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Hi Jean-Philippe, thanks for your compliments. I do love my 1:1 Eldorado. Too bad nobody (except for terrible TKM resin kit) makes a model of that car. I have some small die-cast models and couple well done NEO 1:43 models. In the '90s I used to drive a white 1984 Eldorado Biarritz as my daily driver, but after using it for many years I had to get rid of it. Yes, IMO the Biarritz package is nice, without being too gaudy. My GF found the blue/white one for me in a newspaper For Sale ad, back in 2000. It only had 36000 miles on it. I also love its color combination, and the white leather interior. Even though it is smaller than the older Eldorados, it still rides (or should I say "floats like a boat") like the older cars did. Today's cars don't ride like that anymore. I only drive it few in the summer time, and put is away for the winter. In my area winter salt eats cars fast! It now only has 43000 miles on it. It needs some work, but it is still quite presentable. I take it to couple of car shows over the summer, where mine is usually a lone example of that body style at the shows. When these cars were new, they were quite advanced technologically. It has early throttle-body digital fuel injection, trip computer and digital gauges, power memory front seats, front-wheel drive, 4-wheel disk breaks and 4-wheel independent suspension (with torsion bars up front). With stabilizer bars on both ends it takes corners surprisingly well. Sorry that I went' off-topic, but I thought you might like some more details. For a daily driver I have a 2019 KIA Soul (and before that 2006 Scion xB). I bet that you miss your '73 Sedan deVille! Yes, please let me know the hood ornament seller's name - hopefully he will be selling those ornaments again. And I had no ideal that Studio27 made decals for Cadillacs. I know they made decals mostly for Japanese sports and competition cars. What was the decal made for? Do yo have its part number (so I will have easier time searching for it). I have several Caddy kits to be built,and they could use those ornaments and decals.

In all seriousness, something similar was described in a lengthy thread, back in May of last year. I recommend reading it - fun read, with some explanations. It seems that @Tom Geiger is the guy in-the-know about how Postal Service deals with mail. Maybe he will chime in here too. While I still think that the computer programing they use to route the mail is buggy, sometimes mistakes or glitches will happen too. They move millions of pieces of mail a day, and the world as we know it isn't perfect. I'm in no way making excuse here - just looking at the ":big picture". In my years of receiving and sending mail, I experienced few mishaps too. While it sucks, it seems unavoidable part of life. Here you go!

It was my attempt of being facetious. It makes no sense (unless the tracking info was incorrect and the package did not pass through your post office before being sent on its extra sightseeing trip). Still, it makes no sense to humans how buggy computer algorithms work.

Very well built model Jean-Philippe. I like the modifications, and the color combination. Gorgeous! Where did you find the hood ornament and decals? The hood ornament looks really nice and scale-thin. Funny thing is that Cadillac continued the half-roof theme until the end of Eldorado. My 1985 Eldorado Biarritz also has that type of partial vinyl roof. But because it is the Biarritz model, it also features stainless steel roof cladding. This continued until Eldorado was discontinued. But IMO, that vinyl roof didn't look good on the late model Eldos.

I agree that a "model kit" is a "model", regardless of the mediums. Polystyrene/ABS plastic, Urethane Resin, Metal, 3D acrylic resin, etc. As long as the kit was was assembled and painted by the modeler, all those should all be treated equally. If a factory-assembled and painted model is stripped and rebuilt by the models, it should also be treated on equal footing with model kits. But if someone just collects factory-assembled models, then they belong in the diecast sections.

Gone to trash? I seem to recall someone here say say that the route for a package is carefully chosen (but some computer program) to be most efficient route. Regardless of what how it looks to us silly humans.

NICE!! I just have their ROCK AND ROLL OVER belt buckle.

Did the new release also include the custom front clip, and those awful hard plastic 2-piece tires?

But are you dressed to kill? Do you have love gun? I have the one I built as a teenager (looks awful), and an unbuilt kit. Sorry - not for sale. I got the kit on eBay several years ago.

Neah, the eraser's consistency is much less gelatinous.

Wow, that is a strong opinion! You do have to admit that all hot dogs are made from pink slime - just some is pinker than the other. Still, I eat them (even the turkey ones sometimes). Next I'll be trying tofu-dogs.

It was posted here on Dec 31st.

I wasn't saying that what you are doing with your scans is wrong. I was just saying that it would be nice to have all the instructions on a single site, indexed, and easily found. Just like the old DPMCC site was. Sorry if my message gave a wrong impression.

The go to place for online scanned instruction sheets was for years Drastic Plastic Model Club website. Everything was well-organized and the actual scans were on the Fotki site. Then things happened, and the webpage was not longer functional. But the Fotki site is still up with hundreds of instruction sheets available. As I mentioned before, I have submitted scans of some instructions listed under "wanted" section and they were uploaded by Bob Black to that Fotki site. That was few years back. I still use the site but I'm not sure if Bob is still around maintaining it. His email address is listed on the Fotki site. https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/ Personally I would rather have all the scans on a single site (not have to scour the Internet to find what I need). But things change, people move on . . . I guess the important thing is that someone somewhere provided this service to modelers.

I'm also not sure why or how, but I got burned by it, so I warned others. It ruined my Pocher 1:8 scale Mercedes 540K gauges - they turned dark amber. I have also used on couple other models (for headlight lenses or other clear items, and they all yellowed (turned amber).

The forum's user account settings are not stored on your computer. Your original username/password are still on the forum's website. Couldn't you just login again as Ken Gilkeson? If you forgot your old password, you can always request a password reset. There should be no need to have 2 accounts on the forum. Actually that type of behavior usually looks suspicious to the moderators. But no matter how you post those photos Ken, your model is amazing.

Yes, I do. And I have scanned several and gave the scans to Bob Black (to post on his Drastic Plastic Fotki instructions site). I have also used his service finding missing instructions for some kit I got.

WARNING: If 5-minute epoxy is used, it will turn amber after few years. I have had this happen with multiple brands of epoxy. I will never again try to use it as a clear lens.

Your weathering and aging techniques are amazing! Place the model in a realistic looking background and it can easily pass for the 1:1 vehicle. The dried leaves are nice touch too.

This is going to be fun - I love unusual/eclectic builds of factory-stock cars which were never kitted.

Mark mentioned that he "grew" the clear resin valve cover. He uses the word "grow" to describe what others call "3D printing". I believe that he "printed" (not cast) these covers. Probably using a UV-curable clear resin in a SLA printer. Or is it a "grower"?

I'm very impressed. Yes, the quality of the engineering of Tamiya kits sets the standard for all others to strive for. The only thing in that kit that I would like to have seen done differently is the electric defroster lines in the backlight. They seem way too heavy. I have seen similar lines done much more delicately on other kits (so they are barely visible, just as they are on 1:1 cars). Or leave them off altogether.

I think most primers are more like lacquers than enamels. They dry fast (and are ready to be sanded), where enamels take a while to set and fully harden.

Really? Isn't that what backup/restore of the forum would be for? As you can tell, I'm not a fan of this limit. Plus in the thread I linked to the reason for the limit is to prevent hacking. Unless you consider deleting post "hacking"?

Add they still forgot Diwali. ?