unclescott58

Nice Merc. Who makes that? And your right about mirrors on modern cars. And trucks.

Your right. How this fits in with point of this thread I don't get? I'm not laughing. I don't even find it all that interesting. But, looking at the response, I'm in the minority on that. But, how's it funny?

After doing a thorough inventory using the online instructions. Everything but the paper instructions, decals, and stickers are there. So that's good news. Now I'm anxious to get going on it. But, I'm going to wait until the seller gets back to me with their instructions on what they're going to do about the pieces that are missing. Like I said earlier. Bummer. ?

Thank you Bill. That helps. It especially will give me a chance to if I'm missing anything other than instructions, decals, and stickers.

Bummer! As I looked closer at my new new Porsche kit, I'm missing instructions and decals. It was sealed when I got it. And I bought it from a reputable dealer, so I'm hoping they can take care of the problem fairly quickly. Still, I'm a little disappointed ?

FedEx just stopped by, and left me the following.

Steve, most of us are not as detailed oriented as you are. And that's fine. That's why your model are superior to most others I've seen. As you know, I've seen your models in person. And I'm always blown away by the work you do. I always think about the rear deck emblem on the trunk of your '61 Buick. Wow! But, several of us don't have the patience or talent to do that kind of work. I wish I did. And I'm glad you do. At the same time the way others of us build models is okay too. I've personally had troubles with both mirrors and antennas. And I'm very much okay if a kit doesn't come with them. Presently I'm working on JoHan's '35 Mercedes 500K coupe. Talk about a lot of little details that could break off later. At the same, I'm adding all of those little details with the greatest care I can. In the end, it will not only have an exterior driver's side mirror. But, a passenger side one too.

Again, thanks Snake. You got me smiling.

We're drifting a little off subject here. I believe there are other threads here covering the above questions better here, than this one?

Yes, but. The interior is both generic and shallow. Very shallow? It's not really that bad to me. The upholstery pattern is not correct. But, neither is AMT's '66. When AMT tooled up their '66 Wildcat, they really only modified the bodies exterior features. The "stock" interior on the AMT '66 Wildcat is really the stock interior for a '65 Wildcat. Custom trim level. This is more correct than the Hasegawa interior, in the fact that it does depict an actual Buick interior. Now, the one area I feel the Hasegawa '66 Wildcat is better, or more accurate than the AMT kit is in the dashboard. The AMT '66 Wildcat not only has the '65 Wildcat upholstery and door panels. But the '65 dashboard too. Buick redid their dashboards on their '66 full-size Buicks. Which includes the Wildcats. The Hasegawa kit has a flat generic dashboard to go along with their generic interior. But, with the decal they give you for the dashboard, I feel it makes it look more correct than the dash used in the '66 AMT kit. A very slight plus for the Hasegawa kit. The outside of the Hasegawa kit is what is really nice about this kit. It's really no better than the AMT '66 Wildcat. But, it's no worst either. Again, it looks like a direct copy of the AMT body. Which it seems to me I've heard someplace it was. And was done at the time with AMT's permission. But, this maybe only rumor. I don't know it for a fact. It is a nice copy if it is. There are three other negatives, other than interior, to the Hasegawa kit versus the AMT version. One is the Hasegawa kit is a cubeside. No engine. Two, the Hasegawa kit has generic wheel covers, rather than Buick's beautiful five-spoke wheels, like the AMT's kit. Number three. The Hasegawa kit can be built only one way. "Stock." No custom variations. The only real reason to buy this kit, is if your a Buick or Wildcat nut, and already have at least one of the AMT kits, but want more. There is really no good reason for picking the Hasegawa Wildcat over the AMT one.

Stunning. I love it. Edsel always carried two-tones well in my opinion.

The Ford police package in 1970 was available on Galaxie 500s. Not just Customs and Custom 500s. Which is what the AMT '70 Ford Police Car tries to depict. An additional problems with side moldings to resolve, if doing this model as a Custom, Custom 500, or Galaxie 500 for that matter, there are other problems that need fixing. AMT's '70 Ford Police Car kit was modified off of their '70 Ford LTD four-door hardtop kit. Window frames were added, but the roofline is still not correct for a '70 full-size Ford four-door sedan. And then AMT did nothing to modify the interior. The interior in the kit represents a non-Brougham, plain LTD interior. No matter what, getting a truly accurate '70 Ford cop car from this kit is going to be a bit of a challenge.

