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I think I'd be in. As others have said, I'd liek to see our own choices of what to build, and no aftermaet parts of any kind. It should be literally, only what comes in the box. No styrene, no detailing, nothing. I think if we allow "a little" bit of scratchibuilding, then the lines become open to interpretation about what can or cannot be allowed. Box stock should be box stock.

If mother nature would smarten up, I'd be able to get in the garage and start painting my entry. Ugh. Weather.

Man, I need to get going on this.

Nice! I'll be grabbing another for sure.

I found four more boxes of these kits, so over the weekend enlarged my hangar. I'm going to starting some supplies and things inside, plus will start playing with weathering. I'm going to rig up a roof made out of that craft foam board, and will have some LED lighting, should make it better for pictures. For size comparison, that's a 1:24 F150 (diecast, repainted) parked in there.

That guy is trying way too hard. Not sure what he's trying, but I'm pretty sure it involves a pipe.

NASCAR drivers are sissies anyway. Can't even drive in the wet, let alone drive in the snow.

Dang. You did a nice job on this! That paint looks awesome!

Check my thread in the "aftermarket/resin" section. I too was looking for Plymouth Fury conversion parts for the Dodge Monaco kits. Found two options through Shapeways and EBay, ordered both, and both are a nice fit. Also ended up buying a Yodel Fury kit. So now I have three Furys to build!

Now that everything seems like it's owned by Round2, would I be correct in assuming this is a repop of the AMT 1986 El Camino SS?

Nicely done! I too have this in the stash. I want to start it, as I love the Esprit, but I hear so many horror stories about the quality of the kit, that I keep putting it off.

Cool build! Try Shapeways. There are a ton of resin and scale accessories on that site.

Even though I normally don't like these "novelty" rods, I want one of these, purely for the pop culture. Dig through the ditches, and burn through the witches I slam, in the back of my Dragula!

lolz. Try going to any Michael's location in Canada. Dismal.

Pretty stoked. Snagged some pre-sale tickets to see Alice Cooper in August. Lucked out and got great seats too. I've seen Alice numerous times over the years, the first time being 1990 on the Trash tour. THis time, I'm taking my kids. Daughter will be 11, the boy will be 14. My daughter loves Alice! Along with the usual dance pop nonsense the kids are into these days, she also plays the Trash almbum all the time.

Build looks great. I love those monochromatic 80s cars. I'm totally getting one of these kits. I wonder how easy it would be to make it into an early Chevy Spectrum? My dad had one for a few years in the mid-late 80s, until it lost an arguement with a deer.

I do both. I'd rather buy in person, but Edmonton has one hobby store, and it's a PITA to get to, as it's on the opposite side of the city from where I work. When there was a hobby store a few minutes from work, I did most of my buying there, with very little online shopping.

Wow. That is some really cool technique there. Very surreal.

We'll be undergoing something similar soon here in Edmonton. Our NHL arena was built back in 1976/77. Northlands Coliseum was home to the Edmonton Oilers until 2016. Hosted thousands of concerts over the years, rodeos, car shows, monster trucks, conferences, etc. Had been remodelled a couple of times to improve the facility, including adding luxury boxes. But, we needed something better. More seating, better sound, better everything. Rogers place opened almost two years ago, and it's amazing. I've been to arenas all over North America, and I have yet to be in one that comes close to this place. But alas, Edmonton doesn't need two 15000+ seat arenas, so Northlands Coliseum will be torn down. So many memories in that building. Heck, I got all nostalgic last year when a local bar was torn down. It had sat empty for a couple of years, but throughout the 90s, I spent a lot of time there, watching bands, playing there with my bands, hanging with friends. Was sad to see it go.

THat article still makes me chuckle. And I'd buy a few of those. The Newhart Olds, The Alf Ferrari. And I've been actively hunting for the Magnum PI Vanagon for some time now.

Listening to the radio this morning. THey're talking about that eastern US weather. Another massive snow storm, more power knocked out. Crazy stuff. Hope you guys are okay out there!

I read the thread and maybe I missed it, but here are some of my thoughts regarding advertising. You mentioned advertising. If you mean info on their own website, then by all means, they should have way more info on there. I mean, the space is there, use it. There's really no limit to what a website can have. So get full descriptions, pics, details, etc. Get everything on there. A gallery of builds, copies of instructions, tips, hints, for each model. Pics of the sprues. Dimensions, high res copies of the box art. Whatever, the room is there! If you're talking about other advertising, I wonder where that would be. There's what, two maybe three magazines that would run ads? Maybe a hand ful of websites? But then, even this site doesn't really have a ton of advertising. Also, someone mentioned a description would be bring more excitement and get kids more interested. I think to get kids more interested, the companies should stop reproducing cars that are 50 years old that todays' kids have never heard of, let alone seen. I like some of these older subjects, and there's definitely a market for them, but kids today just don't care about old cars like us old guys do. In North America, the hobby is dying, because the NA kit companies are catering to guys like us, that quite frankly, are also dying! We're old, and the reissues of cars from our youth just aren't bringing in a new generation of builders, and no description in the world will get kits excited about a topic that is of no interest. That would be like the Japanese companies, who have a handle of what Japanese youth want, try to market their most recent Supra or SUbaru kits to the 60+ crowd who love hotrods. Is there any description they could use that would get hot rod guys interested? Probably not, and it goes the other way too. Anyway, I'm looking forward to my bench time tonight, where I'll be working on both an Aoshimi Toyota truck, and an AMT Roadrunner.

This is looking great!