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I guess they are trying to take a little business away from Ebay, ?

I am by no means a paint expert. I think we can all agree that for instance that Ford Corporate blue is not a metallic color but other variations of blue certainly look more "metallic." Whether it was marketing or something added into the paint to make it look "metallic" I think there are many colors that could be considered non metallic or metallic. For example, Ford's Grabber green was very different than the Grabber green metallic. I guess I am saying someone that is familar with mixing paint would have a much better explanation of what went into these formulas back in those days.

I bought this many years ago. $30 in today's prices would not be bad if you could do three cars.

I guess I should not be surprised.

The Boss had Cleveland type valve covers which are pretty unique.

100 years ago I think people just accepted the high mortality and that there wasn't that much that could be done to stop the spread. If this spread to the point there was a few hundred thousands deaths we would probably fall into a full blown recession. Hopefully a month or so of standing down and finding a cure or vaccine or drugs to keep the death rates down will ease the panic which has not been too bad other than people buying more food, etc. than they need. I hope these large companies will back their employees and do the right thing and help out when it is needed the most. A lot of people are quick to blame the government for every mis-step but most of the workers are just regular people hired to do a specific job and are expected to leave their political views at home. I have worked in both public and private sectors and have found good and bad people in both. America and the world will get through this given the non-stop attention it is getting that it could be a lot worse without some drastic steps being taken. Just my two cents.

Looking good. I cannot remember did the kit come with chome valve covers like most of the rear cars did?

I went to the new Hobby Lobby @ Fairlakes. The kit selection is definitely better than Michaels and for ar kits probably better than the RC shop you mnetioned. A this point I probably buy 90% of kits at the MAMA meetings or for more unusual or harder to find or discontinued ones I check EBay or go to the NNL's or IPMS shows. The Midnight Modelers meet about an hour from us and I've been down there and stop into the Hobbytown down there. Of course they have great supplies but the kits are pricey compared to the stores that an lure you in with a coupon. Hopefully the Mid-Atlantic NNL show will happen in May assuming the COVID-19 cases has dropped off significantly by then. The Fairfax HS IPMS show in April was cancelled so at this point everyone is just waiting for some good news in the coming weeks.

By accident or otherwise the worn leather seats look great.

UnclsScott58 - that is pretty cool. Glad to hear it has served a useful purpose for man years. Every time I go to Hobby Lobby I think about getting the larger Lunar Landing kit. I usually only build cars but when I was much younger I built just about everything. I think I still have the standing astronaut in my parts stash.

Not the same program but I do rememer joining this Science Program for ten cents but every model they sent probably got blown up with firecrackers at some point. Somewhere I have a Master Modeler certificate from Revell.

Another great build. Keep them coming.

Thanks for sharing Gary. You guys were decades ahead of some of us in terms of using resin, metal, etc. to create some very unique models. There's a certain nostalgia too about building one of these older "kits" decades later and they still hold up in terms of today's standards.

Great old Christmas picture. I cannot remember buying any "new" PSM kits but I did one across this 70 Boss maybe 15 years ago and the box for an original AMT 69 Mach1. Suffice it to say the Boss does not really have a Boss engine if compared to say the 1/25 Cougar kit that has a very good 1/25 Boss 302. As for those old PSM kits, they are good for junkyard dioramas and that's about it.

I guess hitch hiking on the Jersey Turnpike isn't a great idea either. ?

I go with two others and it is an eight hour round trip. Aside from sharing the cost we talk most of the time and since it is once a year we leave early an get back late but I look forward to NNL East every year. Of course staying overnight is always an option.

Another fabulous Palmer kit. This one isn't horrible like those really cheap ones but the front end and grille is pretty awful. So, what to do with it? Well - you can see what I came up with as trying to make something worthy of being put next to an AMT or MPC kit from that era would have been tough.

It is what it is and I cannot explain it. However, I think Foose did a pretty good attempt to recreate the Palmer kit with all it's quirks (well except for maybe the GM taillights he added). It makes we wonder - did his crazy uncle work at Palmer? ?

Well - yes and no. If yo want something that resembles a replica stock forget it. This was the Lindberg (ex Palmer) kit which compared to some others pictured maybe isn't as bad but I only saw one choice for this half-breed 69/71 Mustang was to give it the MadMax treatment. No amount of SnakeFu would help this hot mess. The Zoomie pipes and junk in the trunk was added.

No need to opologize - life happens.

I do not have the blue #2 version but I have this other yellow one and I used parts from yet another one for the interior of this Monogram 70 Boss which I started a very long time ago with the Boss 429 kit becasue the 70 Boss 302 kit was not even out yet. Needless to say I assume the diecast interior should fit the 69 kit but I have not test fit one yet. This 70 T/A is probaby my oldest unfinished in progress build as I did not want to cut any corners making it accurate as possible.

Glad everyone is okay but sadly this only adds to the paranoia that anytime someone coughs people are going to run away. We will look back at his in a few months and hopefully learn some valuable lessons from the facts and how people cope with uncertainty.

More expensive than toilet paper. About $100 with tax and shipping. Nice job on the white on the roof too.

Very nice an the paint is stunning. Here are some period pictures I found online.

I have not seen this paint scheme for sale before as a 1/24 diecast but I saw there are a few on Ebay. It's a tough paint scheme to do in plastic and there isn't a racing version anyway which makes it doubly difficult to replicate. I assume you removed a few of the "sponsor" decals or maybe removed them and started over wtih Fred Cady decals. I was still typing but you just verified my suspicions. Well done.