russosborne

Nice. Too bad you are at the other end of the country, I'd love to try it out. Russ

Well, 2 weeks ago I bought another 1972 Ford Ranchero. Beater, but almost no rust. Unlike the other one I have. Short term plan is to just get it through emissions test and have it be my daily driver. Need to strip the other one asap, engine is going in my 79 Pinto. Will save the doors, interior, glass, and front sheet metal. Eventually I will be swapping some of it onto the new 72. And the rest is for "just in case". Russ

My opinion, it is way past time for the printed version to go away. Most magazines have realized this. Digital is much cheaper and less stressful to do. And NO middle man. But Gregg seems intent on staying with printed to his last breath. It is his ball and he can make the rules, but that doesn't mean we have to continue to keep playing. I've also been one of the one's advocating for a paid OPTION for the forum. NOT pay or go away. But pay and get some perks, which basically cost nothing, and help to support the forum. In my opinion, I would much rather the forum stay and the magazine go away, than to lose both, if one or the other has to go. Been away from the forum for a few months. Kind of sad to see nothing has changed. Russ

I'm excited about the Pinto kit. I have a real 79 Pinto full glass hatchback I am working on, not exactly stock. Fully caged, no fender wells, 8 inch rear (btw, the Mustang II with the 302, and some Pintos (V6 and some station wagons) came with the 8 inch). Putting a 351W in it. Fuel cell, battery in back, etc. So I will be building the kit to match. Some work will be needed. I also would like the 55 Chevy. One of those I always wanted, but never got. I'm not a figure builder, but that Godzilla kit is really making me want it. I'd take the 53 truck. Wouldn't build it as a Coke truck though. Too many memories of my first wife. She was/is (I imagine, haven't talked to her in 15 years) a big Coke collector. Have to see what I can scrape up cash wise, all my spare money is going into the Pinto. And even some not so spare. Thanks, Russ

This is an excellent example of why there is a mute button on the YouTube player. I muted it before it even started, loved seeing those cars. Russ

Irk 1.Was supposed to sell some 1:1 wheels today. Guy was supposed to be here at 4. I wait til 5:30 (with my wife sitting at a phone store where I had to leave her) and nothing from the guy. Irked on so many levels. Need the money, need the space, not happy about my wife having to stay at that place for nothing. And this wasn't even CL. Something called OfferUp. Irk 2. The phone store. Name starts with a V. My wife went there to replace her phone under insurance. Found out she had a $150 or so deductible. They offer another option, get a new phone, with a $200 rebate or something, and it would cost $109 today. So she goes with that, sounds good, and the monthly payment is even less. Well, out the door was over $300 after all the fees and BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH. If I had been there (Irk 1) I would have told them NO! We'll take the insurance replacement. Partly my fault, I was worried about getting home in time for the idiot in number one, so I wasn't thinking. I should have asked right away what the out the door cost would be. Irk 3. The Pinto forum I am a member of is down again. happening due to too much bandwidth usage. The owner is working on getting a better provider, but the current one is starting to shut the forum down frequently. Russ

And the Klingon's will be Pepsi. And the Romulan's will be 7UP. Russ

Maybe he had two boxes on ebay and got them confused? Russ

Heineken beer has finally (as far as I know) made a 0.0% (no alcohol) beer. Heineken was my favorite beer back when I drank . Been drinking O'douls, not bad, but I kept saying I wish Heineken would do an alcohol free beer. Went to Walmart to pick up some duct tape and there it was. Sometimes you just need the taste of a good beer. Russ

Family, specifically siblings. Russ

thanks. Russ

Personally I wouldn't mind just the figures of the women. Russ

That is definitely on the if I win the lottery list. Never seen that before. Wonder what other kits were part of that model of the week thing? Thanks, Russ

I couldn't find the admission price on the website for the public. Need to know how much so I have the exact amount. Thanks, Russ

Bought a Tremec aftermarket T5 trans for my 79 Pinto build. $600. Not a bad price. Seems ok from the quick checks I did. Should hold up with my stockish 1989 351W. Until it isn't so stockish later. Much later at this point. Russ

This is another one that would be a good fit for the childhood models thread. I had this as a kid and built it, but you guys all seem to have better memories and were much more critical than I was back then (or even today). I know I built it, can't remember if any parts were left off. There was an article in one of the magazines back then where someone built this using a scratchbuilt brass frame. Now THAT I can remember, but not what magazine it was. But to my 8-10 year old mind it was amazing. I bought this again last year, one of these days I will get to it. Not doing any model building right now. Russ

T'rantula, Ala Kart, QuickSilver/Street Fighter, and the AMT 40 Ford Coupe. That last one is one of the first I remember building myself, and I built several of them way back. I'm 59, and I still dream of building a real Quicksilver car. And I am a Ford guy! Russ

Given a choice, I would always pick the Badman between those two. As Casey said, it just checks so many boxes for me. It is probably one of my top 5 all time favorite model kits ever. And those 5 are so close together it is more of I have one favorite that is made up of 5 kits. Russ

None of the models I built as a kid survived. Most ended up in a big paper grocery bag for parts. And even that got given away when we moved from Ohio to Phoenix when I was 10 in 1969. None of the ones I built even 20 years ago survived. Got divorced, remarried, couple of moves, and gone. Almost 90 percent of my stash is of kits I either had or wanted to have. But there are a ton more I want from back then (60's-early 70's). I am so grateful for Round 2 reproducing so many of them. Back in the 90's I was doing the Ebay thing, that got way too expensive. And then I ended up selling most of those to make house payments during a bad time. As someone else mentioned, the Badman and the Monkee Mobile are two that I have that stand out. Any version of the Street Fighter (I have a few different ones). Little Red Wagon, Hemi Under Glass (Bob Riggle is a friend of my dad's from Mansfield), Ala Kart (the original, and I think I have the newer one as well). The weird dragsters like the Hippie Hemi, Stingaree, Digger Cuda. Infini T, there was a VW bug version I really want. I want the old everything opens Revell tri five Chevy kits, etc. Heck, I'd even take Palmer kits, I know I built a bunch of those. For me it was never truly about the end result, but the actual building experience. I built all scales and proudly displayed them together. Until I played with them and into the parts bag they went. Maybe I was just addicted to tube glue Back then if it was made of plastic and needed glue I would build it. Planes, ships, cars, motorcycles, helicopters. Didn't matter. Everyone knew to get me 2 things for gifts. Model kits and Hardy Boys books. Russ

Where can you find this, and how much is it? Thanks, Russ

I don't like Chevelles, but I am going to have to get this kit for the chassis for another model. This will be the second Chevelle kit to donate it's chassis for me. Oh, well. Russ

Wow, if you recommend something I am definitely checking it out! BTW Bill, when are you heading out here? Russ

Add another one here. I only build for nostalgia. Hopefully a bit better than when I was 8 or 9, but I just want that feeling again. I build strictly for myself. And I just want something that looks good when it's done and on a shelf. This applies to other areas such as accuracy as well. If someone were to see it and recognize the make and model, close enough for me. I've got one kit I've been working on for almost 20 years. It's the 56 Chevy Nomad that I am converting into a back halved tubbed Pro Street model. This is really the only kit I can remember doing more to the chassis than detail painting, and mostly that is flat black with red suspension and silver exhaust. And that might be why it has been so long, I pull it out, redo the tub as I've learned/read of a better way of doing it using a different kit source, and then get frustrated and put it away. Thanks, Russ

Look at each one as a pleasant surprise when it comes out. Otherwise it's a lot of stress over something you can't control. IMHO anyway. Russ

What? Who? Russ