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  1. Mark
    eBay has always had sellers who think they are making money. They're the ones beating each other's brains in at flea markets overpaying for those "screw-bottom model toy cars", then finding out later that they are losing their shirts. Thing is, when one of them figures it out, another one shows up to replace him/her.
  2. Mark
    I saw a Vega earlier today: '74 or '75. Definitely not stock though.
  3. Mark
    I'd bet that, as the release date of the first pro stock Vega kit is announced, eBay will see a torrent of annual kits, built, unbuilt and everything in between, from people who had them stashed away for projects. Those wanting a stock one will be able to get one then.
  4. Mark
    The Skylark in question is the original annual version: screen isn't an option! I only mentioned the Modified Stocker because some of the RC2 reissues include both the windshield (minus vent panes) and rear glass. Unfortunately the Skylark isn't one of them.
  5. Mark
    The Modified Stocker Skylark includes ONLY the windshield, no vent panes or rear glass. Some of the reissue Stockers have the tooling "opened up" and so have the rear glass that isn't used in that version ('65 Fairlane, for example). Not so the Skylark, nor the Olds 88 (which I would have liked). Agreed, I'd look at AMT and MPC midsize cars for a replacement windshield. '67 GTO might be the first one to check. The Gear Hustler El Camino reissue windshield would be worth checking too. The reissue has two sets of parts, so swiping the glass for the Buick won't leave the El Camino with nothing. When the GTO was first reissued in 1984, the first production run had that dark tint glass that MPC seemed to be obsessed with at the time. I built one and replaced the glass with thin clear styrene sheet. Agreed, the rear glass is for all intents and purposes flat while the windshield is curved on only one plane.
  6. Mark
    There's one other way a Vega and a Hoover are the same...
  7. Mark
    It's surprising Lindberg didn't have more commonality between the Plymouth and Dodge. That would have allowed for more versions, like (with additional body tooling) Plymouth sedans and Dodge hardtops, maybe even a convertible or two.
  8. Mark
    According to the brochures I checked, the short bed is 20" shorter than the long bed. 16" of that is ahead of the rear wheels (which shortens the wheelbase by a like amount), the other 4" is behind the rear wheels.
  9. Mark
    Did you check both sides? The AMT pickup has a fair amount of assymetry from side to side, particularly in the shape of the front wheel openings.
  10. Mark
    The Lawman Plymouth is not a combination of parts from the Plymouth and Dodge kits. It's the Plymouth with new parts added. Some of the new parts for the Plymouth were also tossed into the Color Me Gone Dodge reissue The Dodge and Plymouth don't share major parts like chassis, interior, etc. They are similar but the parts are different for each kit.
  11. Mark
    They'll have to source (or recreate) the electrical hardware like battery tabs and other connectors, and find a motor that fits. All of that stuff will in all likelihood come from overseas. Depending on the number of these that Atlantis expects to produce, it might actually be easier to do now than at any time since the kit was in production first time around.
  12. Mark
    A lot of work to go to, to make it harder to see out the back. The C3 had the split window only for '63, to please Bill Mitchell. Duntov supposedly hated the split window.
  13. Mark
    LHS here (Section 8 Hobbies) has 'em. Word is that Hobby Lobby may carry some of them soon also.
  14. Mark
    The bigger the skull and crossbones on the package, the better it works...
  15. Mark
    Those subcompact funny cars are more akin to show rods than actual drag cars. The first versions all had spoked dragster front wheels, and I wouldn't even try fitting a scale driver figure inside the roll cage. Still, they're cool in their own way.
  16. Mark
    One hobby shop here had a few. The owner was trying to pass them off as "rare packaging variations" at about 50% MORE than his prices on the "regular" versions. He wasn't around long. Some eBay sellers were selling Round 2 Lindberg car kits with the photos showing the bottom of the box, which was illustrated also. They're trying to give the impression that the items they are selling are packaged differently from those sold elsewhere. Who knows why...
  17. Mark
    The Vega bodies shown are more than likely all-new tooling, as opposed to a backdating of the existing body. The chassis and interior will probably be carried over from the Twister kit though. Both of the people wanting a stock Vega can probably adapt AMT Monza underbody bits, or find an unbuilt annual kit or busted promo to rob other parts from.
  18. Mark
    I know a guy who collects and builds them. He usually builds them to match the box art, including piecing together decals (what's in the box never matched the box art). Then again, he's working on a collection of MPC 1971 cars, built with the "spoof" pseudo-Zinger parts...
  19. Mark
    And Colonel Tom ain't taking half of it now!
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  21. Mark
    Bad taste alert... "Drinks are on me!"
  22. Mark
    MMTC lasted a full season. The Hero lasted only 13 weeks. It may have been off the air around the time the kit came out! I've got a Hero Imperial, was looking for info about the show. Other than who was in it, not much available (synopsis of individual episodes, etc).
  23. Mark
    The '58-'61 sales were only a stopgap measure until the Tempest and Skylark/Special were ready. Once the dealers got their hands on those, they dumped the captive imports like a hot rock. The resale on those cars dropped to near zero. If GM would have tried that move again in '71, there were probably enough people who got burned in '58-'61 who would be very vocal about it to anyone they knew...
  24. Mark
    Neat car, but who's going to restore it with a two-barrel 318, and a non-original one at that? Shove a four-barrel 440 in there, even if it's not original to the car as built.
  25. Mark
    ALL AMT '56 Ford kits (since 1965 it has been issued in many different boxes) are exactly the same, save for tires, wheels, decals, and plastic color. Even the Strip Fowl box art shown was issued twice. Get the newest kit you can find. In some Seventies and Eighties production kits, the body could be damaged after having been pulled out of the tool too quickly after being molded. Recent issues have a little cardboard insert stuck into the body to keep the roof straight. The Round 2 (most recent) issue will have pad-printed tires, better decals, and be molded in white. Spending more won't get you more when it comes to this particular kit.
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