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I think it is predominantly the latter. Not always, but predominantly. However, apparently a few things went way overboard, i.e. threatening people is just the lowest of the low. Not that anyone could possibly threaten me, but evidently others are more easily intimidateable. Be it as it may, even the attempt to threaten somebody is unacceptable, hence I find the consequences justified.

My postman is the best:

Recently I managed to obtain a sealed Revellogram Pro Modeler 58 Corvette, which are getting rare now, as a gift for a friend of mine. We were rather surprised when we found out that the kit contained no body. Has this happened to others too?

Do I understand this correctly? The way this thread turned, the longevity of our hobby largely depends on whether our better halves approve of it or not?

I second that. He should do it with a Cobra.

Ken Block's 2010 WRC results: Rally Mexico: 18th - Winner: S. Loeb Rally Turkey: 24th - Winner: S. Loeb Rally Portugal: DNF - Winner: S. Ogier Rally Germany: DNF - Winner: S. Loeb It takes more than putting on a show for MTV to be fast.

Nah you're not. I tried girls too, for about ten minutes or so, got bored and went back to my cars. Girls are about as overrated as a VW Beetle with no real roof. But I sometimes wonder, whether how I got into plastic model kit building is a tad unique? I even wonder, how I could possibly turn into a car nut to begin with, since my father hates cars and is a railway enthusiast. So much for parents having an influence on their offsprings. Granted, my father is an excellent modeller in his own right and he did introduce me to the basics, like parts preparation, painting, joining parts, etc. Still, I was not into plastic model kits. From age 10 or so, I started to restore or code3 diecasts. 1/43 scale. Back then, an old played with Corgi or Dinky was considered rubbish and people didn't bring a rope and look out for a suitable tree when they caught you repainting them. When I was in my mid twenties, I had amassed a sizeable collection of restored, or even mint/boxed diecasts. The only problem was, that the cars I love most, were far and few between - American fullsize cars. There simply was no interest in them at the time, neither real, nor model. The plastic kits offered over here were predominantly of hot rods, show rods, or custom cars. I wasn't interested in those and am very little to this day. I wanted standard American fullsize cars. Around this time, I started to drive real ones, one could pick them up for a song. But there weren't any models of them. Not over here at least. This all changed, when a friend of mine, who was also into American cars, brought an Auto World catalog from his holidays in the States. I will never forget how we sat in a pub drooling over each and every page. That's when I ordered my first Jo-Han USA Oldies, the first car plastic model kits I ever built. I had to, because models of the cars I love, did not exist in any other form. Meanwhile, the old diecasts started to attract collectors who forked out what I still consider stupid money for them. Hence I sold my diecast collection, Auto World got a large proportion of the proceeds, and I never looked back. Until today that is. I found a box full of beaten up old rubbish Corgis in the basement. And I'm going to restore them. Oh, and I turn 46 on Halloween.

It must be real because nobody would build such a hideous model

I tend to bring myself into the right mood by listening to the music of the country of origin and era of the model I am building. So when I build - for example - an MGB, I listen to the English pub bands of the Sixties, like a certain Mr Fleetwood, or Mr Steward. When I build a Mercedes 540K, I listen to Marlene Dietrich or Hans Albers, when I build a 1937 Packard, I listen to Glenn Miller, when I build a 64 Cadillac, I listen to Mr Gasser and the Weirdos, when I build a 1950 Talbot Lago, I listen to Edith Piaf, when I build a Kenworth, I listen to Chet Atkins, and so on, and so forth.

Or maybe just shrink back to the proportion it had before the plastic model kit was invented?

I once asked Juha Airio where he is getting his from and he told me it's actually a two step process: 1. http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/ 2. http://www.chrometechusa.com/ And some say the Finnish have no sense of humour...

OK, this is my opinion: The automotive plastic model kit industry as a mainstream business didn't really make it into the current millenium and became a niche market. It has been largely replaced by a thriving and meanwhile huge diecast model car industry located in the far east. The few remaining (and even fewer newcoming) car model kit enthusiats are now served by a drastically downsized core industry supplemented by miniscule aftermarket manufacturers, whose proprietors struggle to maintain even middle class status, while the diecast industry trades its stocks at Wall Street. Once we few remaining car kit enthusiasts start to pass away, so will all the small companies, or divisions of big companies, which now still cater to our needs, and our lifetime achievement will be dumped at the local recycling centre by our heirs. My advice: Enjoy it while you can.

I mean that models should be built of them. This pretty much depends on where you are in Europe. Here in England they are glazed, so are they predominantly in southern Europe. Only when it is a Jewish burial, panels are inserted to hide the casket, or it is transported in the lower deck and the flowers and crests in the upper one. However, in mainland Europe and Scandinavia, you will hardly ever see a glazed hearse. In many cases, they have very elaborate permanent curtains inside the windows, or they are simply panelled.

Only the last one is a Daimler DS 420. BVV9890 is a 1964 Austin Princess. But both of them have Woodall Nicholson coachwork. No, I'm not an undertaker, I'm a funeral director . "The Horse's Mouth" hearse is still with us and now owned by a funeral home in Wales iirc. It also starred in at least two 'The Avengers' episodes and is still occasionally being used for film work. There were (and are) several real Phantom III hearses, which I find amazing given the rarity and price tag of the car even when new. I actually prefer Phantom II hearses and am toying with the idea to use the Revell 1/16 kit as a base one day. To make one in 1/24 is easy and cheap: all you have to do is to adapt the body of a Revellogram 1937 Ford van to a Testaleri Maharadjah of Raipur Phantom II and you end up with a very plausible Woodall Nicholson hearse.

It's a heirloom. 1934 Rolls 20/25 with Alpe & Saunders coachwork. The car is unrestored original. This is my newer company car currently undergoing restoration: And this is my newest company car, which I just bought: Do I really have to mention, that they all require being scaled down?

If all rules were like this, the world would be such a nice place.

I think none are currently produced. The most recent one should be the Monogram '79, alas, it's a Z-28. But it should be easy enough to get one still. Shouldn't be too difficult to de-Z28 one either.

All the 1/16th scale Gakken/Entex/Academy/Minicraft Ford A-bones. There are even hot rod versions out for quite a few years now.

I got up from my workbench, and left the room. In the hall, I couldn't remember where I was actually heading. It wasn't the kitchen, since I still had a cup of tea on my workbench. So I returned and sat down again. A minute later, I had to go to the toilet - again!

Imperial Definition of Imperial: 1. of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor 2 a : sovereign b : regal, imperious 3 of superior or unusual size or excellence Yep, that sums it up.

Daily driver: Wifey's car: Old company car: Sunday ride: Other Sunday ride: Other other Sunday ride:

Nicey! That cop Plodge Granfifthlomat, does it come with the wheelarch embellishers from the factory, or did you pimp them with BMF?

Orpasite of darn sarf, yar know.

Oy, Essex boys! Same island, but oop narf here.

Yeah, but the Ben box art is sooooo much kewlerer.