StevenGuthmiller

Those look perfect! Hopefully Bill can find his set & we can strike a deal. If there is anyone else who would like to unload a set of these, I wouldn't mind picking up another set or 2! Steve

Oooo! That's a low blow Snake!! Steve

Hold on there! The Edsel is a classic! Show a little respect! Steve

I'll take them if you're offering Bill! Steve

Thanks for the responses guys. It looks like Bill hit the nail on the head. While they're not exact replicas, the Little Red Wagon caps look extremely close. Close enough for me anyway. Again, thank you Bill. Does anybody know if these caps were used on other Dodges & Plymouths around 1962-1964? If so, I can think of a few others that I could use them for, but for the time being, these will look great on a black Johan 1963 Polara convertible with a red interior. Steve

Hey now! I hadn't thought of those. I have one of those kits. I will definitely check them out. Thanks Bill! Steve

I've looked at the Fireball Modelworks website & the only ones that I'm seeing are the later 60s Dodge & Plymouth caps with the Dodge logo in the middle & the Plymouth lettering around the edge. Are there some that I am missing? Steve

Looks a little like the drafter had a seizure while he was drawing it up! Steve

Just wondering if anyone has any information about where someone could find a set of acceptable dog dish caps for an upcoming 1963 Dodge Polara build. I thought that I saw some somewhere, but I don't remember where. Possibly aftermarket/ resin, or maybe from the Lindberg/AMT '64 Dodge 330 kit? I've seen a few different variations and I'm not too fussy. Just looking for something close. Steve

Doesn't surprise me. It looks a little like cat pee. No offense! The model looks great! Steve

That's a good question. I have heard that using the usual stripping agents, (ie. Super clean, Easy Off, etc.) will destroy acetate plastic. I don't have an answer for you, but I would be interested to hear others solutions. Steve

Absolutely not! To me, it looks like the designer didn't know when to stop with the gimmicks! The giant "stem" running from the top to the spoiler is particularly ridiculous! It kind of puts me in mind of critics of the American cars from the late 50s who say that they were "over the top" ugly. Well, here is their contemporary counterpart. At first glance, it looks to me like a crumpled news paper! Steve

Wow! Now that is without doubt a complete waste of perfectly good plastic!! Steve

I'll second that! I for one could care less if any of my builds ever made it into a magazine. I know, it's been said a million times, but "I build for myself". Even participating in shows is a very recent phenomena for me that I actually had to be talked into by family members! Besides that, I haven't bought a modeling magazine in decades. Probably not since around the same time that I realized that I can find any hobby related information I need on the net. A stack of magazines is just another stack of stuff I need to get rid of. Steve

I think that you might have a point Greg! Steve

Sorry, I'll be the first to admit that I don't always keep up with this stuff. I picked up a little information this past weekend at the NNL North show & it actually sounded encouraging. Seems that some of these purchases have been by people who have a little more cash to throw around than the original owners. But changing hands does not always mean that things carry on as we would hope. There are always circumstances where a new owner quickly runs a business into the ground. I'll keep my fingers crossed that things get better rather than worse. I was also told that there will be some interesting new resin parts & tire producers coming in the future. Steve

I understand that Revell would most likely keep on producing the kits that they have in their coffers & Round 2 & Moebius will likely be around for some time yet, (although word is that Moebius has just recently been sold) but as Round 2 has already demonstrated, there will likely be very little for "new" product coming from them if they bite the dust. As for the Japanese makers producing big American cars, you're correct, but we have seen the quality of those kits & lets just say that in general, the results have not been good. Trumpeter tried & basically failed with most of the American cars that they have produced & I have seen zero indication that any of the other Japanese firms show any interest in jumping into that segment of the market. Not to say that it can't happen, but unless I want to be pushing up daisies soon, I won't hold my breath. You have to look at the flip side and consider how confident that you would be with the prospect of Revell or Moebius picking up the slack if Tamiya & a half dozen other foreign kit producers went down the drain. You might worry a bit I'm guessing. As for me, I don't really care all that much anyway. I've bought very few new kits in recent years in favor of the old annuals that I enjoy & I'm at that point in my life where my building years are waning, but for most of us, if the troubles of the American model kit companies is not a concern, I think they should be. Steve

The USA Oldies kits are probably the most reasonably priced & easiest Johan kits to find. The real tough ones are the very early, (1959-1962) Olds, Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler & Cadillac kits, & the later 1964-1968 Mopars. Then of course, there are the Plymouth GTX/ Superbird kits from '69 & '70. We all know how plentiful they are! I've mostly filled up all of the slots for Johan kits that I really want, but for me the toughest were the '61 Plymouth & several of the late '60s, ('65-'68) Plymouths & Chryslers. The original flatbox '64 Plymouth Fury & Dodge Polara are scarce too. Both of those were changed later to the Petty Plymouth & the "Super Stock" Dodges, both with the stock side body trim removed. The originals with the side trim are pretty tough to find. Be aware that if you're looking for an original, there are guys out there that will stick one of the newer bodies in the old flat top box & try to pass it off. On a related Mopar note, I came across a complete, unbuilt MPC 1971 Dodge Demon kit today at the NNL North show. I had my fingers crossed as I looked it over, but of course the guy was asking $200.00 for it. I would like to add one to my stash someday, but at $200.00, it'll have to wait! Steve

It has nothing to do with my likes & dislikes. I would personally love to see a new '58 & '59 Ford kit. I have examples of the old annuals already & I love them. But what some of us may want is not necessarily a sound business decision for a kit maker. These "I want this" & "I don't want that" threads have really become tedious & a basically pointless exercise. There are a lot of kits that I would love to see that many others would not, & vice versa, & the kit manufacturers are going to give limited credence to some of our requests, but that's about the end of it. We'll wind up with whatever they can sell. Steve

If you think a bit about how many American modelers would basically quit the hobby, (I know that I would, & I doubt that I'm alone) if there were nothing available except exotics & other foreign built automobiles, and all of the old American cars were gone, that's a HUGE segment of the market. If you reverse it & there were nothing but '57 Chevys & '32 Fords, how would that affect your segment of the market. If you don't think that loosing half of your market overnight would affect the modeling economy overall, I have some swamp land in Nevada for you. Steve

That one gets me as well. Or the body is all nicely BMF'd, but they left the vent windows painted ? Steve

That would be my recommendation. I've been using a variation of this method myself for probably 20 years. Steve

They look like they should be pretty good! I've never tried making pickled eggs. I don't remember the last time I ate one. I have recently been making my own beef jerky in my electric smoker though. Got on a jerky kick a few weeks ago & I just cringe every time I see the prices of it in the stores. I can make about a pound and a half of my own for less than $10.00. Steve

This is the exact same circumstance that happened to me at the first show that I ever attended. My build did not make the magazine, but there was obviously no favoritism involved as far as who was chosen to be photographed. A very good point that I had not thought of Dennis. Steve

The Revell '59 Ford is just as you say, "ancient", and that's why it keeps popping it's head up. The tooling already exists & has for decades, so pulling out an old mold and re-popping a kit costs nearly nothing compared to an all new tooling. Nearly all of the cost of a new kit rests in he development & mold making process, & in this age, that cost is huge. I agree that a '58 or '59 Ford would probably do pretty well, but the only question in the manufacturers mind is, will it do well enough to justify the huge investment & will they make money on the deal. Steve