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Here we go. Looking at this cover, I have a new respect for Archie. Scott

I don't remember Archie's car looking this cool. This must be the new version? When ever I've seen Archie comics in resent years, he' been driving a red '65 Mustang. Which is cool. But I like the above better. Going to have to look for the comic and add it to my collect. I like the looks of it. Scott

I really wish Round 2 would reissue this kit. I really love those old simple Custom Jr. Series kits. They were always fun to build. What can I say? I'm a simple guy, who likes these older simple kits. And as noted before, I'm not a big Ford guy. But, I love Thunderbirds. And my favorite Thunderbird? 1957 of course. Scott

Sorry, I need to say something here on the topic of Tim Boyd. I've never met the man personally. But, I have friends who know him and have spent time with him. And these are friends I know well and trust. They have always talked about what a nice and decent guy Tim is. He's a great model builder, with the right amount of humility from what they've said. Also as noted, Tim has been around this hobby a long time. I've have been seeing and reading his stuff for years. I have found that anything Tim Boyd says about models, I can take to the bank. He knows his stuff. I've never caught him passing on wrong or mistaken information about anything. He doesn't seem to work off of half truths or rumours. And I've never heard him take mean shots or make unsubstantiated comments about others. I'm getting very tried of different donkeys out there shotting their mouths off over things they don't know. But, Mr. Boyd does seem to know. So, back off. Am I making Tim out to be some kind of "saint"? Yes. In my opinion, from what I've seen, in the model world he is a saint. Art Anderson is right up there too. I rarely need to question information I get from either one of them. Others I do. Thanks you for letting me say my piece. Blowing off a little steam. And by the way Tim and Art are not the only people blogging here who I think are great. And there is a lot of good, and fun information to be found here, put out by other people (my self included from time to time). Scott

I missed the fact the first time looking at this photo, that it was taken on top of the real car's turn signal. Nice touch. Scott

A very nice, clean build. It looks great. Scott

Ah, that's just Harry again. In fact I'm surprised he didn't mention the lack of an outside mirror. Or that I didn't back wash the grille. Your slipping Harry. Scott

Ah yes, Tommy Ivo's Riviera station wagon. That works for me. Scott

What's wrong with it not being "retro". Don't get me wrong, if I had to pick a favorite Dart, it would be the '67. In fact make mine a '67 GT convertible, with the 273. But sorry to say, we have to move on. It's not 1967 anymore. For today the new Dart is okay. Scott

Extremely nice Honcho. Beautiful build. Scott

Very nice especially the red one. I like the old Ertl Scout kit. Daniel Conway mentioned that the 345 was International's biggest V8. Maybe in 1980. But, IH also offered their own 392. Same basic block as the 345. And at one time offered AMC's 401 in their big pickup trucks too. Scott

I'm waiting to celebrate when I catch up to, and pass Harry on the number postings. That may take a while. Scott

Thanks Bill, I already found the link to Trosley's web site to buy the book. As soon as I have a little more cash I'll have to buy one. But, your comment on being "one of the first subscribers" to CarToons in 1985 has me confused? I have a sprinkling of CarToons going back into the 1960's. Scott

Hey Harry, I think there are a lot of people out, especially younger folk, who may not know what's being talked about when these terms come up. Heck, there are some of us older folk who maybe a little mixed up on exactly what is a "Moon disc" or "exhaust cut outs"? I like these "Little Know Car Facts" postings. I don't know if I've learned anything new personally. But, if it keeps going, I'm sure I will. Maybe calling them "Little Know" is the wrong title. Maybe "Clarification of Terms" or sometime else would be more correct. Scott

How about something like these two? Scott

Hey... Don't start comparing Crosley's to King Midgets. I like King Midgets. But, they make Crosleys look big and luxurious. And that's the only way you'll see Crosleys as "big and luxurious". Scott

I will never buy a car with a sun roof. Even in the biggest cars, they take away headroom. Scott

Naw, Impala is still okay. It still represents Chevy's big car. Caprice may have topped it trim wise. But, Impala general mission has always stayed pretty much the same. Full size family car. Dart on the other hand, started as a lower priced full size Dodge aim at the Chevy, Ford, and Plymouth market. Then in '63 it successfully replaced the compact Dodge Lancer. I do want to say, I like the new Dart. And it looks like a good replacement for the '63 through '76 Dart, by today standards. It fulfills the basic mission. Also, I like the Dart commercials with Craig Robinson and Jake Johnson, mentioned by Chuck. The "Don't touch my Dart" commercials are pretty funny. Scott

