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25-30k pretty offensive. 10k pushing it actually. Expect that's where "leasing" comes in. More bang for your buck. A co-op show animal. Probably same idiots that think little Sparky going to play pro ball and it starts by winning little league. Glad to hear showing popular up there. Really good times for kids and families, lotta work, not cheap, but lessons and grins worth it.

Yep, some are banging 40-50k here. Don't know anyone that's stepped in that deep, but I know a lot that have kicked some hi-priced stock. The whole leasing thing is huge misappropriation of the principle. Good news is there's enough sound minded cattlemen with very deep pockets and great work ethics to bury any idiot that gets caught. It truly is awesome to see kids take a pitiful glue factory refugee and make a Grand Champion or Reserve Grand Champion. Blows me away the money they make off birds. Everyone starts with eggs, and goes from there. That's a real race. Down here, you need AC in barns so the stock doesn't melt. We've got tatt's and papers and all. Kids lose weight working so hard, and they love it. Then there's rodeo. 10-15yo kids flipping a good barrel racer around pretty much makes baseball and football a snooze. I did love the basketball "use 4/5 of your fouls" story. Priceless. PS Tom-great concept. I never finish anything, so I dunno. Good news if ya move though, you only need pool heat about 3 mos a year tops. Gotta add water though to keep it from boiling.

Here in TX, 4H kids raise a lot of stock to show. Most my patients worked hard, had families in the stock biz, but still needed help with feed programs, heavy lifting, vet stuff. However, some families "leased" stock to show, rather than buying big stock. Hard to catch, but it happens. Nuts. Fortunately all the kids I know that show did great, and show season stories were awesome. Responsibility and maturity beyond most adults. Model building and quilting (rabidly popular here) for shows seems to assume basic skills first, and no help on the actual show entry. I think a history of introducing tools and techniques for any 4H'er should be adequate if someone pitches a fit. As far as sports are concerned, it's sadly BS. Rodeo and stock shows far better at developing adult coping skills than usual sports. Amazing how hundreds of # of animal makes little league nonsense disappear. Not a lot of self-entitled kids muck stalls.

Great channel, Direct here doesn't carry but hospital does during chemo. Gilligan's Island came on one day, I vaguely remembered episode. It was Snake Plissken as a kid Way better than MEHTV. Mission Impossible too. Cool.

Actually, Frank, I am critical of errors, lately Revell, but it's not personal, nor confined to them. Stupid stuff is inexcusable. I don't want you punished, but you came off as a jerk. I can too, but just because Revell is frustrating doesn't mean Tim or anyone else is a stooge. I suspect Tim had a LOT to do with the 15 Mustang, and that it was more Ford's effort than Revell brain trust. Ford knows how to market these days. I've already attempted points about Forza/NFS tie-ins, and getting kits to market sooner (NEW!! 5-year old Raptor, with all old body!! AND NEW!! Crown Vic, with multiple previous molds, but it's NEW!! to us, and you schleps won't know difference, trust us!!) Try some decaf, and realize that as infuriating/stupid/poor business planning/arrogant as some of it seems, they are getting some things right. Which makes it ALL the more annoying when there is a turd in the punch bowl. Not my job to defend Tim, Brett, or anyone else, but there are some good things. AND the paint on the pre-paint is better than the 1:1, but that's another rant. Jack said it best L

The 5 vent car exists. Chassis #74045. NOT production. Been around 1:1's more than a bit, and Italeri not close for production. Nobody did reasonable slider wiindows, most too big. Not a lot of cars delivered with sliders. No good replica of the lift suspension either. And details of the 5 vent car are not consistent with rest of kit. Nice comparo link, Google translate helps some, pics say a lot. Tam street/comp light, and Fuj LM look great with minimal fiddling.

Rules don't cover impugning someone's integrity, Harry. That's what moderators are for, to augment basic rules with judgment. Just because it doesn't break rules doesn't mean it wasn't rude, inappropriate, and B5. You rant about names, but it's OK for Frank to say Tim is a corporate stooge for Revell? That's screwed up. Shouldn't have to point this out to mod, but here ya go: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll&defid=1241830 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trolling

Because kids today want the latest. Not 10+yo police cars, they have eyes, they can tell. Not old R8 or Jeep, or old Raptor. They DO want new '15 Mustang, '14 Vette, as they know the difference. Hot Wheels doesn't do castings of old Jeeps, CV's first. They do LaFerrari, Huracan, C7, '15 Mustang. Because the buyers require it. Sure they sell other stuff, weird castings, older cars, but kids are huge consumers. 2-3yo kids can run apps 1/2 the board can't. Revell etc. (Not just them) forget that when they were kids, they knew lots of cars by name, even if never gazing upon a real one. These are NOT toys. They're intro level Craftsman style kits. Yes they can be played with. The point is the build. Play just adds to satisfaction. Hopefully some will get hooked and progress. Hopefully they'll sell the good stuff, and the stale stuff will sit.

The Italeri/Testors is wrong. There are 5 vents on tail on side, no embossed F40 on one side of spoiler, and wheels/tires very wrong. Fujimi not great either, but their F40LM rocks. Regular F40 by Tam is awesome. Just need to drill tow hook hole in valence and you're done.

