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Go threaten harm , demand yer money back !!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

Besides an incorrect roof, impossible to assemble hood hinges , tire issues , uh the Bonniville Convertable can add a wierd Roll- N- Pleat interior to it's contents box ................. Oh Me pay another 50.0 or so dollars for ANY trumiteer kit , not in yer lifetime brutha!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2371/superclark11qr0.jpg This is a typical Clark station from 1957. Tom , check you're mail as I sent you info as to stuff on Clark Oil too............. Ed Shaver

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Without trying to come off as some KNOW- IT - All, uh Clark was one of those "Regional " oil companies in Ohio, Michigan , Wiscionsin and a piece of Illinois . They sold Premium gasoline up until about 1989. They Like Billups and Rose were simply Gas- N- Oil stops . They heavily promoted Bulk oil sales via 1 and 2 gallon rectangular cans and Chinia ware with a Gasoline fill- up of 8 gallons . I'm collecting what I have stored away for tom right now . Hopefully, what I have will enable him to do an accurate Clark station ....... Ed Shaver

Mark, I could say the same of both nearby Michiaels , ( my house ). Meanwhile , we have one Hobby Lobby nearly 35 miles north of me . I stopped in , bought the die cast kits I couldn't buy anywhere else , (HERE IN DA LAN DAT TIME FERGOT ) and neva returned ............... Ed Shaver

Phone rings while I have muh hands full or holding something together . Generally someone trying to sell me something . Ed Shaver

James, I remember seeing some die cast busses avalible through Stevens International . I seem to recall they were about 1-32 scale too. The price was kind of high as they were reported to have been made in Europe . Check a Hobby retailer as Stevens only sells to retailers . Meanwhile , there is the Revell Germany Mann bus , it's only 150.00 !Ed Shaver

Uh yep, certainly looks realistic enough . Are you plannin a Car wash for it with uh Good lookin Daisy ? Ed Shaver

Eelco, you always seem to come up with great answers !!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

Jim, it's too bad those two aren't readily avalible today. Both turned out nice . I remember Dennis Doty lamenting in Collectable Automobile magazine that the interior bucket was swapped in latter Re-issues of the Chrysler 300. I know for a fact that the origional annuals had four Bucket seats . The re-issues of 1987 had a rear Bench and the engine wasn't very correct either . Ed Shaver

Sam, get yersef a membership in the Early Ford Club. Who knows , mebbie you could qualify for a Dearborn award .............. Ed Shaver

You know , instead of moving furniture from my Mothers house to mine , I should have turned on the computer , made coffee and read all the action . Once again, I missed all the STUFF!!!!!!!!! Hey, I need help here in Richmond as I need to rid muh self of a bunch of furniture ...... REAL CHEEP TOO ! Ed Shaver

Brandon, to answer the question as fairly and as accurately as possible , as long as it takes . For example , The Shell station I did the model of took TWO Years just for the Shell shaped building . Why so long ya ask ? Simple , I spent that amount of time on it cause I couldn't get the top like it should have looked . Now note the fact that you can't see a rear attached building . I had to guess at those details . Still, I corrected the rear building AFTER it was premiered at a N N L show in Winston Salem North carolinia where the actual building was erected in 1930. two years later , In Fredricksburg Virginia , the building was shown with a corrected sign , and a corrected rear shed attachment . Now in addition, I spent another two years on and off the phone both to Quality Oil who once erected the building I did the model of and to the North Carolina Historical Society . That adds up to about six years totaljust for one diorama do be done accurately . Ed Shaver

Harry, sorry, I can't feel sorry for you're lawn delemia . Look man, I live about an hour south of Washington D C . I also used to manufacture cabinets in a METAL CORRIGATED building in Houston . Now , try out living in Houston or D C for one year and tell me bout yer problems ........... Now , if ya come here for a visit , I'll fix ya some Home Made Lemmonade , YUMMMM GOOD !!!!!! Ed Shaver

Bruce, you know you're too danged old when you can remember buying that exact kit for 1.50 brand new ................ Ed Shaver

Hey Sam, remind me of that when I'm back visiting in Dallas Texas in Febuary in the 53 Ford Panel delivery . Hey, I dunno where you live but Brutha, in an ice storm, ya need somethin to warm da hands .............. Ed Shaver

An de rest is History , right Kieth ? Ed Shaver

Tony, mabie I'll do a book , self published of course on building buildings some day . Course I can't do a deal through real Publishers cause they always want to screw it up with price guides and the like ......... Ed Shaver

As long as Fred Blumenthall decides he's a "Puppy trucka " an we in Texas sez he is too. and don't show up , mebbbie me an de 53 might show ! Ed Shaver AKA SCRUBBA............

Rommel, you ask why I build models ? Well, for starters back in 1961, I could visualize a real car out of a plastic kit . Today, it's much diferent . Look , here in Richmond Virginia , people here care only about "Certain histories " . O K , I'm related to Jeferson Davis , President of the Confederate Stares . Now to some , well most , thats a bigg deal . Hey, it happened . Still, it's not my bag , cars are , will be . Now my real hobby is Old Service stations . I grew up working in them . I went and took a college management course sponsored by Shell to own one too. Hey, it was only six weeks . Service stations to me are a glimpse of "Real America " . Guys comming home from W W II went into becomming dealers as the war effort ended . Guys who wanted to be mechanics worked as grease jockeys and tire changers at them . Men who dreamed of becomming the next Fireball Roberts pieced together Amature racers between customers wanting directions into the next metropolitan city. I myself learned how to use body lead as the Shell station I worked at did some body work on totaled wrecks at least until Shell represenatives Kiboshed the whole deal . I learned how to drive a wrecker there too. You look around Richmond Va.. today . Hey, we're restoring parks , rebuilding some ole shack George Washington MAY have slept in ......... but restore a service station ..... Herasy !!!!!!!!!! hey, Ive already been told I'm from a distant planet by a couple of television reporters for doing these as models . Do I care , certainly not . Will anyone care twenty years down the road ??????????? Ed Shaver

Great Chevrolet Van sir ! Now wheres the nearest truck - In this week end ?????? I wanna rock an roll !!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

Trying to answer all questions , uh yes Ed , it's the 1950 deluxe cab version of the 3100 truck . And In dropping an axle on a Chevrolet , easy. one way is to re arch the Spring perches and take out some material. Another is to heat the front axle and add some Plastruct "I" Beam material so you can deepen the axle at either corner . Uh take a look at the A M T 55 Chevrolet Cameo truck front axle for a good example of what a dropped axle would look like . Ed Shaver

I'm with David on this . This diorama is way to kwell for this board. Ask Ken Hamilton what I mean ........ Ed Shaver

Tony , on a roof panel, watch using Foam Core . If you need to use a lot of Glue , it seems to make a large Foam Core panel warp , BIG TIME ! I prefer to use a 1/8th inch piece of Berch Plywood as it's dimensionally stable and it dosent warp as much . Ed Shaver