unclescott58

I'm sure all the cars your looking at Tom, including the Lincoln and Chrysler are probably fine cars. Being used cars (or even with new), you never know though. But, most cars today are pretty good. Being a Buick guy, I of course would recommend the LaCrosse. You'll never hear me complain about my 2000 LeSabre. It's the best car I've ever owned. Scott

I've seen some of these before. One of the ones I not seem before was the Cutlass with huge wheels. At the same time I'm not buying it. It has to photo shopped. The details don't look right. The basic car itself also seems a little small compared to other car in the parking lot. How would you get n and out of it? Plus I'm not sure something like that would be legal to drive on the street. As I said, I'm not buying it. There were a couple of others, like the Cutlass, that I don't think were real either. They just don't look right or real to me. Others, the ones that do look real, are just done in bad taste. Scott

Very pretty dog, Mark. Scott

By the way, Barris not only claims to have done just about every show car out there, whether true or not. He also thinks that as "King" of Kustomizers we owe him tribute. Every car show he's at you have to pay his for autograph. I remember "Big Daddy" Ed Roth. The nicest guy around. He'd sign anything for free. A year and a half ago, I met Bruce Myers. Of Meyers Manx fame. Another nice guy, who did not charge you anything for his autograph. He happily gave me his autograph twice. One on the roof for my AMT Myers Manx dune buggy kit. Barris isn't the "King" of Kustomizers. As far as I'm concerned, he's the "whore" of Kustomizers. And his claims on the Monkeemobile and others he didn't do prove it. Scott

I use to write Rodder Profiles for a "local" hot rod magazine. After a while it got boring. Every car had a small block Chev, Mustang II front end, and a 9" Ford rear end. So I like the idea you've got here of looking at using other engines. Chevy small blocks are great. But, they're boring when they're in everything. Scott

Is the above the translation Christian? Or you opinion? I think it maybe the translation. But I'm not 100% sure. If it is the translation, noting that and using quotation marks would help make that clear. Scott

So? In ten years there are none left on the selves of hobby shops here, from what I've seen. I also remember the last time they were out I knew nothing about the Piranhas and took no interest in it. This now has changed. Who ever has got the old JoHan dies for the '59 Dodge and Turbine snap, there are a lot of other kits I hope they got the molds for. I'd love to see Oldies USA series come back. I want both the '60 DeSoto and Plymouth wagon. The '62 Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth kits, would also be cool. The '66 Marlin. How about the '66 Cadillac Hearse and Ambulance. The detailed Turbine car. And '68 Plymouth Police car, just to name a few. I think they would all be big sellers today. They have been off the market for far to long now. Oh, and let's not forget the Olds F-85 station wagon or the '62 Olds Starfire. Scott

I'm with Danno and Vince on this one. By the way, cameras can and do lie. That's part of the reason why there are professional photographers. It's their job to get the truth, or enhance the lies. Again, I think some are being way to quick in judging this model on this photograph. And Dave seems to agree with the problems in the belt line and wheels, and is looking into it. Since he reads these posts I'm sure he's going to take a closer look at the model to make sure it's right before we get our hands on it. Look at the Moebius kits they given us so far. They're great. I'm sure this one will be too. Scott

Always loved the first gen Golf GTI. Revell US has announced a first gen Golf, a.k.a. Rabbit kit is coming here soon too. I hope it too is the GTI version. Great pictures on the link you posted, Luc. It looks like a very nice kit. I like the fact that you can build it as left or right hand drive. I hope the version they release here is as nice. Scott

Very nice job on an old classic kit. Very kool. Scott

Even that's too much for me. Scott

The angle of the real car and model car are not photographed exactly the same, Harry. I think we're being a little quick on making judgements on the body using this photograph. Scott

The Spohn makes the Aurora (above) look good. If that's possible. Scott

Watching one right now! Svengoolie on MeTV is showing the great classic, the Incredible Shrinking Man. One of my all time favorites. Scott

Harry, I thought Barris changed the top to a darker tan not white? And at the same time changed the interior from white to the same darker tan? Scott

Wow! That is a Tucker! Very cool. Scott

Very nice. I'm glad to see these Camaros getting built. Scott

Oh, by the way, good luck if you try to do a model of the quintessential TV Batmobile. I found a web site one time that looked at each Batman episode looking at the changes made to car #1 alone through out the series. They were changing something on that car just about every week! Some very minor. Others like the canopy and steering wheel somewhat major. I wonder how much of this was also going on with the Monkeemobile throughout that series too. We know about the door logo. How many other changes were there? Scott

I agree with Jesse above. Even if the white top is not correct, I like the looks of it. And when the time comes to build my model, I'll do it that way. But what color does one paint the dash? I'm thinking black, to go along with the black carpet. Scott

Doesn't AMT's '49 Ford have the single exhaust molded into the chassis, with a nearly exact second exhaust setup to glue in, for dual exhaust? I know for sure it was an older AMT kit. I just can't remember which one for sure. Scott

I work with High School kids, Nick. And I agree with you. Scott

Just watched and enjoyed Operation Petticoat again last night. Still love the bit about telling the MPs the stolen pig was a sick drunken sailor they were bring back to their sub. Fun movie. Scott

Hey I was born here. And I'm not quite smart enough to figure out how to move away. I think it may be because of something I did a past life that I am forced to live here. And suffer through every winter. Scott

Yep, that may rank up there as the ugliest car ever. Scott

299 Euros? What's that convert to in US dollars? Either way, it's way to rich for my pocketbook. Scott