Claes Ericsson

Good to have notes to compare - I got #213 as 1st in my renewal sub but am still missing #214, 215. And got the renewal notice a couple of days ago after only getting one issue of the sub so far.....

Mail call Thursday. The T-bird was sourced locally and the other two are eBay wins during the summer. The GTO I had been looking for a double digit number of years. Incidentally, the side panel of the GTO box mentions Drag Racing "Slicks", but none are shown in the instructions (or were in the box) as the race option is more of a road race car. So, does anyone know if this kit came with slicks when new?

Epitome of clean, adult build.

Thanks guys! Now I at least have a couple of options.

Does anyone make good quality repro decals for the Mono "Badman" 55 Chevy, preferably in 1/25th? I'm pretty sure Firebird designs had 'em, but they seem to have ceased operations. /Claes Ericsson

The 36 is resin, the 39 nose is at least resin. I have yet to check the 42 but that might be a conversion from the IMC kit. I got the lot from a friend who's downsizing. He, in turn, got the Fords at a 1:1 car swap meet some years ago....

These followed me home today. The Firebird is scheduled for a rebuild, the rest goes on the shelf.

There is a diecast 1/24 4 door saloon available, easiest (and expensive) found as a Tintin car. Got the earlier version last year for about 35 bucks. Welly does a CV in 1/18. And a few reference pics from a Swedish auction site: https://bilwebauctions.se/varauktion-2019/peugeot-403-cabriolet-1490 A no-sale at close to $60k.

And I got mine yesterday....

Falcon is '64 unless someone has switched them around between my '64 and '65 kits.

There were multiples, but its anybody's guess how many. A dozen?? IIRC they were sold on eBay and I got the Columbo Peugeot box but regret I didn't buy more. Think they were either $19.95 or $24.95....

x2! Had it been the art for the '59 El Camino I wouldn't have hesitated.....

Here's the game and the flyer. Board size is roughly 18,5" by 18,5".

I have the AMT Rat Race set. Similar layout, different printing. Have the sales flyer too. Will post pics when I'm back home.

A lot of people on the Swedish auction site are being busy unloading this one as it is reissued later on this year.... Same phenomena that could be seen on Ebay late last year regarding the 63 Nova & this year for the 64 Olds.

Not currently. TM resin used to have them on ebay.

Same as above, I've had kits shipped to me in Sweden w/o any problems whatsoever.

Bets are off; I recognize a few names.? Here's a better copy I posted on FB last year....

French company Record also made a Dauphine in 1/25. Multipíece body. I have their Caravelle and it is pretty decent.

Doing an approximate measure of the wheelbase, it seems to scale out to 1/24. AMT 34 Fords in the background.

Robert Burns does a partial Y-job. Body, hood, bumpers & grille. He's on facebook as "Too many projects" and if you scroll way down in his gallery, you'll find these pics:

What the clerk said is simply not true! I and several others had a number of packages sent from US between April 5 -25. Normally, following the tracking, it would take 7-10 days to get to Sweden and then roughly an additional week to clear customs. During these times, the first signs of any package arriving for any of us, were around June 20 with most, if not all, arriving within a month after that. Supposedly, everything was held up at Heathrow for a long time, and when that finally started to open up, it caused more delays further down in the transportation chain. Now everything is more or less, back to almost normal shipping times.

If you read the auction description, he ships most anywhere.

Prices are getting better, bi-weekly.? Latest one went for $386.....

Pretty sure Pyro didn't do a Dauphine but rather Premier and that was multi-piece. Also French company Record did it and if the companion Floride kit is anything to judge it by, it was also multi-piece.