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unclescott58

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  1. Yes you did Snake. I'm impressed.
  2. Okay, it finally dawned on me that to get a answer to my original question, I could just go to Tom Daniel's website and email him the question directly. He kindly and quickly returned my email, indicated that he designed it to be Fogerty as the driver. And Sergeant O'Reilly hanging off of the back. Interesting. I don't think I've read anything before about O'Reilly be a sergeant. But if anybody should know, it would be Mr. Daniel. By the way, every time I've had contact with Tom Daniel he has been a very nice. With this last email, he did tell me not to address him "Mr. Daniel". He said to call him Tom. A little tough with the time I grew up originally buying and builting Tom's kits. But, since he requested it, I will call him Tom if I ever contact him again.
  3. The GMC Motorhome from the above link blew me away. Wow! That is a very, very nice model. One of the best I've ever seen. Impressive.
  4. You've nailed on the head Craig.
  5. '61 Polaras had the torpedo tube taillights. Tommy's Dodge is a Dart of some sort. Most likely a Phoenix.
  6. Oh, one of the 1970 Chevorlet accessory brochures showed a non-photographic picture of the Monte Carlo convertible. They came very close to offering the convertible. Why they didn't, I don't know?
  7. On first generation Monte Carlos, only the '71s had a hood ornament.
  8. I'd like to know more about, and see more of the Corvair in the background of your first picture. Is it too another '60 700? It looks like it, from I can see now.
  9. Sorry Casey. Cadillac never offered an Eldorado before 1953. The car would be based on a Cadillac Series 62 convertible.
  10. Again this is an older kit. Typical of what MPC kits were at the time. The best way to get "detail" on it chassis is with paint. Which is how we did a lot models details back in the day. A steady hand and a brush, the old Caprice will look pretty good underneath.
  11. No. no. It's, "Get off my lawn, you rotten kids!"
  12. Very nice Corvair 700 sedan. Hope you post pictures of the model soon too.
  13. Man. I love those old safety driving films. Like those above. We think people are careless and stupid today. Well they are. But, as you can see by watching the above films, carelessness and stupidity have been around for a long time. Oh, and by the way. Sometimes I'm sorry to say that I'm one of the careless and stupid myself. I seem to be getting better with age. But still, I can slip into that carelessness and stupidity sometimes all too easily. The above films aren't just nostalgic fun. Sometimes they are good reminders.
  14. Basically. Just minor trim differences between the two cars in real life. Mainly grille and taillights. The GT has louvers on the quarter panel, just in front of the rear wheels.
  15. After over a year of thinking about it, with my love of Ford GTs/GT40s, I went ahead and finally purchased the old Aurora Ford GT in its last Revell/Monogram reissue. It's going to interesting to see what this kit is really like.
  16. She tolerates Corvairs? I'd hang on to that one if I were you. Speaking of Corvairs. Did you see that I just recently I got two very cool resin Corvair conversion kits from Modelhaus that I'm working on? A '66 Corsa convertible. And '67 Monza 4-door hardtop.
  17. You hit the nail on the head Brian. I too have seen that video. I love the looks and features of those old cars. But I really an greatfull for what we have got today. We do drive the best built and safest cars even in history. But, other than one or two of them, very few new cars light my fire. Most bore me.
  18. Know of the option. I've only seen them in photos. And I don't recalled hearing about them being called "tankers" or not.
  19. For years I've MCed for a show for the 1:1 stuff. And I'm amazed by the behavior of certain people who did not win a trophy, but felt they should. The questions and sometimes incriminations. It's not pretty. And the show is done by public voting! I just don't understand this, and never have. By the way, most of the winners at the show are okay folks. And I love MCing the trophy presentation. At the same time, I've had little to interest in winning a trophy or any other award for myself. And I don't know why? Then again, I am also not a great model builder. I do not enter many contests because I'm aware of it. But, I love building and owning models. And again, trophies and other awards really don't turn me on. I did win one second place ribbon for one model one time about twenty years ago. I think the ribbon maybe in the same box as the model is. I'm not 100% sure on that. That's how much I care.
  20. Just found and ordered a copy of the film on DVD, on eBay. The price was right. The photo of the case it comes in looks like it's commercially made product. So hopefully the picture will be at least as good as seen above. Again, I liked this film. Yet I never knew of it before last night.
  21. Working on Revell's '41 Willys pickup. The rear suspension is interesting one on that one. Even at 58 years of age. Plus 50+ years of building. It took me a while to figure out how to put that one together. I remember trying build Revell's Henry J back when I was about 13. I believe it has the same chassis as the Willys. I know I got it somewhat together back then. But, I'm not sure how looking at it now.
  22. I need to learn more about these services. How to use them. And how to post pictures here using them. I'm a bit of a Luddite when in comes using computer technology. There is a lot of stuff out there that I'm assured is easy to do. Yet I can't seem to figure them out. Half the time, I don't even know where to start.
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