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I’d say the lack of interest in modeling among youth is a HUGE factor in every aspect of the hobby, including the health of print magazines that cater to modelers. As just one example, I’ve been deeply involved in producing and promoting four ‘major’ model contests/championships in AZ for twenty years. We used to see 10 to 15 youth modelers (under 16) entering builds in every event. Our free Make-N-Take sessions used to draw 15 to 25 kids every event. The past 5 or 6 years, we’ve only seen one or two kids interested in Make-N-Take participants and maybe one youth modeler entering our youth competitions. To the extent that we’ve scaled back the youth categories from a high of six to the current one, and we’ve only had one or two M-N-T participants each event! At that pace, we have stockpiled enough M-N-T kits to last us for two or three DECADES! Even most of the children and grandchildren of our local club members have no interest in building models. You just can’t get their thumbs off their electronics.

I don’t block them, I just ignore them. But, wow! The friggin’ algorithms in use throughout the internet are scary. I routinely use four different devices, and if I search something on one device I get inundated with “related” ads on all four devices regardless of platform or user identity. What aggravates me to no end is that my email service gets bogged down to snailspeed by all the ads my provider is piling onto the email service. I pay big bucks for service and then my service gets loaded down with uninvited and unwelcome advertising. Their argument (when I protest) is ‘well, think of how much we’d charge you if we didn’t sell you out to our advertisers!” Racket.

What Tom said!

Nice. Commander Convertible with Avanti power! It doesn’t get any better than that. ?

Motivation! I mean, MOTIVATION!!

An excellently executed example of Glen’s creative talent! This one looks even better in person, believe me.

Wicked cool.

Far. Out.

Amen!

Nice.

JoHan kits are much like Trophy Wives: Great looking, excellent bodies, perfect proportions, but shallow inside, weak on the details, and overall very expensive.

Wow, A.J.!!! Those are awesome builds. I’m jealous! Great work. Do you still have them, or are they in a museum?

Ever since the first Coke-branded kit was released, AMT AMT/Ertl has sold far more of these kits to Coca-Cola memorabilia collectors than to model builders.

Ehhh, what's up, Doc? Looks good.

Mark's right, Greg. The '34 cab is similar to the '32 cab and can easily be converted. The '32 - '34 cab is totally unlike the '30-'31 cab. Every component of the two series was completely different with the exception of one thing (which the kit does not include): the 4cyl engine of a '32 was visually the same as a '30-'31 4cyl engine. (The V8 in the kit is visually the same as Ford's V8 introduced in 1932. Makes sense because it was the same engine!) 1932 Fords (non-commercial) with the V8 engine were designated Model 18 vehicles. 1932 - 1934 Fords (non-commercial) with the 4cyl engine were referred to as Model B vehicles. 1933 - 1934 Fords (non-commercial) with the V8 engine were designated Model 40 vehicles. <> In practice, most people ignored Ford's designations and referred to all the 1932 - 1934 Ford passenger car based vehicles as 'Model B' although that was not Ford's intent. The AMT/Lindberg kit represents a passenger car-based Model 40 pickup. When the new V8 was introduced in 1932, Ford's passenger cars/light trucks shared the passenger car chassis, running gear, hood, cowl, running boards and fenders, etc. The 1929 - 1934 light pickups can be instantly identified as passenger car-based if they are equipped with wire wheels (the same wheels as the passenger cars). The commercial trucks (rated at 1-1/2 ton or 2-1/2 ton) were designated Model AA for 1928-1930 and Model BB for 1932-1934. From mid-year 1929, the AAs, BBs, and following years were equipped with heavy steel disc wheels. Their chassis and running gear were noticeably larger and heftier although they used the same engines as the passenger car line. [Note: In 1928 and the first quarter of 1929, Ford Model AA trucks were equipped with heavy duty wire wheels - not interchangeable with the passenger car wire wheels.]

Gorgeous!

Uh yup. It didn’t work too well that way. Fixed it - should work now. Thanks for catching that, Mike!l

Well, be sure to keep us posted. I have enough projects to last a couple of lifetimes, but this is probably a gotta-have.

Looking good. How soon available?

Mmmmmmm.

Most excellent, Bill!

DESERT SCALE CLASSIC 16 - Saturday, April 18, 2020 The 16th Annual DSC will be 4/18/2020 (moved from the 2nd Saturday this year only — to avoid Easter weekend) in Phoenix at the Deer Valley Community Center. Go to our website for anything and everything you need to know! Plus, photos of all DSC-15 entries and winners and winners from the past several years. DESERT SCALE CLASSIC Official Website

Excellent model, David! And, there’s an idea: “Uber Cuber.”

Wow! Outstanding, Mark! Just outstandingly outstanding!

I paged through the website and saw a bunch of things i’d be interested in, but nothing was ‘in stock.’ Lack of photos made me wonder. How’s the quality of the products you bought from RMR? i hadn’t heard of RMR before this post. (I know R&R stuff . . . I even knew Ray Parsons before he passed.) Thanks!