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This was discussed at Armorama when Dragon instituted the same policy. That's why Dragon armor kits are so expensive. Check out this link regarding MAP. This portion is interesting: MAP and Online Sales Do online retailers have to follow MAP as well? Absolutely. However, online retailers have figured out a way that the courts and Federal Trade Commission (who oversee pricing issues) allow them to sell below MAP online. The FTC says that the price displayed in a secure or encrypted shopping cart isn’t subject to MAP because it’s technically not advertising. Instead, the shopping cart of the online store is much the same as a brick and mortar store. So in an online world, the price paid by a customer may legally end up being lower than MAP. Is this fair? Well, online retailers believe it is. They simply add a disclaimer that states "price displayed in shopping cart." And then the actual price to be paid is displayed there versus on the product's page on the website. Here's the rub. Not many online retailers play that game. They're perfectly content to toe the line and charge the manufacturer-instituted MAP. It's rare to find an online shop using that disclaimer to get around the MAP and give the customer a better deal. Internet Hobbies isn't in that group, though.

I do essentially what Bill does. After making sure the mating surfaces are flat, I brush methylene chloride on both parts, align them, then brush the solvent along the seam. This neatly welds the halves together, negating the use of any fillers. A quick pass with a medium sanding stick and no more seam.

Got this in an email from Internet Hobbies this afternoon: Important Notice To All Modelers - Tamiya's New Minimum Advertised Price Program Dear Modeler, A few days ago we received notice of Tamiya's new Minimum Advertised Price Program. Their program only allows hobby dealers to advertise and sell their products at a pre-set discounted price. This means that every hobby dealer can only sell their products at Tamiya's MAP price. Their rational on this program is to halt the massive unfettered discounting of their products in the marketplace. They feel this lessens the value of Tamiya products and harms their brand. We have been told by our suppliers that Tamiya will strictly enforce this program and any dealer not in accordance will not be allowed to sell their products. What does this mean for you? The program takes effect on June 1, 2018. All hobby dealers will be required to alter their pricing to adhere to the Tamiya Minimum Advertised Price Program. On that date Internet Hobbies will have no choice but to raise our selling prices on all Tamiya products. We will also be required to not include any Tamiya products to any Internet Hobbies sales promotions as this would cause us to not be in compliance with the rules of their program and put us in jeopardy of losing our ability to sell Tamiya. This means you only have a couple weeks to get your orders into us at the old pre-MAP prices. Why pay more after June 1st when you can still take advantage of our current low pricing and sales promotions. Internet Hobbies, LLC 866-659-7680 www.internethobbies.com

Rich, did you ever fish for coins through sidewalk vent grates? The best ones were where bus stops were located because people would always drop change while looking for bus fare.

Too much unnecessary and baseless hysteria-fueled speculation about Revell's future. For all anyone knows, the new owners might decide to continue maintaining a corporate presence here in the U.S. Besides, unlike Johan kits, Revellogram products are as plentiful as cockroaches in a New York City tenement.

Beautiful, man. Count me in for all four sets.

To check who's eligible for senior discounts at Walgreen's.

What makes you think they're acting?

Don't you just hate copycats?

It's all relative. If you live in Europe, you might do the reverse. I was checking out an email from SpotModel. They're taking preorders for AMT1100, the '57 Chrysler 300C. 39.99 Euros or 47 bucks.

And there it is.

If the prices go up, das macht mir nichts. There are only a handful of Revell car kits I have any interest in anyway.

To each his own. I only mentioned it because they're available. If you have PS, you can curve letters; or, as Davoski mentioned, look for a free download of CorelDRAW.

Do you have Photoshop and/or Illustrator? If not, you can get Irfanview, download hundreds, if not thousands, of free fonts and go at it.

Doing that in my neighborhood is a sure way to get locked up for attempted graffiti wall tagging.

Zastava Models makes 1/24 diecasts of both. If you don't mind a bit of scratchbuilding a Yugo, take a piece of aluminum foil and carefully shape it until you get this:

From Testors Model Workshop series:

Most definitely. BNA is a great online shop.

If one wishes to get OCD, you can drill out the dimple, stretch a piece of clear sprue to the same diameter as the new fangled hole, polish the the tip, insert into the aforementioned hole, paint the tip with clear orange and VOILA! Ya got yerself a fancy-schmancy 1/25 scale turn signal bulb.

And, they're available on the cheap.

MCW makes a '57 Nomad body with interior tub and other parts for use with the '57 Bel Air Sedan.

Yer missin' me pernt, pally. Now I gots to pound me flippers on de keys to explain tings. Dem high button shoes is like yesterday's race results - in udder woids, old news. Wot I was tryin' t'say was dat only de old Mustache Petes stuff their dogs into dose straight jackets. Getting back to the '53-'54 Chevys, I would imagine that it would have been just as easy to mold the doors and trunk lid separately as was done with the earlier '55 and '56 Bel Airs.

The inspiration for that Chrysler was derived from the Henschel Hs 129 tank buster: large, ugly, overweight and underpowered for its intended use.

High button shoes............. Fashion savvy dames an' gorillas know dat spats are de cat's pyjamas:

Rumor mongering sure adds up a heap load o'pages.