Richard Bartrop

Yep. that too.

Like so many styling features, it's a throwback to the days when horsepower involved actual horses. Some carriages had bodies that were actually made of wicker. It was lighter than a wooden body, but also resilient. It was the 19th century's version of carbon fibre. Early carmakers followed the practices of the carriage trade, so you had some with lightweight wicker bodies. Some people just liked the look, but didn't want the hassles of actual cane, so you get the simulated cane like on the Isotta. Sort of like the carbon fibre wraps you see now.

The 67-X was based on a Toronado, but as you can see, it looks quite a bit different from the Californian. The Californian also came out two years after the 67-X, which was built as part of a giveaway to celebrate Canada's centennial in 1967. My dad owned an Esso station at the time of the contest. I thought it was the coolest thing on wheels, and that it was a horribly unfair that we were among the people who weren't allowed a chance to win one. Hey, I was 8 at the time.

I like 1/24 partly from habit, an partly because because I have an architect's scale, but it really is six of one, and half a dozen of the other. Just, shift the decimal point over two places and multiply by 4, and you've got your 1/25. If you can see this post, you have a calculator at your fingertips, and any graphics software has some sort of resizing feature, which means resizing plans and reference photos to any scale that strikes your fancy is an almost stupidly trivial exercise.

Looks like the Golden Sahara was also part of the collection, though it turned a little more golden over the years https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-327376/the-golden-sahara-ii/

All great choices that I would heartily endorse.

Well, the topic is "What Do You Want to See Next?", and that's was what I'd like to see next. The kit companies already have people on their payroll who's job is to figure out what will actually turn a profit. Though I will say that, the boat tail Riviera is one of those subjects that comes up on a regular basis, and the reaction to the idea is almost universally positive. Maybe a missed it, but I can't remember anyone posting, "No, I hate those terrible Rivieras! Anything but that!", and usually whatever you propose, you can count on a few people piping in to say how much they hate it. The 71-73 Rivieras are popular with custom crowd, so adding some lowrider and/or donk parts would broaden the appeal. I'd buy one before I'd buy say, a '64 Belvedere. Just saying...

Okay, looking back at the original topic (three new tools you'd like to see) 1 '71 Buick Riviera. 2. '35 Auburn Speedster. 3. '62 Studebaker Lark GT

And of course the Thomas Flyer and Stutz Bearcat kits, if you wanted something a little more vintage

My usual goto "Parts Pack" kit is Revell's '29 Pickup because there are so many useful parts for the traditional rod modeler, but even the goofier show rods can have potential. The Boot Hill Express returned to the shelves recently, and I bought one in a fit of nostalgia. At first glance it's everything people hate about show rods, but you do get some nice wheels, tires and suspension bits that, when combined with one of Monogram's street rod kits, would make a great starting point for a '60s style gasser, or gasser style street rod.

Good luck. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this one turns out

From what I understand, the canework on the Town Car is just thick paint. The car the Jo-han model is based on wasn't original, but was a replica of the canework Town Cars made from another open limo. Aparently, the canework on the replica was applied incorrectly, and the error was repeated on the Jo-han kit. Three were made, according to the Cadillac Database https://www.newcadillacdatabase.org/static/CDB/Dbas_txt/indx2012.htm, and it looks like one of them was sent to Europe as part of a promotional tour. It looks like it was black, with no whitewalls.

I can't argue with that. There are kits I buy where I don't have a lot of interest in the subject. but they have lots of usable pieces. They're basically what the Parts Packs were supposed to be. This is all fine when you have a show car that has some basis in reality. The problem is with the cartoony ones where all the parts are stylized to point there you can't use then for anything except another cartoony show car.

It's one of those kits where you're probably much better off is you use a razor saw to remove the parts from the sprue rather than trying to clips or twist them off.

I don't get the chance to draw cars as much as I want, but here's one for you.

I bought it because I'm a sucker for a pretty face, and I thought it was one of the best looking designs of GM's best period for styling.

I got one when it was on sale a couple of years back. The body looks right, which is the most important thing. It looks It will be a bit of a challenge to get the chassis on if you want to assemble the body fits, but it looks doable.

The Mickey Thompson Challenger kit has 4 quick changes, and the Tony Nancy 22Jr set has a couple of very nice quick changes.

I've seen a lot more people express an interest in a model of a Cheetah than they have in, say, a Chevy II

It's news to me too. Pretty nifty!

The Monogram Cord is by far the better kit. If you can get you hands on one, don't even bother with the Lindberg kit.

People win the Lotto. The holy grail is probably more accurate at this point.

Mind you, it needs a little work.. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/d/1956-porsche-356a-rusted-out/6536734825.html

A Cheetah for sure. Mind you, I voted Cheetah already, figuring I'd choose it over nearly anything yu were likely to post as an alternate. Conversely, just to save you some time, if the choices are the Flameout, and, well, anything else, the odds are very low I will choose the Flameout.

For me, the associations run like this: 1/144: airliners 1/96: ships 1/64: Hot Wheels, but also Matchbox. 1/43: Lots of mostly European exotics and other collectibles. The biggest association is probably the big display case of Corgi diecasts I would drool over when my mom took me to Eatons as a kid. 1/35: Military, and the occaissional thought of why they just didn't stick with 1/32 1/32; Pyro, Life-like and Airfix for cars, and large scale aircraft mostly between the wars. 1/24-1/25: The "standard" scales for cars, and mostly interchangable. 1/20: Formula One, mostly Tamiya 1/16: Japanese Classic and Brass Era kits, and Otaki's European exotics. 1/12: Mostly outrageously expensive Tamiya kits. 1/8: Best summed up at "Nice, but you probably can't afford it, and where would you put it anyhow."