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It may not be Beech, but look what came in today's mail.

I remember these kits when they were out in the 80's. The interiors and chassis were generic. But, I'm wondering mainly about the wheels and tires in this recent release? In the photo of the open box above, the tires look like they may have a very short sidewall. Low rider style? I would be interested in this kit, if it can be built as a basically "stock" '66 Cady. I'm sure for licensing reasons, things like the nameplates and stock Cadillac emblems maybe missing. And that would be okay with me, as long as it looked stock otherwise.

Sorry to say, but I don't like it. A blob on wheels.

How close to stock can it be built?

The above reminded me of some pictures I found on the web a while back.

To fulfill a past request.

Still my favorite cartoon. I too picked up, and built the above kit when it first came out. Being from Moebuis, it of course builds out perfect.

By the way. Did the Sea Quest sub above ever get built. And if so, can we see it?

Speaking of trains. About two months ago I bought and built one Monogram's HO locomotive kits. The Big Boy with Duluth, Missabe & Iron Ranger markings. True, the DM&IR never ran Big Boys. But, love the Big Boys. And the DM&IR. So it was a natural fit for me. The kit built up really nice. Even though these trains do not match up well with my running N scale stuff. I liked the one I build enough to consider buying others in the series, if I bump into them at the right price.

As I looked farther into the posts here, I guess I did see Ace's posting ☝️before. I must be getting old. Forgetting stuff. Still, it was worth another look.

Catching up on past posts here that I somehow missed. The video on the Aerotrain, above, is great. I still think that it is a great looking train. I need to go to Green Bay or St. Louis someday to see the real thing.

As you can see from this post, and others above, I've been on a model airplane buying and building kick recently. By no means am I giving up on cars. I'm still car crazy. In order of transportation loves, it goes: cars, trucks, fictional spacecraft, civilian/personal aircraft, trains, real spacecraft, military planes (mainly fighters), boats and ships, and finally motorcycles. So I buy a few kits of other things from time to time. In the realm of civilian/personal aircraft, I love Beechcraft's designs the best. IMO the three best looking airplanes of all time are Beech's Staggerwing, their V-tail Bonanza, and their Starship. Well, I have an AMT Stagger I'm working on right now. Added and started working on another V-tail Bonanza just this week. The only thing missing? The Starship. As of yesterday that's taken care of. To my collection, I've added an Amodel Beechcraft 2000 Starship, in 1/72 scale. This is the only styrene kit that I have ever seen available of the Starship. It comes from Poland, and it is not cheap. But, looking at reviews on line and what I found in the box I just got. It looks like it's well worth the price. The first thing I liked when I opened the box, is all of the parts come in a ziplock style, resealable bag. In that bag, the clear parts are protected in another smaller ziplock type bag. The kit has over 100 plastic parts, and four small photo etched parts. No flash can be seen on my example. It looks like a very nice high quality kit. Again, well worth the money I paid for it. Amodel makes two different variations of their Starship. The main difference being decals. I had to go for this version because of the decals used on the wingtip/rudder assembly of this particular airplane. They look like Star Trek Starfleet logos. And with my love of Star Trek I had go with it!

Great to see more details. I love it. Thanks.

It's not a SBC. The kit is modeled off of the Studebaker V8.

Today. A 1/48 scale V-tail doctor killer. One of my all time favorite airplanes. And has been so since I was a kid. The V tailed Bonaza has always stood out over the others, in style and grace. It looks fast. And it is fast. Next to Beechcraft's other classics, the Staggerwing and Starship, it is (IMO) the coolest airplane out there.

Can you say flash? I knew you could. Testor's last modified reissue of IMC's old LearJet kit. I should know better. But, I can't help myself!

Here's my latest acquisition. A Pyro 1/32 scale '34 Plymouth. Other than the lack of chrome, I like it. I've been picking up and building and few of these old Pyro kits in the last year or two. They are much better kits than I remember them to be. And with my present modeling skills, they look pretty nice when they are done.

Please do a review on this one. I want to see more! Show us more of what came in the box. Including the instructions. I'd also be interested in see this built. All ways cool to see history of our hobby.

Two fun kits. I finished my Leif several years ago. And need to finish my Pilgrim Observer one of these days. I too like a lot of those old obscure kits. Mainly space related. There are more I'd love to see come back.

Do any of us need to buy more models? With this group of people here? I doubt it. But, in my case, and several others here, you know we're going to do it. It's addicting, fairly harmless, and fun. So go for it Wayne!

Beautiful stuff! I love your thinking on what could be done. And what the box art would look like. A few I have no interest in. But in general I love it. A few of these kits, would get my money if they existed. Thankfully the Pontiac does. Not with your box art of course. But, it's out there, and Moebuis has received money from me for that one. Maybe some of the others, someday?

Well, I no longer need stock sponsons or decals for my Kitech Airwolf helicopter (see above). Instead I bought an unopened original AMT/Ertl Airwolf. Unopen until I got it today. Now I can build a "stock" Bell 222B. And maybe build an Airwolf version from the Kitech kit, or sell it. By the way, below is what I'm hoping to build out of my AMT kit.

Interesting. But, nothing there that overly excites me.

I don't belong here anymore. Something's gone wrong. Car lines are being dropped. And trucks are getting uglier by the minute. Sad times. ?

Me too! Or a '71 or '72 stock Comet. The Power Wagon and/or a stock '71 or '72 Vega would be cool too.