Again l agree with Snake. Outside mirrors are just something to get knocked off a model. No matter how hard one try's to avoid it (I can hear Harry spinning in his grave). If the model forces you, by hole or indentation to mount a mirror, I'll then do it. Heck real cars were not even required by law in the U.S. to have a outside mirror until 1967. And then, they required on the left side only. Many cars before that were sold new without an outside mirrors. But, by 1972, that of course was a different story. A '72 Goat should have at least one left side manual chrome door mirror as standard. A single chrome remote driver's mirror, or dual sport mirrors (with the driver's side remote) were optional. And yet knowing all of this, my MPC '72 GTO does not have any outside mirrors. Nor why it's in my possession will it. I think it looks just fine with out it.

I just received this one today. All way rumored that the body is an exact copy of AMT's '66. Other than a few minor things, I believe it.

Just ordered the 30th Anniversary kit. I remember sitting in a Political Science class at the University of Minnesota, a year before the wall fell, and being told by the professor that we would never see a united Germany in our lifetime. It was a good lesson for me in many ways. Another professor I admired a lot, warned me not to put academics on too high of pedestals. They are not "gods" in their knowledge of the subject they are teaching. They just have a more educated opinions on the subjects they have studied more than the rest of us. Like I say, a good lesson that I needed to learn.

Wow! Your link above was very helpful. Using that link I found the exact 30th Anniversary Berlin Wall Trabant, with shipping for under $30.00 U.S. Heck of deal. The vendor is out of the U.K. But, the vendors on eBay for same kit at a price around $70.00, were out of Italy. So I can't complain about that. Thanks "keyser."

After seeing the prices on eBay, the hunt was short. With shipping, just a hair under $70.00! I am not adding a Trabant to my collection for that amount of money!

There is one I won't be begging for Round 2 to reissue. Sorry guys. Too toy like for me. And IMO not a good looking toy at that.

Here's my latest acquisition from eBay. No cute bathing beauty with it. But, and this is sad to say, I'm okay with that. I love beautiful women, but I don't need another scale figure of one to complicate a build of a car I like almost as much. I don't know how else to put it?

That does look cool. I've never had a Trabant in my collection. Thought about it a few times. This one may push me adding one to my collection. Now I may have to do some hunting.

In today's mail, another beautiful Dinky Toys car.

In today's mail. MPC's 1/16 1963 Corvette Sting Ray. Since Round 2 refuses to reissue it, I had to buy a used one off of eBay. The second item is a Dinky Toys 1968 Thunderbird. Looks beautiful. I love those big Birds.

Being a kid who loved Halloween, monster movies, and other scary things. Here are three game I remember seeing advertised and in the Christmas catalogs that I was intrigued by. Not only never got. But, never knew anybody else who had a copy. So I never got to play any of them. The first one, the Huanted House always intrigued me the most. It just looks interesting. I'd still like to try playing today. The Green Ghost? The blob like ghost looked cool. And I think he spun around as the spinner in the game? Ka-Bala, tough to beat an evil eye for spookiness. But, from what I've read in recent years, this one sounds like it would have been the least fun. And was nothing but a lame attempt at being another Ouija board which was going though one of it's up periods of popularity at the time. Speaking of which. We did have a Ouija board in the late 60's. In retrospect I'm surprised. My mother was fairly religious. Though more so in later life. The version we had was put out by Parker Brothers. So how bad could it be? It was fun to play with to a point. Nothing bad ever happened to us, as far as we know, because of playing the game. The only "prediction" it made, which we thought was funny for some reason, was my one sister, Shari, was suppose to marry some guy named Henry. We would kid her that she would be screeching to him, "Henry... get over here!" Need to say, she never fold her "true love" Henry. And had to settle for some guy named Randy for last forty some years. So much for the Ouija board's predictions.

Looking at Sub Search closer online, I can kind of see why it never became big hit. The game board/box looked both too big and flimsy. I understand why it had to be so big. But, that also takes away one of the fun aspects of regular Battleship over other games like this. The great thing about Battleship is you didn't have to sit at the same table with your opponent. You could play it from just about anywhere. Just grab your individual Battleship board, hop in any comfy chair across the rom and you can play. Using pegs, you could even play in a moving vehicle. With Sub Search these options for playing, just are not there. But then again, that's true with most games. I'm still surprised I had never heard or seen anything of this game until earlier today. It would be fun to try playing it at least one time.

I've never seen this one before. It looks really cool. Battleship take another step forward?