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Turned out pretty nice. Any more pictures?

I too would like to see the F, my all time favorite letter car.

Oh! Nice display. At a first glance I thought one my dreams came true. And the Revell decided to bring the Rewall Revival series back!

Bummer.. None on eBay yet.

The kits shown above have the DOHC Hemi in them? They look like "regular" Hemis to me. I've never seen the DOHC Hemi in any kit I've ever had. But, I'm not a big Mopar guy. And when be do build Mopars, I build showroom/factory stock versions. So a few with regular Hemis, but no DOHC versions.

One of the few modern cars I am in love with looks wise. The latest Corvette is another.

Yea. I went that route once. But, it not only smoked and drank beer. It cheated at cards too! A drunk smoking chimp I'm okay with. But, one that cheats at cards. You got to draw the line some place.

Just went over to eBay and bought a vintage smoking monkey toy. New in the packaging, with cigarettes. Had to do it. I love those old polically incorrect toys from the 50's and 60's.

Looks pretty good.

Looks good!

Interesting model. Very nicely done. Very cool. I'd be a little nervous driving that kart in real life. Engine right at your right elbow/arm. And gasoline between your legs. It maybe okay. The engine near the elbow/arm is what would worry me more. I can see getting burnt with engine there. Still, a very cool model. I like it.

Last night I was given 11 Revell snap kit Camaros left over from the make and take at the NNL North this last weekend. Members of the committee that run the show were kind enough to donate the kits, which are going to go to some autistic kids at one of the elementary schools I work at. I was given a couple of old glue kit this last winter that some of the kids tried building with not very good results. So I start looking at the idea of getting the snap kits. The cost was such, I needed some help. Hoping I could find someone to donate the kits. I tried several different sources with no luck. Finely, I brought it up in our local model car club meeting. One of our members is on the committee that runs the local NNL. He said he'd be wiling look into the fact they had extra make and take kits after last year's NNL. The catch was we had to wait until after this year's NNL to see if there would still be any kits left over. Thankfully for the kids and I there were. I want to put out a special thanks to Bob Maderich and Mark Rollie from the NNL North for their direct help in this. And to the other guys behind the scenes who decided to donate the kits. Thank you. I looking forward to give out these kits, and helping the kids learn to build, in some cases, their first model.

Honor House Products and another outfit, Captain Company sold some of weirdest and coolest toys. Like the grenade above. And with provocitive ads like the one above. Like it says, think of the fun you can have throwing a grenade in the middle of a group of people! And it makes noise that can be heard a block away! Thankfully, for me and the people around me, $1.25 was a good chunk of change back in the 60's. I would have done what they suggested! I was that type of kid. In fact..... I'd still like to have one today. I would if I could control the temptation? Heh, heh, heh!

The candy cigarettes pictured above are modern packaging that just came out a few you years ago. You can buy them on eBay. They also offer Doctor's Choice and Macoismo. I've recently purchased one pack of all three. The candy cigarettes we got as a kid did not have the "joke" type packaging like the above. The packs looked more like generic versions of real cigarettes the adults smoked at the time. They too, can still be found on eBay. I am amazed candy cigarettes were ever offered to kids. I'm even more amazed that our parents let us have them! I also remember that they really didn't taste all that good. They kind of tasted like sugary chalk. But, still it was cool to pretend you were smoking, like the adults. Thankfully it never lead me to pick up the real habit later on. I found that real cigarette tasted worst than the candy ones. That was enough to keep me away. One odd smoking toy I thought was very cool as a kid were the smoking monkeys and cats. You got a little plastic animal with these little cigarettes. You'd put a cigarette in the animals mouth. Light it. And little smoke rings would come up from the cigarette! Very cool! I've seen these show up on eBay from time to time. I've thought about buying one. But just can't for some reason. Maybe after writing about it here I'll have to go and buy one.

Should say why the backdated one didn't sell. The front end on that kit was what off looks wise. The later Ertl tool corrected that, and was much better. I have one of each built up. Even thought I do not like front end on the backdated one, I can not get rid of it. It's fun to display next to the later Ertl version. Speaking of '70 Camaros, I like to see a kit come out that is not a Z28, and with the non RS front end. Like AMT's original '70 Camaro kit. It was full front bumper version in SS 396 trim.

I did some work modifying the rear chassis cross member/axle support. I trimmed off its mounting post and the block it was sitting on. This made the chassis make better contact in front where it connected there. I'm still not 100% happy with results. But, it seems to have worked.

In aftermath of this weekends show, I got some very good news tonight. At the NNL North show they had a Revell Make-and-Take for the kids. Well, they had some left over kits, and I asked if I could get 10 of them for some autistic kids I work with at one of the schools I work at. I have talked to the kids and shown them some of my models, and they are very interested in building their own. I tried some glue kits with them, but with not very good results. I've been thinking snap kits would really be more at their level. The guys from the NNL North were more than please to donate the 10 kits for that cause. They let me know they okay the donation. And I'll be picking them up tomarrow night, and hopefully start some kids on the new hobby (for them) of building models. Thanks to the guys who run the NNL North. Bob and Mark in particular. I know there will be some very happy kids this coming Friday. And there is already one happy old man, who is looking forward to passing on a hobby I love to a younger generation.

And that's the reason for all the hate of this kit. Okay, it's not right. But, I didn't know that until you pointed it out. I built one ten years ago. I thought it look okay then. I still think it looks okay now. It's not like it's Palmer incorrect. And Mr. Joy's kit looks pretty good to me too.

Another great review. Boy, looking at this kit makes me a little sad. How could GM have screwed up Oldsmobile so bad? 80's Oldmobiles, particularly the early 80's were great looking cars. By the end of the 80's not so much. What a shame. And they were good cars too. Loved my mother's 1980 Delta 88 with the Holiday Coupe package. That gave her 20 years of basically trouble free driving. It had the 307. It was a great car. Back to the kit. It looks like Revell did another great job in tooling this one up. My only complaint is that is a Hurst edition. I've never cared much for those. Any model or any year. Looking how parts are molded to particular trees in the kit, you can see it would not be hard for Revell to offer other variations of this car in the future. For that reason, like their '72 Cutlass it maybe worth the wait to see what comes down the road. Any Supreme or 4-4-2 version of this kit can get me to part with my money. Just not the Hurst version.

Very nice. Refresh me guys. Why does everybody hate this kit. The roof looks a little off to me. But, really too bad.

Interesting start. It will be fun to see it finished.

I'd use what ever green looks right to you. In a lot of cases, Ford would use anything that was close themselves. Even the later Fords, with engines painted "Ford Blue." Ford Blue varied depending on the year, the plant that painted the engine, and God knows what else. Unlike body colors, they really didn't care that much. Go back to Model Ts. Some engines were painted. Mainly black. Some engine blocks were not painted at all. '49 or '50, I can't remember which, Ford changed engine colors in the middle of the year! So what color is right? What ever looks right to you.

I'd follow what Ford says. Nothing higher than 10%. I can tell you after working for a Buick/Jeep franchise for several years, I heard too many horror stories about problem with alcohol based fuels. Even in cars designed to use them. Even with a car designed to run on E85, I would not touch the stuff. I doubt E15 will really hurt your car. But why take risk? Especially since Ford does not recommend it. You know, with Tim Boyd's back ground working in the capacity that he did at Ford. It would be interesting to hear what he has to say on this subject.

Your right about the regular '66 Buick dashboard. But, the '66 Riv had a barrel speedometer, simular, but not same, as the Olds Toronado.

Very nice.