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The "recall wheels" look cool. There are new, good, sets offered on the aftermarket for those who like the looks of them, and want them on their real car. So I don't mind them being offered in the kit as the stock option. If done right in the first place, I'm sure you would have seen a lot of factory built Mopars running around with them at the time.

This thing shows up in magazines every few years. Pretty amazing all right.

Bill, you show us a picture of a model of a Studebaker Hawk, and tell us nothing, other than the model was damaged by a 22 pound cat and needs restoration. That's kind of mean. I personally want to know more about the above model. As I said before, I'd welcome just about any Studebaker model kit. The order of what I'd like to see: 1. A 1964 Daytona convertible (2-door hardtop or 4-door wagon would be okay too). 2. A '62, '63, or '64 Gran Tursimo Hawk. 3. A 1951 Commander Starlight coupe. 4. A '58 Packard Hawk. (Okay not really a Studebaker nameplate wise. But, a Stude none the less.) And 5th on my list, a '57 or '58 Golden Hawk, as seen above. i think of the ones I want, the Golden Hawk would be the one for some model company to do first. Follow that with the Gran Turismo. Then the '51. I don't know how well the Packard Hawk and '64 Daytonas would go over.

Oh, yea. I know what your talking about. I too have the reinforce where my attaches to garage door too. That clears that up. Thanks.

It took me a while to read this whole thread. It is great. A lot of good memories. Two sayings of my mom. In the winter, "Shut the door. We're not heating for the birds." And on car trips, "Shutup a look at the cows." Boy their are so many other memories I could share. But, not now. Maybe later.

Just courious. What is a "garage door arm"? The only arm ever involved in anything dealing my garage door is my own. And that could be very painful. No jokes, no critism, just courious.

Very nice job Alan. And it shows what model building is all about. Building. Not just assembling (though just assembling can be fun too). I hope you buy the kit Darren, and have some fun with it. Just post us some pictures when your done.

Harry, the State Farm reference goes back to one of my misspelling. A few posts back I misspelled the word neither as neighther. Which reminded several here of the word neighbor. Which then led to relating it to State Farm's slogan, "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there." Just goes to prove how perfect I am. And that's why I sometimes cringe when kids ask how to spell something at work. I sometimes joke with the kids at work that I spell cat, K-A-T-T. With the exception of names, I'm really not a bad speller. Ten again....

The '69 Charger dash you show above Greg, is still one of the great instrument panel designs ever. Except for the tach. What was the point of putting a huge clock right on top of the tach? You might as well move the tach down to the console, were several other cars had it. Either setup works just as well. In other words, not well at all.

Thanks Vince and Carl. It sounds like you guys get it. As side note. After 24 hours in the good old purple bath, the Testors enamel is coming off quite nicely. And so far it looks like the Tamiya primer staying. Which is a good thing. I have some Testors Plum Crazy lacquer on the way. So it should turn okay in long run.

Despite the warm day we had today, no roses bloomed. Any other suggestions on what I should smell instead? On second thought, maybe shouldn't be that! (I hope this lightens things up a bit.)

What are sorry about. You've done nothing to be sorry for.

Yea, I know of Yost and his use of enamel paints. And you right I will not be buying "a big, scary airbrush." I already have one. I just don't like using it. And I'm not condemning all Testors paint. I like their lacquers. I just like Tamiya's paint better. I thought this particular thread was for venting what irks one. Am I wrong on that? My recent use of Testors enamel "irked" me. Am I not to use this thread?

I like your idea of the Hindenberg II. Wouldn't that be a blast?!

Art, what do you think about using this for gluing together the clear parts of the old MPC/AMT Show Case trailer? There are some fairly long seams between the roof and the sides.

I got my latest order from Holthaus today. And of course I'm very please. I ordered their '66 Corvair Corsa convertible conversion kit. And their '67 Corvair Monza 4-door hardtop conversion kit. Both are typical Modelhaus. They are perfect. I have the two AMT donor kits waiting to do the rest.

The little smiley face with the tongue sticking out didn't tell you I was joking around a bit? I respect Art. He is a great source of knowledge. Though I thought that his last posting was on the little too much information side for the level of decision we were having here. And a little boring. But, don't ever get the idea I have low respect for Art. But he's a big boy, and I'm sure he can take a little playful criticism. And like myself and others, he is not perfect. Or even correct 100% of the time. (In his case maybe 99%.)

Few to no pop ups on my iPad. Man, I love my Apple products. (How's that for an ad? I think they should pay for that. )

Did the '69 MPC kit come with a six? I know the AMT '65 and '66 did. But, I don't know about the MPC kits.

There are for sure not enough Buicks out there for me. The market is also a little light on Oldsmobiles I'd like to see. And I have always love the big Pontiacs from the 60's. As others have mentioned, the market is also light on Mercurys. Plus slip me a few big Chryslers. I love 300 letter cars (and non letter cars up through 1979).

Ah a newby question. You should almost be asking which kit doesn't come a small block Chevy in it? Just kidding! Welcome to the forum. And remember there are no dumb questions out there. Now..... There maybe some dumb answers though. And some may even come from me. So good luck out there.

Okay. Here is a frighting thought. I work in the field of education. With people like me teach your kids, is there any hope for the future? Speaking of teaching. What was the point the above entry Art? Ask a person the time. And they tell you how to build a watch. Despite the one or two mistakes you may have made in other posts in in this thread. We don't doubt your intelligence in automotive matters. So you don't need to put me to sleep proving how much you know. Though I do admire your sources Art. I too use many of the same. I also have every issue of Collectible Automobile going back to issue #1 (May 1984). IMO still the best car magazine out there. And, you brought up Special Interest Autos. A magazine I dearly miss. Hemming's Classic Cars which replaced it, some how misses the boat for me. It fact Hemming's basically gave us three monthly magazines to replace the one bi-monthly, Special Interest Autos. And the three together for some reason do not do as good of a job as old SIA did.

"do wit it."???

I refuse to go on Facebook, so sorry, I can't see it.

You know, I was just thinking. If they had added in the few missing Ala-Kart pieces, I would for sure be buying two of these kits. With the one I will be buying, I plan on building a stock Model A and the Mod Rod. Even though I'm not a big Ala-Kart fan, I would be willing to build one, along with a fenderless 20's hopped up version too. I really like that 1920's fenderless version shown along with the Mod Rod in side box art. Maybe I'll skip the stock version. And build the 20's fenderless version and the Mod Rod together instead. Man, I want a stock version. A 1920's fenderless version. And the Mod Rod. And I would be willing to build the Ala-Kart if all of the parts were there. Darn. I hate to buy two kits to get only three cars. What to do......?