StevenGuthmiller

That's how I roll. I don't bother with playing the "bidding in $1.00 or $5.00 increments" nonsense. I place one bid. The maximum that I am willing to pay........done! Sometimes I lose, sometimes I get a pretty good deal. Makes little difference to me one way or the other. On the subject at hand, I say, more power to them. If there are people willing to pay ridiculous money for a built kit, great. I hope that someday when I decide to liquidate my collection, I can get a few bucks for my builds. Steve

Exactly my thought. But then you still need to dispose of the oily cat litter! Steve

Let me know if you ever want to dump it. I still regret not picking up a few Modelhaus kits, including the '57 Olds, '57 Buick, '56 Merc & the '61 Caddy. Steve

The Johan Promo is a 4 door hardtop 98. Modelhaus offered a 2 door hardtop version, although I don't know how helpful that is. Steve

That's what I use. They have hundreds of paint colors & will custom mix anything that they don't normally carry. Steve

Okay, that was 15 years ago. Probably repackaged stuff would be my guess. I don't think I would expect much of anything else over the next 15 years. Steve

Really? When was the last time that happened? I guess "money hasn't allowed" since about 1988! Steve

Is that the point of this poll? To decide which one to build next? If not & it's just a "which do you like better" poll, I don't get the point. Steve

Are these my only two choices? Steve

Thanks Ron. I think the first thing that I'll do is test the waters & see if anyone would be willing to trade away a complete stock engine from the Moebius kit, or at least the air cleaner & valve covers. Steve

Thank you Bill. That's pretty much what I've been seeing online. Steve

That's what I assumed. So regardless of how long dead a marque is, someone is most likely still going to be due royalties of some sort. Rob, you're probably right about demand for this sort of kit........in today's market. I believe that in the not too distant future, 3D printers and the software to produce nearly anything that you can imagine, will be common place & inexpensive. Remember how much a flat screen television cost just a few years ago? I think that someday, not too far away, you'll be able to buy the design for nearly any scale, & any make or model of automobile on line, plug it into your home 3D printer, and print out that 1/8th scale '58 Chevy that you always wanted. Steve

Studebaker, Hudson, Nash, Kaiser, Packard, etc? But doesn't someone still retain the rights to these names & designs? Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Mercury & Plymouth are all gone as well, but I'm sure that the "big three" still have the rights to them. Just asking. I have no problem with a few old Studebaker & Packard kits! Steve

With advances in 3D printing moving along every day, scanning & reverse engineering an old kit will be completely unnecessary. Completely new files will probably be easier to produce & then there won't be any issues with getting anyone's approval from the old Johan stuff, & any new kits would probably be more detailed as well. My guess would be that rights will still need to be obtained from the vehicle manufacturers though. As if that's not going to be difficult & expensive enough! Steve

Yeah, the chances are extremely high that you will never see any of the old Johan stuff resurrected, which is a real shame. They were basically the sole creator of everything Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler, & Cadillac throughout the late 50s & 60s. The chances of ever seeing the majority of those full sized Mopars & Caddys that they produced, ever again in kit form, are virtually non-existent. Steve

I thought of that, but I don't really want to part out a complete Moebius Satellite just for the engine. I have a Lindberg '64 Belvedere whose engine is ripe for the picking. What difference, if any, is there between the two engines? Steve

I usually allow about 20 to 30 minutes between coats. Is that what you mean by "lots of flash time"? Steve

I'm trying to get back into a Johan 1965 Plymouth Fury build that I started many months ago but abandoned due to a less that stellar paint job. But it's back on the bench now & I have a couple of questions for the true Mopar experts out there. First, I need to know if the 426 engine from the Lindberg '64 Belvedere kit would be the same engine available in the '65s. The Johan kit comes with the 426 Hemi, but I'd really like to stay away from that on this project. Second, am I missing something, or are there no panel lines on the tulip panel between the trunk lid & rear glass on the '65 Fury? I scribed in the lines in the rocker panels & the cowl area, but not the tulip panel. I've done some searching on the web but have not been able to find any indication of where they would have been located, or whether or not they even existed at all! Any insight into these two questions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Steve

I use it a lot as well. Not only as primer, but it's just generally a nice flat black. Be warned though, it's hotter than a lot of other primers. Steve

I can't think of any primer that goes on thinner & hides less detail than Duplicolor sandable primer. Their primer sealer is great too. I use somewhere around 5 coats of it on every project. And it's a heck of a lot cheaper than Tamiya! My only caution would be to use very thin coats, at least to start. Duplicolor primer is hotter than hobby primers & will craze if sprayed on too wet. Steve

To each his own I guess. The '68 looks too much like the '69 without the stripe in my opinion, & the '69 is just generally a better looking car to my eye, so if I had a choice between a '68 without the stripe & a '69, I'd take the '69. That stripe is one of the bolder design cues that Olds did on the 442's, & it's very different. That's probably why I really like the stripe so much......just different. Steve

Wow! I love it! I've been keeping my eye out for any kind of '68 442 for a while now, but they're very tough to find. Yours is beautiful. It's missing one thing that sets the '68 apart though. The iconic vertical fender stripe!! Steve

Nice job Steve! And I want to thank you for helping me make up my mind about my next project! I started a Johan '65 Fury many moons ago & let it fall by the wayside because of a sub-par paint job. Your '66 got me thinking about it, so it's now stripped & back on the bench! Thanks Steve! Steve

White wall tires, (especially now since Modelhaus went belly-up), and outside mirrors! Just can't seem to find enough of them! Steve

Try some of these. You have very little to lose! They cost about $2.00 to $3.00 each, & they last forever. Thin with water. Steve