Ah, you had to go and mention Crosley. Love Crosleys. Been a member of the local Crosley club for years now. Great meetings. We sometimes even talk about Crosleys. We always talk about cars. Two I'd love to see as kits are the Hot Shot and the Farm-O-Road. The Hot Shot and Super Sport are basically the same car. The Super Sport has a higher level of trim, and doors. I feel the doors take away from the fun of driving Crosley's wonderful little sport car. So, I'm not as big of a fan of the Super Sport, as I am of the Hot Shot. By the away, fun cars to drive. As long as you know how to double clutch. I love the the picture of Ma, Pa, and kids going to town in the Farm-O-Road. Crosley had several photos of that couple in their brochures and promotional materials. Some pictures they are seen driving with older kids. But, always with Ma in the back seat. And Ma looks like she could be a mean old cuss. Some photos show Pa looking like he's just waiting for Ma to whack him in the back of head. He doesn't look too happy, at least. The most truthful looking adverting couple I've ever seen. No fancy models driving a Farm-O-Road. No sir. Only real people. Scott

A lot of work getting that thing right. I'm impressed. Good job. Scott

Wow! Looks great. Scott

The '67 Dart doesn't look like the '63 through '66s. The '67 Dart shares it's body/look with the '68 through '76 Darts. So why should the '67 be considered a Dart. But, not the '68 through '76? By that way of thinking, shouldn't the only true Darts be the '60, '61, and '62s? After all they were the first Darts. Scott

Since Steve who started this tread mentioned he was new to model building, I need to give one warning about using lacquer paint. What ever you do, DO NOT spray lacquer over enamel paint. Even enamel primer. You can spray enamel over lacquer. That's okay. With most lacquer paints designed for plastic like Tamiya or Testor's One Coat Lacquer I don't even worry about using a primer coat. But, here you need to be careful too. Some lacquers are what they refer to as being "too hot" for plastic. You can use them, if you put down a primer coat first. But so far, with hobby lacquers like Tamiya's and Testor's I've found no problems. Other than the time I sprayed lacquer over an enamel primer. Scott

I've mentioned in other posts the impact the '63 Sting Ray had the first time I saw it. I was blown a way by it then. And I'm still love it now. The only Corvette I like better than a '63 Sting Ray split window coupe, is the '67 Corvette Sting Ray roadster. I've built AMT's version of this kit several times in the past. So I really didn't need to build another one. But, despite the simplicity of this kit, I still like it a lot. The last one I built was about 15 years or so ago. I built it with the standard carburator and air cleaner setup. At the time, I thought the fuel injected Corvettes were too complicated in real life. And I tend to build my models as I would like them set as real cars. Since that last build, I made friends with a guy who owned a real fuel injected Corvette. He has since passed away. He explained to me the in and outs about the Rochester fuel injection system, and that they are much more reliable than the stories you hear about them. Plus, he liked the fact that even driving hard, the fuelie Vette got much better gasoline mileage than the carbureted ones. So it was time to build a '63 with fuel injection. For the most part, I like the '63 split windows best in red. Originally that was the color I intended on going with on this one. But, recently Jay Leno showed his '63 Vette on Jay Leno's Garage. And his is silver with a black interior. I like Jay. The silver looks good (the most popular color on a Sting Ray back in '63). And I've built several red '63s in the past. Plus, it match the AMT '63 Impala I've just finished building (see that posting separately). So that's the reason for the color choice. The red '63 in the last two photos is the Revell snap kit for comparison. I like that Revell's kit represents a car with Powerglide and air conditioning. Because of that, it also represents a carbureted car. Air conditioning was not available with fuel injection in '63, '64, or '65. One last thing about this kit. It does not show the fuel metering/high pressure fuel pump box in the instructions. With out it on the right side of the fuel injection main air plenum, it just doesn't look right. But good news. They may not show it on the instructions, but the part is on the chrome tree. (See photo above.) Scott

Here's another one of my simple promo style builds I recently completed. I was inspired to build it like I did, because of a real '63 promo I saw on the web. That promo was painted silver, with a matching silver interior. Even though the silver interior was not an option on the real car, I liked it and copied the look. In a lot of ways this is a terrible kit. I believed it was based off the old promo, where they cut the hood open and gave you a primitive looking 409 to go in there. With the lack of under hood detail. Like no firewall. And the kit having a promo like engine plate you can use instead of the 409. I chose to use the engine plate, and glue the hood closed. The one other thing I dislike about this model is the molded in taillights. Requiring you to carefully paint the taillights. Despite the simplicity of the kit. It goes together well. And I think it turned okay. Someday I'll have to buy the Revell '63 for comparison. Scott