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  1. ChrisBcritter
    The molds are probably long gone, but the Aurora Mod Squad '50 Mercury wagon had figures of Pete, Linc and Julie. I still have the Julie. Here she is in 1/25 scale: And here she is as the 50-foot Woman:
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    I've had a few Mini-Lindys over the years; just have three now - an unbuilt fire truck, an AMC Gremlin, and a school bus that I kitbashed into a 1936 Ford Army bus using parts from a 1/72 scale Japanese WWII fuel truck.
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    More stuff to pack up??? Congrats, Steve - couldn't happen to a nicer guy!
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    At the model club meet last night, I picked up a set of chrome reverses with Baby Moons for the '65 Econoline movie truck project, and a sharp set of Appliance wire mags that should look good on my '69 LTD when I get around to it. Thanks to Steve G. for bringing that huge bin of tires and letting us root through it!
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    Good score! Fiddly kit to build (and the rubber tires split after I built it) but one of my favorite old planes. If I got another, I'd like to build it as one of the target tugs based at Las Vegas during WWII; their last hurrah before the smelter:
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    Do any of the Ollie's have the Lindberg Coronado boat kit yet?
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    Sold for $1358! i***r came in with ten seconds to go, holding off previous winner y***a and c***n's final bids in the last four and five seconds. What a race!
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    Wonderful display! What did you use for the plank flooring? And are you going to try a resin '48 Tudor Sedan next?
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    Probably because it was an effective way to get a tuck-and-roll look; I imagine it showed up in a model car magazine and everybody tried it (including me). IIRC, Hank Borger did a mild custom '49 Merc in Car Model using corduroy in the early '70s and it was an old technique then.
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    Bravo for seeing this one through to the end - it was well worth the effort. And you'll certainly never see another like it; after reading through the build thread, nobody else is going to want to try that!
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    Got a set of NOS '62 Pontiac Grand Prix grilles for my AMT '62 Catalina - thanks so much to Steven for taking time out from his moving preparations to send 'em! Too bad AMT never did a Grand Prix version of the Catalina kit; the grilles were a custom part in the long-gone original '62 Bonneville hardtop.
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    The Deerfield, IL store has all three sizes; the 4mm was $11.99 ($7.19 + tax with the coupon).
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    (double post)
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    Cool! Does the '57 Ford have the Styline front and rear ends?
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    Not a big deal from my experience with X-El reissues; they're actually softer plastic, tapered and ridged for a jam fit - I got 'em out with my fingernails. The interior/glass is probably heat-swaged in like the original promos.
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    What was their price?
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    "At the eBay Races with your hosts Ted and Fred" ...And they're off and running! Ted, g***m has taken over the lead with a double bid at $390; a***i, o***e and r***r are in the middle of the pack holding at the low-$200 level while newcomer 4***7 is breathing down g***m's neck at $385! What a race! Yes, Fred, g***m is on the comeback trail after that heartbreaking $10.00 outbid loss to y***a on the '70 Coronet last week! Let's see if he can hold on to that lead among these worthy adversaries! (Seriously, Paul, sweet build! Hope I can do one soon!)
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    Fixed - and Kinja's working again too; Firefox did an update last night. What a relief!
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    Great! Glad I could help.
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    Wish they'd take a whack at this area - got just the location, too. The huge Savers Thrift Store on Milwaukee Ave. in Glenview closed a week or two ago; great spot for an Ollie's...
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    Or cast it in resin and start selling a few... I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
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    Don't forget this handy tool: I have gotten a ton of use out of mine for fine work; you can replace one battery with a metal spacer to slow it down if needed. $14.99 minus whatever coupon you have.
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    They sure will, at least with AMT - I have a few models like a '62 Continental and a '64 Grand Prix that I built from NOS kits in '81, and the wheels have been affected by the tires.
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    And the hearse/ambulance is a '62 Oldsmobile, looks like a Cotner-Bevington "Cotington Landau" conversion (note the taillight turned 90 degrees to fit) - that's got to be a rare one! http://www.oldcarbrochures.org/index.php/NA/Oldsmobile/1962-Oldsmobile/1962-Oldsmobile-Cotner-Bevington
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    The Lindberg '53 Ford has this issue, at least with the styrene whitewall inserts. Yet I have Monogram (Cord, Duesenberg) and Lindberg (Mercedes SSK) kits my dad built in the mid-1960s that have no tire melt on the plastic whitewalls at all. If they had the right formula for the vinyl back then, why didn't they stay with it?
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