mikemodeler

Nope, missed it!

I was in one in SC earlier this month, about 5 days after it reopened. One of the clerks said that they hadn't had any replenishment stock since the week before they closed and the warehouse was working on getting orders picked and ready to ship. IIRC, they ship out of Oklahoma City, so it takes a while to get stuff moved around. Add in that a lot of what they sell comes from China and off shore and it may be a month or two before they have made up for missing shipments.

Interesting, first Yenko I have seen with the RS package. I have several friends who own/owned genuine 1:1 69 Yenko Camaros and they were basic cars.

Late Jun is the word on the Tower Hobbies website. Likely early July as they tend to be a week or two off with their estimates.

Those and the school bus races were always fun to watch.

MPC/AMT used those tires in a lot of kits, the most recent one would probably be the Dukes of Hazzard Daisy Jeep.

I am building a 72 K10 pickup using the Deserter chassis and an old AMT 72 pickup kit cab and resin shortbed. They fit almost like they were designed for each other. I suggest if you build a 67-72 GM Pickup, cut the inner fenders out of the AMT pickup as the ones in the Deserter are correct.

Revell's replacement parts service has been temporarily suspended due to the pandemic.

I know what you are inferring, but the point is that Revell chooses to offer a kit of a subject matter identical to the Tamiya kit and it gets a pass while the Tamiya kit is crucified. Similar enough that both are considered models in the eyes of most hobbyists.

So, based on this logic, the Revell snap kit versions of the Mustang are incomplete? Why not call out Revell over their lack of a full detail kit WITH AN ENGINE ? Why is it that Tamiya brings out a kit that accurately represents a race car and has a lot of detail sans engine and you blast them, but give Revell a pass for a very simple snap kit of the same vehicle? Both companies sell their products worldwide so it stands to reason they are trying to reach similar consumers, no?

That is nice, like the colors. ZForce Modelworkx has the correct bumper available in 3D resin.

I remember that kit and the body seemed to be a bit more boxier than the 1:1 was, not sure it would be worth searching for as it probably is big $$

Nice car, very sinister looking in all black. Is this the car you have talked about before, the one with some mods and crazy high speed runs?

Revell has a 80 Ford Step side kit out right now that would be a start. It is a 4wd and IIRC there aren't a lot of kits of the 80 -86 series F pickups to choose from. There were some kits that had a fleetside bed (you are correct!) but have been long out of production so might be a bit expensive to find. Search eBay, you might get lucky. Revell/Monogram did offer a 91 F-250 long bed extended cab that could be used with some modifications if you are up for it.

I think the 67 with the service bed is being commissioned by Dave Burket at Model King. There was a rumor a couple of years ago about Moebius doing a 67-72 GM truck series, but I believe that was before Pegasus buying Moebius, and I am sure they are looking at sales history before committing any tooling dollars. With the lack of major distribution (outside of Michael's and Hobby Lobby), probably takes longer to pay for tooling and with more LHS closings in recent years, you don't get those impulse buys if you can't walk in a store and see it.

A word of caution, use restraint when shopping on the Scenes Unlimited website or else you will end up with $100 of stuff in your cart without realizing it. Ask me how I know!

Jeff, those wheels and tires can be found at Scenes Unlimited. Danny has been adding some really nice stuff for 4x4's lately, check it out if you are looking for that kind of stuff. Nice Jeep, clean, basic and simple, just like the real thing! Love the color and details.

As always, I will be watching this to see another work of art develop from you Charlie!

Thanks, I had forgotten about the lifetime subscriptions. I wonder if those are still available for purchase?

I know Gregg informed us of his pending surgery three months ago and while not having seen any updates here, not sure with the pandemic if he actually had the surgery. With that said, he had mentioned having several issues of the magazine ready for print and I was wondering if they were sent to be printed? Given the extra time being at home for the foreseeable future, would be nice to have something to read while waiting for the glue and paint to dry. If anyone has any updates on the above, it would be greatly appreciated!

I twas but a gleam in my father's eye, but did go to the Worlds Fair in 1965 in NYC at the rip old age of 20 months! Can't remember a thing for some reason but was told I made the trip more entertaining and did enjoy the car exhibits, which probably explains why I developed a love for cars at an early age.

Actually, you can claim unemployment benefits even if the business is open if you have an underlying health issue that makes you vulnerable to contracting the Covid virus. Have family members who own an essential business but lost several employees to unemployment because of it. Likely will get the employees back once the government stops the payments.

To a certain degree, Stacy David has featured models on his show Gearz from time to time and has talked about how it fueled his interest in cars and played a role into his career. It would be cool to see a show that featured car guys and how models influenced them. A weekly model show? Hmm, would be interesting to see it happen but I am guessing it would have all kinds of models-figures, vehicles, armor, aircraft- for it to get support from model companies. Maybe it could be on par with Dennis Gage's "My Classic Car" where he visits shows, aftermarket suppliers, builders, etc.? Airbrush, paint, aftermarket companies (resin, 3D, retailers, online sellers, etc) and model manufacturers could be showcased like they do for the 1:1 world.

Apparently no one as I had asked for a set and was willing to trade but got no responses after 100 views. No worries, got a sealed kit for $22 shipped to my house.

Could be a staffing problem. Many retailers are experiencing a problem getting people to return for work as they make more money on unemployment than they do working. And some have legitimate fears of contracting the virus because of their compromised immune system, despite masks, gloves and sanitizing.