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But does it come in blue?

Wow! That one looks familiar, yet different. Its body lines and door handles look like a popular car, but yet, it is not what I would expect.

Great presentation Scott!

My mom had a '76 (IIRC) 4-door Monarch. She called a "small V8" (so, a 302). It was baby blue with dark blue vinyl roof and trim, and dark blue interior with a front bench seat. I was in my mid teens then and I lover the factory radio with 4 speakers. When it got totaled, she got a '77 T-bird.

If he is willing to take on Dale's business, be prompt and reliable (and do as good of a job as Dale did), we could start online campaign to fund the move. What do you guys say?

Washer fluid contains diluted methyl alcohol (methanol) - that is likely the chemical which removes the Tampo printed ink.

Yes, this is good for plating metal parts (BTW, "copy chrome" is not as bright as the real chrome), but most modelers are looking for vacuum metalizing of polystyrene or urethane resin parts. For that the best process is aluminum vacuum metalizing. This process can give a chrome-like finish to plastic and metal parts.

If the car overheats, always check for a broken buckle on the fan belt.

While it is nice of you to do this, I don't see why anybody should be posting a 3 or 4MB photo files to the forum. A JPG file that is 3 or 4MB in size will likely be a 5 Megapixel or larger. That is larger than can be displayed on a monitor (and on smart phone screen). IMHO. I post to another forum where the photo uploader automatically resizes larhe photos to 1280 pixels across. That saves lot of space (even if you have oodles available).

Years ago I owned a 1959 Caddy Eldorado convertible AM radio. It was roughtly 1:25 scale (or maybe slightly smaller). But it wasn't an "official" promo - it was made either in Japan or Hong Kong.

Badger sells their own version of the mini sandblasting gun, and the aluminum oxide abrasive blast media. Probably similar to Paasche. https://www.amazon.com/Badger-Air-Brush-Co-260-1-Abrasive/dp/B0038D59UM https://www.amazon.com/Badger-Aluminum-Oxide-Abrasive-Weight-50-270/dp/B000BRLIOY

The lowered suspension makes a huge difference in its appearance - nice!

EDIT: looks like it was done - thanks mods!

LOL!

My top pick is SR-71, then Concorde and "Concordski" (Tu-144). But I also like the looks of the original Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. I love the hump, and its overall proportions! Most airplanes, but design, are beautiful. I think we will eventually see most airplanes ever produced listed here. I think a more manageable thread would have been "What is the ugliest airplane?". There are few out there.

Many times? Um, it is more like every time. They are so helpful in trying to get you to buy something. Then you have to find a tiny unconspicouls link "See original Listing".

Mike, I lover to see unusual models like this being built. A pedestrian factory-stock Volvo - nice! I knew that Tamiya had a model of a Volvo (or two), but I never seen the Italeri kit before. You mentioned the 4X4 look. While the high-sitting suspension would create that look, the kit tires with the very aggressive thread (especially on the sidewalls) also add quite a bit to that 4X4 look. I think that replacing the tires with ones which look more like "normal" tires would make this model look like a typical "grocery getter".

Ingenious! Where did you get those tiny rare-earth magnets? I know Tamiya includes them in some kits, but you probably get yours elsewhere?

That's what I was thinking too. Who cares what color the plastic is? Well, unless you are collector and wan to collect them all, keeping them in their sealed boxes.

Probably not - projects can be funded by private grants too.

Partly to blame are all the modern computerized doo-dads that are included in the vehicles. I could make a long list, but I don't feel like typing. Many are not needed, and some actually crate distractions.

While both are "wedgy" and unique, neither even comes close to the eye-pleasing lines of a Countach. These look freakish to me. Especially the red car - looks like it was designed by multiple designers, each wanting to do something different.

I usually visit about half a dozen of my regular sections, then click on the black dots next to the thread's subject line to see the latest posts since the last time I marked the site (or section) read. Sometimes I just hover my mouse over a title of the post and when the popup comes up, I check the first (if new post) or last (or I just want to see the latest post in that thread). Once I'm done for the day, I click on "mark site read". I also abhor threads with vague subject lines, and when people quote posts leaving multiple large photos in the quoted post. Come on people, do I really need to scroll through the same set of photos I already seen few times already! And if I need to leave a photo in the quoted text, I resize it to a large thumbnail size (usually 200-400 pixels across). It is not a rocket science, and it is a considerate thing to do.

Um, brainfart! DeLorean was made by John DeLorean. I have no idea why I wrote that. Maybe because of the Chrysler connection?

. . . and those cool (but ill-fated) stainless steel DeLorians.