unclescott58

I was a little confused on this grille at first. The grille in Revell's 4-4-2 kit is not correct for a normal 4-4-2. It is correct on the Hurst 4-4-2s and the Cutlass Supremes. For this reason I passed on the kit. I'm not a big fan of the Hurst cars. If it had the correct Oldsmobile 4-4-2 grille I'd go for it. I'd also like the option to be able to build it without the optional scooped hood (standard only on the Hurst cars). Scott

Zoinks! is right. Maybe a JoHan '66, '67, or '68 Chrysler 300 kit. I'd be willing to bet the Plymouth Fury kits from that time also came with that same engine. Only listed as a Commando. Scott

Okay Mr. Smythe. Who is this? And why are you posting his picture? Do you just post random pictures of people for no reason? Scott

Oh!! I like the little brother. Scott

I like it! Scott

A few years back there was a US Supreme Court Justice who was asked for his definition of pornagraphy vs. nudity in art. He replied that he didn't know how to define it, but knew it when he saw it. That's kind of how I feel good design. And sometimes it's just a little thing that can take a bad design and turn it into a good one. And vice versa. For me the best automotive design ever is Gordon Buehrig's stunning 1936 and '37 Cord 810/812. From the first one I ever saw 45 years ago, to this day, I've been blown away by the Cord 810/812. Every line on that car is right. With one exception. I really dislike the 812 Beverlys with the bulging trunk lid. I understand the need for that trunk lid. But, to me it ruins the perfect lines of an already great design. Scott

Very nice Mustang. '67 is still my favorite. I like the Chevy in the last photo too. Scott

Rolling down the car windows to smell the roses around here will just get you frostbite on your nose. Well.... Okay, it's maybe not that bad right now, but nothing will be blooming around here for another month or two. Still, I had an assignment at an elementary school this week that required me to do crossing guard duty in the morning just before school started. It was chilly the there the three mornings I did it. But, still it was nice. I was only outside for 20 minutes at the most, waiting for 5 kids. No birds singing, which is a shame. But it was a nice quite way start to the day. Scott

Wow! Scott

Basketball on TV. I'd rather be watching the Big Bang Theory. Scott

I have several friends, mainly through the local model car club, that are into the hobby. And I have yet to see any in our group that I would consider "mooches." They seem to be pretty good guys. Helping when they can. Never asking for too much. In general good considerate friends. I'm surprised by what I've read in other people's posts here. I don't ever really recalling anybody like that within my model building friends. In other areas of my life I've meet people like that. And sometimes I worry that I maybe coming off as the obnoxious mooch. I hope not. But again, I haven't seen much of this with my modeling friends. Scott

I'm thinking the feet and hands we see sticking out of the curtains in the tiki hut in the Surfite kit, will be painted green rather than "flesh color" on mine. Indicating that Rat Fink himself is sleeping in the hut. Scott

I am of Finnish decent. (I'm half Finn and half Norweigan. And someday hope they Finnish the other half!) But, my last name has no relationship to Saint Urho's at all. The Finns just seem to like names and other words that start with, and have a lots of vowels in them. By the way, "Aho" in Finnish means "a clearing in the woods." A lot of Finnish people got their last names from where they lived. What Urho means in Finnish, I have no idea. I do know how the name was picked for the saint when he was invented in the mid 1950's. At the time, Finland had a President or Prime Minster with that last name. Scott Aho

Beautiful job on both the Surfite and the Tiki Hut, Tom. As I noted before, the hut and figure of Big Daddy are the two things that convinced me to buy the kit. The tiki hut is already down stairs get its first coat of paint and Roth has got a decal placed on his shirt. I've started to do some plimanary work on the Surfite itself. As you noted Tom, it is a little "fiddly". But, over all it doesn't seem too bad, and is a lot more interesting design than I expected. I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. I'm very pleased with this purchase. Forgot to mention, the kit not only comes with the surfboard that fits into the Surfite itself, but two other cool but different surfboards. Plus it now comes with decals for taillights and grille. Making those a lot easier to detail. The kit is very fun. Well worth the price. Scott

Scott, do they do anything special there on the Ides of March? I assume the picture you posted is the place were Ceasar was stabbed all of those years ago? Scott

For a curbside, I think it looks very nice. Scott

Added two more to my collection today. Revell's Ed Roth Surfite with figure. And the prepainted figure of Big Daddy looks really good. I like the fact that your given six different decals to customize the blank white t-shirt he's wearing. The Surfite is cool, but I always wanted to build the Tiki Surf Club shack even more. Adding the prepainted Roth figure pushed me over the edge into buying this one. I also got Monogram's Tom Daniel Ice "T". I've been thinking about this kit for 45 years. It's a cool design (pun not intended). But I've always sat on the fence about buying this one. And I don't know why? But I've finally got one. Now, do I paint it like the box art? Which looks okay, but makes no sense to me. Or do I paint it a nice light, ice blue? What do you think? Scott

Minnesota too is like those Nordic countries. "Long, dark winter so we have more than efficient amount of time to think of something totally bonkers." Plus the state is filled with with people of Nodic decent, who were bonkers enough to settle in an area that looked a lot like Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Rather than someplace nice and warm with short winters. I'd say my ancestors were not the brightest bulbs in the bunch, to move from Norway and Finland to Minnesota! Scott

And what did you think about them? Were the diesel models any good? Scott

Steve, did the hash marks on the '67 XR-7 make it on to the production/street versions of the car? It's been a long time since I've looked at '67 Cougar XR-7s, but I thought the hash marks were only on prototypes and early press cars. I maybe wrong on that? Am I? Scott

Thanks for the heads up on this one. Just went over to eBay and ordered one. They look pretty good, looking at the picture on eBay too. Scott

I'm a little disappointed that nobody thought my above comment was funny. Maybe I should repost it on April 15th. Scott

This is getting out of hand. I like it! Scott

Quit complaining. If we could we would. Almost 24 hours, and the snow is still sticking to the trees and grass. At least the streets and sidewalks are clear. Scott

There is a song call, the Song That Never Ends. I feel like that's what we got going on here, and I'm getting bored of it. I'm looking forward to a true review of the Del Rio Ranch Wagon when it appears. Hopefully Tim Boyd will do one of his great reviews on it. In the mean time, I'm sure it's back to the pissing contest. The Song That Never Ends. Scott