Oldcarfan27

Wow, I'm impressed! I have quite a few of those kits and NONE of them are finished. Tell her great job - keep it up.

They look to me like the custom headlights from the 70 Impala. Do I win? Do I get a prize?!

Guess the panic is over. Watch the speculators cry and the prices drop!

Looks to me like the prostitutes are in the background, and LAs finest are harassing the jaywalker instead! She probably has donuts in her purse. ?

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I hear that. But there are a lot of Japanese imports that did make it here that I think would be fun to build. Early Celicas, Cvccs, Accords, Datsun B210 or 200SX, early Toyota, Datsun and Mazda pickups. Rotary Mazdas and 70s sedans. But I'm only interested in them if they're 1/24 or 1/25 scale US spec versions with engines and NO MOTORIZED JUNK or generic platforms. We know that Japanese manufacturers can do highly detailed worldwide marketable kits, but even to this day, their focus seems to be on curbside and toylike models directed only to their home market. Even within the last 10-15 years, I've seen Nissan Z cars and Supras as well as Ferraris and Lamborghinis. They still have provisions for motorization and basic pans for engines - what gives?

What about the Challenger, Cuda, or Roadrunner? Seems to me they all use the same console (and interior, for that matter)

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I wish these kits were available with US spec left hand drive interior and trim options. I wouldn't mind building some vintage Japanese cars that I used to see growing up. But I didn't see them this way and converting them to American versions is just too hard for me. I also wish they had complete engine details. I am glad to see they don't have the dumb motorized feature, though. Maybe someday they'll offer kits for us too. Oh well.

Amazing work, I can't even imagine painting all that by hand! Reminds me of an old song.... "Imagine there's no decals, it's easy if you can. Nothing to spill or dry for, or spray out a can. Imagine all the paintbrushes, living life in paint".... Sorry, I think I'm trippin'. Must be the LSD - or the paint thinner. ?

I thought it was internationally illegal to paint a Ferrari in any other color besides red!

This is the first one I've ever seen built. I like it a lot! Especially with those wheels. Now that I know how it looks finished, I've got to build mine. And I know how I want it to look.... Save Ferris!

I still am not sure which ones I have, I'll have to dig them out and compare them to yours. Either way, I'm planning on putting at least one of them on the Monogram Speedwagon fender and chassis - always hated that woody body anyways!

What's that guy standin' around for? Just get in and drive! Nice job.

I tried filling in the T-tops using the clear plastic parts and using spot putty. Problem is the clear plastic has a different makeup than the black plastic and glue and spot putty reacts differently to each of them. Later on, I had shrinkage with the putty and you can clearly see where the T-tops and fender gills were. May I suggest using a different filler. I now only use pieces of plastic and super glue to fill larger gaps. It sets as hard as the rest of the body plastic, so no shrinkage. I only use spot putty to feather edge small areas. Best wishes on your build.

The irony is, they still made music with each other in the 70s, just not as the Beatles, and never with Paul. The other members played in each other's bands. I think they were mad and hurt that Paul sued them for dissolution of the band to get out of the bad contract with Alan Klein - who was stealing a vast chunk of their fortunes, but they didn't see it at the time.

I have that book "Many Years from Now", very interesting read. Seems Paul was just wanting to make and play music, and spent most of his time pushing for that end result. Apparently the other band members thought he was being too bossy - Especially John, who had a hard time with anyone else's leadership.

Emotionally, I'd have to agree. She definitely drove a wedge between the members, but from what I've read, the day Brian Epstein died it started a chain reaction. They had no clue how to manage themselves and led them to make a bunch of foolish decisions, including starting a music company that they had no experience running and hiring a business manager (Alan Klein) who stole from them and ran Apple Corps into the ground. After Brian, they spent most of their time searching for spiritual answers, protesting, making bad movies, lawsuits and fighting over Yoko being in the studio with them. The music was still good (except for the White Album IMHO) but it was running out. By 68 they weren't even writing or recording together anymore. Opinions?

Beatles fans - what is your opinion? What event started the decline and break up of the band? Was it John Lennon's "Bigger than Jesus" statement? When they stopped performing live? Brian Epstein's death? Maharishi Mahesh Yogi or the trip to India? Apple Corp? Yoko Ono? Acid, LSD? Just a fun little discussion - no derogatory or insulting statements please.

Cool, I'd love to see the difference. Thanks.

Looks great Dan. Glad to know my old project found a new life, and finally got finished!

Anybody know what the difference is between the AMT sedan and the MPC version. I have a couple of these bodies and I just assumed they were from MPC "Switchers". I didn't even know AMT had made a sedan. Now I'm wondering which ones mine are. Only difference I can see is, one has a small notch taken out of the center of the rear wheelwells, the other one has a larger radius taken out of the same place. I just thought they were the sedan delivery without the rear door and the window fillers. What's up?

Not as tacky as the "show car shine" the rest of the picture has. Must be ready for a parade, not a battle. David yours looks great, I say it's dirty because it just came back from the front line. I don't think they had car washes out on the field! ?

You might want to clean out the door gaps with the back of an Xacto blade before you paint it. They look kinda lumpy. Good looking car, though. How about a light gold or tan for the paint?

Yes, there are the fanatics. But regular sellers just want to move product, they tend to price according to how much it interests themselves. If they like it a lot - "Cha-ching". If they are indifferent - "bargain deal". There are deals at the car shows, sometimes you just have to keep looking. I found a seller that had a bunch of 70s promos for $10 apiece. I picked up two '78 Volare promos from him. 1 blue and 1 orange, mint in the boxes. I would have bought more but that was all I had with me at the time.

Always remember: Nobody comes to pay full retail price for anything! If they wanted to do that, they could stay home and buy it on Amazon. The fun of the kit show is the excitement of the treasure hunt and the camaraderie of fellow hobbyists. Go for the experience and the hope of finding something you've been looking for or have never seen before. If you go just to have fun, then you won't be disappointed. If you go expecting to make a financial windfall - then you may have it rough. Take a wide variety of goodies - from high dollar prizes all the way down to bargain basement dogs. You never know who you'll appeal to, so have a little bit of everything for every price range. Mix it up, don't just bring all of one kind of subject. At these shows, I always come across many vendors who only sell just books, or just aircraft, or military, or anime', or whatever. Since I'm not interested in any of those, I just walk on by those sellers and they don't get any of my money. However, sellers that have a variety of subjects will get my attention, because there's the possibility of them having something I may like - so I do stop and look through their stuff. Specialists also tend to know what they've got and will price it accordingly, so less chance of scoring a good deal with them. I have also found terrific deals on model cars at train shows, full size car swap meets or collector shows dealing with topics other than model cars. Since models or cars aren't their main interest, they don't want model cars cluttering up their collections and will price them to get rid of them. I found a vintage AMT '28 Ford sedan and '40 Ford Sedan for $4 each at the Train Expo that way. I also scored an original annual AMT '70 Chevelle and MPC '82 El Camino with camper shell for $7 each at the Hot Rod and Classic car show and swap meet in Pomona, CA. several years ago. I also met a seller there who turned out to have a storage unit filled with model kits and he lived near me, so we scheduled a meeting for a future date to work out a deal on some of his stuff in that unit. I got a great deal and he got more money than he made at the swap meet that day. It worked out well for both of us. You just never know who you'll meet or what you'll find, So be open to trading, making deals and talking to different people.