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Certainly not car people. Regulators, insurance companies, "how not to offend" specialists, and group-think soccer moms? Sure. Now, if they had at least made this with a turbo Pentastar and a six-speed as an option, I'd be a lot more forgiving. Also a bit bigger, I understand this is slightly smaller than a K-car. Journey-size would be about ideal. Charlie Larkin

This is awesome. Charlie Larkin

This is very impressive work. Charlie Larkin

If this is the future, they can have it. Charlie Larkin

At least with all the black, it's pretty easy to paint. Charlie Larkin

Nice work. They are cute little buggers. When running, supposed to be a lot of fun, too. Charlie Larkin

Best use of the Globe I've heard of in a very long time. The Sunday Globe now, like many other papers, is tiny compared to what it used to be, and is now about twice as expensive, if not more. Charlie Larkin

I have to ask, Pat, where do you find your figures? I need some more variety. Charlie Larkin

Not a bad idea for the photo base. Use some AK Interactive oil stain coating to simulate that on grey-ish blacktop so it shows up better. Charlie Larkin

Defintiely the Revell. Like I said, great build, I just found that one assembly a bit fussy. Charlie Larkin

This is very nice work. Charlie Larkin

I have one of these. Someday, I'll have the gumption to try it. I'll watch yours first. Charlie Larkin

I built one of these a long time ago. Very nice kit, although I found the rear shocks a little touchy. Charlie Larkin

Thanks for the update, last I knew, Goodyear had it. Must have sold it off. The original Fisk was headquartered in Chicopee, Mass., about an hour southwest of me, specifically Chicopee Falls. ' I also further stand corrected; it was U.S. Royal (now Uniroyal, now owned by Michelin) that bought the assets. Makes sense, as Uniroyal had a big plant in WMass for years, and that was probably it. Michelin, from what I've been told, is absolutely nightmarish to deal with for licensing, but, again, this might not be as bad based on the low profile name. Neat, quick read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Rubber_Company Charlie Larkin

Very familiar with Hobbytyme. Nice people and great to deal with. Stevens was good, too. We used to use Squadron for a lot of the specialty military stuff and the occasional good deal on other things. Too bad they folded. Their books are great. I wonder if the publishing rights are available? I know a few people who might be able to help get them into print. Stevens is pretty good, too, and yes, it's very difficult to run a store without them as a primary distributor. We also had a small local distributor. They went under some major (and not good) changes. I was planning to use them, now, not so much. Trying to put the money together now. Hopefully fall opening at this point. Maybe sooner if things line up right. Charlie Larkin

This is a good thing. Charlie Larkin

Fortunately, the Pyro and Life-Like brass kits aren't real expensive because they're 1/32. Great little kits. I have most, if not all of the Pyros. I also have one of these Buicks. It's a nice little kit. I've been seriously toying with getting at it soon. Charlie Larkin

Given how desparate the remnants of Sears is for revenue, getting some of the old Sears tires brands like Guardsman, RoadHandler, SuperGuard GT, and others, might be an easy (and very inexpensive) deal to work. And where many of those tires were made by Cooper, you could very easily work that in, too. The Michelin, Goodyear and Bridgestone-produced ones may or may not be as easy or inexpensive. Fisk, as I seem to remember, was bought by Goodyear, but given how they seem to be behaving, it might not work well. That said, even Fisk isn't appearing in reproduction tires for antique cars, they might be happy to make a few bucks and cut a deal. As always with matters like this, there's no harm in asking. Charlie Larkin

That's very disappointing. I remember one discussion I had with a gentleman whose son worked for Cooper. At least as of 2011 when I had this discussion when I was in an entrepreneur contest, and developed the concept for my own model company, this man (he was one of the judges), had told me that Cooper was very anxious to expand brand awareness. Although they didn't supply OE, and still don't, Coopers might be an interesting choice. I would also suggest talking to the firm that now owns the Armstrong name. I seem to remember that at least some cars came with them from the factory. Michael Ramp, who is on Facebook, works for Continental-General. I wonder if he might be able to help you get something with them? Generals would be the correct tires for many GM cars from the 1930s-at least the late '60s/early '70s, after which it was primarily Uniroyal, but Generals were still seen. I remember being told Firestone was pretty reasonable (and not especially expensive) to deal with. Has that changed? On the main subject, grabbed my Coronet this weekend. GREAT job with it! I really liked what I saw. Charlie Larkin

Good information to know; and all the stores around here are doing it. So, full disclosure, I'm looking very seriously at opening a hobby shop myself because there isn't one in this area, and where I'm within an hour of nearly 20 colleges, one fairly large city, and about a dozen smaller cities and major towns without much in the way of hobbies, gaming or similar products to serve them, I think I stand a fair to middling chance of doing okay; perhaps not fabulously wealthy, but enough, and perhaps more importantly, I'll like going to work. Where one major store will also probably be closing due to retirement in the next year or two, my goal is to help fill the shoes. When I managed that same store a few years ago, I saw a lot of issues with distribution and pricing, both from distributors and the ownership. I don't like getting cranked, and I don't like the idea of cranking my customers, so anything I can do to make a decent margin and provide value is top of my consideration. Charlie Larkin

What absolutely horrible news. From reading his obituary, he was definitely a man who fits the saying "to live respected, and die regretted." May we all find ourselves in a similar state. My sincerest condolences to his family. Charlie Larkin

Do tell? Most of those kits around here, along with Italeri, are running $50-65 a pop. Charlie Larkin

Kind of what I was thinking, yep. Charlie Larkin

So far, so good. Charlie Larkin

I'll be watching this. I have most of the Pyro 1/32 Brass Era cars. I've toyed with building them and setting up a museum diorama with them. Charlie Larkin