iamsuperdan

I find that same thinness in both Testor's and Tamiya. Having said that, over the past year, I seem to be switching to Tamiya whenever I need paint.

Was going through and sorting/catalogingmy late father-in-law's old comic collection over the weekend. Happened to find this. And in closer detail...

I appeal to the aircraft experts here! I know very little about airplanes, and almost nothing about airplane kits. A couple of years ago, we started going through my late father in law's garage. THe attic was packed full of old magazines, comics, and old books. Hidden amongst those were a few model kits. There were a couple of auto kits, and several airplanes. I'm not looking to get rid of these, but I do have questions , as per below. Revell Messerschmitt Bf109G - I think as it sits, these are somewhat rare, in that the decal sheet includes swastikas. Kit makers have stopped provided period correct decals now, right? THis one even had an extra set of decals in it, along with some period correct sandpaper and glue. I'm sure the glue is just fine to use now. lolz Hawk P47D Thunderbolt - all molded in chrome, 1/4 inch scale. What does that translate to? Life Like Hobby Kits - Laird-Turner Pesco Special - any idea what scale this thing is?

I want to see it built!

Looking really good so far!

Colour is fantastic, and that is definitely the right direction for the wheels! Makes me want to bust out the one I have in the stash.

Looks like most of the pics are dead in that link. Good info though. I'll get some pics posted up for sure though.

Yeah, I have the MPC DOH Dodge on the bench right now. Lots of differences between these two kits! i might do them both at the same time and do a direct comparison post on these. Growing up, we had a 77 Fury sedan, a 78 Fury Sport Suburban wagon, and a 68 Fury III convertible; all at the same time. Learned to drive on the wagon. These cars hold a special place in my heart for sure.

Thanks to mk11, this landed in my hands yesterday. Love these old 70s boats!

Remote starter, heated seats, heated steering wheel, and a nuclear meltdown level heater. That's what pleased me this morning.

Having just acquired a Yodel Fury, I can say without a doubt that it would be either a 77 or 78 model. The 76 definitely had round headlights, and in 79 it no longer existed.

I still love this generation, and have been looking for a 1:1 for a while now. I need a new toy/project! No idea what engine it had. I remember it sounded angry. Our wagon was the full jam model, and had the biggest you could get at the time according to my dad. I'm guessing that means either a 383 or a 440? Not really sure. I do remember our 68 Fury III had the 318, because the hood emblem had 318 on it. The 77 sedan definitely sounded louder and angrier than that 68. If I found the VIN, is there some kind of a VIN decoder or website where I could find out the exact optioning it had? That would be interesting to me. The clear lenses and grille came from Shapeways. If you look in the resin section, there's a thread near the top all about the resin grilles and lights.

Finally got some snow today! It's not the 15cm that was being called for, but we got snow. First snow since early November. ANd it's cold and windy. So of course, now that it looks like winter, I took the plow truck I had built back in September and parked it in the prime display location, in hopes that we might get someone interested. Lo and behold, two walk in clients today on that truck. So today, winter does not bother me at all.

Turned out really nice! I need to look more closely when I see these built "junk" kits are garage sales and stuff. You've proved they can be easily turned into something shelf worthy!

I'm still not sure if these flat earthers are just trolling, or if they legitimately believe it. I really hope it's the former.

That turned out great! If you check the "On The Bench" section, I've started my build.

Whoa! Even has the same "mistake" on the back of the vinyl roof. That's wild that two people chose pretty much the exact same colour, on what I believe is a fairly oddball and rare kit! If your kit has a baby blue exhaust, I'm pretty sure I'll literally fall out of my chair!

WHoa! Very nice, VERY realistic looking! Excellent work.

Yeah, I'm waiting to luck out on one that's cheap. FOund one offered here that I should have snagged. Ah well.

Started this one up a couple of days ago. I've been a huge fan of those massive late 70s cars for years. I chalk it up to growing up around them, and learning to drive on them. For a good chunk of the 80s, our garage had a 1977 Plymouth Fury sedan, a 1978 Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban wagon, as well as a 1968 Plymouth Fury III convertible. Before that, we had a 1973 AMC Matador and a 1967 ( I think) Mercury Comet Cyclone. I learned to drive o nthe Fury wagon, and my first car in 1990 was a 1978 Ford Thunderbird. So big cars have always had a place in my heart. And that brings me to this build. I'm turning the Dukes Of Hazzard polkice car into our 1977 Plymouth Fury. Thatnks to some info on this forum, I found a couple of resin grille options to choose from, plus I have a few sets of wheels that will be more suited to a proper build, and don't look like they belong on a clown car. If you have this kit, you'll know what I mean! Here's what I'm going for. So far, I've modifed the body to accept the Fury grille, and have started basic assembly of the engine. Chrome sprue is sitting in the purple bath right now, so engine assembly will continue tonight once that is rinsed and dried.

So I'm putting this one here, even though I didn't build it. My dad has always been more of a plane and boat builder. To this day, he's still only ever built two cars. And I have them both. He built this AMC Matador, as a very loose interpretation of the Matador we had throughout the 70s. Bought the car in I believe 1974, not sure if it was a new '73 model or '74 model. Forgot to ask dad for clarification. I remember many summer vacations driving out to Lakair Lodge in Ontario with the canoe on the roof. When we moved across the country from Mississauga to Edmonton, the Matador came with us. Would love to have this car back. Anyway, here's dad's build. It's a little...unique. Not sure what he was thinking with the colours. I chalk it up to being a build done in the 70s, and who knows what was going on back then. It appears to be entirely brush painted and is pretty much complete. I did have to glue the front wheels back on, as bot hhad been broken off at some time. At some point, the original grille went missing. I forget your name, but if the guy who sent me the Matador grille from the race kit sees this, thank you! Until I find a roadcar version, this will give me a complete kit. Now, I am searching for an unbuilt Matador X roadcar kit to build up as my own replica of our old car. If anyway has one they're looking to trade, please PM me! Thanks!

Somebody get Me A Doctor, that one is On Fire. Everybody Wants Some! You'd be Runnin' With The Devil when you rolled up on the Mean Street. I mean, When Push Comes To Shove, that build is Unchained. I could go on and on with this. Love Van Halen. LOVE them.

Reg cab with Eco Boost. And 2WD? That is a very rare truck around here. Finding an F150 in 2WD or with reg cab just doesn't happen here. Actually, finding anything in 2WD around here is a challenge. So our weird winter continues here in western Canada. Up until about Dec 22 or so, we really did't have any winter yet! We had a little but of snow back in early November, and a very breif perios where it hit -10 celcius, but that's about it. The Christmas break hit, and we got our freezing temps. With windchill, we were around -45 celcius. On New Year's Eve, windchill was -48. Then on Jan2, I drove to work and it was plus 3, where it's been sitting ever since. But this morning, we apparently have a snowfall warning. So it's January and we finally get our first snowfall warning of the season. It's only -1 right now, so we'll see.

I haven't started mine yet, but I did it down over the weekend and look at my box of parts to start mapping out the build. unfortunately, plan A won't work the way I want it to. My plan was to put the diesel inline-6 from a Peterbilt into my C1500 chassis. But it doesn't look like I'll be able to stuff that engine into the engine bay. So I'm going to focus on plan B, and will get some pics up soon. I'll probably start a seperate thread for the build.

From what I understand, you could build a new Aventador if you wanted, provided the detailing and customizing gave it the spirit of the 80s/90s. Slow progress on mine, but it's coming along. I've updated my thread in the "on the bench" section.