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I'll look forward to seeing some pictures. Wood-bodied cars are a love of mine, as are station wagons of all kinds. Charlie Larkin

Rich, that came out beautifully. I have to say, in white, it looks really good. Charlie Larkin

Good news is always welcome here. Heal up quickly and follow doctor's advice as closely as possible. Charlie Larkin

Kevorkian (translated: "son of Kevork", which name along with Giragos is usually translated to "George"), is a fairly common Armenian name, Mike. And while they might be related, who knows? Charlie Larkin

I'd love to see some these reissued or new tools created. The tow truck is cool....then again, anything model-related featuring Armenians (Kevorkian's garage) usually are (not that I have any bias....) I do wonder if that was/is a real establishment? Given the address, I could see it as real, but curiosity gets the better of me. From what I remember, wasn't the "Cooter" tow truck re-issued once in the not-too-distant past? Charlie Larkin

Another view with the partially-bare metal scheme. MBTA GM Fishbowl bus 5262 at the Harvard-Brattle Station busway by ck4049 Charlie Larkin

I have many fond memories of the Fishbowls from when I would go to Arlington, and later Watertown, and go places with my grandmother on the MBTA around greater Boston. MBTA GM Fishbowl bus 6080 by ck4049 I remember around 1984-85, they started to be replaced by Flyers, which were Canadian buses. They simply did not have the same panache. I'd buy at least one of those just to bring some happy memories back. Charlie Larkin

Interesting little truck. And just weird enough to like. Charlie Larkin

Gorgeous little car. Probably one of the cutest things ever to go on four wheels. Charlie Larkin

Whoever makes those, I'll buy at least one or two of each. If they include the parts to build all years of the Coupe Express (1937-'39), yes, I will buy all three to build all three. I would vastly prefer 1/25 to keep it with my American prototype stuff, but I'm working on a display to show off my 1/24 and 1/25 pre-War stuff together. Charlie Larkin

Very nice conversion, Tom. What did you use for that? I remember seeing a lot of those trucks around here, and I still see one periodically. Blue/silver was a pretty common color scheme on them, too. Charlie Larkin

Y'know, even with the problems that kit has proportionally and to a point, shape-wise, once the body starts coming together, it doesn't look too bad. Nice clean build, Rich. Charlie Larkin

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, Art and Doug. Charlie Larkin

Excellent work. Charlie Larkin

Looks great, Ron. I'm still toying with what color to do mine in. I'm thinking two-tone gray just because you don't see it too much. Charlie Larkin

That looks fantastic! Charlie Larkin

The Opel Kapitan might be a good start to a Shark-nose Graham-Paige or a Huppmobile Skylark/Graham Hollywood. Charlie Larkin

Cool, Mike. Coming east next month? Bring the van and this, even if it's for the "in progress" table. By then, we should have most of the snow cleared.... Charlie Larkin

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That Opel is a neat car. And if they did that Packard, I seriously know half a dozen people who would buy at least one, including me. 35 Euros, at a shirtsleeve estimate, is about $40 U.S. No, not cheap, but if they're a good product, I wouldn't refuse one, either. Charlie Larkin

Beautiful work, Rich. Charlie Larkin

I will make it to NNL-West someday. I was hoping to this year, but money once again had other plans for me. I always hear such good things about it. And, well, escaping New England for a long weekend in February has a lot of appeal. Charlie Larkin

I want a glass of grape juice now..... Very nice, clean work, Ron. I enjoy seeing your builds. Charlie Larkin

VERY nice job smoothing out that paint. Looks like it could be a Mary Kay promotional car! She's a beautiful young lady, and did a very nice job with that. Keep her building something- cars, planes, ships, figures. Kids don't work enough with their hands anymore and have lost the art of appreciating delayed gratification. Keep her at it, and she can point the way to her school mates and friends that instant satisfaction isn't all that great. As Rob said, that winning smile says it all. No faking that. Charlie Larkin

Looks good. What did you do to lower it? I remember when those were first released that a few people thought they sat a bit high. Charlie Larkin