Junkman

The chair looks perfectly fine to me. We all seem to forget what bulky behemoths those 40s Detroit potatoes were. That Ford Woody would hold its own against many modern minivans.

I always thought, had Tucker persisted, they would probably have made a rear engined van, sort of a big brother of the Beetle-based VW Van. Now that would have been so cool, no?

Hot dog! He didn't take it back home.

If it is a 4-door saloon which has a 6.2 litre V8 and RWD, I don't give a toss what it looks like.

I just wanted to warn the ones who think this is another one of Aoshima's excellent quick builders we became accustomed to. Anyway, here is mine: Boody looks fine: Glass, too: Chrome and decals fine, too: And here is the problem. Teh battery case of yore was left in place and takes up the rear seat area: The rear seats are hence completely wrong: The front seats can possibly be used with some modificaton.

It's this kit I'm talking about: I didn't get around to take photos of mine yet, but I wanted to get this out as soon as possible: Be warned! Contrary to the majority of the other reissues by Aoshima, this one does not come with a re-engineered interior. It contains the ancient interior from the days it was still a motorized LS kit, i.e. the interior is useless. If you want to build this into a halfways convincing model, you need to kitbash in the interior from a different kit. I'd say any midsize Toyota or Nissan interior can be adapted, like from a Chaser or Laurel.

I'd much, and I do mean, much, prefer my father's Amphicar. And yes, he really had one back in the days.

Not sure whether it has been posted yet. I found it while searching for something entirely different, but I like it. More info: http://www.joyenjoys.com/gmc-pad-futuristic-rv/

I had two of the MPC PoC kits and traded them away because I felt I will never be able to accumulate the complete range, and someone else was only missing the two kits I had. So there is now one complete collection out there. I bet the kits arrrrrrrr mentioned in here:

It's white pearl over orange pearl. It's going to be fairly stock, apart from wheels, rake and stance.

It's getting scary, Doctor. The Atomic rats are currenty my prime inspiraton for playing slide guitar.

Problem is... the Renwal/Lindberg one is so much better.

Just wait and stay patient. And I bet the resin casters will jump on it, too. Imperial or New Yorker Wagon anyone?

Start saving your pennies. This is going to be expensive.

We have a custom in Austria. When someone we like dies, we put one of these lamps outside, you know, the ones you put a tea candle in. It will be lit all night, until the candle goes out. We believe, this illuminates the night enough to facilitate the person who died finding the way to heaven. I'm sad that I had to put it out twice this week.

Gosh, you sure must be one of the most dapper chaps on earth! You are a gentleman, and a scholar. BTT I remember that back in the Seventies Revell o G regularily ran adverts on German TV. One that is etched in my memory is one for the 1:8 scale Electra Glide kit. They had a very nicely built model standing on a concrete floor, you thought it is a real Harley. They explained some technical details of a real Harley and played Steppenwolf as background music and then ended it saying something like: But this one is made by us and it's a bit smaller. At the same time someone walked into the picture right next to it, but you could only see his shoes. After seeing this commecial, I pestered my parents to get me one for Christmas, which they did. I was maybe 10 or 12 at the time, so imagine my disappointment when I opened the box and instantly realized that this was way over my top. I also remember the TV ad for the Robert E. Lee Mississippi steamer. This was when I was the age when one reads the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stories by Mark Twain. Similar story as with the Harley, I got one for Christmas. And believe it, or not, my father helped me build both of them. And that despite he was a very busy man at the time running his small civil engineering office, regularily putting in 80 hour work weeks to feed the family. The lesson I learned? Well, go figure, Doc Cranky.

You consider that an exhaust? No, man, THIS is an exhaust:

Kids love mad scientists and their Lab-RAT-ories.

They are wearing shirts with button down collars. I always knew they are a backward bunch.

If you want eye candy, then why don't you just say so... All those were designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky of Hayes Body Corporation fame.

The French John Teresis? I'll never again touch a model...

I strongly disagree. Please show us more!

What I really like are those wedding cake trucks. They would make fine Dieselpunk stuff, no?

As a Ph. D. in physics, I can assure you that time travel is impossible. Otherwise people from the future would queue at the bookies'.

Mine: