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Great restoration! And great paint. I'm impressed. Scott

Thanks for explaining the Finnish situation in WW II in a clear and concise away, Brett. Scott Aho

Again, I just think Rommel's Rod (the Tom Daniel's model) is plain cool. Scott

As Mr. Jackson stated above. Thanks for your hard work Harry. I love this forum. It works for me, and I'm enjoying it. So, I'd say your doing a good job with it. Scott

I know Harry. I was joking around. Get it? Scott

Wow! Scott

On a side. About early Fords being "Dodges in disguise". One of the acronyms I heard that Ford stood for was, F...ed Over Rebuild Dodges. I guess this maybe true after all. Scott

I'm glad and impress with people's knowledge of history on this blog. Brett Barrow brought up a good point about Rommel not being a real Nazi. He was a good German. And right or wrong did his duty. But as Brett noted, he paid price when he stood up to Hitler and his Nazis. I don't want to make Rommel out as some kind of saint. But, not everything and everyone was black and white when it came to their affiliations during World War II. There are some grays out there too. By the way I am on my father's side, I am of Finnish decent. Early in the war the Finns sided with Germany because of their stand against the Soviet Union. This is not something I'm proud of my Finnish relationships for. But, I understand the reasons. On the other side, my mother was born in Norway in 1935. She was five when the Nazis took over Norway. She lived Oslo, and my grandfather was part of the Norwegian resistance. His job was to hide a radio, so they could get news from England. He was also a communist who hated the Soviet way of doing things. If he had been caught with the radio, he more than likely would have been put death according to my mother. She remembered being woken up with Nazi soldiers pointing guns at her head. She also talked about people crying when the Nazis left. And how kind the Americans were who came in later. She ran away to America in 1952, at the age of 17. She meet my dad and married him in the spring of '53. She loved this country. She and my dad travelled through much the world. But, she never wanted to live anyplace else or go back to live in Norway. Despite our problems here. So things are not always black and white. Was Rommel a good man? I have mixed feelings on that one. Am I OK with a swastika on Rommel's Rod? Yes, and I don't think liking Rommel's Rod or model kits of real German World War II vehicles and weapons is going to make me into a Nazi. By the way, my mother helped me build my first three model kits. One was a kit of a German Me262. A plane which I like the looks of to this day. Again, building this plane at the age of six or seven didn't make me want to become a Nazi. The Nazis built cool machines. Wore neat looking uniforms. But, I still think what the Nazis did to the Jews in particular was totally evil. The Nazi ideal is totally wrong and needed to wiped out. But, not all Germans were Nazis. Or believed the the Nazi ideals in the long run. Several of my uncles, my dad's brothers, of Finnish decent, fought against the Axis powers during World War II. Some in Europe. Two in the Pacific. In fact one of my uncles married a Japanese woman right after the war. And brought her back to this country. She is still with us today. And I love her, despite what her country did to others in that war. She is a kind and loving person. Not one of the monsters from her country who did the horrible atrocities to prisoners of war and the Chinese. Again it's not all black and white. Time to get off my soap box on this one. Thanks for letting me rant. Scott (I'm not a saint either. But, I'm also not a bad guy.)

You know I've been think more about the grille on the '69 Moebius Ford truck. At first I didn't think it looked right. It is missing the Ford medallion. As in this picture below. Then it dawned on me. The low trim level Ford trucks in 1969 did not have that emblem. And look more like the Moebius model. The Moebius '69 is suppose be a plain base level Ford. Right? And the '71 will be an XLT. So the Moebius '69 is OK after all. Scott

Right or wrong, I'll take the Moebius over the Motormax diecast after seeing the picture you just posted Harry. The Moebius model is looking better after seeing that! Scott

My dad's '61 Comet 2-door sedan had the 144 with the three on tree. I wonder which was slower? The the slightly bigger Comet with the small engine, but manual transmission? Or a Falcon wagon with the big six and an automatic? Like your dad's Falcon, our Comet was dead reliable. Sorry to say, I was too young to drive the '61. Scott

Now that is cool. Know anything more about it? Scott

The windshield and grille do look wrong to me too. But again, wasn't this model built from a test shot? The windshield doesn't bother me as much as the grille. At the same time, if this what the finished product looks like, I'll still be buying one. Why? Because it's closer than any other '69 Ford pickup model out there. And it's really no worst than the pickup truck kits we were offered in the past. Plus I've heard everybody complain about Revell's '70 'Cuda kit. You know what? I like it. It looks pretty good to me. And I've like the Moebius' kits I've bought so far. Are they prefect? No. But, they are very, very good. And their new Ford pickup, despite the flaws looks very good to me. By the way, my father use to have a '69 Ford 3/4 ton long box pickup. I really didn't care for it. It road rough. The steering wheel was too large and close to you. With gas tank in the cab, it took a while to get the cab comfortable in the winter. With the heater going in front, and the cold gas behind you, it took a while for everything to balance out comfort wise. His truck had the "Sport" package. Nicer than the plain Ford pickup, but still pretty plain. But still, after all of my complaining, I'll be buying the Moebius Ford pickup trucks when they come out. Scott

