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I'm sorry Bill, I think the BMW i3 is just plain ugly. But, it's unique. It doesn't like another Toyota Carolla. I miss the days when you could look at a lot of cars and argue over what looked good and what did not. Most cars today are bland. The BMW i3 is not bland. It's just ugly. But not bland. Scott By the way, if you disagree with my opinion on car styling, you have no taste.

Real or not, it's a matter of taste. I think it's great if they put out these old show rods. It doesn't mean I'll be buying them. If it's based on a real car, or designed by Tom Daniel, I'm more likely to buy it. But, even that's not a guarantee. And there has been stuff out there that I'd never consider buying in the past, that I might consider today. Maybe I saw one built for the first time. Or maybe my tastes have just changed over the years. It's all okay. Bring them on. Scott

Just got the last release of the AMT/Bill Cushenbery's Silhouette. This one was still seal, new in the box. I opened the box, and thought about the old saying about trying to put 10 pounds of poop into a 5 pound box. And that's not to say what I found in the box was poop. It was the exact opposite. The kit looks great. But, how did they get all of that plastic in there? After looking at the instructions and the parts in their bags, I put everything carefully back in, and box top back on. It doesn't go all of the way back down! Again this is not a bad thing. I'm impressed. I have thought about purchasing one of these forever. I go through times when I think that this is a very cool looking car. And other times were I don't know what I was thinking, when I thought this was a very cool looking car. Despite that, I like the box art on the 2006 Nostalgic Series release of the kit. So I bit the bullet and bought one. Looking at the instructions and the parts (from what I can through their bags) and seeing built versions of the kit in the past, it looks like it should be a fairly nice kit to build. I've heard the front and rear "bumpers" can be a little tricky to put on? Beyond that, I've hear nothing else bad about building this kit. Anybody else out there have comments or warnings about assembling this kit? Scott

Pinto were not the best cars in the world. But even they didn't deserve that. Scott

1014 pics? Great detail shots for building models. But, a little too much for one sitting. How about a shorter highlight version? Scott

The only one who for the most part could make this genre of model kits work, was Tom Daniel over at Monogram in the late 60's, early 70's. There were a few by the others, but for the most part the made up "cartoon" street rods do little for me. Scott

Ah, but was it lucky or unlucky for the others around you? I was born on a Friday. But, it was the 7th of February in 1958. And knowing my mother, she would have told you, "Friday the 7th was a bad luck day!" I was not the best child in the world. But, at the same time my mother was not the nicest person in the world either. So, maybe Friday the 7th was bad luck for both of us. Scott

Oh wow! For the first time in my life I can have abs. Scott

Note that old man winter in the above photo has the general shape of a map of the state of Minnesota. What does that tell you? But, we too here in the frozen north are starting to see signs of spring. In fact, the weather forecast for the next week sounds wonderful! We may be seeing 50+ in the next few days! But.... We can still see snow in April or even May! Hopefully not this year. The last two winters have been bad. Not much snow this winter at least. But, verrry cooold. We need a break! Scott

I really like the New Yorker. To me, it looks better than the other two. It just has the right look. Fun picture. Scott

Okay, again why the Excalibur refrence? The Excalibur looks nothing like a Panther De Ville or Bugatti. Early Excaliburs look like late '20s Mercedes SSKs. Later models look like the big Benzs of the mid to late '30s. Scott

Ah, don't return it. With a little fiddling here and there it can be built into a fairly nice model. I built one a few years back. Not as much fun to build or as nice AMT's '53. And unlike AMT's '53, I'll never buy another one. But with a little work it turns out fine. Scott

This is the second mention of Excalibur in this thread. Neither of the cars show in Allen's posting here, post #1, is a Excalibur. Nor car shown in Bill's post, #6. Excaliburs have a much more Mercedes Benz look. Scott

I agree with Brian. What do you expect from 45 year old tooling? Or even more, in the case of the '64 Chev, from 51 year old molds? I've built AMT's '69 Cougar in the past. I found the kit to be okay. As okay as any other AMT kit from the same time period. I'm not the greatest modeler in the world, yet my Cougar looked pretty good when it was done. I was happy with it. Scott

No, sorry Art. The wide-bed boxes on the Studebakers came from Dodge. They were Sweepline box from the 1959 and '60 Dodge pickup. Scott

The bed was from Dodge. I too would love to see a styrene model of a Studebaker Champ pickup. Scott

I'm a big Buick guy (in more ways than one). This, like most new Buicks does little for me. Im sure it's going to be a very nice car. And I hope Buick sells a few. But I miss things like the old Rivieras and Wildcats. Heck, I even liked the last gen Riv. The interior on this new car looks very nice. But, Buick's recent styling, especially in the front, does nothing for me. But, they not aiming Buicks at guys like me anymore. For that matter, no one is aiming cars for the most part at guys like me. At 57 I've become an automotive dinosaur. Scott

Very cool car. I love those big sleepers. Don't know of any models of them though. Scott

Just bought my first Dremel tonight. I got the Dremel 7300-N/8, cordless 4.8V two-speed rotary tool. It came with 8 accessories. Two screw mandrels #401 and #402. Sanding discs #407, #408, and two #445s. A wire brush, #428. A polishing wheel #414. And a structured tooth tungsten carbide cutter, #84922. Now the question is, what accessories above will I use for plastic model car building? What other accessories do I need to pick up? And how and why would I use any of these accessories in build plastic model cars? I've been thinking about picking up a Dremel from more than 40 years now. I've gotten by without one. But, just about everybody I know in the hobby has one and seems to use it all of the time. I can see some uses right away. A nice thin, flat little cutting blade for example could come in handy cutting out the extra plastic support pieces one sometimes finds in large hood openings, window areas, etc. You know, the plastic that your instructions tell to remove before assembly. I can see grinding open wheel wells to allow for big tires to be used. Which is something I have not done a lot of in past. So, I'm looking for more ideas on how one uses this tool, and why? Scott

A good joke is worth repeating. I think the last two. Both yours Harry and mine are repeats, told here before. Scott

It's a good kit worth picking up. It can not be built totally stock though. It's completely stock, except for the engine. There your stuck with the Cadillac motor from Revell's '49 Custom Merc kit. But that's my only complaint. And that ain't much of a complaint for me, at that. Scott

Fujimi's Porsche 917K has that "right look", but seems off in scale. When sitting with other 1/24th scale models, it looks too big for 1/24th scale. I still like the kit though. The look of any model or toy car is more important to me, than if it measures out true. I wonder if sometimes things translated to correct size in scale, do not look right to the eye? Scott

Wow! A great article. Interesting. I have never built, or even owned a Heller kit ever. Looking at the instructions he posted, it looks like they were not easiest kits for average model builder to build. Beautiful stuff though. Scott

I can basically repeat what Bill and Richard "the Snake" above have said. Picking a best model company is near impossable. Scott

Got my Krass and Bernie book yesterday. Already finished reading. It was great. Scott