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I don't know Tulio. This could lead to trouble. You building a none Ford product. All kidding a side, another great looking model. Scott

Fun video. Scott

I like it! And of course it's in the Ford Galaxie, Joe. Scott

A few weeks back, I got and am working on, Pegasus Hobbies' "The War of the Worlds, War Machines Attack!" model. I got the "Special Edition Plated" version with "Chrome Copper Finish." It's a 1/144 scale diorama with two War Machines and two Sherman tanks. One of the tanks is being hit by a heat ray from one of the Copper plated War Machines. So far, a fun model. As with several of you above, I too am into trains. Because of space limitations, I'm into N gauge. And I'm big into passenger trains and the Great Northern. I have two different Empire Builder combines I can run. Need to eventuly add a Santa Fe Super Chief to my fleet. Scott

No TV had any effect on me. I was born loving cars. Here's what my mother wrote in my "baby" book under favorite toys. "Toy: a little red car. Age Presented: 16 month old. Reaction: "Have to have it with all over but you lost it in August at Pat's cabin" Toy: a little red car. Age Presented: 22 months old. Reaction: "Of all the nice things you got for xmas 59 you like that that red 19 car cent you found in our backyard best. Can't be parted with it at all" "For xmas 1959 you got a Buick Hardtop car from your father. That was your favorite Toy until it broke 2 (can't read her handwriting here on length of time) after. I was glad it broke because you had to have it with you 24 hours a day" "For xmas 1960 you got everything a boy could wish for, but you liked a service station from your mother + father and a long haul truck with 4 small blocks from Aunt Dana best of all." Cars. Cars. Cars. I've always loved cars. Didn't need a TV show to turn me on to cars. Though I liked TV shows with cars. Two favorites are the '66 Batmobile and the TV Green Hornet's Black Beauty. And I dont know if this really qualifies as a true car, but I also loved Supercar. I also find it interesting the good taste I had in cars at the age of 22 months. The only toy car mentioned by make above is a Buick. Growing up my folks first drove Oldsmobiles, then Mercury Comets. Yet some how, I became a Buick guy. I owned several Buick over the years. And presently have a 2000 Buick LeSabre as a daily driver. Love those Buicks. Even when I was less than 2 year old. I guess some of us are just born with good taste. Scott

I didn't see any that cheap. What was it with shipping though? Scott

I too am looking forward to this. I love these types of reviews. I hope you use lots of photos. Scott

Wow! Very nice. Scott

I haven't heard the name El Kabong in a long time. Very good! Scott

Another nice one. Scott

Chris you know that rear suspension from a '58 Thinderbird will not be correct for a '61 Ford wagon? '58 T-bird used coils in the back. '61 Fords, including T-birds, used leafs. By the way, '58 was the only year T-bird was setup with coils in the rear, on the unibody birds. Ford was planning on offering an air suspension setup on both the Thunderbird and Edsel. It did not happen. So Ford switched the T-bird back to leaf spring for '59. Scott

Very nice! Who said Edsels were ugly? Scott

Very nice Cobra. I like it. Scott

The question becomes, is this good or bad? I don't know. Scott

Nice looking LaCrosse Tom. I hope it gives you many great years of services, like my present and previous Buicks have done for me. Scott

Neat kit. Went to look at them on eBay. The prices were not good. More than I'm willing to pay. Scott

Very nice! Scott

As nice as Revell's new '57 is, there is still a lot of good in AMT's Scott

Another nice one Steve. Scott

The Hudson Jet is a totally different car from the rest of Hudson line, and Moebuis' Hudson models. The Jet was a compact car Hudson wasted their money on, that they tried selling in 1953 and '54. It helped force their merger with Nash, and create American Motors. Like Kaiser, Hudson should have invested its money into building a new V8 engine. And redesigning their big cars. The Jet was a good car. But, not what the public was interested in at that time. Scott

I have the Blueprinter version of the Sevice Trailer built. So I don't need one. But, I too would like to see it back on the market. It's still a pretty good kit. Scott

It will be cool to see this done. I'll have to keep watching this one. Scott

I maybe missing something in what you posted above Art. Reading what you you wrote, I get the impression that your claiming the Custom, Custom 300, and Fairlane to be the same basic car. Then the Fairlane 500 something else again. This is not 100% correct. The '57 Customs, Custom 300s and station wagons (and Rancheros) share many body parts and are all built on the same wheelbase of 116". The Fairlanes and Fairlane 500s shared bodies and were built on 118" wheelbase. Note, the 116" wheelbase cars are all sedans and wagons with conventional 50's style of window frames on the doors. The Fairlanes and Failane 500s were available as sedans (club coupes) and hardtops. The sedans/club coupes having thin bright metal door frames. All convertibles were part of the Fairlane 500 series. I was a little unclear on what you wrote Art. So I thought I'd clarify. Especially when it came to the "plain" Fairlanes in 1957. Scott

Both kits look very nice. Scott

Pontiac built two. I saw one at the Pontiac Nationals a couple of years ago. The Banshee was there too. Scott