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This baby's looking good so far, Steve. I could tell you where all the '65-'71 Fury I-III 4 Doors were in NYC when I was a kid. The majority of Furys that were around were mostly owned by the NYPD and taxi fleets.The NYPD had a huge fleet of them. The NYPD loved Mopars. It didn't hurt that Chrysler's corporate HQ was in the city at the time. The NYPD used them for precinct patrol (RMPs), highway pursuit and as the ubiquitous undercover "narc" car. The last one was not such a great idea. The narcmobiles were easy to spot because they obviously weren't yellow (for some reason, they were painted a light gray or avocado green), didn't have a taxi roof light and there were always two guys with bad haircuts wearing sunglasses (even at night ) sitting in the front seat.

Nice work, Steve. This is one of my all time favorites. I scarfed up a bunch of these kits a while back. The Friedman book is a great book; but, it falls short in one very important (to us modelers, at least) area: no detailed photos of the car's components. Racing Icons has a great article on their restoration of Grand sport #004.

"PSPRIMCH"......I like that. it's got a catchy title. It rolls off the tongue as easily as teeth after you get smacked with a softball bat.

The Trumpeter chassis' wheelbase is accurately scaled at 125.98 mm. At least they didn't mess that up like they did with the roof..

I know what you mean. I felt gypped when i opened the box and there were 10-15 parts.

Because, maybe, we're running out of things to talk about? Hey, my dad never built a model in his life. He was a coin and stamp collector. I got interested watching my older sister's ex-husband, Dave, building cool stuff like Aurora's Frankenstein's Flivver when I was five. He let me help him and I was hooked. It was a mess; but, I had fun. That doesn't mean that doing the same with your kids will yield identical results. When will it be out on the newsstands?

The Revell '59-'60 Impala chassis won't work if you want to build a 1959-60 Pontiac Bonneville, Buick or Olds using the available resin bodies and you wished to have a better detailed chassis. The '59-60 Impala had a 119 in. (120.9 mm in 1/25) wheelbase. The Bonneville's was 124 in. (125.98, round it off to 126 mm), the Buick Electra's was 126.3 in. (128.3 mm) and the Olds Series 88's was 123 in.(124.96 mm). That's a 5-8 mm difference, depending on the model. Too much cipherin' to figure out where to slice and dice to make the Revell chassis fit. It makes my head hurt. If you could custom print one to suit, it would make things much more simple.

Here you go, Tom. Those are 1/24 scale civilian figures. Not cheap; but, you get what you pay for. As with everything, once the technology is more available, prices will drop. Edit: OOPS! You beat me to it, Bill.

I know. It's not like you can scan the innards a la Star Trek; at least, not yet, CAT scans notwithstanding. Getting accurate bodies to match up with donor kits and the products available from quality resin casters can mitigate that in the short term. We could have new stuff and the aftermarket and resin guys are still able to turn out good things. That's a win-win-win all around. Accurate chassis/frames are another story. Finding those to scan would be difficult. Designing a CAD model and using that to print a 3D version is an option. A good looking chassis would do wonders for all those promos and older AMT kits with molded-in details. One could source the ancillary components (drivetrain, suspension, etc.) from one's spare box, in most circumstances. Norbert does custom printing. I need to ask him how much printing a chassis would cost.

Imagine being able to scan all those cars on people's wish lists and have them printable on demand. No more selling the kids or internal organs in order to obtain that overpriced, long OOP Holy Grail kit. It'd put every seller on eBay out of business.

I previously posted this link. Norbert has live people dress in historically accurate clothing and equipment; then, he laser scans them to produce the files. This can be done using 1:1 cars to obtain the exact dimensions, contours and shapes much more accurately than taking physical measurements and using a pantograph to scale down a drawing which probably contains dimensional errors. Using the laser scanning technique, you'd end up with a dimensionally perfect representation. 1/72 scale figures on a one cent coin Check out the detail. It doesn't get better than this. He uses a 3D jewelry printer.

You have a point, Tom. Although, as is the case now, there are people who do create CAD files for various model-related items. People like these can do the same with complete kits and offer the files for sale to the individual. Then, that person can print his kit or completed model. Here's something very cool and interesting: TOPIC: MY 2ND & MOST IMPRESSIVE "3D PRINTED" MODEL CAR, THE 1927 MILLER 91.

For authenticity and to impart that vintage, old-timey feel, you can model some flash and sink holes on the parts.

When 3D printing reaches the quality of injection molded parts, it'll be a boon to the hobby. There won't be any more "I wish that ____ would make a model of a _____" threads. You'll be able to print a copy of whatever "wish list" kit you want yourself, either as a fully assembled model or as a kit. It won't be ny different than buying a promo or a build-it-yourself model. You'll be in complete control of the level of detail, too. There will be no need to be dependent on the whims of model companies. That's absolutely true. It's just that we don't want to admit that.

Generalissimo Francisco Franco was afflicted with a similar condition

Happened about a half hour ago.

I encounter the same problem. Also, when attempting to reply, the contents of a previous reply I typed are in the box. Then, there's the issue of having pics recently posted in an unrelated thread end up in an edited reply and I have to re-edit the reply in order to delete the unwanted images. Go figure.

It probably will work on the dog. I tried the same thing with my cat when he eas a kitten. Nobody told him that he wasn't supposed to like it. He thought it eas part of his cat training program and got used to getting squirted. I hate losing to a cat

My second grade teacher, Sister Philemona, looked like Ernest Borgnine in a habit. She was pretty good with her fists, too. Alexandria Vera is pretty hot in a stripper kind of way. If she was my 8th grade teacher, my friends and I would've probably brought pocketfuls of dollar bills to class. The only really good looking teacher we had in elementary school was Sister Dominic (real name was Jeannie Compiglotto. Her cousin was Harry Guardino). She looked like Annette Funicello and had a fantastic figure that even her habit couldn't conceal. Sister Dominic was only eight years older (22) than most of us guys. She went into hypoglycemic shock in class one day and that was the last we ever saw of her. We were later told by one of the other nuns that, since she didn't take her final vows yet, she was allowed to leave the order. She ended up marrying (what a lucky dude her husband was) and still lived in Bensonhurst. So, I reiterate, life is soooooooo unfair.........

There's always a Chinese restaurant looking for fresh beef.

We have concrete lawns outside our building. That photo was taken in Ft. Greene Park, keyser. Does that count as a lawn?

Same company. BTW..................... It's S-F-A-N!

Let them do what they want. Kids will find ways to express their creativity.

That's silly. Everybody knows they used pelicans

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