking Missing Link kit. Everything was there. And everything looks very nice. I'm looking forward to building this. I have a second Revell '70 Torino GT as donor for all of the other parts that are needed to complete the kit. I only have one concern with this kit. And that is having to remove the radiator support molded into the front of the body. I'm waiting for Kevin to email me more details on exactly what needs to be done with that. In general, it looks like a fairly minor problem. If problem is even the right word to use with it. From what I'm seeing, and from building one other Missing Link kit in the past, I would not hesitate in recommending this kit. So far I'm impressed. I especially like the way the vacuum formed glass looks. It was a much better design that expected. It looks like it should be easy to cut out and used. Again, all in all, it looks like a very nice kit.

I like the Excaliburs and the Clenets. For the most part I was never impressed with the rest.

I like the Caliente convertible idea. It be an easy sell for me. The more Comets, the better.

Now that is cool! I like those old Hubley kits. I need a Met and one of their Ford station wagons.

I saw the movie today. Not bad. Not great either. Yet I liked it. It's okay. Well worth seeing. I don't quite understand the use of Tom Sawyer in this movie? Why Tom Sawyer? They couldn't come up with a better "American" fictional character than that? Don't get me wrong. Tom Sawyer is a great book. But, to me Tom isn't a fictional figure that generally fit with the rest of the characters in this movie. The use of the others made a lot more sense to me. I did like the relationship between Dorian Gray and Nina Harker. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde I thought were used well too. Great movie? No. A pretty good movie? Yes. And as unrealistic as the Nautilus and Nemo's car were. I liked them too.

Who Peta Wilson? I guess more does need to be said.

Who was behind TKM? Who originally created these models? How many different cars or trucks were offered? When, and how long were these kits produced? Has anybody ever purchased a second one, after receiving their first? The '48 Caddy above looks terrible. And like any disaster. One can't help it. You have to stop and take a look. So I hope people keep posting more. As bad as they are. They are an important part of modeling history.

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