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robertw

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  1. Curbside kits are a real nice way of building something that is easy to do, takes a moderate amount of time to finish and looks good on the shelf.
  2. Revell Germany have it listed on their company webside showing that it is the convertible. I would guess that it is the same kit that was released as the Austin Powers car a number of years ago.
  3. Every time Ira does an update on his latest project it makes my modelling day. I wish I had half his imagination.
  4. I'm with you on this Carl. Many of these old kits were not perfect to start with so if we're having to do some clean up it seems a small price to pay for being able to actually build them again or for the first time. Round 2 should be congratulated for just pulling these old molds out. Hopefully the money they make from these less then perfect models will in the future provide them with the finances to create new molds.
  5. If this is the direction that future Jeeps will take then we can declare another great vehicle nameplate to have died an ignoble death.
  6. I don't recommend the Pacer kit. Bought this one when it was reissued because I wanted to add it to my 'Cars only an owner would love' collection and its now back in the box. Problems fitting the interior tub into the body and then getting the chassis to fit into the body rather then underneath the body. I'll tackle it again at some point but there are too many less frustrating projects to do. rob
  7. Shades of RED. I'm so prone to selecting red that I conscientiously try to do projects that would look better in any color but red. This even spills over into real life, I've driven nothing but red cars since 1988.
  8. A well deserved recognition. It is one thing to have people on a message board provide encouraging comments but an award at this level against competition speaks even louder about the quality of your work. rob
  9. Yellow & red. That one makes a bold statement and I like what it's saying. rob
  10. A good thing to read. Any public article that shines a positive light on our hobby is to be congratulated rob
  11. I have the Prestige kit and the AMT '64 and the Prestige is a '63. As Raoul suggested turning a 63 conv into a 64 is quite easy needing just wheels (and you could use the optional knock off style wheels that are fairly easy to find), logos. a different gas cap and the hood without the grill work. I plan on doing this conversion myself one of these days.
  12. The creative mind of Ira will be actiive again. I know this will be interesting.
  13. I built the 68 conv which for the roof is basically identical. It went together great, had no building problems at all.
  14. I have its Corvette stable mate kit but never got around to building it. Unfortunately it seems to be getting smaller by the year or is it that my eyes are just getting older ;-) They are both very nice, well detailed but unfortunately seldom built kits. Good luck on your build. rob
  15. Post it notesattached to the inside lid.
  16. My closest is 100 miles away and is a combined engraving/trophy shop with a room full of models. It's definitely a Mom/Pop operation, owned & the sole worker is a fellow in his early 70's who continues to work because he enjoys it. He doesn't always have the latest kits out but is always willing to try and order what you might want.. My second local shop is a full service hobby shop about 150 miles from me.It's privately owned with a good selection of kits although he doesn't regularly carry many of the smaller model companies kits. I'll be visiting both shops before the end of the week to restock some paints/supplies and pick up some kits that they're both holding for me. I'm a full believer in supporting my LHS even if it involves a long drive every four to six weeks.
  17. Very nice build.
  18. Beautiful car and your model is equal to if not even more beautiful. Perfect colour on a great build.
  19. I like it, but then I have a soft spot for these oddball little cars. Your choice of colour scheme is very appropriate at portraying the utilitarian nature of these little economy cars. I'd be proud to display that model in my "Cars Only an Owner Would Love", collection. Well Done
  20. robertw

    1941 Lincoln

    I like it. It's nice to see one of these Monogram classics finished. I've had this kit off and on the work bench for quite a few months. At the moment I've stalled at trying to do the woodgrain on the dash and doing the detailing in the engine bay which seems to be the weakest area of the kit. I'm determined to finish it sometime this year.
  21. Is there going to be a test before I get my licence, if I fail the test do I have to give up modelling, I don't do well with tests, who will sign my licence. Just what we don't need a new government bureaucracy this time to control what I do in my spare time. LOL
  22. Been watching some episodes of a TV show called Mystery Cars some of the footage shot at the Heritage center, They keep showing the Aerotec in the background, wish they'd do an episode on it and it would make me drag my old Monogram kit out of the stash.
  23. Very nice and an excellent use of that transporter kit.
  24. I have torn down a few and rebuilt them but its usually less work just to find another kit. I did a tear down just recently with an aircraft an IMC Lear 23, the mold no longer exists, the kit had come off my display shelf years ago because of damage and it was strip and rebuilt or do without. My build skills had obviously improved since the kit was originally built 30+ years ago. Rebuilt, its now back on a display shelf and will probably never be touched again. On the other hand I have a number of kits that would benefit from a rebuild but I consider them to be "survivor kits", ie kits that remain pretty much as they were when I originally built them 30 or more years ago. They now have a great deal of sentimental value to me and I wouldn't touch them. If they became badly damaged in some way then I'd consider rebuilding. Although many of the kits of my youth are now gone I rarely throw or give built models away. If damaged they are repaired, if badly damaged or too poorly built to continue displaying they'll go in a box in the attic since I might find a use for them in the future. I don't have huge numbers of models on display though since I'm a very slow builder and always have been.
  25. For some reason, starting in 1992, I began to keep track of how many and what models I built each year. This record keeping has become such a habit that I can't think of not continuing it. Since 1992 (22 years) I have built 125 models for an average of 5.7 models per year. When I retired in 2006 my completion rate rose and 57 of those 125 were finished since then. In the last four years I've built 10 a year and I suspect that this is the maximum that I could complete in a year. I'm a slow builder.
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