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    Atlantis just posted this on their Facebook page......
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    If you're looking to exactly duplicate the car in the photos, you'll need a 1928 or 29 hood & radiator. The wheels are 21" in 28-29 and 19" in 30-31.
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    You hit the nail on the head! I was fortunate during my married life, my wife would ride in most anything except the station wagons. It may have been the fact that I worked at a mortuary back in the day and I used one of my old wagons to transport a 'customer' more than once. I just never told her which one.
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    I used to think it'd be fun to have a bunch of cars. I was up to 9 at one point nothing newer than '62. I'm down to 2 and if I can find another '62 Galaxie 390 or 406 4spd convertible I'll be at 3. Good enough for me. Here's a couple wagons I sold recently. '56 Ranch and '69 Falcon
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    The '56 was my daily from 2003-2017. At one point it had shiny paint and all that. LOL I do a lot of travel in my side business and it was just time to have a/c and disc brakes & other safety features.
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    I'm down to 2. Sold my Falcon Wagon and some other cars. I haven't driven the '56 in a while, been too busy. My daily is a 2019 Jetta. Incredible fuel mileage and is a pleasure to drive. Carried a bunch of kits in both trunks!
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    I bought some black foil not too long ago but haven't used it. Reckon I won't be now. Thanks for the heads up!
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    Steel and Jet Exhaust are probably two of the most universal & my personal favorites in the Model Master line. I use Jet Exhaust on every genre of kit I build. In fact bought two more bottles at my LHS today. Get it while I can. The brass and copper are equally good too.
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    Very nice! A clean build. Rockford Files is one of my favorite TV shows, even if I wasn't around when it originally aired. Supposedly the "OKG" in the license plate stands for "Oklahoma Garner" since he was from Oklahoma.
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    Anyone throwing them away, send them my way! LOL
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    Here's an example of the new market Testors is trying to chase.....
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    Sounds like they took a notion from Squadron on how to run a sale!
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    They'd probably sell a ton more of the back issue disc if they put them on a flash drive instead of archaic CD's. Some newer computers don't have CD drives. In fact when I bought this laptop 3 years ago I had to hunt for one that did have a CD drive. A lot of my older photographs are on CD. I may be in the minority but since my subscription to FSM lapsed, I haven't subscribed to any modeling magazines. I do pick them up at the newsstand if they have articles of interest. Airfix Model World is a good example. They cover a spectrum of modeling(yes cars and trucks too), It is printed across the pond, but one of the few magazines that can hold my interest.
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    While not a holy grail kit, but have been looking for one at a good price. I collect Lufthansa stuff and the livery is quite striking! This showed up earlier-
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    That DC-3 is a nice kit! If you want huge try their 1/72 B-36!
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    Another Model A kit came in Saturday's mail. Can't have too many of those!
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    I got another kit in the mail yesterday. I'll post a pic when I get home later.
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    Yesterday's arrivals. The Cabriolet is actually a '31, not sure why Monogram calls it a '30. I've built 3 1:1 Model A Cabriolets, figured it was time to build a kit!
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    Welcome! Good to see another Central Florida person!
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    That would be interesting but not surprising if Fine Scale folded as well. They too are just a shadow of their former selves. I let my subscription lapse for that reason.
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    I for one am curious as to what Atlantis picked up. I build space & aircraft kits in addition to cars. Also like kits of unusual subjects.
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    Not surprised given how thin the magazines were getting. I subscribed to Fine Scale for years and it too is nothing like it used to be. I dropped the subscription last year.
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    I've used the ones made & sold by Micro-Mark and had pretty good luck with them. I suspect the Archer ones are similar. They went on just like any other decal, let them set and hit them with a bit of Micro Set. I can't answer your question as to size, but the ones I used were for HO scale and I used them on an off topic rocket kit. I think G scale model railroad equates to roughly 1/25. That may be a good starting point. I know these decal rivets are big with the railroad guys.
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    I owned a restoration shop doing nothing but pre-1965 stuff. I accumulated quite bit of literature & manuals etc. Over the years I'd put a little on ebay here & there. I finally got tired of messing with it and what didn't sell I gave away. Vintage car parts used to be a good seller as well, but it's nothing like it used to be. The whole thing with shipping can be a real profit sniper and it's usually on items you least expect. I don't use any ebay shipping program either. I box the sold items and still write the addresses out with a marker & take them to the post office. I suspect at some point the price of shipping is going to make buying off sites like ebay untenable. I did have a ebay seller message me tonight saying he'd refund me $2 for overcharging shipping on a kit. a holy grail kit at that!
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    Canopy Glue, Humbrol Clearfix (can even be used to make small windows or lenses) are the main ones I use.
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