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Guys, I know Chris appreciates all of your patience. I spoke to him yesterday and he said he had a huge backlog from the new product sales and is finally getting through it. He has also purchased a second printer that he's getting dialed in to help with time issues. I will also tell you that he is unfortunately not great at communications and sometimes doesn't even look at his computer for days. He will freely admit that. It's not good business but it is what it is and everyone will get their products. He doesn't do that to disrespect anyone and I'm not making excuses for him, as his brother I'm just telling you how it is. As much as I would like to help him with these communications, I have my own responsibilities to deal with and this is exactly why I said when he released the new products that there could be lengthy delays so expect it to take a while. He is a one man shop and he spends all his time working on orders and new products. Most of you have received your parts by now I think, and I'm hoping the quality makes up for the communication issues.

I realize I am probably being a old "get off my lawn!" fogey but I don't care about the video announcements. I want to READ about them, not waste my bandwidth with video streams.

Olson Bros website - NEW Bronco/Truck parts Guys, get them now and avoid a long wait. Plan on a few weeks delivery time anyway, possibly a little longer depending on how many orders come in. I have to hand it to 'lil bro, he really went all-out on these and here are just a few pics of what's available now. -EXPECT SHIPPING DELAYS!- Also, if you have communication issues, shoot me a note and I'll see what's up.

Something this covid issue is teaching me is patience, in all areas. We're so used to getting things quickly, including information, but I'm finding that it's not that simple anymore. So many people have so many things happening in their lives right now that people are overwhelmed and it's causing a ripple effect down the chain. Especially restaurants, grocery stores and medical offices. Bare shelves are still a thing while the supply chain is still partially paralyzed. I send one prescription to Canada due to the extremely high cost here and it took over a month for them to receive it via postal mail. And still it will take 4-6 weeks to get it instead of the 2-4 weeks it used to take. I've been saving my model stuff for future use because of the prices of kits and paint these days. Instead, I've gone back to building & repairing guitar amps which is my second major hobby and was a second income at one time.

By the way, he has some really, really cool items soon to be released.

I'm glad you and Chris connected, I know he has been super busy and sometimes has issues with communication. I don't know what the specifics were though, I am only part of the operation by sibling genetics and have no involvement with the inner workings. He uses me to bounce ideas off and share new product ideas., that's about it.

We met Rodger back in the 90s, very nice guy! We went to the Mall of America on vacation and stopped at his shop on the way back home. At the time he was the town postmaster too and there were a few dozen mailboxes in the old school building where his shop was. I wish I had taken pictures now.

Sorry Kris, I didn't see this until just now. I would love to have gone but things aren't working out for travel for me right now and Chris has been slammed with orders. I wanted to go, I'm going stir-crazy having been working from home since March of last year and not wanting to be around people much right now. lol!

Also, the frame on the Chevelle Z16 kit is a better representation and would fit this kit too. Separate suspension and exhaust makes it a definite yes for me. I'm sure there are others too, I just happen to have this one.

Just got my hardtops yesterday and the roof actually looks like the one on my real car! Score! lol The vent window frame is slanted back a little too far and the window is way too small. It's easy enough to fix I guess but they should have gotten it right the first time.

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the chassis the same as the original kit? If that's the case it would be a poorly-fitting chassis and could use an upgrade. One that comes to mind would be the '65 Chevelle Z16, or maybe one of the 66-67 GTO frames. In any case it'll need some modification.

Not the 401, the Nailhead is a completely different style of engine when compared to the 225/300/340. I've had all three over the years in real '64/65 Skylarks (someone put a 340 in one of my '65s) and it wouldn't look right.

Just thought I'd throw this out there for you Scout II owners: https://www.resincastmodelparts.com/store/Scout-II-c110540151

That looks like a decent kit, but just nit-picking the opening in the hood is too far back. It would never open without hitting the scoop on the real thing, plus it makes it look like the engine istoo far forward. The headlights do give it a frog-look by sticking out like that but otherwise it is cool.

Sorry guys, I own a real '64 Skylark. I should have made that clear. My original '64 (my first car) in primer and my current car in the garage.

I have a '64 Skylark that I'm restoring and have had several of them over the years so that stood out to me immediately. I have not, however, had the AMT kits, just the Revell Z-16 kit to compare and the Z-16 roof has a lot of issues. What's funny is they got the vent window right.

They fixed the C-pillar! The one on the Chevelle Z-16 kit (they have the same roof) is wrong. Now I don't have to correct that one for my Skylark. Ugh, the vent window doesn't angle back like that. Well, it's a better starting point.

Um... Wow.

I think what you're doing is a fantastic thing, but that '64 Buick Skylark convertible is a barrel of errors. I have that one too and I'm just starting to try to figure out how to correct it. There isn't a panel or edge on it that's correct.

I hope it's just for the month, Danny has always had great products. PSH needs to invest in a pressure pot and spend more time on their molds. Just saying from experience. Joseph at Fireball has some really nice truck tires. I bought a handful of different ones a while back. My only gripe with his site is he doesn't have preview pics so you have to open the links to see what they look like.

Stunning, definitely. It's a level of quality for the rest of us to strive for!

Awesome! Great job on the look!

Tom, We spent most of a Toledo NNL weekend with Bob several years ago. He told me how they created that box art which was pretty cool. He also signed my '57 kit box along with an original '55 Chevy box and told the story about the names on the side of that car which was hilarious. Sounds like they had a lot of fun with it back in the day.

It's not ready yet.

I know of one, possibly two coming soon from 'lil bro's shop of a more vintage style.