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Like anything with Jay Leno and cars. Still one of the great car guys and a great guy all of the way around from what I've seen and heard. Scott Aho

Very nice. In other 15 to 20 years or so, I hope to ride in Cadillacs as nice. Scott Aho

Sorry, but since I can not build this as a US spec Beetle I'm passing on this one. It maybe a great kit. But, it's still not a correct Beetle as I know it. Now I will build models of cars that were/are not available in the United States from time to time. But, the Beetle is an icon. It was a big seller here at the time. And Revell's Beetle is not the Beetle I remember from the time. They can tool up left and right hand drive dash boards. Maybe in a future release they can give us correct bumpers, headrests, etc. To make a US spec car. The present version is OK. It's just not for me. Scott Aho

Very nice Stan. This I like. A lot. Only one minor criticism. It looks great other than the ridge running across the roof where I assume you spliced the roof together. It's so minor I hate to mention it. And I would not change it now. Other than that, it's prefect. And I too would like to know more about the color. You mentioned Tamiya. Might it be Tamiya's Light Blue Metallic? Which turns out more medium, than light blue. A color I like a lot. And have used on several models. Again, a great job on a very cool concept Stan. I like it! Scott Aho

The Euro spec bumpers are the reason I will not be buying this kit. But, I like what you did with yours. Scott Aho

Stan, I'm not a big fan of pro street cars, like your pro street Impala. But, I like what I see of the vehicle your using to tow the pro street Impala. Now that is cool! A '65 Impala ElCamino. I like that idea. And would love to see more photos of that. Scott Aho

By the way, again. Here is a photo of original MPC box for this kit, that I found on the web. This is the way I'd love to see the kit reissued. With the little "Hot Curl" figure. Heck, I'd just like to find a copy of the Hot Curl figure. Does anybody know, has anybody ever offered a re-pop of just the character and his surf board since the original kit? Scott Aho

By the way, I forgot to mention that Kirby Hughes, fellow MCCM member, phenomenal model builder, and all around nice guy took the above photos of my model. If you've never seen Kirby's work on his own models, your missing out on something great. Ron, as far as you showing your model here. I don't mind. I love seeing other peoples work, and hearing their comments on the same kit. I like what you did. And I'm glad you showed the skate board. I'd like to hear more about your building of this exact same kit. What did you think of it? Did you too, think it was a nice and fun model to build? Scott Aho

I too have had very good luck with my 2000 LeSabre. The car is the best car I've ever owned. One recall for the intake manifold. But, the dealer took care of it with no hassles, and the replacements are fine. The car is getting old. I've had to replace minor things on it. But, nothing unusual. A great car. But boring. I still trust GM products as much as any of the others. But, GM keeps moving its farther and farther away from what I love. I still remember Oldsmobile's "This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile" campaign in the early 1990's. This is the problem with GM in the last 30 years or so. In the 50's my father drove a '51 Olds 88. Then a '55 Super 88. My mother bought a new Delta 88 "Holiday" edition in 1980. I liked my father's, and for that matter, my mother's Oldsmobiles. The Oldsmobiles they tried selling were not my father's (or mother's) Oldsmobiles. And that was the problem. As far as comments on each division being run separately. Other GM divisions or vendors made parts like ignition locks for all GM cars in the past too. But, somehow it worked better. If a part didn't meet a divisions standards, the individual division would confront the parts maker. If five or more separate GM divisions run into the problem, it's more likely to be confronted. Each GM division was in charge of their plants. I remember in the early 70's Oldsmobile wasn't happy with the quality of it's cars at the time. So they enforced a major quality control program that made the Oldsmobiles coming out of the Olds plant in Lansing, a lot better than other GM products coming out of other plants at the time. GM was big, and had resources and divisions to develop new and better products. But, each small division was run so they make changes to their specific problem as it cropped up. This is the way Alfred P. Sloan set up GM to be in the 1920's. And this way it was run at least through the mid 1960's. This is what made GM the juggernaut that it was. GM is now more centrally controlled. But, is it a better company? Does GM control over 50% of the car market like they did in the mid 60's? The small individual GM kingdoms seem to work better than the one big over site of everything kingdom they now have. Scott Aho

Wow. I low expectations on any Dukes of Hazzard remake, come back, what ever? I actually enjoyed this. A great well thought ad on Auto Traders part. Scott Aho

Brett, I love Volkswagens, but that Revell '68 Beetle does not look right to me. Hence I have not parted my with money for one. They claim it to be a '68 Beetle. Right away, the bumpers shown on the car on the box are not the bumpers I remember on '68 Beetles. I wonder how many others are passing on this kit for similar reasons? Scott Aho

