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One light, one mind Flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts Before you started tokin' you used to have a brain But now you don't get even the simplest of things I can draw a little picture Or even use my hands I try to explain but you just don't understand Her dog day's just begun Now everybody is on the run What did her daddy do? It's XXXXX's last I.O.U.

The Clash - The call up

This is too cool! I'd be quite happy to see this one reissued.

1. AMT Diamond in the rough 2. MPC "Scavenger" Datsun tow truck 1-0746 3. MPC Ford off-road van 1-0413 4. MPC "Bear Bait" Chevy Chevette 5. AMT Chevy Monza SS

I have found Revell's "H.M.S Bounty" to be a very enjoyable build. Not too big or complex, but still fair size and it builds well. The Bounty (as I understand) used to be a cargo ship before being bought by the king and armed and outfitted for official use. http://www.amazon.com/Revell-80-5404-H-M-S-Bounty/dp/B0000AC9BD

I'm not certain that those would fly. The MGB and RAV4 were Aoshima tools, and the Maserati Bora - I'm not certain, but I suspect that one to be of far east origin too. I really don't think Airfix have many 1/24 cars of their own doing.

Actually I've been eyeballing this one myself. Mostly for the inclusion of a left-hand-drive dashboard. Anyhow, I cannot wrap my head around how it would be able to go fast with wheels that are mounted as off-center as those are. The inherent imbalance would make it a feat to go any faster than walking pace!

This one is my favorite towing fail. Don't tow anything with a Trabant!

The story as I know it is that Carlsson and his co-driver got stuck in a very muddy section, and they got out and rolled the car one full turn to get it onto firm ground next to the "road". Then, later on at the prize ceremony which were in the great big lobby of a fancy hotel Carlsson who finished second rolled his car onto it's roof, stealing attention from the winner. The winner however, did not want to be any less and did the same to his own car. The result of which was that the engine oil ran out and ruined the marble floor of the host venue. Carlsson did not have to worry, as his SAAB were running a two-stroke engine and thus had no oil sump. I guess they had means of keeping the gasoline and the other liquids contained though. As stated, this is nothing but my own recollection of what I might have been told or read in the past. If anybody can shed more or better light on how it goes, please do so.

To think of it, they're both mid-engined.. .

Hemisfear and Impression for me please. I hear your observations on limited best before date, few possible variations and so on. However - I cannot help but think it might just work. You see, these kits are not made for you and me. They are made to be bought by the kid who was dragged into Michael's by their craft-minded moms. And possibly also by the good boyfriend who walked in the door only because his sweetheart needed dry flowers and glitter for her project. I believe that Revell by now has seen the the Foose label is selling kits for them. That it is selling enough kits to justify the gamble of two brand new tools. They've tried it, and apparently it works. Otherwise they just wouldn't have signed this deal. That is one end of it. The other thing that struck me is ; The Hemisfear look like a HotWheels toy. Do you have any idea how many color/graphic variations Mattel has been running of the more popular castings? And the buying public doesn't seem to mind. So the Hemisfear is green, but I can also imagine it could look equally good in blue or red or almost any other color you could think of. It might just work.

I figure the molds were stored improperly, got wet and shrunk.. . yes?

All in a parking lot at a shopping mall on Long Island. And then of course there was those I saw while driving, and didn't get to shoot; a couple Ferraris, a Bentley, that Cadillac doorstop coupe (whatever it is called), a handful of Porsche Cayennes and a Fiat 500 Abarth. The Fiat had a great sound to it!

I prefer to airbrush any part large enough to show brush strokes, and use conventional brushes only for details. So airbrush for body, interior, engine, chassispan - and while the chassis color is in the cup anyway, I usually spray the remaining chassis components, suspension pieces too. I feel the airbrush makes the paint cover better, bury less detail and creates a more even coat than hand brushing does. The big tradeoff is the amount of time spent on masking. I mostly use regular hobby enamels, and usually don't bother with priming. That is only used when required, as when shooting lacquer or nailpolish or any other paint hot enough to affect the plastic.

I'm pretty sure you know this one.. ..but do you know this one?

"I'm a rebel"was written for and recorded by AC/DC in 1976, but never released. Accept recorded the song in 1979, releasing it in 1980 as a single as well as the opening track for their second album,I'm a Rebel. Does that qualify?

Yes it is.

Twisted Sister had something of a hit with "The leader of the pack". but the song itself is an old Shangri-La's original.

Oh it's been getting so hard Living with the things you do to me My dreams are getting so strange I'd like to tell you everything I see

I think the "Bootlegger" is dismissed by many who cannot see the beauty in the gold plating. And also it is quite a while since it was released. I built the "Bad Creature" one just a few years ago. What this kit has going for it, is that it is a fairly good builder. There are things to pick on in every kit, and this one is no different. But if you are able to see past the proportions of the body, the non-existant interior door cards, the gap between the cargo floor and the body and things like that. - Then you can enjoy the chromed "COBRA powered by ford" valve covers on the somewhat-soft-on-detail engine, the metal studded wooden rim of the steering wheel, and floor mounted CB radio. Not to mention the IRS! Everything said, I am not going to tell you to steer clear, because I actually enjoyed building mine and it didn't fight back at all. Nothing too fiddly, not too many parts making it fairly quick, and also reasonably forgiving of haste and slop during assembly. And THAT, is a good quality of a model kit too, I suppose. To certain market segments at least..

'cause when you sleep at night They don't hear your cries In your own world

Say, are there different tires in the "factory stock" and "sport option" kits? It looks a bit like that in the pictures.

Well, if you want to see weird, look no further: A few others out of my stash worth mention, 1/1 scale rhinoceros beetle 1/72 F-19 Stealth fighter Released in 1987. At the time there was rumors going around that the USAF had a top secret "stealth" fighter airplane. This kit was made as an educated guess of what this plane might look like. Needless to say, once the real stealth fighter was revealed this kit was never seen again. 1/87 Bates mansion Made to scale to fit right in on your HO railroad layout. What's not to love?

I am pondering, but I don't really see the need. It all comes down to terminology. I might have a slightly different perspective from being an "English-as-a-second-language" person. In my native tongue (Norwegian) they're all cars; Regular passenger cars are "cars", trucks are "cargo cars", ambulances are "medical emergency cars" and hearses are "corpse cars"and so on. They are all the same kind of thing, just adapted for different kind of use. One could always argue that white bread and whole wheat is not the same thing, and not to mention pumpernickel, and from there break into a discussion on wether sliced loaf or bagel is the way to go, but at the end of the day it is all just bread - right?

Atlanterhavsveien (Atlantic Ocean Road), Norway,