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Very sharp looking trailer. I'm impressed.

Very nice Harry.

I just put in an offer for $1.00 to see what would happen. I don't need the grille, but $9,999.99 offer is a joke. My offere was automatically rejected. But I feel I've made a statement by doing it.

By the way, didn't the Detriot Auto Show version come with black wheels? The regular spam kit which I purchased has silver wheels. This one looks like another scam.

I guess I'm not so old after all! I've been building spaceships for years now. I don't know what solar stations are? But I've built a few space stations. And I've never seen a model of a monorail. But that sounds cool too. I guess I'm ready for the future of modeling.

???? What in the heck is this seller up to? $10,000 for a model kit grille? And then the seller is listed as being away as I checked it? Something doesn't smell right?

Yea, an okay article. A nice Thunderbird. I like the Benz 220 and Crosley Hot Shot also.

Oh! You want me to read the thread you put a link to. Maybe I'll do that.

Thank you for the above Gergo. I think what you've said is probably what's really happening in general. I think we worry too much about "our" hobby, when in reality it's just fine. The "kids" are just taking it in a different direction from what we are seeing. We just need to keep on making sites like this and other things friendly so they do feel welcome when they stumble upon us old foggies.

Old cars? To an old guy like me, those are new cars! ?

Having parents expose their kids to the Big Wide World out there? God forbid. Even if a family goes traveling, so many have SUVs with built in video devices now days. Rather than encouraging the kid to look out the window and interact with others in the vehicle. One just hands them a set of headphones and puts on a movie. It's easier that way. You don't have to listen to them complaining about being bored. Or learning about something yourself if the kids should ask a question about what they're seeing, that you don't know much about either. God forbid the little rug rats whine, fight, or ask questions. Just let them watch the latest Disney flick for the umpteen time. Who has time to interact with their kids. Today both parents are probably working. They're busy with their own lives. They don't want or have the time to discipline their kids. Plus everything is unsafe out there in the real world. Let the kid play with something that requires a knife? Or messy glues and paint? Where is the reset button if they should screw something up? Make a mistake? And look how boring the modern cars and trucks are. Most cars look just like Toyotas now. Trucks are not really trucks. They're are just big replacements for the full-size cars that were regulated out of existence by things like CAFE standards. Open the hood and try to figure out how to work on or modify a modern vehicle. It can be done. But it's not cheap or easy. How many fathers take their kids out and show them how to work on a car? It's easier now just to take it to tech. Not a mechanic. But a technician. That's what they called them now days. Look at the cost of a modern car. The electronics, safety equipment, etc. It's not easy or cheap to just buy and fix up a more modern newer car. Especially for a kid. Who has the time and money? And several government regulations will not let you tamper or modify certain things. It's no wonder that most kids have no interest in cars today. I'm shock how many kids I work with that are not even interested in getting their drives license when they turn 16 now. It was a right of passage in my day. And we couldn't wait to get our first car. Even if it was some cheap beater we would have spent a little time and money fixing it up. One last thing. I raised three kids. When ever we went someplace in a vehicle I turned off even the radio. And encouraged them to talk with me and others. I still do that with them and other friends who ride with me today. On some long trips I may play the radio. But, in general I want to hear what other people I'm spending time with have to say. I love the art of conversation. The people I hang around with are interesting and fun. Much more interesting than the same old songs I've heard a million times before on the radio. Or some idiot talk show who insults my intelligents with their far left or right wing drivel.

Tell me more. What are they planning on releasing? If you know?

I like how clean the above Road Runner looks, Casey. I hope they offer the above decals in different colors. So I can choose the color I want to paint the car.

Yea. There were F code Birds before R code Mustangs. What about them?

Young people in general aren't joining in on most hobbies we old folk grew up with. A lot full-size car clubs are having trouble getting young people interested there too. It's a different world from the one I grew up in. Is this good? Or is this bad? I don't know. All I can do is enjoy the hobby while I can. At the same time. With all the new kits and reissues that have come out in the last few years. I'm not so sure why we should be worried. The model companies seem happy with taking us old folks money. The day are are not. Is the day I'll start worrying.

The old AMT builds up quite nicely. It's always looked right to my eye. It does not have the underside detail of a modern Revell kit. I like the AMT kit well enough, that I've never really considered a need for buying the Revell version. I like the simplicity of the AMT kit. It looks great sitting on the shelve.

More info on this please.

Can the '70 Charger be built stock?

Yesterday I was at a local hobby shop and picked up a kit I've been considering buying for a while now. Revell's '81 Lowrider Chevy Citation. Believe it or not, I've always kind of liked Chevy's little piece of you know what. But, this is an odd kit of for what supposably represents. The box says it represents an '81 Citation. But in '81 Chevrolet didn't offer the Citation in a club coupe which this kit depicts. The club coupe was offered in 1980. And again in '82 1/2 through '84. But only the hatchback versions, 2-door and 4-door, were offered in '81. Plus the grille in this kit is not right for an '81. It is right for the '80. Okay, it's a depicts an '80 club coupe. Not so fast! The domed hood was not offered on the '80 version of the Citation X-11. It was introduced with the '81 X-11 hatchback. The X-11 club coupe in '82, '83, and '84 would have that hood though. The "stock" wheels are correct for 1980. The Turbo wheels are what was used on the '81 and later X-11s. The vent before the rear wheels, were only on the '80 X-11. But, these are seperate pieces in the kit, so you don't have to use them. The kit does give you correct decals to an '80, or an '81 and later X-11. To top it off, the kit comes with a 2.8 liter V6. But it's turbo charged. It's going to take a little work if you want it to be a stock power plant. The above reasons are why I took so long before buying this kit. I bet it took me over two years before making the decision. The price was never the issue. It was just trying to justifying this kit over others. I finally decided because I've gotten tired of debating on buying it or not. I bought it so I won't to think about anymore. I also picked up the latest issue of Model Car.

I've had no interest in this kit until I saw the kit on the shelves at a local hobby store. In general the two versions everybody talks about, the Surf Woody and hearse version do nothing for me. But, then I saw the roadster version on the side of the box. Now that is kool. I'm now considering picking one up.

I'll buy one if they ever come back.

As I've stated before, I love Volares. So this one is high on my list of must haves.

I'm with you on the above statement Jonathan. I built one Ramcharger over the years. I didn't mind the level of detail in that kit. It looked great built straight out of the box, only adding paint and glue. And still looks great now, years later. The only thing I don't like in the kit is the aftermarket sun roof (I believe it's aftermarket, and not factory). That type of sun roof was pretty popular at the time. I never liked the looks of them on any vehicle that had them installed. And they always leaked water on the real vehicles after only a year or two. If I were to buy the Ramcharger again, I'd fill in the sun roof and leave out the roll bar. Filling their mounting holes too. It might be fun to build one with top off of it. I can't remember if it represents one of the years were the top came off the real Ramchargers or not?

Wow! Thanks for posting the above letter Gary. It was very interesting to read. The only one I had in that series was 2102, the Mercedes SL. I loved the kit. And wish I had it today.

As they say, One mans trash is another mans treasure.