GM operating "like little individual "kingdoms"" is where I may have to disagree with you Harry. In the days when GM was successful, each division was run a lot like an individual company. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac did not just compete with Chrysler, Dodge, DeSoto, Mercury, Hudson, and Nash. Buick also saw Olds and Pontiac as competition. And Oldsmobile and Pontiac looked at the other GM divisions in the same way. In the mid-to-late 1960's Chevrolet dealers would tell you their two big threats were Ford and Pontiac. Not Ford and Plymouth. If you were a Buick guy like me, there were enough differences, in engine, etc., were Oldsmobile and Pontiacs were not as well liked. Fords and Mercurys shared the same engines. In the 60's so did Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth. But for the most part, not Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, or Pontiac. This was a point of pride in being a GM guy. Your GM brand was looked on as best. In fact in the old days, the brand I liked best after Buick was Chrysler. Not Plymouth or Dodge. But, Chrysler. And second favorite was defiantly not Olds or Pontiac. GM started killing the company when they decided to cut costs by combining the divisions together. Sure it saved money the short run. But, now who cared if their car said Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, or Buick on the fender. They were all basically the same car. And in a lot of cases they were not good cars. Much less the great cars the individual divisions produced in the past. When each division was run like a separate company. Or as a separate "kingdom", you might say. Scott Aho

1/24th scale? It's OK. But, I'm a traditional America builder. I prefer 1/25th. That said, that would not stop me from buying a 1/24th scale VW Thing. Also Mr. Just, none of the locals around here ever parked a '66 Camaro on blocks behind gas station here or anywhere else. Since Chevrolet didn't start offering Camaros until the '67 model year. There are no 1966 Camaros. Scott Aho

This stuff makes me very sad. I've always been a big GM fan. Especially Buick. With all their problems, and the killing off iconic brands like Oldsmobile and Pontiac. GM as we knew it is dead. Part of me wants is see them go all the way and stop torturing us old GM fans with all of this BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. Though I do like the present Camaro and the new Corvettes and Suburbans. Other than that, the company and their products suck. None of the new Buicks really turn me on even. Scott Aho Loyal GM owner and one time fan. (Good job on screwing that up, GM management of the last 20 to 30 years now.)

Very cool that you and your daughter got this car. It's always fun seeing kid that age enthused about cars. Or any other hobby they can share with a parent. I hope both of you get many good years and memories with this car. Scott Aho

I brought this kit to the latest MCCM meeting this last Wednesday. One of the other members Kirby Hughes has a nice camera that can take better photos than my cameras can. So here is other photo of Mountain Dew Wagon. Thanks Kirby. Scott Aho

Finished this up just in time for the latest MCCM meeting this last Wednesday. Another member took the photos. A little disappointed in the front view photo. For some reason in that photo the paint looks like it has orange peel. Trust me, it looks smooth in real life. Other than that I'm very happy with the build. The kit is from the last reissue of the AMT/Ertl 1929 Ford Woody/Pickup kit. This a great kit. Very fun to build. And yes, this is the kit that comes with the Sting Ray bicycle seen in the photo. Originally tooled up and offered as an MPC kit back in the mid-60's. The Wild One. Which came with the surfer icon "Hot Curl". This is a kit I wish Round 2 would reissue with Hot Curl and his surf board restored to the kit. Scott Aho P.S. There was one part in the kit that confused me. It was not shown in the instructions. And it didn't look like it fit anywhere or served any propose. As I looked at it the other day, it dawn on me. It's a 1/25th scale skate board! So I'm not completely finished with kit. Got to do something kool with Hot Curl's skate board.

???? Why not cut open the ecto-1 kit? I've never built or even looked at the kit. So I don't know how good or bad it is. But I think modifying the styrene plastic kit would be easier to do than with a resin kit. I guess I'm a little confused on what you want to do in building a replica of the movie car? Scott Aho

Stunning! Scott Aho

Very nice, and very classy. Scott Aho

Go with a flathead or 50's Hemi. Not a problem. Scott Aho

Forget the black. I like the blue by itself. As far as whitewalls? From what I remember, it was rare to see a car like that in the 1960's without them. In the 50' blackwalls were still fairly common. The 60's, not so much. Scott Aho

OK I'm confused by this. A '29 Model T? And that's what they call it on the box? Who manufactured this kit? Where is it from. It looks good. Or at least Daniel did a great job on the kit. That I'm impressed with. But a "'29 Model T"!? I done think so. And yes Andy, Testors offer a dull coat in a bottle for brush. Not in as small of bottle as most of their paints, of 1/4 fl oz. Testors Model Master Flat Clear Lacquer Fininsh comes in a 1 fl oz bottle. And over all I had pretty good results with the stuff so far. Scott Aho

Your welcome Jeff. It was the only model car magazine I knew of when I was a kid. Our Junior High library carried it. So I read it for free. I do not remember Tim's builds. Although I'm sure I must have seen them. I too, also remember Ira Dahm's articles. Never tried building any of his projects though. My only complaint about Model Encyclopedia is that I wish they had a more complete set of Car Model. I'd like to see more issues from 1972 and '73. A year or two ago, I went on eBay and bought a July 1973 issue of Car Model. That was the issue with the very cool "HO Road Aurora...The A/FX Raceway" on the cover. And more detailed info on the track inside. Boy I wanted that particular layout in the worst way! I'd still like that same slot car layout today. It did not disappoint me after not seeing it for almost 40 years. I gone through all of the issues Car Modeler on Model Encyclopedia's web site. Now I'm working on Model Car Science on the same web site. Having never read the magazine in the past, I like what I'm seeing. But Car Model will always be the model magazine I'll have the fond memories. Scott Aho

That is fun. I like it! Scott Aho