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russosborne

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  1. I have to buy one of these. Even though it is the wrong year. I have a 74 wagon project in my back yard. It keeps getting pushed back though. Plans for it are a 351C engine and a manual trans with overdrive and around 4.11 rear end gears. One of these days I will get back to it. I also used to have a 79 Hatchback back in Ohio. Bought it somewhere around 2009 I think. Amazingly it had almost zero rust. Was my daily driver for almost a year before I turned it into a project car. Hit a deer with it and hardly did any damage, as compared to our 2010 Subaru that hit a deer and the bill was over 3 grand. Great little cars if treated decently. Going to hit a couple of hobby shops in the afternoon to see if I can find one. Russ
  2. Yeah, what Harry said. I never said that this thread was about forcing anyone into model building. I did question the need of people in general (including some here) who think that "this" (could be any hobby) must continue. There is a big difference there. I did say I was never forced into building. Not that anyone else is forcing. I don't think Harry and I are the ones needing reading comprehension skills here. Russ
  3. Harry, I agree. But I've seen many many instances of people in general saying how "their" particular thing must be passed on to the next generation. It is something about the human psyche that I don't have and just don't get I suppose. Russ
  4. I have to agree 100% with Harry on this one. My dad never forced me to build models. He built them constantly, and I WANTED to build them to be like him. And he was happy with my models however they ended up. And that brings up another point I don't get. So many here (forum as a whole, not just this thread) talk about how kids need snap on kits. WHY? I was building glue kits from about 7 years old on. Now, they were not perfect when I was done. No adult I knew ever told me or even implied that they had to be. The whole point was for me to HAVE FUN building them. No one cared if I switched the bumpers around, or left parts off, or mixed and matched different sized engine parts,ETC. All they cared about was "Rusty is having fun." And having fun is why I am back into this hobby. If I had been forced (explicitly or implied) to make them "perfect" I never would have come back. I used to use a wood burning iron (think soldering iron) to melt stuff together after the cars had gotten tossed into a parts bag I had. I vividly remember putting the engine onto the roof of the Dyno Don Cougar Eliminator funny car at one point, after I had gotten tired of it being the way "stock" way. I enjoyed the hell out of doing that stuff. Wish I could get that kit today, it was one of my favorites. I just don't get the way we (as a whole) seem to treat the kids these days. Let them have FUN. Let them build things how THEY want them to be, not the way the instructions or the real car is. Then they might want to actually keep doing this. Or not, to me it doesn't matter if this hobby continues or not. When I am dead and gone I honestly won't care about what is going on in this world any more. Russ
  5. Empty kit boxes? What are those? Oh, wait. Some of you actually finish kits. I haven't had that problem yet. Russ
  6. The Cox Cheetah slot car was my favorite body style back then. Course I was like 8. While the HRM kit is great, the price is way beyond what I could ever afford or justify for a model kit. And I doubt I am the only one. I would love a nice styrene kit, but agree it will probably never happen. Unfortunately. But then who'd ever have thought 10 years ago that we would have mass produced Hudson model kits? Russ
  7. anyone care to post a link to the WRP site? Never heard of them before this. Thanks, Russ
  8. Art, those door handles look perfect! I used to build old car models, got them at a car museum outside of Sarasota Florida each summer when I visited my grandmother back in the '60's. You're making me think about building some again. Russ
  9. That works if you have the money. I am barely able to get just what I need for the moment and no extras. Thanks, Russ
  10. The micro-surface ones looked good until I saw the minimum shipping and handling fee. $12.50. Not good if you are only buying a $9.48 set. Russ
  11. My wife is a crafter, so we go there fairly often when she has money to spend. I almost always end up getting a kit. They have the 40% off coupons online, and with our smart phones we can both use them in the same visit, just have to make two purchases instead of one. And you can use these coupons repeatedly, not limited to one a week or whatever the old paper ones were. And they (along with other craft type stores) have a ton of stuff we can use for modeling. I am always seeing stuff to buy. Problem is I never actually have gotten around to using most of it. I would have to actually build a model to do that. Russ
  12. There is a thread about this down in the off topic forum. According to Harry P there is a money issue. latest-mcm-issue HTH, Russ
  13. Have any of you told the Round2 people about your complaints? I don't go to their site, so I wouldn't know the difference between old and new, but you may want to let them know you are unhappy with the new site and see what they say. IMHO, that is. Russ
  14. Bob, Thanks for posting that. I had thought I had seen a photo etch set many years ago for this kit, but I couldn't remember for sure so I didn't want to post any possibly incorrect information. I thought I had one, but just went thru the kit box and nope. Darn. Russ
  15. Thanks, Gary. Haven't had to do this yet but nice to know how when it comes up. Russ
  16. Gary, are you saying you had to correct the warp after the hot water, or did it correct itself. Sorry, I seem to be a bit dense right now. Thanks, Russ
  17. Hmmm, if that Datsun is the flip front I might change my mind. I just saw 4 wheel drive and lost interest. Any chance it still has any of the Lil Hustler suspension pieces included? Thanks, Russ
  18. I can't make out any details on the side of that car. Anyone know the name or other details so I could find out about it online? Thanks, Russ
  19. Flying Wedge-MANY. I know it really didn't work well in real life, but it is my all time favorite dragster style. Trojan Horse- at least a couple. Maybe more. Owned a couple of Mustang IIs in the past. And that era funny car still looked like the real one. Bison-maybe one or two just for the engines. And maybe one to build, not into pullers but you never know. Snake dragster-maybe. I'd much rather have the funny car back. Others-not so much. Russ
  20. Absolutely collect the new ones if you like them. My point earlier was just don't plan on retiring off the profits. Russ
  21. What he said. The redlnes are collectible only because all us old guys had them as kids and want them back. Not going to happen with the new ones for the most part. I was doing this with Star Trek stuff in the nineties until I realized that stuff would never be worth anything in my lifetime. Seeing what the stuff is going for now makes me want to give it away the prices are so low. Russ
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