Wow! Looks great. I love Aussie Utes. By the way, what do the stickers on the sides and tailgate represent? And for some reason I'd also like to see a close up of your license plate. And I'm sure someone is going to comment on the steering wheel being on the wrong side. I'm OK with it. Making the switch to the dashboard would have been a lot of work. Plus, I'm sure that you guys in Poland are like us here in the US, and drive on the right, with the steering wheel on the left? Even though it's wrong, I too would have built it left hand for driving in my country. Again as normal, you've build another great model Grzegorz. Scott

Looks good, but tell us more. What kit is it based on, for example? Scott

Interesting. But, no where as cool as Tom Daniel's design. Plus, nothing in the article to indicated Rommel ever road in one. Much less that one. I'm sure he had occasion to ride in one ones or twice. But, it makes me wonder? What did Rommel use as his main form of ground transportation during the African Campaign? Scott

By the way, it's been years, at least thirty five, since I last build AMT's 1/16 scale '57 Thunderbird. How do these other two, the Craftsman and Trophy compare to it. From what I remember, the 1/16th kit was a lot like a big version of their 1/25th scale Trophy kit. But, like the Craftsman/Jr. Trophy kit it had the windshield frame molded in? It's been a long time. But, that's what I remember. Beyond that, I remember the kit really offering nothing more in detail compared to the small kits, considering its size. Scott

Art, I agree with you. "Ford, The Men and the Machines" is a great book. And does a very good job of explaining the relationship between the Fords and the Dodges, and other people. Henry does not come for looking too good in the book. And rightfully so. Nor his grandson, Henry the Deuce. Edsel sounds like he was a good guy, but couldn't stand up to his old man, Henry when he needed too. This book confirms things I read in other books. So it not just the author, Robert Lacey opinion. Lacey just did a great job at making the story interesting. Scott

I think it comes down to intention. Are you doing to help another modeler and yourself improve their models? Or are you doing it to feed your own ego? Scott

Sorry guys. I'll take the blame for taking this one off course. Back the model. I went over to the Drastic Plastic instruction web site to look at the kit. It looks like it's going to be a fun and interesting build. As noted before, I'm not a big funny car fan. But, this one appeals to me. Just one question. When I'm finished, am I allowed to display it on its roof? Scott

The more I look at this review, the more I want a Craftsman T-Bird. I've always liked the Trophy kit a lot. It is the kit I've owned and built the most of over the years in different variations and releases. As a kid I use to have problem with glueing the windshield and it's frame to the car. As an adult (!?), with the glues we have today, and more patients on my part, I find it less of a problem. But, at the same time, there something about the simplicity of the Craftsman/Jr. Trophy Bird that appeals to me. I want to build one right out of the box with no paint or any other enhancement. I don't know why? Maybe it reminds me of the simple fun I had building kits like that back when I was a kid? Make mine light blue. Though red would be OK too. Scott

I'm sorry, Kovacs did not roll his Corvair. He hit a telephone pole. Enclosed is a photo of his car. Scott

Well, that's all the Corvair's fault too! Scott

People love to complain about this kit. It looks like you got your's to turn out OK Dominik. In fact better than OK. It looks great. Nice job. Scott

Side note. The famous comedian Ernie Kovacs was was killed when his Chevy Corvair flipped over in the early 1960's. A lot of people point to that accident as proof of how dangerous Corviars were. What a lot of people forgot, or didn't want to look at, about Ernie Kovacs accident, is not only was he driving a Corvair. But, he had left a party were he had been drinking. Just had a augment with his wife, which caused him to leave the party without her. And he was driving on mountain road in the rain. But, somehow it was the Corvair's fault. I think under those circumstances Ernie could rolled a "so called" safe car like a Volvo (by the way, look up the Latin meaning of the word Volvo for a bad joke here), or any other car for that matter. Killing himself in the process. There were people killed in Corvairs. But, as noted earlier, the National Highway and Safety Administration exonerated the car in the end. And GM won most of the lawsuits against the Corvair. And what this really has to do with a model of a Corvair drag car? Nothing! Other than every time the subject of Corvair comes up, someone will point out that the Corvairs were dangerous and/or Ralph Nader killed the car. Neither is true. And I love Corvairs, and will buy just about any model of a Corvair I can find. Now, off my soap box on this subject. I've said enough. Scott