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Very nice. In fact, beautiful. I just picked this kit up. I hope it turns out half as nice as yours.
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1 hour ago, stitchdup said:
the humbrol enamels are good, especially the old tins but they are getting harder to find. the acrylics seem to have sand added at some point during manyfacuring cos none of them are any good. i bought a joblot of 80 pots and none were any use except adding texture. strangely the acrylics they make for their warhammer stuff are really good paints
The paint that came with the kit are acrylics.
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I’m still waiting for the 1950 (or was it ‘51?) Studebaker that Ertl told they were developing back in the 1990’s. I’d prefer it be a ‘51, because that’s the year Studebaker introduced their V8 in their Commander models. And I had hope it would be a Starlight coupe version, with the wrap around rear window.
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On 9/8/2022 at 9:35 AM, drksd4848 said:
Wow, this really was an annual:
Those reissues really kill the resale value of the originals.
BTW how about they reissue this one: (However, even I know the odds are pretty slim so I wouldn’t bang the door down for it)
I had the original release!
I’m pretty sure that was a Johan release. Who has the rights to that tooling?Your right. The Oldsmobile F-85 was released by JoHan.
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On 9/8/2022 at 3:12 PM, Richard Bartrop said:
I think that was just the Buick, though the Tempest did have half-a-V8 slant four
The aluminum V8 was developed by Buick. The the aluminum engine was also used in in the F-85. But, using Oldsmobile designed heads. Besides the standard half of a V8/4, the aluminum V8 was also a rarely seen as option in the Tempest in ‘61 and ‘62. The version, when seen in the Tempest, used the Buick heads. The aluminum V8 was standard on Buick Special/Skylark and F-85/Cutlass for 1961. The Buick V6 was added to the Buick compact for ‘62. And in ‘63 Pontiac replaced the aluminum V8 option with their own cast iron 326 V8 for ‘63. Buick and Olds dropped the aluminum V8s, going to cast iron V8s, when their compacts were redesigned into intermediate size cars for ‘64. The tooling for the aluminum V8 was then sold to Rover in England, and was offered in various British vehicles until the early 1990s.
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20 hours ago, Mike C. said:
RC Cola! I used to love that stuff.
Me too. I wish I could find it still. I liked it better than Coke or Pepsi.
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22 hours ago, happy grumpy said:
Looks pretty good . It could easily pass for a bigger scale.
Thank you.
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Very cool. I especially like the adding of factory air.
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Very nice.
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Beautiful Caddy.
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Love it, Steve. Great work.
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Great looking Fords. I like them.
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5 hours ago, stitchdup said:
The mercedes arrived yesterday, not really got a plan now as its not going to work for my hauler idea but its unusual enough that I'll do something with it. Maybe slammed on big white walls and lose some of the chrome. The 3d ford consul capri body just arrived. Its going to be a singer style build on an italeri escort chassis. Not sure if I'll open the hood or not yet. I'll be taking it to work tonight as my other builds aren't an a position to be carried around. Some of the body lines on the capri seem a little soft to me so the first job will be to do something with them and extend the chassis 5mm
I like the Capri. Very cool.
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It dawned on me, after I posted this request, that maybe Round 2 themselves may still have the part. So I through their replacement parts form online, I put in the request. And guess what? I got the new, un-warped, replacement part in today’s mail.
I do want to thank Lei above. A few days after I put in the parts request with Round 2, he PMed me, offering to make one for me! I really appreciated his offer. I always amazed by people like Lei and others here, who offer to help with things like that.
Thank you Round 2. And again, thank you Lei.
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I love Edsel. And I love the work you do. Beautiful models.
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Very nice.
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18 hours ago, Jim B said:
Nicely done.
Thank you Jim.
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Beautiful bird. Very nice.
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It looks good. I like it.
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8 hours ago, Dpate said:
$15 he basically gave it away lol good stuff
He is a “car” guy. He builds real hot rods. But, doesn’t build models. But, he know a good deal when he sees it. And knew I would like the kit. We have been friends for over thirty years now.
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What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Ray, I saw your thread showing the car partially built. I can not find a thread of it completely build. I assume you you finished it. And it turned out great.