ChrisBcritter

Nice! My mom's side of the family is from Gulfport; the Cassibry and Fillingim families. My mom's cousin James Verrell "Tiger" Fillingim was a stock car racer down there in the '70s and '80s. As for me, I'm up in the CA high desert north of Palm Springs.

Well? Tell us!

A photoetch saw and some patience will get that trim off the sprue. I've got one of the old kits I'm working up the nerve to build...

Thanks! Aaaand I'd better not make any comments about that typo on the box...

Whaaat?!? First I've heard of this - did Bandai clone the kit and modify it? How good a copy is it?

ketchup-free? Always!

Porridge's just right

Born David Solberg. Class of 1961, Washington High School, Sioux Falls, SD - he was the MC of the talent show, president of Quill and Scroll and the German Club, and sports editor for the Warrior yearbook: Also appeared in the class play The Enchanted:

all the cards

"Dress You Up" by Madonna was the theme song for Fox's mostly-forgotten That '80s Show.

Happens in threes? Also lost Roland "The Hawaiian" Leong on the 29th, plus Gil de Ferran.

Yep - now January. Trying to be a patient Grasshopper...

Landed on my doorstep all the way from France on Christmas Eve: Used to see these Opels when I was a kid; I'm soooo tempted to make a gasser out of it!

When we were kids, we had their Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers LP and eventually I had the whole thing memorized - Hangman, hangman, slack your rope Hangman, hangman, slack your rope Slack it for a - KKKKKKCH!

Hungry Man Dinners

"Together" is my favorite single by Tierra, who I snapped with my Kodak Disc camera at a photo op in 1983 in L.A.'s Lincoln Park - note the stretched Seville:

"McGee, don't open that closet" is a reference you'll get if you're into old-time radio.

written in crayon

It will?

Dali starred in this memorable commercial for the Datsun 610 wagon:

Add to my request: A correctly-shaped '46 Chevy grille for the Galaxie Unlimited kits. To demonstrate why: Makes a nice custom piece too.

money for horsemeat

From Christmas 1947: Holiday gratings from "Inspector" Lance Lawson of the Minnehapless Police!

Merry Christmas to every one of you from every one of me!

'58 Impala got here - in bubble wrap inside a boxful of styrofoam peanuts, which the USPS pummeled and left out in the rain, but it survived nonetheless. Seat inserts and top boot that appeared gold in the photos were actually silver, which looks way better to me. Also got two nice diecasts for Christmas from my partner - Welly '65 Impala Super Sport and Motor Max '57 Bel Air.