Can-Con

The bands I listed ,Joe, wern't "garage bands". They all had record deals, toured and put out albums. There's a lot more music up here in Canada then just Brian Adams, Celine Dion and Rush. ? But, you are absolutely correct, none of the bands I named deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.

I wouldn't give Steve too hard of a time, Dan. After all, we grew up with that stuff and honestly, I wouldn't bother with either band myself. Never really cared for Saga and metal just isn't my thing at all. I had just listed a bunch of Canadian bands I could remember hearing before that I knew had done well and not necessarily bands I liked personally.

Great color combo you got going on with that one. '64s are hard to find. I have a '64 wagon but I've been thinking of using an old '65 Elco body I have to do a conversion as the wagon body is missing the cowl and a chunk of the left fender.

Look'n great. Love the lavender perfect period color. , , I would have went with the engine from an AMT '66 Mustang, but that's just me. BTW, seen a 1/1 on the street here in Fredericton last weekend. It was in a champagne gold color, didn't get a pic though.

Why, yes, Ses, it is.

I've always used a pair of these.

The only Revell 1/25 scale CJ-7s I remember were snap kits. They did look pretty good though.

Took a couple shots of the finished interior before gluing it in , , I have to add a couple things on the engine before it goes in permanently , , , ,And the chassis is set up with all the wheels on and the final ride height set.

yup ! ?

It's legitimate. Canadian '64 Valliant Signet.

Yea, it's not very good, better to get something else.

Wait ,, aren't all early '60s GMC 6es plaid ?? ??

Dan, my biggest regret is not going to see Doug & the Slugs the last time they were here in Fredericton before Doug drank himself to death. I was right outside the door of the club that night and didn't go in. ?

What kit was it, David?

You guys are really making me want to dig into the AMT kit. I thought I had 2 copies but it seems I only have the one. Maybe a community build like with the '29 pickups??

Then I've been under a rock since I was 3. Now, you say "Another on I just learned", does that mean you had never heard of them and had been living under a rock too? BUT, do you know 5440, Big Sugar, Spirit of the West, Saga, Strange Advance, Skinny Puppy, Wide Mouth Mason, Theory of a Deadman, Spoons, The Sheepdogs, The Partland Brothers, Pukka Orchestra, Prozzak, Moxy Fruvous, , , ,Killer Dwarfs??? , , I could name hundreds. These were all Canadian bands that got considerable airplay on the radio and/or Muchmusic when they were popular and many of them are still known and touring. I bet almost no one on this forum outside of the Canadian Content have ever heard of most of them. I didn't choose the handle "Can-Con" out of thin air, it literally is the contraction for "Canadian Content" in the Canadian media.

Hi from Fredericton, New Brunswick Sam.

Most likely just decals but I'd really like to see them stick a set of stock bumpers and a proper front suspension in the box. ? , , and fill in that hole in the roof !! ?

I agree Gary, especially on some of Mike C.s bands that I've never heard of before and I've listened to some pretty eclectic music. , , "Big Star"? "Buffalo Tom"??? never heard of them and I bet most people reading this thread hasn't either. This is NOT an attack on Mike's musical preferences, just pointing out bands no one has heard of don't end up in the hall of fame. Heck, look how long it took to get Rush in there, I doubt Strange Advance or Doug & The Slugs will be nominated, let alone inducted.

The blown Volare is almost done so I started to restore this '67 Riviera annual while waiting for paint and glue to dry. I'm going to keep it stock, after all, you don't come across a '67 annual everyday. This particular kit seems to be kinda hard to find so,, Plans are for dark teal blue paint and a set of re-chromes Buick rally wheels on thin whitewalls. I will use some MCG photoetch scripts on the fenders though. There was a bit of damage to repair where the custom "vinyl 1/2 top" was attached but other then that it seems pretty good.

Best thing to go would compare the Nomad part with the sedan part Ken. Like Greg said, it was corrected when the sedan was issued. All of those had the correction and all the Nomads after that also got the correction. I'm pretty sure the Nomad you listed was the last issue so would have the correction.

No, not the whole chassis. It did share the hotrod Chevy engine and some of the suspension parts like the axles and wheels but didn't share the main frame etc. I should add, that was only the hot rod parts that were shared between the kits, not any of the stock parts.

I dunno guys, that Aurora kit just looks "odd" to me. The back window and grille are the worst offenders. Just can't get around them. The front fender openings look off too.

From the pics I've seen of built examples of that kit, despite everyone clamoring for one, I thought it looked as bad or worse then the '70s AMT version.

Wild ride, Man !! ?