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Hit Model Fest in Melbourne, FL this morning and picked up a few goodies. Not the biggest show here in FL, but good prices on kits and talking kits & seeing people you only see a few times a year makes the experience. Was pleased to snag the R & D Unique Model A Pickup for $20-my most expensive purchase. Everything else was under $20, in some cases $10 each. I plan to leave '32 Vicky as is same with the '37 Ford Coupe. I'll post show photos in the show thread.

The '64 has my slight interest, not so much on the other 2. I'll probably wait until the '64 shows up at Ollie's in a year, I just can't justify the price for a curbside kit.

ICM posted a bunch of sprue photos on their Farcebook page. Here's a few from that post. The kit looks like it's going to be a nice build and the tires especially look well done.

I will have to look it up. I like James May. Seems like a dude I'd sit down and have a beer with. Did you watch James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain? I've not been able to watch it on this side of the pond. I'm a big Airfix kit collector/builder so I'm sure it'd be interesting to watch, if not a bit dated now.

Wasn't it James May's Toy Stories? I remember watching with interest the train one as they ended up in Barnstaple, England. That's where my family hails from and still have some distant kin in that area. I enjoyed the whole series, but the Airfix and train episodes were my favorites.

I'm glad I'm retired from the restoration business. If the deal goes down that I'm trying to work on a couple cars, those will be the very last cars I build for myself or anyone else. The things Tony talks about in this video are 80% the reason why I'm glad to be out of it. You think bad repro parts are a hassle for newer stuff? Try some of the C1 Corvette & early Ford reproduction parts that is currently or used to be on the market. Most of it should have been driven right across the scale and not sold to anyone. A lot of times I ended up having to make parts which added heavily to the bill, but what else are you going to do?

Spotted this in Ollie's parking lot this morning.... The '56 Chevy is an example of how not to paint a car & attach stainless trim. They used screws instead of the correct clips and even pout a few pieces on upside down. But it can be yours! It's in Cocoa Beach, FL if you have a great desire to check it out. LOL

Anymore I request FedEx or UPS when it comes to shipping stuff. I just ordered a couple of lenses for my DSLR. The company shipped by FedEx and I had it in 2 days. NY to FL. I ordered some stuff from Hannant's, the well known UK based kit vendor. Even with customs and all that jazz I still had it in 5 days. It's taken longer to get something delivered from CA to FL via Priority Mail. This is nothing new however. I sometimes listen to old shows from Bruce Williams, who was popular in the 80s & 90s on talk radio. Even back then he mentions more than once "If I need something to get there on time I use FedEx or UPS" This particular show was from 1991.

I've no connection to this show other than a spectator. Being an IPMS show expect more military stuff, but I've always had good luck finding car stuff at those swaps!

I've always wanted to do a HO layout, but between model cars/aircraft/space, Photography & the occasional 1:1 car I've never had the time or space for it. There used to be a large model railroad museum in Sarasota, FL that was around 6000 sq ft. with 4 or 5 big layouts etc. It closed a few years ago and I believe everything was auctioned off. There's a model railroad shop I visit fairly often that deals in mostly used equipment buying collections and inventory from closed stores, etc. According to the owner he said things have been pretty good for him since the pandemic & it hasn't really slowed down. When they have it in stock, I buy Floquil paint there for a buck a bottle. I love me some Floquil LOL. The area where that shop is has a large retired population with a bit of disposable income so that probably helps. Here in my area on the east coast of FL, there's nothing left. Not even a normal LHS!

I noticed this also. I've picked up several of the latest issue Revell kits & noticed they seemed to be priced cheaper. Compared to Round 2's ever increasing prices on the same old stuff that's been reissued ad nauseum it is really nice to see. Not trying to start a urination contest, just an observation! I paid $23 for the Revell '66 Impala & '71 Mustang at my LHS 2 weeks ago. Round 2 stuff was $31-35 for the same kits you can pick up at a show for $10-15. The owner of the LHS told me he sells 5 Revell kits for every one Round 2 kit. He also said once his existing stock of Round 2 kits was gone he likely wasn't going to reorder anymore due to the ever increasing price for so-so quality.

