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Tanya Tucker/Helen Reddy - "Delta Dawn"

Paul Simon - "Loves Me Like a Rock"

"Bad Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce

Herman's Hermits - "No Milk Today"

Marvin Gaye, then Junior Walker.

The Doobie Brothers - "Black Water" (one of those songs that made me turn UP the radio in the '70s)

Michael Martin Murphey - "Wildfire" (one of those songs that made me turn off the radio in the '70s)

But can he do it in reverse?

Since I did two '57 Caddy Eldorados, let's try a pair of '66 Mustangs with a connection: Hint: Two different films that deal with the same subject; one a docudrama and the other a drama based loosely on the same incident. The lead actor in the docudrama was taken seriously for the first time after this role and has had a very successful career; the lead actor in the drama (despite a chilling performance) had a brief career and died in obscurity. Good luck!

It was a white '63 two-door hardtop going in and a green '64 two-door post coming out... Oh, it goes further than that - not only does the car revert to being a '63 when it blows up in the end, at one point the police radio calls for them to be on the lookout for a 1973 Chevy!

OH that is a nice one, Don! Here's the 1/1 I'd like to build someday from my kit:

The Carpenters - "Superstar"

Very good! The '75 Impala convertible (CA license Z FATCAT) was being driven by my (then future) boss; and he wasn't a stunt driver either - just an extra. Since he didn't get a credit, I made this for him to hang in his office: (We're back on speaking terms.)

From the Past-Time Hobbies website (http://www.pthinc.com): MIDWEST FINEST PLASTIC KIT & TOY SHOW February 22nd, 2015 - 65th ILLINOIS PLASTIC KIT & TOY SHOW, EXHIBITION CENTER, 150 show tables available, BUY/SELL/TRADE/ or just browse, held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, Exhibition Building, 2015 West Manchester Road, Wheaton, Illinois, Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm, Admission: Adults: $5.00 - Children under 12 yrs. $2.00 INFORMATION: Past-Time Hobbies, Inc. 9311 Ogden Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 (630) 969-1847 or Email: pthpowerinc@aol.com Looking forward to it!

IIRC, the wheelbase on this kit appears closer to the Ambassador version (which was stretched ahead of the firewall). Something also needs to be done about the headlights; they should be more hooded (a set of '59 Mercury headlights should correct this, with a little work). Otherwise it's a pretty nice kit with some custom possibilities: As for the chassis, you're really stuck for choice. Here's the underside of that unibody promo: Good detail to start with; adding a torque tube/coil spring rearend wouldn't be too bad but the front suspension would need a lot of scratchbuilding (or strip out a junk Marlin kit?). Best part: they're molded in styrene, amazingly; worst part: this image is from the last one that sold on eBay - for $63.00 last November. Maybe a job for a resin caster?

Rod Stewart - "Downtown Train" I've done a mash-up of this song and Joe Walsh's "Ebony Eyes" - came out interesting but still needs work.

"Toni" Curtis? Peter "Faulk"? Give the fool who wrote that his just desserts: "You're banished! I'm getting a new typesetter! Banished! Banished! Banished!" By the way, I recall there was more than one Leslie Special built (three IIRC); this one's in the Tupelo Auto Museum:

^^^ Gremlins. This may be easy:

Chuck Berry - "Back in the USA"

Gary Lewis and the Playboys - "Malibu Run" (from the movie Out of Sight)

They forgot to show the cheese-grater body file used for grinding down the nubs from the sprue.

Had one of these when it was new; even then I thought Barris sure succeeded in making a Mustang look like a '63 Tempest...

Well this is a new one on me! While doing my usual search for '58 Fords on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Ford-1958-Ford-Fairlane-Model-Kit-Made-in-Japan-/221679257703?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339d1d0867 Anyone recognize the company, and if they made anything else like this? Along the same vein, the same seller has a Messerschmitt; again any info? I'm watching both kits to see if the bids head for Idiotville... http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-Messerschmitt-TG500-Model-Kit-Made-in-Japan-Complete-/221679251205?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339d1cef05

Any guesses as to what the blades in the middle and bottom are? They're not on Flex-I-File's website. (Sure hope the middle one is a micro saw.)

I've noticed the tips on the Excel blades don't break off as easily as the X-acto ones do, but YMMV. What I'd really like to see is a knife sharpener that would work for hobby blades - I know, I know, so I'm cheap. There's still a lot of metal left on a blade when it's dull...