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But I beg to differ...maybe not his very best song ever, but I think it's a great song. Much better than that thing he had out about the same time about the top of the world, or whatever it was. Man, did THAT thing suck. Possibly his worst song ever.

That "radio" song always reminds me of this one: As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs want to see How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free

I'm using Walmart Color Place Gray. Cheap, thin, dries hard and smooth, and so far has stood up to everything I've thrown at it. What's not to like? They have a flat white in the line they don't call a primer, but should make a good one. I've only used it over the Gray Primer, haven't tried it over a dark plastic on its own yet. The VERY BEST primer I've ever used is the Model Car World airbrush stuff, but it's a bit expensive and inconvenient to get. LOVELY stuff, though.

The '66 annual at least had turbo option, which hasn't been in any of the reissues. http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/chevrolet/1961-1970/amt-1966-corvair-co/57261506.html And the man's name was John Fitch, not Finch.

Not Yenko...you're thinking of the Fitch Sprint roof.

This Year's Model. IMHO the only really good song on that album.

Elvis Costello, Radio Radio.

As I said in my post above, it is IN the plastic and not on the surface. There's nothing that can be done about it.

Revell has emblem decals in many of their recent kits. I see that they included decal emblems in the newly reissued '65 Chevelle, for example.

IIRC the stock headlight buckets were molded integrally with the bumper on those Corvair kits. That's a major piece you'd prolly remember. Maybe it's a custom headlight you're missing. If it's a taillight, that's easily enough cloned with silicone and epoxy. Dig that puppy out and wrestle it to the ground!

I saw this list elsewhere, I make no claims for its accuracy. Revell '14 Corvette Stingray 25 4350 Dec-14 Revell '14 Corvette Stingray (Snap) 25 1982 Dec-14 Revell '14 Mustang GT 25 4309 Dec-14 Revell '15 Mustang GT Yellow 25 1689 Dec-14 Revell Acura Integra 25 4311 Dec-14 Revell Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Snap 25 1977 Dec-14 Revell Ford Police Car 25 1688 Dec-14 Revell Ford Torino 'Starsky and Hutch' 25 4023 Dec-14 Revell Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 25 1686 Jan-15 Revell Showboat w/Figure 25 1285 Jan-15 Revell Surfite w/Figure 25 4347 Jan-15 Revell VW Rabbit 24 4333 Jan-15

It might look a little something like this:

I don't think Treatment wax polishes out fine scratches so much as fills them in.

Dunno what it is, but I'm wondering if that hood is long enough to stuff an Allison under.

Lovely stuff but I found I can only use it on models that don't have any--or much--painted trim of any kind. If you put it on before you paint trim, the paint won't stick to it (nor will foil); if you put it on after trim, it removes the trim paint and smears it all over the rest of the paint. I'm currently working on a Camaro with all the trim removed, though--think I might give the wax a try on that again.

I roll the tubing under a #11 blade. If you're careful, you get a nice, square, clean cut every time.

My son was always heavily into music from before he was born--Hendrix and AC/DC and ZZ Top and Led Zep and The Who and Sabbath and all that. One of my favorite little memories of him was, I was listening to Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road" and I called him into the room and I said, "Who do you think Petty was listening to when he wrote this?" And I started it. And the kid listens and by the fourth guitar chord, he breaks into a gesture that said he knew EXACTLY what I was talking about. I was so proud! If you don't know the song, go listen to it on youtube or whatever and see who it reminds YOU of.

Sounds like Kenny Rogers and the First Edition...What Condition My Condition Was In, or something like that.

I'm a bit of an odd Springsteen fan. I just never "got" any of that stuff from his first two albums. It's okay but I never thought it was worth spending my money on. Likewise his big hits of the '80s--Born in the USA and Glory Days and Dancing in the Dark and all that noise. Blah, blah, blah. But Darkness is a masterpiece, definitely a spot on my Top Ten Albums Of All Time list, and The River also has several very strong songs that weren't especially hits for him (Jackson Cage, Cadillac Ranch). Human Touch and The Rising also have cuts of absolute brilliance. Couple years ago I put together a playlist of my own favorite Springsteen stuff and I got it all onto one CD. For my money, Tom Petty has been a much more consistent producer of Good Stuff over the decades. I don't think he's ever done an album that didn't have at least five excellent songs on it, and that's pretty darn good performance. I was able to just barely get my own "Very Most Favorite Tom Petty Playlist" squeezed onto three CDs. Warren Zevon was also very consistent. Every album he did had two or three brilliant songs on it, and one or two absolute turds, with the rest ranging from tolerable to okay. My Best of Zevon playlist runs to four CDs, but there are quite a few live duplicate songs on it, and most of the fourth disk is other people covering his songs on two tribute albums. (I can think of at least three Warren Zevon songs that other artists performed better than he did.) And one of these days I'm going to put together a CD of Zevon covering others' songs in concert--Dylan, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, etc. (Of course I consider Zevon's covers of Casey Jones and Raspberry Beret superior to the originals.)

They make two kinds, regular (white) and heavy duty (red). The HD stuff is handy on tough finishes like Testor Wet Look Clear. My normal routine now is color-sand with #1000 or #1500 3M Wetordry, wet, then a quick color-sand with #2000, then polish with Turtle Wax polish or Wright's Silver Cream, finishing with Wright's on a wet cloth, which cuts its abrasion. I'll put my shines up against anybody's. Though these days I go for a slightly less glossy look, especially on factory stock cars. It has a more authentic scale appearance than a super high gloss "wet look" finish. (Though there are times when that's exactly what I'm going for, too.)

Erik asked me to post this link for him. For some reason he doesn't seem to be able to cut and paste it himself, I don't know why. http://youtu.be/eoK8op_QgFU

The link I posted above has the good car scenes.

Many glue joints will come right apart with a little prying. Those that won't will have to be cut. I use the backside of an Xacto blade, or a razor saw. The worst glue joints are often on the windows. If they don't pop right out with gentle persuasion, you can damage the roof or A-pillars removing them. Sometimes it's best to leave the windows in place, working around them and masking them at painting time. What kind of model is it? If it's something still in production/readily available, sometimes it's worthwhile to just buy a new kit and start over rather than spend hours and hours of time restoring an old one. But if it's rare or valuable, it's definitely worth restoring.

Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone!