unclescott58

Thank you.

Looks great. Nice job.

Ho-Ho-Ho! Despite being in the state where Green Giant canned vegetables started, I've got one '65 I built a few years back I'm happy with. So, I'm be passing on this one.

Never heard of this one before. Any idea when it was on the market? Box art makes me think 1970's or 80's? Even though I was a kid of the 1960's, this one looks pretty cool to me.

Wow! Very nice.

Interesting. I didn't know that anybody made a kit of the 360. Just in last couple of days I've been reading about Malcom Bricklin and his Bricklin SV1. And there is no way one can talk about Bricklin without someone bring up his importing of Subaru 360s into the US in the late 1960's. An odd little car. It would fun to drive one, just to see if they are as bad as everybody said they were.

Just finished her this evening. AMT's 1/32 Scale, "Scale Stars," '32 Ford V-8 Coupe. A fun kit. Nice and easy to build. Details are good for the scale and time when AMT originally tooled up this kit back in the mid-60's. Painted with Tamiya paints. And yes, I know I did not paint the center of roof black like I should. That was a conscious decision on my part. I like the way it looks with the top blue. The wheels are painted blue, though it is tuff to see. Plus I painted the rear inner fender wells on the body black. The blue stood out too much in that area for me. I like that this portrays a three-window coupe, rather than the same five-window as AMT's 1/25 scale version. The roofline looks a little odd. But for some reason, I notice it less after the car was painted. Overall I'm pleased with this one. Like I am of the kits I've built so far in AMT's reissued "Scale Star" series. They're all nice kits, that look pretty nice when they're done.

It's fair. You can see for yourself hopefully, with the pictures below. No chrome plated parts. The tree that could/should be plated is molded in a grayish silver plastic. The chassis is very generic. Looks nothing like a real Corvette's at all. Interior is okay, but shallow. The body is pretty good. (Other than the bent right "A" pillar on my example. Which was easy to fix.) The decals that are give with this kit are pretty interesting. A lot of small details can be enhanced with the use of the decals included. It's almost too much in this scale on this model. This kit was originally tooled up in the late 60's. It's better than a Pyro kit. But, in my opinion, not as good as AMT's old 1/32 scale All Star (now Scale Star) kits.

A new kit I received in today's mail. I like the box art on this one a lot.

Today's haul.

Hey, even if the interior from the AMT Monte is not correct, if you like it, use it. I'm sorry that I don't have an extra Revell '77 Monte laying around to help you out.

Your still on top of it Snake. I love the Murder Hornets wrapped in bacon.

Aurora did pump out some good box art. Here are two, that I just love the stories they tell.

The above will not give you a "correct" interior for a Laguna. Two different generations of mid-size Chevrolets.

I don't understand the problem in the first place Mike. What is this all about?

Yea, they're not great kits. But, I'd still love to have one of each.

Very cool. She did a great job. ?

In doing some research, you are correct Snake. But, I also found I'm wrong about COPO 427 Novas. There were COPO Novas. And there were Novas with 427s. But, it looks like the 427s in Novas were installed by Yenko Chevrolet, not the factory.

I'm not so sure that the real COPO 427 cars were SSs. I'd have to do some research, but in the back of my mind, it seems to me they were non SS equipped cars. Off to some research. I'll see what I can find.

There were Chevy Nova COPO with 427s. Yenko Chevrolet offered them back in the day. The figure I've heard was there were 37 Novas built with 427s. And there are 7 accounted for today.

I can not get a haircut, but I can get models delivered to my doorstep on Memorial Day?

I'm afraid I don't know anybody. It's just that nobody has complained yet. I'm hoping it stays that way. Because I too obviously think it's funny. And my intention in posting it is not offend anybody. But, it won't be the first time I've made that mistake.

Check this one out. A '71 Thunderbird popin a wheelie. Very realistic.

The big slot car fad faded out well before Palmer did. And I've never seen one of their kit bodies use as slot car. Their regular kits, not the reboxed Pyros, with the multi piece bodies would never have held up to the riggers of slot car racing. I had a few Palmers in my day. I always remember getting them for gifts from well meaning older relatives, and parent's friends, who knew nothing about models. I alway built them, and displayed them with my other models. The old I kind of I had today was their '73 Thunderbird. A terrible kit. But, a post '71 AMT Thunderbird, none the less. There is one on eBay for $65. Way more than I'm willing to pay. But, check out that cool box art!