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Awesome Build! The Green over White Paint, gives it a distinguished look. Good Show.

Age! My left Hip, right Knee and both shoulders, are all hurting. And I've done nothing to inflame them. Time for more exercise and stretching.

My Vote? As raced!

Oh Yes! I agree on this. Those Rallye GT Tires are the worst, and they wound up in so many AMT kits...... I do not miss them.

Wow! Has to be the best build of that kit I have ever seen, Rich. The details are Just Right.... Good Show.

Great Build! We forget now just how shiny cars really were 70-80 years ago. They were shiny of course, but nothing like the miles deep gloss we see to day. Your Factory stock paint job looks perfect! I like that shade of Blue too. Nice Detail on the interior. Good Show.

Man, the guys who manned the real thing were Crazy. I'd not have gotten in that thing for Convoy Escort. Having driven an M37's cousin (the M43 Ambulance) I shudder to think of what it was like to drive that thing. You model really captures the essence of these little rigs.

Only 94 today. 104 predicted by Friday.

Took the Rottweiler to the Vet to get sedatives for July Fourth. They were badly overbooked, so we had to wait in the Car with the A/C running. I found out that my 105 lb. dog pants so hard that she shakes the car! When she would pause to swallow, the car would go still. When she panted again, the car would bounce. A gentle bounce, but she rocks the car, nonetheless. Truly weird....

One of my Father's Favorite sayings. Especially when we went to farm equipment auctions with reserve prices.

Ouch! I am sorry for you. Glad you are OK.

Oh yeah. My Grail. I need to just track one down and pull the trigger......

Those RR Armoured Cars were not 'cut down'. They were purpose built, and a couple still exist. Roden Models sells both WW1 and WW2 versions, in 1/35 scale. Beautiful kits, but lots of very small parts. The Belgian Minerva Company, and Lanchester Motor in GB made both high End Cars and and Armoured Cars in WW! too. The Choice of the Roller, Minerva and Lanchester was because they were Large, Heavy Cars with strong engines that could carry the weight of an Armoured Body.

Too Bad you are 2350 miles away..... I could spend as Much Money in your shop as I spent on Fuel to drive there.

No, just steel wool. SOS Pads have soap in them. But, Steve G, paints a whole lot more than I do. I'd listen to him.

Here is a Rare Jeepster. 1971 Hurst Jeepster. Had only a 225 CU V-6.

It is my firm belief that the 1972 Facelift of the Jeepster helped to kill it off. Sales were not great in 1971, but the squared off nose destroyed the Jeep "Look" and made it indistinguishable from the Bronco, and Blazer of the same year. The "Bad Idea Fairy" seemed to spend most of her time in the Corporate Business Office and Design Studios at AMC in the 1970s. Jeep was the Golden Goose and AMC flirted with various ways of trying to kill it off over the years too. It makes me Sad because the CJ-5/CJ-7, Javelin and AMX are some of my favorite cars.

I have had some Luck scuffing with very fine steel wool.

Thanks, Alan, Les & Todd. I know what I am going to to do. I'll finish it as it is now, & Start a fresh one in the same colours.

This is the Nostalgia Box Art that would open my wallet. This whole series. I wanted every one I ever saw, although I only bought a few.

This is a very Astute Observation. For me the Decals and Tires are where the Value Added part of the equation comes from. For Many others too, I am sure. But, I do get tired of "Original Instruction Sheets' when Many of the Ertl Instructions are are leaps better, with better colour call outs and clearer and cleaner assembly drawings. Since I was buying new AMT kits from 1977 to the 2000's in quantity, the 1960's boxart usually leaves me cold. I'm all in for Nostalgia, but the target buyers are now 70-80 years old. They are the ones who remember seeing this box art on the shelves. I'd like to see them use some 1970's-1980's boxart, if the want to grab MY memories of old AMT kits.

Wow, you just keep knocking them out of the park! Nice to see the real thing behind the model. Good Show.

I think that is a Cal Custom scoop. You might search the board archives, as I seem to remember this Scoop Question took up a whole thread. Good Luck

"Of Course I love the Peasants. Pull!"

Very Nice! The weathering is great! Good Show.