Junkman

I had no idea this kind of stuff is going on in the States as well. Here in Europe manufactureres state a fuel consumption calculated from values established in laboratory tests. They are far from reality and differences of 20-25% to real life values are not unheard of. This inevitably led to court cases and now the Central EUSSR Soviet in Brussels ruled in favour of - you guessed it - the corporations.

Oh yes, the likelyhood to come across a Matchbox issue is almost 100% I'd say, but even they are few and far between. All six Chevies and the two T-Birds were available under the Matchbox label. Not sure about the NASCARS (they were available, but I can't remember whether they were in Matchbox packaging). What I didn't know until very recently is that Matchbox printed specific boxes for some European markets, which was very unusual even then. The illustrations are the same, but for example, all the text on the box of my 57 Nomad is in German only. I have also seen Boxes in English only, and boxes with multilingual text, the latter I would consider the norm. I wonder whether specific boxes were printed for France and Spain, I have never seen any of those. In Italy, they were sold in ESCI boxes with their own box art.

Don't tellem. They might not reissue them if they hear about this.

I'm a self-confessed hodad meself, aye:

It's time for a 1/16 comeback, what with the Pyro/Lindberg Bull Horn coming back and the Academy A-bones. I hope RC2 reads this and dusts off the tools for the AMT 1/16 scale Chevies and T-birds. There are some we haven't seen for decades and they all contain nice wheels and tyres.

Strictly speaking it's 1/24 scale. And yes, it is very popular. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=1%2F24+slot+car&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Ridemakerz is kewl. I've seen Chip Foose using their stuff.

Unfortunately, no model kits exist of most of the real cars I've owned. But if it does, it will always resemble the real car I had. I have now many diecast models of my former real cars, where available. I was able to fill quite a few gaps in the past ten or so years, thanks to a thriving diecast industry.

For wheels and tyres, you can check out the RC model suppliers. They are nominally 1:10 scale, but some are so large, that you could make a Donk out of a 1:12 model with them. There is a huge selection available.

Ye goode olde Polyglase GTse. What we would need is a decent set of steel belted radials.

Oh, I'm sure there is a site I know that's been around since 1999 that you don't know. There are quite a few sites on the internet, you know.

Nah, today was more like this: This is what it's like when it's not raining.

Is it only me, or do others also find that there is something wrong with the front wheelarches?

ROFL! Bookmarked!

Move to England and the Eastern sky will always look like this: The Northern, Western, and Southern, too.

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The newer Japanese kits I was referring to took this one step further. They do not contain any text at all, not even to explain the symbols. They are explained with pictograms and little comic strips. The Japanese developed the art, to make themselves understood worldwide without using any text at all. It's brilliant. I have to dig one up tomorrow and post the instruction sheet.

For Pocher kits there are DVDs and downloads out there that supersede the instructions delivered with the kits. Not many of us ordinary mortals will ever come into contact with a Pocher kit. As for my old Jo-Hans, I can happily do without instructions, thank you. For the Revell Routemaster I read them already, looked at the parts, and it's gonna be likely a very collectible kit in 40 years hence.

A lot of the newer Japanese instructions don't have any text at all. Apart from your usual exploded view drawings, everything is explained with pictrograms and symbols, absolutely brilliant, once you figured out the code. European instruction sheets always were multi-lingual, even for the domestic marked. EU Regulations require five languages, English being one of them. Usually they now contain an extra sheet with 10 (ten!) more languages for the Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Middle East markets. The Revell AG Ural Truck and London Bus I just got, contain instructions in 18 (eighteen!) languages!

Ain't this the offspring of a female dog? Yes, it can be restored, but to just have a nice old build is out of the window now. If it is any consolation for you, my 66 Jo-Han Chrysler 300 arrived in a similar condition - and still is. I didn't do anything about it. Where I am, one is glad to just have a 66 Jo-Han Chrysler 300, no matter what condition its in.

January 27 2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. 1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.. 1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

If you didn't tick any boxes on the order sheet, they came with a Slant Six. Entirely btw. I have the same project lined up. A base Challenger.

No thinners, clean brush and literally ten minutes of stirring the paint. I usually nick a few of those wooden coffee stirrers at Mc Donalds for that.

Exactly.

Just do one cylinder bank per year. Or use someone else's hair. BTT, wouldn't following the instructions imply that one can read them? The only ones I have no trouble with in this respect are the Japanese ones