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If I had that model and that calendar, and didn't have anything better to use that month, I'd roll with it. I bought a Ferrari diecast kit at Hobby Lobby last year but I forget what it is--might be the same one you have above. I'll have to dig it out and slap it together one of these days.

I try to make ALL my models "cool," of course, but one that pegs by "cool meter" recently is the original AMT '65 Mustang custom I bought off eBay and restored a few months ago. I didn't paint it, I didn't build it, I just fixed a few broken things and touched up some minor damage and did some general very minor Snake-Fu on it. This model just makes me happy for some reason.

Walmart had some good ones today. M2 '70 Boss 302 Mustang in Grabber Blue (pass--I already have other B302s in red, yellow, and Grabber Green). M2 '70 Challenger RT in white (pass--I'm very happy with my Welly '70 T/A). JADA '70 Chevelle in blue--very tempting, as it didn't look oversized and even the wheels weren't awful, just over sized Mag 500s, but I passed because I just rescued a Franklin Mint one in blue. And '69 Dodge Charger Daytona in orange (#71). This one looked good and not oversized; it might even be 1/25. I got it and hope to lay some Snake-Fu on it very soon. Doesn't look like it will take much so it goes to the top of the list.

Was this last seen as part of a Cougar funny car team from Model King a decade or so ago?

She should take the $28K offer and run. It might be possible to recover that and more in retail sales, but how much time and effort would it take?

Two GREAT tunes, Von Zipper!

Looking good! Drive on!

Beautiful finish! Well done and model on!

If the body is the dark gunmetal gray, it might polish up nicely! I polished up their Camaro molded in "pearl red" and it looks good. On a related note, I got a 1/24 diecast kit of a '17 (I think) Camaro that went together quickly and looks good. Maisto, I think? Anyway, I got it at Hobby Lobby 40% off.

16 1/24 diecasts for $1500? Good luck with that. My guess is he'll be lucky to get $500 if he wants to sell them all at once.

Very nice! One of my alltime favorite funny cars. Well done and model on!

Very cool! I'm not much of a Show Rod guy, but I always thought The Invader was kinda cool. You're doing good work with it. If you need inspiration, there's a VERY nice built one shown in the brand-new Contest Annual from the "other magazine." Good luck and Drive On!

Yah, mine finally came last Saturday. And I saw your '67 Ford in there--congrats!

Wow. Next time I see it, I'll ask the guy about it.

I'll see your metal and raise you a clean Corvette.

Very interesting. Looks like at some point it might have been Milner's AG coupe.

Are you kidding? Is that for real? Now I'm not making this up, but I see that car--THAT CAR--two or three times a month. I saw it last week!

Bruce Springsteen's Cadillac Ranch, as covered by the late great Warren Zevon:

VERY interesting! I've had a JoHAn AMX on my shelf for decades and it never occurred to me that it looked "big." Haven't been able to do any actual measuring, but last night I was able to compare the diecast ERTL body with a JoHan kit body (unbuilt) and they're virtually identical in size--nothing like the typical 1/24-1/25 difference I'm so familiar with. So I wonder if the JoHan Javelins are 1/24, too? Hmmmmmmm......

Prepainted resin?

Beer-boogers?

Is that plastic or a diecast? If it's a diecast, you can either just take the graphics off with non-acetone nail polish remover, or strip it back to metal with "aircraft stripper" (DON'T use the purple pond or anything else lye-based). If it's plastic, you can try the purple pond or Easy-Off. But last weekend at the local toy show, a guy told me that NOTHING he'd tried including brake fluid would take the pre-paint off an AMT Phantom Vickie (purple with graphics).

Agree with you completely. I'm only interested in 1/24-1/25 and don't bother looking at other scales. I don't think I've ever posted a diecast here that was unmodified--what's the point? I enjoy modifying and detailing and improving my diecasts with "Snake-Fu," and treat them just like plastic models. I'm well over 100 diecasts now but haven't yet Snake-Fu'ed them all. Did a rough count the other day and it looks like I've done about 86 or 87 of them and made them shelfworthy.

I was thinking Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" had a Vincent bike in it, but in googling, apparently not. (Maybe he sang it live that way on the version I have--I'll have to check.) But along the way I ran across this list of 11 Best Motorcycle Songs: https://www.loudersound.com/features/motorbikes-rock-metal-playlist