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Brilliant in its simplicity. I do wonder, though, HOW did that car end up in that lake like that?? I'd love to see the crazy dash-cam footage from that. Also of interest- a RHD CR-V? I thought Russia was a LHD country. Charlie Larkin

This one went a little over my head? Or are you suggesting that the manufacturing would keep the money rolling in? And manufacturing what? Charlie Larkin

$51,000+ for THAT??? For that kind of money, I could have most of my debt (student loans and a couple of remnants of unemployment canceled. Gas Monkey? I have another word in mind that rhymes with "gas" and is also the variant of a mule. And people wonder why I don't watch these shows...it's akin to feeding a hyper five-year-old more sugar. Charlie Larkin

Nicely done. "The car salesman with no fixed address" is a bit of a concern, though. Charlie Larkin

Stunning. Charlie Larkin

Agreed. It got to the point on my personal ad that I wrote something to the effect of "my models, cameras, cars and books come as a package with me." Charlie Larkin

A six-carb Stovebolt with a pretty aqua color. Very nice start. Charlie Larkin

Can I have your shop? Please? Charlie Larkin

Nice little car, Harry. And such a cheerful color. Whose kit is that? I might go scrounge one of those up myself. And yes, I'll again make a call-to-action from the kit makers for more of these little jewels in 1/25 scale. Charlie Larkin

Very nice, Dan. The 1965-68 C-bodies are some of my favorites. Charlie Larkin

The random assignment of judges is, among other reasons, to prevent exactly this problem. That said, it's not foolproof and can be circumvented. Good plot twist, Mike, and another good chapter. Charlie Larkin

Well....I'd make time for a princess if she was a nice princess. But the talking frog is cool. Charlie Larkin

That's pretty low indeed. I remember when I was in high school a lot of my friends were athletes and in chorus or band- I'm not athletic and have no musical talent, but I stood by my friends in their endeavours. One of my buddies got a small award from the area sports writers- nothing huge, but a nice "it feels good to get recognized" type thing. Some idiot in our own school tried to get it reversed. It didn't work, but things like this have been happening since time immemorial. Some people are mindlessly jealous and all they can see is envy- when they don't see rage, and at all times, people like that see only varying shades of green. Don't let them stop you- now or in the future. Charlie Larkin

Dan, that color combination is 100% what I had in mind! Fantastic! Charlie Larkin

That looks nice,Tullio. An idea if that yellow is being a rascal to photograph- try a polarizing filter. As you still have some 35mm equipment, it might be wise to try that filter with the film; you may get a truer color. Whatever you decide to do, that's another nice build of yours. Charlie Larkin

I'm not sure about the black and green interior, but I do like the exterior color and wheel choice. A nice clean build, Jim. Charlie Larkin

Thanks for answering the question I was about to ask Tom. The box-art looked too slovenly for AMT, MPC or Jo-Han. It would've said so, too. Charlie Larkin

Chris, if you happen to have a good front/rear bumper and tail panel for my Wildcat, let me know. Charlie Larkin

Excellent job on that. Better than most of my two-tones. Charlie Larkin

Well, Mike, I don't know if the glue will actually dissolve in the water, but like I said, it does seem to be working its way into the seam. Perhaps it becoming a little more porous. I put the body in upside down to try and get a little better coverage on the roof, and perhaps that'll help things along a little. So, I'm more of the approach of "may the adhesive power be gone." I can chip/sand off the glue later. Gary, thanks for the kind words. It does take patience and perseverance to get a model- especially a glue bomb like this, to acceptable, if not fantastic, condition. The goal for this model will be, like it is for all of mine, to have a nice shelf model. I don't really do contests or shows, although I might bring something to NNL if I get it done. I might show this at Classic Plastic and MassCar, though, with the pictures, no matter the outcome. I'm now also starting to give thought to colors. With the interior in its pretty-well fused state that no amount of freezing/thawing seems to relieve, I'm probably going to go with a black interior to simplify the painting. A vinyl top will also be necessary to help cover the repairs needed to the roof post-glue-melt. I was originally toying with Marlin Blue (AKA Chevy Silver Blue,) with a white interior and vinyl top, but I really don't like blue with a black interior. I'm now toying with Silver Cloud with a black interior/vinyl top. I saw a picture of a Wildcat convertible in Silver Cloud with a black interior, and I thought it was pretty sharp. Charlie Larkin

Super Clean and Purple Power are basically the same stuff. Scalecoat (also sold as Polly S and Testors, I think) paint remover can cause trouble. The white resin, such as used by Missing Link and Motor City seems to prefer Westley's or Simple Green as it's much less strong. Charlie Larkin

I can't get into non-gloss paint but otherwise, it looks great. Very nice traditional custom. Charlie Larkin

Actually, I was about to post a progress report. After months of soaking, the decals are mostly off! Not only that, a lot of the yellowing is going away, revealing some nice clean white plastic underneath. It also looks like the water might be working its way into the window-roof joint a little. I'll keep playing with it. The interior is pretty well seized. I'll probably have to brush-paint the whole thing assembled, unless I can get it apart. That should be unadulterated joy, but we'll do the best we can anyway. Worst-case scenario, Chris Brame (ChrisBCritter) was nice enough to send me a sectioned roof from a '63 Impala in case worst comes to absolute worst. Thanks, Chris! I'll try to get some pictures up when I have a photo-worthy progress report. Charlie Larkin

She's 102 now and still going, although now age has simply overcome her eyesight. Good to see recovery is going well. Charlie Larkin