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  1. Why nobody ever listens to me despite I'm always right is a phenomenon that will never cease to amaze me.
  2. I have a vested interest though, since I once owned a Sette Litri.
  3. I dreamed this up back in 2013. Naturally I was ridiculed at the time.
  4. I have most of the Hubley metal kits, but did not yet build one. However, Bob Steinbrunn of this parish did one of the Duesenbergs. The metal kits were reissued by Gabriel in the 1980s and again under the Hubley banner around the turn of the millennium. Originating in the 1950s, they must be among the longest running kits in history. Initially the series contained a hot rod kit which was never reissued and is thus rare. The series comprises 1909 Ford Ts in 1/20 scale 1930/31 Ford As in 1/20 scale 1932 Chevrolets in 1/20 scale 1930 Packards in 1/22 scale Duesenbergs in 1/18 scale AFAIK the following versions exist: Ford T: Sport Runabout, Depot Hack, Touring, Fire Engine, C-cab van Ford A: Roadster, Coupe, Phaeton, Town Sedan, Victoria, Woody Wagon, Roadster Pick Up 1932 Chevy: Coupe, Roadster, Phaeton Packard: Sport Phaeton, Roadster, Dietrich Victoria Duesenberg: Town Car, Dual Cowl Phaeton And as mentioned above, the hot rod, which also was 1/20 scale and interestingly had an engine resembling an Offenhauser.
  5. I wouln't mind it coming back regardless. And who knows, maybe it only requires some runner unblockisation.
  6. Fortunately without such witchcraft.
  7. The visible V8 is out again!
  8. Count me in on the Dodge. The rest can BRO for all I care.
  9. I have the pick up but no cart. Shall I get another one just for the cart? I guess I rather have the van. I don't think I have a single Chevy van left.
  10. Yeah, terrible, innitt?
  11. They already made two of them, sadly both in the wrong scales.
  12. The roll cage will be hanging down in no time. It's also not very realistic in terms of FIA approved rollover protection. The original rally cars, which this model was modelled after, did not have roll cages. Additional rollover protection in FIA rally sport only became compulsory in the late Seventies, which is a tad baffling now that I think about it. Don't forget that the kit is from the late 60s, but in its day, it was state of the art. Ironically a car like the one depicted in the box art never existed. The #68 entry in the 1967 Monte was the Lancia Fulvia HF of fellow Fins Jorma Lusenius and Klaus Lehto, which DNF. The event was won by Rauno Aaltonen and Henry Liddon on a works Mini Cooper with a legal headlight configuration for a change. Also, the background for the 1967 start numbers was a yellow rectangle, not a white circle. An odd choice even in Phantasyland, since no Renault 8 Gordini ever won the Monte Carlo Rally, whereas at the first Rally they were ever entered, the 1964 Tour de Corse, they placed 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th, followed by a Ford Falcon in 6th position, I bet you bunch of giffers appreciate that bit of trivia. I built the '64 TdC winning #91 car of Jean Vinatier and Roger Masson once, using an aftermarket decal sheet. Like all Heller kits, it's tough to build, so cue a not insignificant amount of unfit for publishing monologues here. In true 1960s European small car fashion, the R8s were tough beasts and could be rolled with a surprisingly high amount of gay abandon even without extra scaffolding added to the interior. Guess how I found out. Unsurprisingly their Achilles Heel wasn't a lack of mechanical stamina or inherent design flaws, but structural rot, because as my very original 1967 Renault 16 so delightfully demonstrates, if there was a corner to be cut at the assembly line, they cut it.
  13. I have the Deuce roadster. ACME deliberately doesn't provide detailed assembly instructions, because in true hot rodder style, they want you to create your own rendition.
  14. Could someone please explain that taillight thing to someone who never owned the kit?
  15. It's starring a certain Mackenzie Phillips. Bell ring?
  16. Mat Irvine built that NASA Poncho. I've held it in my hands at Telford a few years back.
  17. Don't forget the Dude's Torino and Rafferty's '65 Park Lane.
  18. I don't think there were any cars in the river bed in Point Blank.
  19. For me the top dog is the Revell snapper, all body styles considered. It just looks so right to my eyes. The MPC kit still has the four bolt SBC rocker covers in this issue and sadly it also has a back seat. Both should be easily rectifyable. The side trim, although incorrectly shaped, appears to have its leading edge at about the correct position, unlike the box art. Weird.
  20. No matter where you go, there are always a few normal people.
  21. Transformers. Okay, strictly speaking not cars...
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