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Well, I went and did it. I'm a glutton for punishment. This evening I went a head and purchased a Lindberg, ex-Pyro, 1937 Cord on eBay. I know! I know! It's a terrible kit. But, I just could resist it any longer. I love Cord 812s. And I built one of Pyro copies back in 70's. One of my secret love to hate kits. Or is that hate to love? It will be fun to display with my Monogram Cord 812. Scott

The double Willys kit with the '32 Ford sedan, did not have the parts in it to build the pickup truck version. That came in a later release. Scott

What's in the box is nice too. (Even the black plastic parts.) Scott

No disrespect meant here. But, that is not the best version of this song I've ever heard. Scott

Another good one. Scott

And! It would be fun to see what the above model looks like built. How is this kit? Is it any good? Scott

Tough to disagree with on that one Bill. And what can I say? I'm also a sucker for those Annette and Frankie beach movies. By the way, I still want Boneheads hat. How cool is that? Scott

Hey! Everybody keeps crying that Round 2 doesn't make anything new. What is this then? I don't remember this kit from forty or fifty years ago? Or did I miss something? ? Scott

Sorry to disagree with you Greg. But, Pipeline is much better in my opinion. Scott

Look at all the fun one can have with this kit! Even stock out of the box it looks nice. There was a show in the late 60's about cars that showed Lloyd Bridges at the beginning of the show driving the Silhouette along a sea coast highway. Now only was the car cool to look at standing still, but it looks like it actually functioned pretty well as a real drivable car. Which is more than we can say about a lot of other show cars of the same ilk. Scott

I too have seen this problem over years on different kits. The only example in my collection that I know of right now is my late 80's Buick Regal promo. They split. Maybe 15 years ago or more now. A member of our local model car club, the MCCM, bought a original '72 AMT Blazer kit. Still sealed in it original plastic. He opened it up at meeting. Naturally wondering if there would be any tire burn on other parts of kit. I don't remember if there was tire burn. But, the tires themselves were kind of white and I don't know how to exactly describe it. They were kind of fuzzy/flaky looking. Weird. That is the first and only time I've seen that happen. Scott

I didn't know the original came that way too. I guess that might be okay for nostalgic reasons. But, I'm still not a big fan of it. Even if I now understand it. Its not a big problem. Just time get out the Tamiya primer. Scott

There is one thing I'm a little bit unhappy with in this kit. The main part of kit molded in white plastic. That is good. But, the soap box car and its stand are molded in black plastic. Why? I know it came from a different mold that the main body of the kit. That still does explain why it's molded in black? Still, I am happy to see the soap box derby car back. Tamiya primer should take care of the black plastic. Scott

Is that real? Or photoshoppe? That is funny. Scott

I don't mind Lutz's views in Road & Track. But, why did they replace the PS feature with him? I miss that. Scott

To get buckets in a non Roadrunner/GTX Satellite, your had to get the the Satellite Sebring. And yes the column shift was standard with the manual 3-speed and TorqueFlite automatic. You would get the TorqueFlite on the floor console if you ordered that option. Scott

I love Opel GTs. I saw the Revell 1/32 scale kit at a local hobby store just a week or two ago. There were photos of the kit on box. One look at those, and box went back onto the shelf. Man, that thing looked bad all around from what could see. Ugh! Scott

I third that (is that correct terminology?). Scott

A chain store called Spartans. Man, they always had a great selection models. And not just cars. A bit of everything. The local Spartans was replaced years later by a Menards hardware store/chain. I've purchased a few die-casts there. But, never any kits. I never bought one. But, I remember at Christmas time years ago, Radio Shack would advertise that they carrying a very limited supply of models. The main one that I remember them advertising was that they had Revell's 1960 ('59?) Corvette. Scott

Okay. Let me see if I understand this? Reading mainly landman's, but others too, comments above. We need to quit bombarding the model companies with what we'd like to see? Okay, I'm sure I'm not getting the point. Right? This thread really doesn't tell me a thing. The statistics on how many kits needed for a model company to break even. Where do these statistics come from? And how up to date are they? All I know. If the model companies offer a kit and I like it. And I have the money, and the willingness to spend it for what the model costs. I will buy the model. That's all I can do. Do I really care about what, how or why the model companies are making money? Not really. I'm sure that they've got smart people who know the business, and have that figured out. If they don't? They will adjust their costs/prices, or go out of business. So far, rather than going out of business, they keep offering more and kits that I'm interested in buying. If you would have asked me ten years ago about where our hobby was going? I would have figured it withering on vine. Ready to die. Boy was I wrong! With the resurgence of the number of old and new kits coming out in the last few years, I feel we're now living in a second Golden Age of modeling. Round 2, Revell and the others, must be making some money for them to continue doing what they're doing. Scott

Kool! Scott

I confused? What is the point of this thread? I'm not trying to be a smart ass about this. I just don't get the point? Scott

I'd love to see the above MPC TC3 kit and a stock version of the Datsun pickup truck kit reissued. I have a feeling they've messed with the Datsun enough over the years, that seeing that on come back in stock form is not going to happen. Another weird one I'd be willing to buy if they reissued it, is MPC's Ford EXP kit. Scott

Last night I got Moebuis' '65 Cyclone and AMT's Soap Box derby '68 El Camino. Scott

Very nice ? Scott