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Saw my first Tesla sedan on the road a couple of weeks ago. I'm not a big fan of modern cars. But, I liked the looks of the Tesla. Very nice looking car. Scott

OK, no real surprises here. Scott

How was the driver of the car? If he didn't get hurt, which I suspect and hope, I found the video kind of cool. And sorry to say this, but things like this are going to happen from time to time. Doing somethings involves risk. Sometimes even to ones life. But, that sometimes also what makes things worth doing. Scott

I'm surprised AMT or MPC did not do the Manta Ray back in the 1960's. They did most every other popular show car at the time, but the Manta Ray. I can understand Art Anderson's arguments of why they might not want to tool up a kit of it today. But, where was it when it was appearing in things like Beach Blanket Bingo? There is some question by several people posting here that people under 45 would not be interested in a lot of the cars suggested by others here. I'm not so sure of that. A lot of cars that we found cool as kid, the younger crowd does too. Go to real or model car shows, see what interests them. I'm always amazed see people much younger than I excited over cars they could have not seen back in the day. Cool is still cool, no matter how old you are. I'm way too young for the late 40's and early 50's Hot Rods and drag cars. Hudson was gone just before I was born. I didn't grow up with Model Ts or As running around. Or classic Duesenburgs, Packards, and Cords. But, guess what? Just as earlier generations thought they were cool, so did I. Cool is cool no matter it's age. Heck there are things from antiquity that I think are cool. Scott

Beautiful Corvette Sting Ray. Scott

I really like the UPS show truck. I never knew that it existed. Scott

Wow! As noted by others, a stunning save. I'm impressed. Scott

The basic answer, other than what's been noted by Mr. Shoe, is NO. We need a Swinger or two. Scott

First Hot Wheels cartoon I've ever seen. Typical bad animation of the time, but the cars at least are fairly recognizable. Kind of cool for that reason alone. If it wasn't for that, the cartoon would have been unwatchable. Scott

I'm trying to remember? Are we here in Minnesnowta part of Canada or not? It sure feels like it at times. Scott

The Cheetah and the Manta Ray are the two I don't understand why they have not offered as regular kits. Scott

Thanks guys. Basically what you suggested Danno is the route I'm going with on building this. The exception, I plan on have the three walls together and roof lightly tacked on. I feel the roof needs to be firmly attached before mounting to the base trailer. Scott

Very nice. I love the color! Not one I would have thought of. But it works. Scott

Looks great. I too like the color combination. Very nice job. Scott

That's a fun kit. One easiest kits to build straight out of the box and get something that looks fantastic when your done. I can't remember if this kit was a big seller or not. I have not seen one, including my own in years. Glad you got to build one Eric. Wish I had an extra set of correct wheels for you. Scott

Very nice. And fun to see this posted on the 4th. Scott

It's this what James Bond drove in the early books? Very nice model. Scott

Again, Wow! Scott

Wow! Two great looking Mopars. Very nice so far. Scott

The Deuce is looking good too. Look forward to seeing this finished too. You do good work Bernard. Scott

As far as Future goes. It can be very simple to use. No offense to Alan, but all we do up here in Minnesota is wet a cotton ball with with Future and wipe it on. Dipping sounds like over kill and messy to me. With Future being self leveling, the cotton balls work great. Only one warning with this technique, if a little cotton brakes off on what ever your covering, pick the cotton away before the Future dries. Other wise you'll have troubles with trying to get cotton fibers off your model once it dries. But, this is not a big problem. I've been using the cotton ball technique for about ten years now, and have been very happy with the results. Scott

I do not use an airbrush, so I can't comment on that. But I've had mixed results hand brushing acrylics. I went with them for awhile. I liked the fact the brushes could be cleaned with plain tap water. But, I notice I'd have go over certain spots on what ever I was painting several times with acrylics. So I switched back to enamels for hand brush work. As far as using rattle cans. I try to stay away from enamel paint. No matter what do, I seem to get a some orange peel with enamel spray paint. There I've switched over to using lacquer paint and have been a lot happier. And another bonus of lacquer. It dries a lot quicker than enamel. Scott

Tom, you should be proud of how the kit turned out. It's beautiful. Scott

Thanks Andy. Yea, no changes over previous releases. Basically the the exact same '63 Vette kit from the mid-70's on. Light years away from Revell's '67 Vette. Is that good or bad? Despite what it is, I like it, and it still can look nice with very little work. Scott

Watch crystal glue. How does this stuff work? And how does one get a hold of it? Scott