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Welcome back to the hobby, Bob. IMC kits were not readily available in my area when growing up, but I loved the 60s Revell kits and their 70s dragsters and funny cars over AMT and MPC for the same reasons. I think new members have to make 25 posts before they are no longer reviewed. Start visiting various parts of the forum and making comments, and you will cover 25 posts pretty quickly. Cheers.

Colour me skeptical. I envision Days Of Blunder for the open wheel crowd. The story line is uninspired drivel; Young driver shows huge promise, accident takes him out, spends career wading in the quagmire of second and third tier racing, finds new meaning late in life as a mentor for a new driving prodigy. Yawn. Combine that with the usual perceived need to create contrived, dramatic action scenes. By all appearances, typical Hollywood wind-up. The reason Rush, as a story, was so good is because is a real story. One of the countless real stories in motorsport history that are incredibly interesting and compelling. As for a Hollywood crafted yarn, I'll wait for it to show up on Late Night Movies in a couple years.

A couple years ago I parted out one of those Monogram E-Types and retained the body shell for just that purpose, and just recently compared it to the Revell body. The Monogram (Aurora) roof may not be perfect, but much closer to correct than the Revell body. It certainly seems to have a much more proper shape. But I had forgot one crucial thing, the Monogram kit is 1/25 scale while the Revell kit is 1/24. And indeed, the Monogram body is significantly narrower than the Revell body. This would be a tough roof swap at the best of times, but being too narrow will probably take it out of contention. Mind, I have not ruled it out completely, widening the Monogram roof, but I'm sure it will be more work than it's worth, with a relatively good chance the swap won't be successful, anyway. YMMV.

Tamiya Fine polishing compound applied with a cotton swab would clean most of that up. But as Les says, much of it looks like chrome foil will cover it.

Welcome back, George.

An interesting little read, Alan. Thanks for posting. I dig this quote from the kit instructions; “A builder of a Monogram kit strives to be a GOOD builder. Each model is far better than his previous one because he has more patience and spends a few extra moments on each detail. Everybody admires his work and respects his ability. Do a good job and you will be proud of your ships.”

That's cool! Nailed the Cuba vibe.

This is shaping up to be one cool looking Mustang.

For over a year now, I can't seem to resize photos when posting them. I can resize them when drafting the post, and the photos do reduce, but when I submit the post, the photos return to their original size. This is true of photos I have taken myself, and photos copied from the internet. Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on how to correct this?

Super impressive model building, Francois. I am just amazed at your project, and how quickly you work. This thing must be one impressive beast to see in person.

Nice work on the Jordan. Obe of the best F1 liverys ever.

Beautiful Stratos. Complex build, indeed. Those decals alone would give some builders fits. Nice work on this awesome race car. The weathering really brings it to life.

Lovely work on the magnificent little Lotus 25.

Very nice work on the Jawbreaker. Looks great. One of my favourites when I was young.

Welcome aboard, David.

Welcome to the forum, Ross. This is a great place to jump into the hobby.

Welcome to the forum, Declan.

Welcome aboard, Matt.

Beautiful model. Stunning build. And and a flat-out, super-cool Z. Man, that thing looks good!! And oh, that lovely finish. Ticks all the boxes. Excellent work.

Looking really good. Nice clean work.

I think the AMT '55 Nomad has one.

Cheers Andrew. That's very cool. Great photos. Is R3 still at Beaulieu? I should dig up my old photos (lying somewhere in forgotten boxes in dusty corners).

Those wheels look great on the big Merc.

Nice work on an interesting car. The Chrysler styling house was pumping out some innovative stuff in that era.

Good looking Lamborghini. That shade of yellow looks great. Nice, tidy work.