If you do any kind of photography at all, I recommend Lightroom. Yes it's a paid monthly subscription- I pay $10/mo and to me it is worth every penny. I've tried all the free ones, GIMP, RawTherapee, the photo editing software that came with my various Nikon cameras, etc. Windows 11 photo editor is even worse than 10!

Probably not a bad deal! I've always wondered what happens to those massive model RR layouts that people have built over the years or museums, etc close. Seems like a massive investment in time, money & space.

I got impatient waiting for the new tool 1/72 B-24 from Airfix to hit the States, so I ordered 2 from Hannant's in the UK. I missed out on the Walrus the first time it was ran, so I snagged one of those too. With the exchange rate & shipping it still worked out cost wise the same as buying these in the US, maybe even a few dollars cheaper. As for the B-24 kit, it is very nice as you'd expect from the new tool Airfix stuff. The Walrus looks just as nice.

Needed a few supplies why not add a couple kits to the order. Scale Hobbyist has great prices!

I will have to look for this. I like the whole grain mustards. When Aldi does German Week, I stock up on their Whole grain & the Beer Mustard is quite good too.

I was in the Titusville, FL store yesterday to get a few things & noticed a few of the shelf labels had been replaced. I didn't see the '60 F-100 label, but did see one for the Revell '39 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery. The '64 Olds & '66 Mustang they had on clearance a few weeks ago are back on the shelf at full price!

On a 30-31 Model A the only nickel plating would be on interior hardware. The only chrome on the exterior were the bumper bars & cowl light arms. 1928-29's used a ton of nickel plating, radiator shells, headlight buckets & lens retainers, radiator & gas caps, some exterior door handles etc. Model A's originally used a brushed nickel finish on most interior components, so no need for anything fancy when painting these parts. It was rather dull in appearance. I've got some NOS Model A interior stuff in my parts building, next time I'm over there I'll grab some pics for reference.

Here's a video ICM posted on Youtube showing a CAD type assembly process of the parts and some footage of the actual built kit. I like that they include the top irons and top saddles. You could easily make a top boot if you didn't want to wait for the top down version. I'm curious how the ICM chassis will match with the old Monogram 1/24 Coupe & Cabriolet. The ICM chassis & engine is light years ahead of the old Monogram one.

I think Jaimoe is the only original member surviving. Never got to meet Dickey unfortunately, drank a couple beers with Gregg Allman at Bike Week in Daytona Beach years ago. Next to the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers is my 2nd favorite band.

Looks like Hobby Link Japan has already presold their allotment. I've got two kits on pre-order through them and 2 more from another source. I suspect this will be a good selling kit.

I'm thinking of sanding the running boards flat, and using textured tape or vinyl to simulate the pyramid design of 30-31 running board rubber. As an aside, I like that they used a '31 Rad shell. It is a lot easier to backdate a '31 shell into a '30 then vice versa. Some styrene pieces and you could easily replicate the Gaz rand shell which is nothing more than an AA truck shell(and 4 row radiator as opposed to 3 row on passenger cars & light trucks on 1:1 stuff)

If it's anything like the '72 CB350 I owned it'd be a fun bike. Build quality was quite good, I was able to source all needed parts easily, some the local Honda dealer had in stock. (this was in the late 90s). Stone dead reliable, it never left me stranded and always started. While I can't speak for the 750, I really enjoyed my little 350. Bought it at a yard sale for $25, put another $300 into it and rode it for 2 years. I rode it more than I rode the '59 Panhead that I also owned back then. Should've held onto both, but when the farm sold I lost my storage.

ICM posted these pics on their Facebook page yesterday. Posting here for those who haven't seen it. In my opinion, it sure looks like the way they did the sprues it'd be real easy to do different bodies fairly easily. Bring on the Victoria, A-400, Tudor & Fordor Sedans, Deluxe Phaeton. One could do these without having to create a new fender mold.