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  1. Richard Bartrop
    Whatever plastic Monogram used to use in their kits was pretty opaque and they came out of the moulds with a high gloss, so they didn't look as blatantly "plasticky" as some.
  2. Richard Bartrop
    Some of those old Monograms look really nice in their bare plastic. I've done a couple that way myself.
  3. Richard Bartrop
    Yes, the idea was to maximize aerodynamics. You can definitely see the influence on later C3s
  4. Richard Bartrop
    Agreed. Some people take it as a personal slight if you criticize metal axles. This is still stuff that's nice to know if you want to use it. Thanks for the tech info, Bill!
  5. Richard Bartrop
    So very true. It's why I hope Round2 brings back the Astro-Vette
  6. Richard Bartrop
    To their credit, Round2 has been putting money into upgrading some of those old moulds.
  7. Richard Bartrop
    One thing to watch out for when putting together large styrene sandwiches together with solvent adhesives is that the solvent is still leaching out months, or even years later, and the part slowly shrinks. Normally not a big deal for most styrene modelling, but on something made of many layers of styrene, the effect can be very noticeable.
  8. Richard Bartrop
    I bookmarked that site. Some pretty nifty stuff
  9. Richard Bartrop
    Good to hear..
  10. Richard Bartrop
    From what I understand, they're still doing all the scifi stuff.
  11. Richard Bartrop
    I built the Packard in the early '80s. That one came with chrome parts. A surprisingly good kit
  12. Richard Bartrop
    No problem. If someone wants to prove me wrong, I will be okay with this.
  13. Richard Bartrop
    I believe it was on this very site?
  14. Richard Bartrop
    The Tempest is one I would like to see get the Moebius treatment. Too bad they've been told by their new owner to get out of the model car business.
  15. Richard Bartrop
    If we're talking photo-etch, how about some badges and scripts for doing a Canadian version of some of the old AMT Ford and Mercury kits?
  16. Richard Bartrop
    At the top of my list would probably these aftermarket hubcap by Lyons, They're useful for anyone doing period custioms, and as far as I know, nobody's offered them either in resin or styrene. Something that would be useful to me personally would be a set of 1967 Toronado hubcaps, as I have a '67 Toronado kit that's complete except for the wheels.
  17. Richard Bartrop
    I think it was one of these guys, a giant river prawn.
  18. Richard Bartrop
    Of course there are prawns, and then there are prawns. I was with some friends at a Vietnamese restaurant some years back, and one of them ordered this prawn dish. She got one whole, gigantic prawn that covered the entire plate.
  19. Richard Bartrop
    There's no such thing as a free lunch. If anything, I'm amused by the choices that are made by Google's adbot. For a while, it was sure I was in the market for a Rolls Phantom
  20. Richard Bartrop
    And unblocked. We'll see what happens.
  21. Richard Bartrop
    Fair enough. Otherwise, I don't care about ads, you have to pay the bills somehow.
  22. Richard Bartrop
    And you had those Suzukis and Toyotas sold as Chevrolets. BMW got its start in he car business by building Austin 7s, and calling them Dixis, and later they built Iso's Isetta.
  23. Richard Bartrop
    I have no problem with the concept of ads, but it got to the point where some sites were slowing down, and even crashing my computer, and this forum was one of the worst offenders, to the point where I finally broke down and got an ad blocker. I am okay with looking at ads, but I'm not going to break my computer to do it.
  24. Richard Bartrop
    Yeah, I found out the hard way about the alcohol. Also some chrome is more sensitive to alcohol than others. Heller does make some of the best. wire wheels.
  25. Richard Bartrop
    Very nice! Did you thin those wire wheels, or is that how they are out of the box?
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