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I was six when the Batmobile kit came out. At that age, I bought and built models for the fun factor; technical accuracy wasn't even a passing thought. I don't recall hearing any kids complaining that it was a curbside kit. Did you complain that it had no guts? Were you old enough to know what "curbside" meant in 1966? Was that term even coined and in use in the early-mid 60s? Do you really think kids really cared about the scale? It look right on my desk in the bedroom, which was all that mattered. It was a popular show, the Batmobile was cool, there was a model available. Ditto with the Black Beauty. Couldn't ask for more than that in 1966.

Dunno about that 40 years part. I didn't have to wait that long. Good ol' Aurora was on top of things and had the market locked up. Not Revell. Not Monogram. Aurora had all of the bases covered with the Batmobile, Batplane and Batboat {1966); the Black Beauty (1966); the Invaders UFO; Irwin Allen TV show-related kits like the Seaview and Flying Sub from VTTBOTS (1966), the Spindrift from Land of the Giants (1968), the Robot and Cyclops from Lost in Space (1968) and movie related stuff like the Voyager from Fantastic Voyage, the Moonbus and the Orion III from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969) in addition to the Universal Monsters, Munsters, Addams Family and Godzilla. I had'em all. It was great being a kid back then. .

Yup, Fred Flintstone foot powered. That is more "ratty" than "rat", ie, abandoned/stripped. Probably no engine unless that's it on the curb taking a break.

I don't have any photos of my wife handy at the moment. I'll get back to you.

It's a Buick.The cowl is the same shape as the one in the photo I posted. Same windshield frame, same shape for the area behind the cowl, same radiator, same headlight tubs, same top with the same overhang and frame, same running boards, same everything. Except for the wooden bumper, it's the same model. A Buick. You have to take the perspective of the photographer who took the original photo into consideration The angle from where he took it can distort the image.

Izzat so?

Would you crash out in that? Even dogs have standards.

No dice with HRM. Nothing remotely close. The only alternative, it seems, are Carrera 85366 1/24 Replacement tires for the Chevrolet® Corvette® Grand Sport Mecom Racing Team, Sebring 12h 1964. They're slot car tires. Better than nothing, I guess.

What's a good set of replacement tires for the GS kit? The tires in the Revell rebox have a pronounced concave dip running around the entire circumference. I have ten of the AM releases and none of the tires in these kits have this problem.

This looks like the designers didn't know if they wanted a Mustang or a 1970 Hemi 'Cuda. Reminds me of

Spotlight Hobbies has them for $4.95 with free shipping when included with a kit order. I don't need a new car kit at the moment; but, hey, who could pass up free shipping?

About a year and a half ago, I checked the site out and there were around 25 pages of kits being auctioned. Plenty of good ones, too. A large percentage of the rare and vintage kits were going for some serious cash. There was a Cyber Hobby DAK Tiger I that caught my eye. Unfortunately, the bidding was up to 176 bucks.

Take two aspirins, rinse, repeat.

That's, like, why only cockroaches and hipsters will survive WW III.

Can you cite the sources for that? Internet B.S. based on "I know somebody whose cousin's nephew's girlfriend's father's barber's plumber's paperboy heard...." nonsense and ridiculously simpleminded chain email scams. Goodwill Industries International, Inc. has always been, and still is, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

Why? Goodwill has its own online auction site.

I'm picking up an Aurora 864-198 for 14 bucks.

That there wooden bumper was known as the "Wheelman Model". It was offered as an OEM spare in the event you left the steel one in somebody's fence. That second plate might be from Delaware. I found this site pretty informative. If that car was used for some "business", those were some pretty stupid mugs. You're supposed to replace the original set of plates, not hang the new ones over them.

Some folks can't deal with reality. They'll get over it sooner or later. Or not. Their problem if it's the latter.

A 1921 Buick 45. This looks like a job for

Don't you think Revell would've continued producing this kit, considering its popularity and that it was selling out so quickly, if it was in possession of the molds?The kit was out of production ever since AM went out of business. Revell never had the molds and never produced any new kits. It was all final existing stock boxed up by Revell.

I wish that Eduard would consider reissuing the PE which came with the AM and Revell releases. That's what is almost never found when getting opened secondhand kits on evilBay.

Could have been used in a hit or a robbery. Murder, Inc., for example, would steal a car and plates that would be used in either from other, distant and separate neighborhoods and park it in a garage they used for such contingencies. When it came time to pull off a job, the stolen plates would be put on the stolen car, preventing the cops from making a positive I.D. When they finished the job, the car would be ditched far enough away from where the job took place to, once again, prevent it being traced it back to them and the boys would use a "clean" car to escape in.

Check out Model Car Tech. Here's a page on engine wiring.

They are acrylic lacquers. I've used the Military Colors and can't recommend them enough. Use their Gaia color thinner for best results. Check out the Gaianotes website.