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Wow! The color combo really makes that one snap. Very nice. Scott

Yea, I was going to say, no fair posting pictures of rear cars. Obviously you did a very good job on this. Scott

Ohh!!! I like the Studes above. These are looking cooler, and cooler to me. Scott

I hope we can see this one when its done. I wonder. Would it post in Model Cars Underglass section? Or under the Everthing else section? Scott

I'm in the education field. That kind of teaching generally doesn't work. And leads to more problems. I don't know if Samir is a bad driver or not. But, I wouldn't be driving all that great either, with someone talking to me like that as I'm trying to do it. Scott

The front end is interesting. The rest of the car is to over the top for me. And calling it a Rocket? Worked for Oldsmobile in the past. But, seems kind of juvenile in this case. I'm okay with being juvenile. But not this juvenile. And I don't not why? Scott

By the way, Haynes also puts out a Capri Owner's Workshop Manual. Does anybody know, is this done in the same style/format as the Ford GT40 and Ferrari 250 GTO Owner's Workshop Manuals? If it's like the other two, more of a history of Capri rather than a repair or service manual, I may need to add that book to my collection too. There are not a lot of really good history books on the Ford/Mercury Capri out there. Much less 1/25 or 1/24 scale model kits of a Mk I Capri. Scott

I've built both the hardtop and convertible. And liked them both. I've read a lot of people criticizing these kits. They look great to me. I like them well as Monogram's '64 GTO. Scott

Okay, I got the Haynes Ford GT40 book in the mail yesterday. Got the Haynes Ferarri 250 GTO book a few days before that. Both are great books. Well worth the price. They are not really "Owner Workshop Manuals" per say. They are wonderful detailed histories on the cars. Great references for building models. Lots of great pictures, and explanations on the difference variances of the cars. I'm very impressed with both books. As I've noted before, I recently added the Revell/Fujimi Ford GT40 Mk II to my collection. As of yesterday I won a Fujimi GT40 Mk I in an eBay auction. And a week or two ago I ordered a Fujimi GTO. The above two books will be of great help in detailing all three models. Interestingly, the Haynes GT40 does not do very good job on covering the Mk IV variation. In fact I think it does a better job of covering the Mark III, than the Mark IV. I also got the impression, the author, Gordon Bruce, really doesn't consider the Mk IV as a true GT40. And it's hard to argue with him. The Mark IV is not really a true GT40. It's a totally different car in most every way from the other GT40s. I love my first Revell/Fujimi GT40 kit. I'm looking forward to the other Fujimi GT40 and GTO. I'm still debating on hunting down the old Aurora/Revell Ford GT kit. But would like to see more details of the kit. And closer pictures of the kit built straight from box. Also, another fellow blogger here, has offered to sell me an MPC Mk IV at a very reasonable price. I'm looking forward to that too. More details on that later. Scott

I'm surprised to see how many of these were done. I'm also surprised to see how many I like the looks of. Scott

Boy Chris, you nailed it on head. In a nut shell, you just gave most of the reasons I disliked Monogram and Revell kits (mainly Revell) from that time period. Scott

How about AMT's old Allison Thunderland funny car model kit? I built one about year ago, and posted photos on this site. Built the model just because it used the cool motor. Scott

Very cool! Pun intended. Scott

I like what you did to Shelby better. Scott

Hey, I like it. It's very cool. Not all cars are mint. Even Shelbys get wrecked and neglected. Scott

I was going to to be mean (in a joking way) and ask, which is the daughter? And which is the cat? Man.... I am mean. Scott

I like it. Use to see things like that sitting out in farmers fields. Very nice. Scott

Why not? Scott

Very nice. Good job. Scott

Kool. Scott

I'm surprised you had troubles with this kit. I had none what so ever when I built mine. But that said, I'd say your's turned out very nice in the end. Nice job. Scott

Looks great. Didn't like those 308s back in the day, but they've grown on me over the years. I kind of like them now. Scott

I do the same thing. I too always carry a Garmin in my glove box. Interestingly, a couple of months ago I forgot to shut my garage door one night. I never lock my car when it's in the garage. Well, somebody decided to go through my car looking for valuables. Everything was out of the glove box and on the passenger floor. I thought for sure my cell phone and Garmin would be gone. Apparently neither has any value, for they were both left behind. In fact I must of had nothing of value in my car. Nothing was missing. Just a mess of my stuff on the passenger seat and floor. So you can tell your wife to stop worrying about that one Tom. Scott

Have a buddy who owned a Scamp pickup back in the early 90's. Great vehicle. It was comfortable, and got great gas mileage. We took it to several car shows/swap meets around the country. Not to show. But, to carry things like swap meet treasures and other car parts. It had a topper to keep the cargo safe and clean. A perfect little truck for what we used it for. Scott

I agree with Tom too. As noted by Steve, we were talking about "mint" promos. Not broken or damaged ones. At the same time, I don't always look at early "warped" promos as damaged promos. I have a beautiful 1960 Ford Galaxie Fordor Town Victoria (a 4-door hardtop) promo that looks like it's been a bit "t-boned" in an accident. This is common on these early promos. Scott