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garagepunk66

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  1. thanks Ace-Garageguy, i found the M8B kit this morning and its on the way
  2. hi guys, i just got a nice unbuilt IMC 1/25 scale Mecom Lola T70 Spyder and am now considering my options. This kit does have a reputation for being particularly fiddly and given the lack of detail on most components, i'm left wondering if i might have been better served by buying a Tamiya 1/24 Slot Car Body and scratch-building the bulk of it. I may yet go that route and use the IMC kit for reference here & there. can you suggest a good source for a detailed, correct Hewland transaxle, half-shafts, brakes etc?
  3. thanks for all the welcoming comments. i will be lurking here for quite a while as i gather parts and techniques for a '68 Falcon Trans Am racer project. DrKerry, are you over on the HAMB as well? seems like maybe our paths have crossed before at a HAMB on the rocks event or somesuch?
  4. hi guys, i'm 49 years old and have been building off and on since age 7 and buying collector kits from the secondary market since age 13. those were the dark days when Fundimensions owned MPC, Mattel owned Monogram and Matchbox/Lesney owned AMT and on-the-shelf kits were positively dismal !!!! back then, i was the kid responding to ads in publications like Old Cars Weekly or Hemmings for photocopied lists of kits for the price of a Self-Adressed-Stamped-Envelope. old kits were mysterious and exciting and covered subject matter that interested me; primarily '60's drag racing and hot rods. the IMC Little Red Wagon was the gateway drug, purchased mail-order in 1979 from Hobby Town in West Allis (remember them?), a slew of JoHan Mopars, and then the Revell Parts Packs set the main line.... thanks for letting me rant. it's a great time to be a hobbyist and we are seeing some great kit releases these days and aftermarket support is really good too. i'm going to add a new area of subject matter to my scope, as i have recently become enamored with vintage road racing, and can see some fun builds in my future with Group 2 Trans-Am sedans, Can Am, and maybe an Austin Healy or two. i hope these are welcome areas as i was thoroughly browbeaten over on another "traditional" forum for asking if a '66-'70 Trans Am sedan build would be "traditional"
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