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Amazing. Cool to see.

I was looking at styling. The looks are nice, but non anything really special. I expect more from Pininfarina in the looks department.

Very nice. But nothing really makes it stand from other cars of the type. Good. But not great.

I got a new sprue cutter I saw recommended by a model builder on YouTube. They're designed with a slightly narrower jaw to get closer to the parts on the tree. It looks better than my old Revell ProModeler sprue cutters. But not by much. The old Revell cutters still work well, but we'll see if these work any better? I've had such good luck with Tamiya products in the past, that I expect I'll be pleased with these.

Below is my just finished Lindberg 1/32 scale model of Roscoe Turner's 1938-'39 Thompson Trophy winning airplane. Simple model overall. Detail and fit is fair. It has some features I question a need for. The has movable ailerons, elevators, and rudder? They work okay, but I'm not sure how to use them for display purposes? The plane itself looks bigger than 1/32 scale. The pilot, Turner, looks way too small. Too small for the plane. And maybe too small even for 1/32 scale. The decals with one exception went down pretty well. The only problem was with the registration number on the underside of the left wing. And then it was very minor. All in all the kit turned okay. I'm pleased.

I've never meet Mrs. Snake, but she can't be all that bad that you have to sneak things into the house... On second thought, if they're like some of the women I've been with I the past. Good luck. ?

No need to shave off the fake spare, a.k.a. the toilet seat, on these kits. It's a separate piece, and an option on the Imperial Crown models in '59.

AMT's '57 Chrysler 300 from the 1990's maybe your best bet. Wheelbase is different by 3" on the real cars. But, engine and chassis will be much closer than what you would get AMT's Christine Plymouth kit.

Any photos? Even seeing the unopened boxes would be appreciated.

The convertible appeals to me a bit more than the hardtop would. At the same time the Thunderbirds, especially the '55 would appeal to me even more. I'd like to see them bring back the 1/16 scale AMT '55 Thunderbird, and the MPC '63 Corvette in the same scale.

Yea, I know of the Polar Lights Robot with Dr. Smith kit. But, when it comes to a subject like this, I wanted to go original old school. And that means the Polar Lights repop of the original Aurora kit with its hokey (part #2) "Electronic Ray" coming out of (part #25) "Right Arm Hook". Which always looked more like a flame of fire than an electronic ray to me. Just as the original show is part of my childhood, so is this kit of the Robot. There are much more modern, accurate, and better kits of the subject tooled up out there in recent years. But, they will never be part of my youth. I still can not find the "power pack". Actually referred to in the instructions as (part #5) the "Control Panel". I think it may have been permanently sacrificed to the "carpet gods". So if anybody has got an "extra". Please let me know.

Just finished building my Polar Lights Lost in Space Robot kit. And I'm pretty pleased with how it turned. Other than the Robot's power pack has gone missing. I was just painting it a couple of days ago. Without it, how am I going to give the Robot orders to cease and desist with his firing of his electrical bolts from his right claw? For that matter, I wonder how he's doing that without his power pack? Speaking of the power pack missing. Where is Dr. Smith?

The lower rear quarter panel, between the wheel well and the bumper, looks better, more right, on the AMT body vs. the Revell. I'm not sure on which one is right? But, the AMT lower rear quarter panel looks more right, IMO.

That's one of the biggest problems I have with most non automotive kits. Where do you put them when they are done, and you have a limited amount of shelf space to display them? That least with most model cars, when your done building them, they still fit back in the box they came in.

Very kool. I too never knew of these trucks. I've always like Isettas.

The first two kits I ever received and built with the help of mother, were Aurora's Dracula's Dragster and Frankenstein's Flivver. Got both at the same time, way back in 1965. A couple of years ago I picked up and built a copy the of Polar Lights repop of Aurora's Dracula's Dragster. Now I've decided it was time to add Polar Lights reissue of Frankenstein's Flivver. It arrived in yesterday's mail. Kooky Kool!

I need a James Bond Aston Martin DB5, to go with my recent Polar Lights James Bond 007 figure kit. I know they're not in the same scale. But, that's not the point to me.

Polar Light reissued the Bond kit last back in 1999. Yet it's not hard to find. I picked this one up on eBay for $32 dollars with shipping. If you want Polar Lights reissue of Odd Job, he seams to go for a bit more. Also last put out in 1999. I don't believe Polar Lights did a reissue of the Men from UNCLE kits. I don't think a lot of these figure kits there big sellers for Polar Lights. After their one initial reissue, they have not been repoped again. And, most of them are not that hard to find twenty years later. Sadly that time period may have been our one and only chance to get these kits new again. I hope I'm wrong on that.

Models R-1 or R-2. The cockpit sit farther back on those two than on the model Z. Otherwise that and color, they look pretty similar.

Fun! A very neat idea.

Which one?

Ah. Your right. I forgot that Toronados engines were painted that light metallic blue, rather than red of the Olds engines (except 442 of course).

Okay. I got another '30s racing plane kit. This time Williams Bros.' 1/32 scale Gee Bee "Z" Racer. This one looks much closer to scale than Lindberg's larger 1/32 scale Gee-Bee (model R-1) Air Racer. I may have to hunt down Williams Bros.' 1/32 scale Gee Bee R-1 to match its Z sister better. But, here's some news. A none racing airplane model, or any old airplane model has also found its way into my collection, today too. I also got Polar Lights, ex-Aurora, James Bond 007 kit. And it's a model of my favorite Bond, Sean Connery. Someday I need find a DB5 to go with him.

You know me Snake. I'm always curious about things. Who is "Old Velvet Nose"? And as Mike noted, the glasses, with yellow lenses, are included as part of the kit. Being that the kit originally came out in 1969, it seems appropriate. I'll be using them on mine.

I got my '68 Chevelle back in January, from a vendor who brings and sells new model kits at our monthly MCCM meetings. As soon as I hear of something I'm interested in, I check and see if he'll be getting it. If he is, with his reasonable prices, I get those kits I want shortly after they are released. I have no interest in the Boss 302. But, our model dealer at the meetings has already had the kit available for others. So, I could have gotten one if I wanted.