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The metal Fords were Model As-1930 or 1931. The Chevy was a 1932.

After each polishing session run a toothpick through the cap and be sure to fold the nozzle down flat.

Welcome to the club! Mine was never correct either.

Yesterday I got two of the re-done AMT '64 Cutlass convertibles, the Grumpy Jenkins Vega, and the AMT VW GTI Mk.1 from LHS along with the Revell '70 Trans-Am and some of the close out Testor paint from Hobby Lobby.

You're fortunate to be able to install the chassis into the body with the front valance fitted on the body. I have the curbside version of the GTS and it can't be done that way as the chassis is molded completely differently and can't be installed after the valance panel is attached to the body. So you end up with a seam where the parts meet.

Perhaps because it's a stock only version of the kit? Or do you not realize it's a vintage 1962 mold?

My interests are diverse- Race cars, rally cars, street machines, hot rods, trucks, domestic and foreign stock. I seem to be going more for box stock lately in just trying to complete some of my kit stash.

They're there. They were just sprayed with Clearview 2000.

From what I've read the changes seem to make the new cars very similar to an Australian V8 Supercar.

The body looks a lot better than the Polar Lights abomination.

I bought the Ford LN snow plow/ dump truck kit at Hobby Lobby last Saturday, some flesh tone paint and a copy of issue #208 of our favorite magazine.

The only model I ever tossed was a Big Deuce. It had fallen apart and I figured I'd never rebuild it. Lesson learned. My mother, however, had tossed out a large stash of my early leftover kit parts and some of my early builds( with which we used to play Demo Derby) when I was still young. Never did forgive her for that.

For what age? For a youngster, a simple snap kit will do. You can detail paint as desired and have a surprisingly good looking model. For someone a bit older, one of the simpler Tamiya kits( usually these are re releases of kits from the 80s) is great starter. There aren't too may parts and the parts fit well.

Decaling some competition cars, hands down. Don't think so? Try a 1999 Peugeot 206 WRC with the large sectional lion decal. It still gives me the shivers when I think about it.

No need to be nervous about the kit. The most involved thing is puttying the spoiler to the deck lid and sanding it's inner seam. And be sure the inner details as are you want them because once the body is mated to the chassis it's not coming off!

That Wildcat show car has been different colors through it's existence, That blue in those early photos, then gold( which is what was when I got to sit in it when I was about 7 years old and it was on display at the Buick dealership where my Dad was service manager) and now it's red.

HOOORAY!!!!!!!!! Finally another edition of our car modelling magazine without military stuff or monster figures to pollute the pages,

Should we ask for a Coca Cola Moonscope?

A good compromise would be the Tamiya thick liquid cement( the bottle with the orange cap). I use it the most of my glues. The Tamiya thin glue is good for basic assembly but not so much for pieces that have been painted because the glue tends to seep from the joined parts.

It's 1/25th.

Yesterday I bought the re-release of the Tamiya Lotus Europa that now includes a small fret of photoetch.

You could fit a Harley-Davidson based engine in that 2CV and have a lot of fun.

Back in the 90s our sports car club got a tour of some Roush facilities in Livonia, Michigan through the efforts of one of our members who worked there at the time. We happened to be at the dyno facility and Ted Musgrave's Daytona restrictor plate engine was being tested after the race. I was looking over the dyno operator's shoulder and saw the best figures- 432 horsepower, 393 pound feet of torque.

Here's hoping that the body comes out looking more like a Charger than that Polar Lights version that had 1/4 panels that looked like they came from a '76 Torino Elite.

No, it's not just you. I, too, prefer something I can hold in my glue encrusted hands. I'm glad I have my back issue stash of Model Cars, Car Modeler, SAE, and Car Model magazines.