mikemodeler

Nice collection of beautiful models, love the variety and nice details.

Those are all very beautiful, impressive to get that many done to that level of detail !

Sweet, love the color and stance.

Nice group of builds, not a bad one in the bunch. Great variety and love the details.

Really liking the Firebird, probably because it's not been around in long time. They all look great, nice work!

They all look great and love how they all a just little different from each other. Nice work on the paint and details.

Outstanding builds, as usual Scott! I know the 1:1 has consumed a lot of your time so not surprised that you only got 2 done, but they are well done! Hope to see you at the SCMA show in Spartanburg next month, always a good show and bring those builds, no doubt you have a couple of winners there!

I feel your pain, not sure if I got more than one or two done myself as life has been hectic as well. Nice job on the Mustang, hope you get to build more in 2020!

I have this kit and can honestly say it is one beautiful piece. It goes together like a kit would and the details are sharp. It's been added to the Scenes Unlimited website and at $40 worth the price, in my opinion. The extras that Danny is working on will only enhance this kit and he has some other stuff up his sleeve.

I guess what irked me (not necessarily today but recently) is when a forum member negotiates a deal for something but then doesn't respond to PMs to complete the deal. I had a couple of interactions with this person before and should have known they would flake out, but you try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Needless to say, this person will be on my ever growing list of people to NOT do business with, regardless of what is involved, because of their inability to conduct themselves in an adult, business like manner. The shrinking number of people in this hobby that conduct business in a decent way makes it harder for me to participate in trades. I have done significantly less trading and dealing with people here this year and am at the point where I am better off selling or trading at shows instead of online.

Looks great, nice colors and detailed painting!

I have been a fan of his music since the mid 70's and have thought of his talent as a songwriter as among the best. He delivers a great show but ever since MTV allowed him a greater audience, he has let politics seep into his performance to the point where I could not go to a concert. As I feel towards any performer- actor, musician, athlete- I don't want to know what your politics are, even if they match mine, because that isn't what I paid for.

Check out Jimmy Flintstone, he has some stuff like that.

Throw the Foose bed on it, it's a hot rod afterall!

You can tell how this started as a die cast bank by the way it was resin cast. Should be nice when you have it done.

You sure aren't shy about tackling some interesting and different builds! Gonna watch this one like I did the crane, your skills are impressive.

WOW! I am in total awe as to how you have created this masterpiece!

Thanks for the insight, I had a feeling the two kits were so close that it would work.

To add to Casey's comments, I believe they did the same thing with the recent release of the Jeep Honcho pickup truck- molded in color and no chrome.

Out of curiosity, has anyone put the Fireball F-250 conversion underneath the AMT 78 Ford Firestone pickup kit? I have a grille for an earlier model year that I want to combine with the kit and was going to add the 4wd conversion to build a truck a friend had back in the 70's. Thanks in advance for your help!

Nope, none have been done. Die cast is your best bet.

Not sure how long ago this was, but last I heard they hadn't set up a customer service department since the bankruptcy and new ownership had taken over. Sending a PM to the original poster.

I had two orders- the first one was when they announced their retirement and I ordered a Dodge Crew Cab pickup and their Shasta camping trailer kit. Later, after every previous order was shipped and they had some surplus product left, I ordered some grilles, bumpers and wheels for various vehicles that I knew I would use (lt. trucks and GM cars). I also recently placed an order with Norm at RMCoM for some stuff in his catalog. I fear he will decide to retire one day soon and I wanted to get stuff before he did as he might not want to work for two additional years like Don and Carol did after he announces his retirement.

I lost two mailboxes back when I lived in Illinois- one from the snow thrown by a plow and the other by some HS kids playing mail box baseball. Both times I got reimbursed for a new mailbox. Nice work on that Oshkosh, remember those from the rural parts of Wisconsin and how impressive they moved the snow.

To add to Casey's comments, sometimes those older topics have comments from builders no longer members here or who have passed away since they posted. There is a ton of valuable information in the archives here and sometimes researching it will yield useful tips that a new topic won't. We all have a bunch of pet peeves and reading this and some of the comments ring true for me. I get intimidated by the quality of the work here and other places that I roam to the point I wonder why I even try. Then I remember those that are posting some of the models I envy had to work to get that good and if I am willing to take the time and put into practice the tips learned here, I may be that good too. I won't be the guy who mills his own parts on a lathe or casts parts in resin, but I can surely do detail painting and clean assembly to get a nice model. Someone recently mentioned that they were going to go back to building models for the fun and just do basics and not get caught up in minute details and custom parts and I want to try that myself. Just build a kit and not worry if it will get a trophy, but if it will look presentable. This place is for learning and having interaction with like minded individuals. Many of us grew up building models with friends and as we grew older, our lives changed. This forum, and others like it, allow us to build with our "friends" again and while we might not be at a card table in our parent's basement, we do have the ability to share. There are some great tutors on here who share their skills and know-how to help us all become modelers.