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  1. ChrisBcritter
    Resin? I thought their wheels were injection molded - they look that good. I picked up a set of their deep-dish six-lug wheels for my '67 Chevy pickup - guess I better hit them with Bleche-Wite before I have them chromed.
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    Sold on Monday for $431.25; unopened case of 12 plus a 13th car in Dark Claret with box. Must have been a case of buyer's remorse or an unqualified bidder because the exact same lot was re-sold on the following Sunday for only $230... Another unopened case + 1 of '85 Vettes went for $690. (The duplicate of my old Dude Wagon pedal car went for $2185 .)
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    The government was selling B-17s surplus for $12,750 each outright, but you could get one for "educational or memorial" purposes for as little as $350 (the Air Force kept the title). My dad's Boy Scout troop had this one:
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    Everybody wants to be Tom McCahill...
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    Update: Revell requested the barcode from the box, so I popped it in the mailbox with copies of their emails and a brief but clear explanation. In the immortal words of Allan Sherman: "Lotsa luck, pal... lotsa luck...".
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    Yep: IIRC it was a very simplified (almost toylike) kit; might have done better if it was a real tractor instead of a generic one (it looked somewhat like the Chevy but wasn't based on any real truck).
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    Got their response and indeed they don't have the '69 anymore, so I'll try that and do a roof transplant. Sucks to lose the vinyl roof though.
  8. ChrisBcritter
    Was it a commercial for New Deal Used Cars? "Now wait just a @#$=*& minute! Is this a Dragon Snake Cobra for five hundred and fifty thousand dollars?? That's too *&^%$ high!" (BOOM!!!)
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    OK, thanks - put in my request to Revell and we'll see what happens. Worse comes to worst, I'll see how the chassis fits under my '65 Monaco so I can add further needless complexity more detail to it.
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    So... bad one? Still possible to get a replacement?
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    Search eBay for Eduard mesh - you'll turn up plenty; seller "a-modeler" (BNA Model World) out of Australia has been good for me: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=a-modeler&_armrs=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1312.R1.TR0.TRC4.A0.H0.TRS5&_nkw=eduard+mesh&_sacat=0
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    Lucky night at the LMMCC meeting - picked up a '91 Chevy shortbed stepside promo in charcoal with a red interior for $5, and then won this at the raffle: Is this the "good" one (no roof problems, etc.)?
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    My boss is there right now; said no money to buy this year but still worth it for the show. I'll agree with that; it was worth the price of admission to have seen (1) Reggie Jackson get booed by the audience when he started to gripe about his cars not hitting reserve, and (2) Jay Leno getting pissed off at the bidders when a charity car he was guest-auctioneering wasn't getting bid up enough. Checked the Automobilia docket and there aren't any great models; about all they have is a case of new-in-the-box '82 Corvette promos. They did have a duplicate of my childhood pedal car:
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    '61 Dodge and '60/'61 Plymouth should be a match; they used the same roof and Jo-Han likely wouldn't have tooled them up differently. There's a '61 Plymouth glass unit on eBay right now, but it's pricey... I think the '60 DeSoto and '60-'62 Chrysler windshields (only) may fit; let me check the ones I have to verify that. ETA: Checked a '62 Chrysler windshield in the '61 Plymouth; height may be OK but it's a bit too wide.
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    That's a surprise; I would have guessed a VW Vanagon like Dean Milano did. Hoping to get a Rampside soon!
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    It can be improved: (Photoshop by me on a couple eBay shots of a stock kit)
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    Sell it as a kit for $100 and you've got a deal.
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    Got a set of '64 GTO wire wheels to use on the '65 Olds - thanks GMCMAN52! They're a bit big for the original AMT tires but will fit the AMT aftermarket narrow whites OK, or the rare Satco narrow whites I got recently (if I can figure out where I put them...).
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    Let's see. Molded in black, Vector wheels... just needs a duck on the hood and CA blue plate 938 DAN...
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    The kit has a lot of little issues, but it's a car I've loved ever since I checked one out in the showroom of Ferris Rambler in Glenview. Someday I'll tackle it again; my first got El Camino-ized and then parted out (kept the rear axle and seats).
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    Finished at last - Congratulations on a magnificent build, Shawn! Have you had much interest from other folks wanting you to put this kit into production?
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    Note the artist depicted Quicksilver with a stock '60 Chevy quad-headlight grille; something it's never had.
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    I had the Riviera as well, in metallic medium blue. The lights actually work on the same principle as fiber optics; the panel in the dash links to the taillights while the entire rear window links to the headlights. Thus the lights work best when the car is lit from the opposite end - learned a little science from that one!
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    Bright Aqua? You guys are killin' me - this was my '71: 20k miles. Pictured here after being pulled from the garage it had occupied since new in Pacific Palisades. Long story short - got it running, went broke, sold it to a friend who still has it. Must be a fairly rare color - the Marti report said there were around 115 built in aqua and white. Too bad AMT's '69 Mk III kit was canceled.
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    Huge improvement - the body must have started with the old 4-door promo, all of which have that bent-upward front end and sagging rockers. Now and then I look at mine and think about trying to chop it up to make an accurate-ish car out of it, but you've proven it can be done!
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