ChrisBcritter

Yes you should. Now and then something good turns up...

Here you go, Monty: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334348604487

but many commercials

I used to frequent the Lincoln Heights store north of downtown L.A., which sometimes got movie/TV studio donations. Among the goodies I picked up back in the day: Several UCLA and one University of Washington basketball uniforms, left over from filming the movie The 6th Man VHS tapes with dailies and second unit footage from movies like Iron Will (months before it came out) and The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, plus a gag/outtake reel from the Fame TV show VHS dailies of a scene from The Island of Dr. Moreau, in which all of Marlon Brando's lines are being read to him by someone off camera; he just repeats them (unfortunately I think this was lost in a move) Something cool but also a mystery: a Rolodex full of old celebrity addresses and phone numbers dating to around maybe 1972 at the latest. Whose Rolodex it was I've never figured out, although there are a lot of New York City numbers - and two cards with numbers noted "King Peter's Doctor" and "King Peter's Lawyer". I'm guessing the owner may have been a columnist or press/booking agent?

Just amazing. I have a few issues with some of the kit's shapes but not with Paul's workmanship - this is probably the best model of a Mark IV we'll ever see.

MCMers with keypads

This one's only been a mockup for, I don't know, over 40 years...

If you think that was tough, try getting an AMT '61 Pontiac bumper/grille/hood to all fit properly - and for extra masochism, try separating the chrome from the top of the grille and attaching it to the hood where it belongs !

to dip toes

cheese tastes like

"Radar Love" - Golden Earring "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" - The Supremes "Whittier Boulevard" - Thee Midnighters "I Gotta Drive" - Jan & Dean

Got her start in the business at American International in 1957, directed by a fellow who used to make Three Stooges shorts: (She's in the plaid skirt.)

it's strictly taboooooooo

Here you go:

Made a nice little promo score today, first time in a long time: They're a bit dirty and worn, but I think they'll clean up pretty well. I'm thinking of selling off the front row and keeping the '65 Grand Prix, '62 Electra 225, and turquoise '65 GTO in the back - not a huge fan of the '66s anyway, and if I'm lucky I'll break even.

Thank goodness he didn't do a '57 Buick Century hardtop - my wallet would have taken a hit and I would have had to dig up another '58 Buick interior for it...

keeps on slippin'

Oh wait - I did make a couple:

I'm sorry - what?

high dollar loss

When I was just shy of 16 in 1976, I was determined to get something vintage for my first car. Living in the Chicago area meant everything in my $300 budget was thoroughly rusted out, but there were a lot of solid cars where my folks grew up in western Kentucky. While on vacation there the previous year, I fell in love with this green '41 Buick Special sedan: Poor old thing had been parked since 1967, and my dad's cooler head prevailed. While driving to West Paducah, we spotted this (also green) '50 Plymouth Deluxe sedan: Bought it for $200 from an older gentleman named Lapoleon Bridgett (I'll never forget that name!). My uncle topped off the master cylinder and we drove it back to my grandparents' house. It had 72,000 miles and ran and drove OK, although my uncle noticed it had a bit of rod knock. Never got it back to Chicago and ended up selling it for what I paid. I moved to California when I was 21, and after my '74 Coupe deVille was lost to an engine fire, I spotted this ad in the L.A. Times: Since I already had the Revell kit, I borrowed the money and bought it: Enjoyed it for almost two years until a hit-and-run a-hole clobbered it in front of my house. After replacing the Imperial with a tired but trusty '65 Skylark, I (like Eric above) got a '72 Chevelle SS: Factory 350 4-barrel, so not a hot rod, but a fun driver. Note the '69 deck lid script and non-SS bumper (I added the emblem later). Looked good but had a number of little mechanical issues that I had to keep fixing, so after a couple years sold it when the trans started slipping. Wonder if it's still around?

Got one forty years ago that I backdated to a B-17E for my Pearl Harbor home movie (which never got filmed); builds up just like the Monogram G does. With all the interest in the Memphis Belle, I can't understand why it hasn't been reissued. But back to cars. Oddly for me it's been Jo-Han kits I could have gotten many times but never did: the Chrysler Turbine, the Mercedes and Cadillac classics, but most particularly the Plymouth police car. That kit used to be everywhere for years, and I've seen it built many times; just never did warm up to it (although I did build the AMT '70 Ford police car once). After that, it would be the Monogram Lil' Coffin - very cool show car, and again a popular kit reissued many times; didn't ever pull the trigger on it for some reason - although I'd like to get four of its front wheels/tires for my Hubley '61 Ford wagon project.

Yes, the '66 Craftsman T-bird hardtop was the promo mold, and has the correct hardtop interior with the package shelf. Probably not too hard to remove the hood and use the guts from the convertible to get a more detailed model. Back on topic - wonder if the Styline parts for the '57 T-bird still exist? Loved the box art on the original kit.

thunderbolt and lightning

I've made a lot of gifs, but very few memes, so...