The Junkman

Just an indicator of the "ugly stick" Palmer used to beat all their kits. The stick was then passed along to Starfix.

Thanks, I thought it was me.

Does anyone have information about the Randy Ayers board? Its been down for about a week. http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/

I'd just LOVE to see this driven in anger on a proper road course. Sears Point, Road America etc. What would you say, about a 70% to 30% weight ratio front to rear? A John Deere tractor wouldn't plow any better than this.

Pack Rat, I like every single one of your choices, and I'm a Ford guy. The fact that we don't have a notchback 67-68 Mustang is beyond my understanding. Ferrari Lusso is the best of the street bodies. And a '71-'72 Polara...well its just not going to happen but a guy can wish.

Depending on your level of desire (meaning how much money you'd spend for it) http://www.fishermodels.com/product/cunningham-c4r-195354-124?tid=2 I'd go for a C5R also As several others have mentioned: pretty much 2 seater with the name "Cobra" attached: most especially a 289 ci with FIA/USRRC body and a 427 competition along with an injected Daytona Coupe BMW Bavaria (the original from 1972 and later) BMW M6 current body style Audi A6 or A8 current body style 1982-85 RX7 Jaguar C-type (dreaming, I know) All the C1 and C2 Corvettes could use a major freshening I'll think of more as soon as I log off.

Personal knowledge? Don't mind me, things like fonts and number sequence are just evidence of my touch of age related OCD.

Those Calif plate decals on the test shot page: Comic Sans Font? Really? Also the plates beginning with "2" would have been issued about 1988-89. Euro plates look cooler anyway.

My question is why don't manufacturer's mold their tires in polystyrene? No issues with chemical misadventures, certain to fit the wheels enclosed in the kit, no issues with incompatibility with paints.

Does the MOG have a military version (I'd think so). Maybe Revell expects some business from the treadhead market.

Pretty certain its a new tool-says that on the release list and the new mold been the subject of discussion on other modeling boards. Now add a 78' Higgins boat..... I know the Porsche 108 is a cute little tractor and; was there some discussion on which version of the Panamera is the subject of the kit? (Ooops, nevermind. Found it.)

http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Hersteller_News/Revell_News_2018_I.html#table6 Not a lot of interest except for the 1/72 PT-109 new tool. It says a 911 Turbo release in "cooperation". That usually a re-pop of some other company's mold. Any idea which one?

That is "sick". I do hope they race it in a version of the classic Aston Racing Green. Yes, I am old school.

Yes, I am a baby boomer and this, my friends, is Jack Leynnwood

Italeri 250 SWB and 275 GTB. Haven't seen either one in years.

I noticed that it appears to be a 4 door, with rear suicide doors a la the RX-8. Trim that front overhang at bit and I'd be on it. This coming from a guy who owns a Mustang with a front overhang. Ahh, with my luck it would be the first $150(+) k Mazda and push it right out of the budget..

Not really sure but the inner headlamps are so big that they're like a zit on a beauty queen, the overall effect might be great but all you notice is the flaw.

Last week, on a whim, I bought an AMT 1/43rd 1969 Mustang kit, sealed. Once I got it home I actually looked at it and...there are issues. Here's the kit listed on an Ebay auction-no connection with the seller or sale but for illustration purposes only. https://www.ebay.com/i/372094873524?chn=ps&dispItem=1 Without opening it, I already see there is a serious problem with the headlamps. The ones mounted in the grill are HUGE and the ones in the facia are severely undersized. Has anyone built this one and can offer some tips or should it remain in the pile of doom?

Back when dinosaurs ruled the earth I was stationed in Japan for 2 years. In the same manner that Kanji, the Japanese "alphabet" makes no sense to our eyes, so English is a mystery to them. The random phrases and very "interesting" words that was printed on clothing etc would be jarring at times. It is best to consider it simply as an attempt at decor and not read anything more into it. (How many of those Asian script tattoos the young ones get really say "Sucker" when they thought is said "Peace" or "Strength" or whatever?)

There's a lot of Christmas presents, bargain purchases, and "stumble upons" represented there. The current "Holy Grail" is Cobra Daytona Coupes by Brock/Friedman/Stauffer but $1350+ is way out of my league. Believe it or not I don't think I paid list price for any of them. Sometimes I dive into the online book sites to see what they might be worth but its hard to tell with the algorithms they use.

We end up going to Ontario a least once a year (the in-laws live in and aboot Toronto) and I love the "not quite GM" variations you never see in the states. Astre, Beaumont, etc. (As an aside, in a previous life as a CHP officer a sheriff deputy called for me to verify the legitimacy of a vaguely American sedan. 1970 Beaumont, he'd never seen one.) First Lada I'd ever seen was there. I took a road trip to PEI in 2013 and in Moncton, NB I saw more newer Shelby GT500's in one morning than I ever have in the past many years. To bring this back on topic I went to a local car show on Saturday and saw this. There's a bit of a political statement involved but the restoration was nicely done. The paint job had an eggshell finish to it, oddly enough. Google "State of Jefferson"

I don't have an answer to your question but the thread intrigued me. This is just my car book collection, not extensive but just what interests me. Yes, there is a Ford bias. The upper r/h corner is my collection of Motor Racing Replica News/Motor Racing Models mags and the bottom shelf has about 1/2 of my Vintage Motorsport mags. I'd like to clear the space but you never know what might be important in the future. The Model Cars mags are not in frame but they're around.

GM groupthink? No one had enough moxie to step up and say "This thing is ugly with the 'arched back' shape of an angry beagle" so they thought to go along to get along. Still causes me to cringe on the rare occasion that I see one.

Saturday: Starkey and Hutch Torino that I hope to turn into a Junie Dunlevey 1976 Lemans entrant, purchased at Michaels with coupon. Monday: Revell DE Porsche 934 that I haven't decided which livery to use. Purchased at my closest hobby/toy shop-68 miles from home. As an aside, how could I have missed the fact that the Torino is molded in red and the Porsche in orange. I'd gotten SO used to white or grey.

So to put a modeling aspect on this: the lower body on the early cars was made of (I believe) fiberglass which was originally black but age transformed/changed to the dark reddish brown shown in the above photos. Would that be correct or was it always the dark brown? I've got an old AMT Chaparral C kit and 3 of the Chaparral D (two Monogram/Revell and one Fujimi-to say nothing of the E from Fisher. I don't know how that happened-I've always been a Ford guy)