Junkman

Lucky you guys. Nothing will ever be out and in stores in England in this time and age. If there ever was a country suitable for socialism, this is it.

Who built the box art models for IMC-Jo-Han???

Hahaha! Show yours!

One can always dream... The Parts Box in Oz makes quite a nice resin Bedford CA btw. I hope they reissue a Dodge Van too. I'd love to cut one up for a Dodge-Renault 50 build.

What's the current rate for a kidney again?

Hey, thanks! I do realize you did some severe tinkering. I have seen and admired your work for a long time.

What about the RR Engine next to the Ecto? Them isn't going to reissue the Looney Tunes Train, is they?

OK, OK, you got me. I'll get me a van and build it completely stock, dog dishes with bow ties and all. Paint it beige. Will signwrite it with Stolzfus's laundry service or sum such...

I'm quite a good customer of the parts box. So hey, it's me who bought the part! Needless to say I didn't do bugger off with it the past ten odd years.

Whatcha think lads? Can the 50 Olds hood be modified to finally have a plausible hood for the AMT 51 Chevies?

They are superb and I have a stash of them for sale atm.

Indeed. Word is out that there is not exactly a shortage of either in the windy city.

If Lunajammer What trucks are these, please? As in, what do I have to search for on Ebay?

Cough, cough, 1:16 Peterbilt, cough, cough...

This is going to be expensive...

BAD GUYS? I can spot the odd lady with visibly slick character too!

Apart from the Enthusiast Series, there have been a few where they threw resin engines in. IIRC an AE86 with a Twin Cam, a 80s 2800XX Supra, a few Kenmarys and Hakosukas, Cedric/Gloria 330 and 430 and a few Crowns. There may be others.

Prove it, prove it! With pics!

Afaik the glass and maybe even the chrome parts of the Model King 1959 Imperial were back engineered.

It's black, rectangular and has white letters and numbers on it What would you like to know?

This is flush enough for me: And here is another sticker bomb:

It was really funny. I actually didn't want to go, Frankfurt is quite far from where I live and not exactly a cheap place to stay. They all kept calling me and pestered me, hey, it's been 30 years and see it as a reunion and we haven't seen you in years and jada jada. The guys also know that I hate shows and avoid them like the devil avoids holy water. I finally caved in and went. When I arrived, I only saw that superb diner on their stand there. Only at second glance I realized that they had arranged all the cars I had given them over the years around it. I was moved to tears. I then added the AG diecasts which I bought at the show. And yes, you could say those guys have impressive collections. One of them has a house just to -well- house his model kit collection, another house to live in and an industrial hall to house his 20 strong real car collection. No, he is not a drug dealer. He is a musician/producer. The white 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix and the blue 1959 Pontiac Bonneville are modelled after real cars from his collection.

Toyish enough?

I just had a look at Mr. Daniel's website and there is a list of all the cars he designed for Monogram: http://www.tomdaniel.com/85_kits/frm_85kits.html The Quicksilver is listed, so it is actually the one that triggered all the spin-offs.

It's difficult to tell. Mr. Daniel designed various variations of the '60 Chevy Sedan Delivery theme, like the Bad News, Bad News II, Bad Actor, etc. Whether he actually designed the Quicksilver too, or whether Monogram milked the mold after the collaboration with Mr. Daniel ended I don't know. The California Vette was modelled after Mr. Daniel's real customized Corvette and is arguably the only model of a Monogram/Daniel design that actually existed as a real car at the time. Mr. Daniel still owns this car and there were efforts a few years back to restore it, but I have no idea what became of these plans. Several of the Monogram/Daniel designs were used to build real show rods by various car builders over the years. How is this for reverse engineering?