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Whoops! Of course I meant cups. But, "cubs" is pretty funny.

The noodles look fine to me (and so does the shrimp). There are photos of them laser scanning the noodles for making the model (and no, I'm not kidding about that). As far as other accuracies? You can find that exact brand and flavor of noodles at any good Asian food store. The trouble in this country, the noodle's cubs have English info on them. It took me only a few hours to build the model. In fact, I built it the same day I got it. I did not use the stickers for the shrimp, or cut up and use the paper leeks. The only reason I have not posted the finished model, is I'm waiting for a more correct matching "real" noodle cup from Japan to compare it to. But I'll give you a little preview using the American market version below. The kit was a lot of fun to build. And it is amazing the work and detail they put into it. When I first saw it, I though it was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. But, in the nearly one month I've had it, I've had no regrets in buying it. It's a fun conversation starter, if nothing else. Now, what to have for lunch? Need to be careful picking out the right cup.

The way this one is going, I'm not holding breath on seeing them anytime soon. I really want the stock '64 Nova SS. But, has Pegasus put out any new model cars or trucks since they took over Moebius?

Stunningly beautiful. I like it.

Here's a couple of fast and fun builds. Used glue on both. Only paint on Red Baron's face and goggles. A black Sharpie for pupils and eye brows on both. That's it. They both came together in mail less than 10 hour ago. So you can see they are both very quick and easy builds. The propellers work on both planes. Though in the first picture you can see that they can not be seen while spinning. They spin too fast. Nice quality. Good stands. I like them, and would not be afraid to recommend them to others. In fact, for those of you with grandchildren, this might a fun build and bonding experience for you and the young ones.

A long with my latest order from Atlantis, I got two of their 2021 catalogs. I thought it might be fun to show you the two pages dealing directly with their model car kits. Serval I plan on buying. The ones on these pages that will be getting my money are: 1/25th scale '57 Chevy Nomad 1/25th scale Jungle Jim Camaro Funny Car 1/32nd scale '56 Buick Riviera 1/32nd scale '69 Chevy Nova SS 1/32nd scale '71 Pontiac (Trans Am) A maybe: 1/32nd scale Camaro Funny Car Other kits else were in the catalog I'm sure to get: 1/300 scale SSN Nautilus Submarine 1/96th scale "The Moonship" Snoopy and his Race Car Snoopy is Joe Cool And possibly an odd one: 1/1200 scale US Navy Combat Fleet Set Cool stuff! I love what Atlantis is doing.

In today's mail, a couple more air planes. Seeing hpiguy's reviews of both kits, convinced me to order them. They fun and silly kits.

No resin shrimp. The shrimp included looked real enough.

One thing I do not like about airplane kits vs cars. Is airplane kits rarely fit back in their box when your done building them. Making them hard to store. Where most model car kits do.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Good looking fleet. But, you to get to work and finish the others. The AMT kit may not be overly detailed, I'm sure compared to the other Corsair kits out there. But again, I'm pretty happy with results. Also did you see my latest acquisition, in the "what did you get non-automotive model thread?" A few more upcoming builds. I'd love hear your thoughts on that.

After watching hpiguy's great review on YouTube last night, I had to order Snoopy and his Sopwith Camel, and the Red Baron and his Fokker. A few people complain about how Round 2 does nothing but reissue old kits. Atlantis seems to do the same. Well, Round 2 and Atlantis seem to be getting quite a bit of my money on a regular basis. Now that I can afford to buy those kits I wanted as kid. So, I hope Round 2 and Atlantis keep going in the directions they are.

As some here know, I love airplane models. Maybe not as much as cars. But, I do like them a lot. So, I could not pass this one up when I saw on eBay. It has my two of my all time favorite commercial planes ever in it. The Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser, and the Lockheed L-1049 Super G Constellation. Plus, the well liked, and respected, Douglas DC-3, and Boeing B-314 Clipper. Four very cool commercial airliners. Back from when flying was a special and glamorous was way to go. I like that each plane comes with a set of decals for at least two different liveries for each. Three come with Pan Am markings. My all time favorite airline. The Connie does not. It comes with decals for TWA or Qantas. But, I do know of an aftermarket vendor who makes Pan Am decals for Connie kits in this scale. So, I'll be buying a set soon.

I've been waiting to hear from you Snake. I respect your opinion, especially when it comes to model airplane. And agree. It didn't come out half bad. The canopy is the only thing I'm not really happy with. And as noted before, I may have to change that in the future.

Thank you, guys.

A quote from a 1959 Cadillac salesman manual. "From the smartly textured, vinyl-coated fabric covering its steel top, to its deep, looped-pile, nylon blend, Tangier quality carpeting, nothing has been overlooked in making the Eldorado Seville the world's most luxurious Coupe." So there is nothing rare about an Eldorado Seville with a vinyl roof. One with out a vinyl roof? That would be rare. The '59 Eldorado Seville was the only Caddy that year with a vinyl roof. It was not an option on any other model for '59.

Standard air bag suspension failed on the left side only.

Here are some more photos of Starship One in its various paint schemes, and various music acts names on it.

I've got this kit waiting in the wings. I will be building mine to represent how the exact same plane looked in Bill Bixby's 1973 TV series, The Magician. Despite what the article below says, the real plane was not borrowed from the National Guard. It was Starship One as painted up at the time. The scenes of his Corvette being driven in the back of the plane, may have used a National Guard cargo (C-130?) plane for filming. But, the exterior shots were all of the the Starship One in its present paint scheme of the time.

Looks good. Any more photos?

Here are photos of the real plane in action.

Just finished this one up in the last few days. Overall I'm happy with it. It's painted with Tamiya "Color for Aircraft", rattle can spray paint. AS-8 Navy Blue (US Navy). Decals are BarracudaCals, F4U-1 Birdcage Corsairs part 1. The decals from that set I used were, "F4U-1 Corsair. Bu no. 03821 "White 485" OTU VF-4". Representing a plane used for final phase of training, before going into combat, at NAS Jacksonville, FL in February of 1945. Im very happy with BarracudaCals decals. They're easy to use, and look very good. AMT's kit itself, is okay. Not up to the standards of hardcore World War II model aircraft build, I'm sure. Other than the fit of the tail to the fuselage, it's good enough for me. The only other thing I'm not happy with is my detailing of the canopy. I used blue and black Sharpie markers. And I'm not 100% happy with how that turned out. The canopy is not glued in, so I may try to change that sometime down the road.

This one takes the cake. I've now seen everything. It was too strange to pass up. I found this at a local hobby store a few hours ago. At first I thought, "why?" But, the more I looked at it, the more I thought I had to buy it. It's going to be fun explaining this to people when they see it!

I just finished building mine in the last few days. And despite the vent wings, I kind of like the looks of the kit otherwise. It's off. But not as bad as I expected. In general it looks okay.