ZTony8

Dave, will you have the latest test shot of the Comet on your table at our Detroit show on November 13th?

If you can find non penetrating thinner that wll take the worry out of wrecking the plastic.Try an automotive paint store.

Also confirmed are Moebius and Revell/ Monogram.Come visit the largest model swap meet in the area( maybe anywhere in the country). We sold out the floor space-284 tables-and there's the Motor City NNL,too.Fabulous 50s is the main theme,50 years of the Dodge Charger is the sub theme and our cult theme is 50 years of Can-Am and Trans-Am.

I had a Lee F50.It seems to be a direct crib of the Revell F50 kit.But the plastic was a LOT shinier.I sold it off only because I have the Tamiya and Revell versions.

Ok,fellow modelers,correct me if I'm wrong but this looks to have been a simple task of taking the two different style scoops and the slicks from the two '64 Dodge kits,tooling the mags,and doing up the decal sheet.Otherwise it's the '64 Plymouth kit.What would have taken 6 years for this kit to show up? I too saw that $39.99 price at Hobby Lobby.Ouch. When the Hobby Lobby stores around here do a clearance the kits are priced at 40% off-just like having a coupon.

I recall that there was an issue a few years ago about some Revell kits crazing when paint was applied because of a change in the plastic.Could this be the case here?

There are some differences at the front between the new tool '56 & '57 Revell kits and the new tool AMT chassis mainly around the engine compartment area.Nothing unchangeable, just a difference in the philosophies of the two companies of what part got molded with what other part.

I believe that Steve is coming to our November show here in Metro Detroit.

I built the '56 sedan as a kid and had no real problems with it.Sometimes being young and dumb has advantages!I still have the model in my stash though pieces have graduallly fallen off of it.Also in my stash I have a couple of the '55 hardtops built way back by a buddy and as I recall the opening panels fit well.I also have unbuilt 70s versions of the '55 and the '57 Nomad in my stash.

The Downriver club did this theme last year.Leave it to me to come up with a stumper(heh heh).I built a stock AMT '29 Model A roadster.Nobody guessed the name of the song(not even a guy who's in the Model A Restorer's club). (It's "Henry Made a Lady Out Of Lizzie")

We are lucky here in Metro Detroit.We have several non chain hobby shops still in business.Model Cave in Ypsilanti and Great Lakes in Sterling Heights probably have the most stock of any of them.

Looks great ! BTW it's a Team McLaren car,not a Penske.

These are affectionately known as " Saabarus" .

The toy cars are metal, the real cars are plastic-I've chuckled about this for years.

If someone can't tell that the '62 Chevy in your picture is a model then maybe they need glasses more than I need mine.This isn't a knock on your model or the picture.The indicators are there if one just studies the photograph.Keep on composing and posting your shots the way you desire.I like them the way they're presented.

If you're considering doing a candy red car use copper,not gold or silver, for a base color.It intensifies the red(see the real Mazmanian Willys gasser).

In no specific order: 1)Chrysler or De Soto Airflow 2)'70 to '73 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and/or Formula 455 3)Ferrari 330 or 365 GTC 4) 1941 Packard 180 LeBaron Sport Brougham 5)1960 Chrysler 300 F 6)1991-1993 Mercedes 500E 7)Late 30s Figoni & Falaschi bodied Talbot Lago 8)Lamborghini 350 GT 9)'58 Edsel 10)2005-2006 Ford GT 11)Chevy HHR SS The following I've owned so I voted with my wallet: 1)'65 Olds f-85-my first car 2)'71 Firebird Formula 455 H.O. 3) '75 Olds Omega(Mine was a 260 v-8,three on the tree.I autocrossed,track dayed,and road rallied it!) 4) '79 Malibu 305 with a factory 4 speed trans. 5) My 2008 HHR-special ordered with a manual trans and 2.4 liter engine-one of 250 built like it that year.

Be careful about using the blue low tack 3M tape.It states on the inside surface of the roll not to use it with lacquers.

When I worked at the Buick dealership back in the 80s we had one of those FBI cars come in.We had heard about the special chip so we pulled the chip out of this car and took a look at the code numbers on it.Guess what? it was the stock production chip.

You can attach it before assembly if you desire.It won't interfere with the chassis installation.

Many shows have floor rights that,for extra money,allow the payer earlier access that the rest of the attendees.Usually that earlier time coincides with the set-up time for the vendors.We do it at the two D.A.A.M. shows here in metro Detroit.

I worked as a porter at a VW dealer back in the mid 70s and got to sample a few of the Type 4s.They were stone slow and would develop a fluctuating idle problem.I don't remember the fix for it.The engine was the same type as the concurrent Type 2(Bus).And they even sold a few manual trans equipped cars here-those were all 2 door fastbacks and they were almost peppy.Any other version had an automatic trans.

The Tamiya Williams FW24 is what I missed.I think I have at least one of every other Tamiya 1/20 F-1 kit.I'll find it someday.

It was my first time attending and I was absolutely amazed at the number and quality of models on display.If this was a judged contest I don't know how long it would take to pick out class winners(or if it could be done). I was pleasantly surprised when both magazines wanted to photograph one of the models I brought. I'll attend again-maybe not next year but I will be back!

I'll throw in the R&R Vacuum Craft '72 Riviera.I've never started mine and every time I dig it out I wonder if my skills will EVER be sufficient to build that thing.