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I looked at the first page of that thread and didn't see anything on it. I guess I need to go back and look again.

I'm still wishing and waiting for Round 2 to bring the Brat back. It was a cool little truck that would be fun to have in full size or miniature scale model size. Looking at the interest here, Round 2 should consider it. I too would be interested in learning more about the AMT/Brat contest noted above. I do not remember anything about that one. It would be fun to see what people came up with for designs. Some magazine in the past must have had the results? P.S. What were "Speedtrack" racing sets? I've never heard of them.

Looks good. I naturally have not started mine yet. I love the looks of the vanships. The Vespa not so much. Just the same, did you build the Vespa too? And if you did, how did it turn out?

Very nice.

Very kool! (Or is that ghoul? ?)

I'm not a big Anime or Menga fan. But, a couple of years ago I stumbled upon a series called the Last Exile. I loved what I saw. A steampunk/dieselpunk world with these cool looking flying machines called Vanships. And coolest Vanship is the one piloted by Tatiana Wisla. The red Vanship shown on the box cover of the model I just picked up. I've been thinking about picking up this model for a while now. It's made by Hasegawa, and is in 1/72 scale. It also comes with a second airship, Fam's Vespa from the later series I've only seen parts of, Last Exile - Fam, The Silver Wing. That show, nor the the Vespa impressed me all that much. Both vehicles come with pilots and can be built in other variations than the main characters ships. But, I plan on building both in their primary "Tatiana" and "Fam" versions.

The Thing. Type 181. Another high one on my wish list.

In general, other than the new front and rear ends on the 1970's, there is little to no difference between MPC's '69 and '70 Bonneville. Having built both, I found no major problems building either one. They are both nice representations of the real cars, other than the tri-power set up. And when I built my first '69 as a kid, I didn't know it was incorrect or care. Now? I wish they came with the correct four barrel set up. But, it not a deal breaker for me. I still love the looks of those big Pontiacs. And the canoe that came with the hardtop version of MPC's '69 and '70 Bonneville, is still very cool. I wish Round 2 would reissue the '70 hardtop so we could the canoe again.

Cool!

Very nice. I like it.

Is the above available in the United States? I've only seen it in foreign on line posts, videos, or Revell of Germany ads. I've never on the shelves here.

280 SL would be high on my list. I love to see Monogram's curbside 450 SL from the late 70's come back too. But, I would like a 260 or 280 SL even more. With both tops of course.

Another new one came in the mail today. I've been wanting one of these for a couple of years now. It's Pegagus' pre-built War of the Worlds Martian. From the 1953 George Pal movie. The model comes with an extra set of arms in different pose. And a few fun accessories. Like the damaged Martian scanner, and two books. World of the Worlds and To Serve Man. Some good humor there! As you can see from the photos, it look like a very nicely done model.

Nice story Tom.

"The man in the mom-jeans is right." I'm not one who gets it? Sorry ?

With the recent addition of complete Lost in Space on Blu-Ray to my collection, I decided I need some additional Lost in Space stuff to go with it. So I purchased Polar Lights kit #5030, The Robot From Lost in Space. And Polar Lights kit #5032, Lost in Space, "Complete With One-Eyed Monster, Giant Boulders, The Robinson Family And Their Interplanetary Space Vehicle." Both are repops of the old Aurora kits from the 1960's. Which I never had at the time, but always wanted. Polar Lights repoped several old Aurora kits about 15 to 20 years ago. Few to none in recent years. I'm guessing they must not have sold very well. And now they are getting hard to find. There are several I should have gone for at the time. Like their reissue of the Chamber of Torture, Le Guillotine kit. Though that one I never actually saw on the shelves anywhere. I'm presently looking for the one with the extra "glow in the dark" figure. It's getting tough to find at a reasonable price.

What are "slodiers"? ? You need a spell checker. And the more I think about, the more I need a Polar Lights Guillotine kit.

I've come back to this one. I think I need to find one for my collection. Maybe the one with the additional "glow in the dark" figure?

Wow! Two stunning looking Vette models. Beautiful.

I'm still happy with the one I built. I don't know what's exactly right or not on this kit. I'm no expert on drag cars of that period. Or any other for that matter. I just liked the way it looked when I finished mine. I like the nostalgic feel of both this kit and AMT's old Double Dragster kit. Add the old Monogram Long John Streamline Dragster, and my dragster drag racing fantasies are pretty much taken care of. Bring back Revell's early 70's Jungle Jim Camaro, and Monogram's Mean Maverick, your got all of my funny car drag racing fantasies taken care of too. Though I am looking for the Revell Jungle Jim Monza too. Not for car. But, for the figures of Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam (mainly Pam).

Yea, the Magnum would be cool too. Just not the '75 - '78 Charger. The Omni Charger of the mid-80's is more true to the Charger nameplate, than the 70's Charger Córdoba clone. A '79 Córdoba 300 or a '78, '79 Magnum would be cool with me.

I love the Revell snap-kit '63 Corvettes. I have several in my collection. Being curbside kits doesn't bother me one bit. And as noted in the past, one of the things I like about them, is they represent Powerglide cars with air conditioning. A fuelie with a four-speed is what I would really want in real life. But, a Powerglide '63 Vette with air, would be nice too. So, in model form, I have AMT's '63 Corvettes for taking care of my performance, fuelie, four-speed, with aluminum wheels fantasy. And the Revell kits with stock wheel covers, Powerglide, and air, for my relaxed cruising/touring fantasies. Other the real car, what more can one ask for?

Keith Marks up in Winnipeg, if not frozen right now, I believe offers decals for the SC/Rambler. I think that's were I got mine?

I too would love to see that generation T-Bird done in similar manner to the stock version of Revell's Monte. All though I'm not a big fan of the grille or taillights on the '79 T-Bird. I prefer the '77 or '78 better. Another one in that same vane, would be the '75 - '79 Córdoba. Preferably a '79 Córdoba 300. With popularity of these two cars at the time, why they weren't offered as model kits then or now, is beyond me.

I've been there twice. Still the best car museum I've ever been to. And I've been to few. The Auburn-Cord-Deusenberg ranks number two. I need to get back to both museums soon. Both are well worth the trip.