Great, so '15 Mustang and '14 Vette current, that's it. Ask Mattel what it's like serving outdated toys or movie flops up to kids, whether they buy it anyway. NOT. Link, newer one than first I posted. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/17/why-you-shouldnt-panic-over-mattels-earnings.aspx

I'm just baffled by the new snap kits of old cars. Kids aren't THAT stupid. '07-'14 Audi R8, unreleased '11 Raptor, ancient CV (When most PD's using Explorers, actually). Jeep apears to be current version, 4 door would be wiser choice as more popular it seems, but it looks different than the older Tomb Raider DC/glue kit. New R8 due any minute, sister car Huracan is out, spy photos out. New all aluminum Raptor spy pics out, due shortly after regular new F150. I get annoyed about screwups that are avoidable, e.g. Fox top, 57 sills, and the "it's good enough" philosophy. Not personal for me, but I agree that outta hand and ironic. Tim Boyd got pounded yesterday inappropriately by Frank, and that's rude. Tim contributes more than most, and is pretty unbiased. He can stand up for himself, but no mod knocked off the drama. Someone needs to do so.

Looks nice, I really like RoG efforts, and even if you pay RoG prices they're nice value. I'm the idiot who has to have both, and the Tam detail up stuff from HLJ, price better but still a factor of 2. Funny when plastic creeping hard onto resin prices. Fortunately LaF wackos won't scream as much. Thanks for usual quality write-up Tim.

Or, blow off Veyron and do new kit of new car well before it hits street. Like the Raptor-kit of popular but outdated car, or latest greatest. Last 8 years Veyron have been reissues and repaints for the 1:1 buyers who like more exclusivity R8 due to be replaced in a few months, so we'll have brand new snap kits of old versions of R8, Raptor, Crown Vic (wtf here), but it's all good, the kids don't care. Plenty of tooling dollars to throw around.

Hey, beats some kits, and a glacial build rate . OK for racecars too. Pretty nice how bodies get done and look/measure OK before 1:1 out.

P1. Probably Huracan street and race too. Tam prob doing the 918. Really nice Welly DC out there for $14-20, and a Chinese RRC car that isn't bad for $8 at Tuesday morning to slam on shelf.

Fred, I've restored, shown, and raced lots of stuff. Errors are errors. Not like it's hard to check anymore. Try tracking stuff down pre-internet, using mags, "original" cars, etc. No excuse today. Guys on this board know lots more than I, but sources still plentiful. If we can do it, why can't the source do it? If 1:1 guys don't care, awesome. Less stress. Show at any big show, PB, FCA, PCA, JCNA, Meadowbrook, etc. You'll get busted so fast your head will spin. So problems just yell, can't see anything else. Monoleaf spring is easy fix, I don't care, and shared tooling I hope with 69 is root of that. But trim, body contours, etc. just can't get screwed up. If modeling a BB SS, don't use SB RS to measure. Figure out what rockers differ, etc. to have more than one version, but get most of it right. Just like the hair in the burger, you miss it, cool. You see it, and not cool. Jesse, amazes me that people kluge stuff like that. Some idiot car shows do that, big new motor and cosmetics, no brakes/diff/suspension. Lame and dangerous.

I posted a pic and a link to the monoleafs awhile back. I don't have 67 yet, haven't dug out 69's to check layout, part sharing. Lots of mono's got changed to multileaf, but it is entirely incorrect. Not as egregious and body/trim flaws, and reasonable to fix sanding the bejeebus out of them, but 2 seconds on Google finds tons of articles. The hemmings link is great looking 67 BB convertible.

Another nice writeup Tim. Here's monoleaf pic from article linked below, big block 67 convert. Wonder how trees compare to 69 tool? http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2013/08/01/hmn_feature2.html

Dug out 70-71 AMT for RQ shot. Feel free to use, Tim. Fade in front good, softens at 0300 but not gone. Great pics, review as always. L

Great news Tim! Really love this bodystyle, and lights, have original PS issue. Like shaker idea, maybe caster can do one and a nice convertible conversion too. 429 SCJ shaker droptop-mmmmm. Happy to see RM tweaking stuff for the better.

Scott, I love the 300F. I've got an AAM from jillions of years ago, and Don did a 61 with canted quads I missed and is now OOP. Kicking myself for missing that bit of Exner-excess. I don't mind these lists/threads, they are popular, not going away, and if left scattered about are clutter. They have their place, and I've no issue with one as sticky, and merging posts into it and dumping threads. I like Don's idea about ugly cars that shouldn't be kitted, probably should add no re-issues on some that were. Here's a gif I've used, feel free to use prn, credit as marked. Post and lock, or PM and dump/merge.

Woot! Congratulations. Enjoy it in health.

I know that. Bold print, instant deletion and reference to sticky. I love the requests for cars that were s-boxes new, never see because nobody bought them, or they died an early deserved death. Still, if they get made I won't complain, won't buy one, and can skip noticing issues and ensuing affrontery.

That's the reason Meh is the new good. Same reason we have cr@p politicians who do jack, send young volunteers to sandbox that has been mess for eons to get dismembered. Why ISIS "appears" when we've been in the neighborhood for over a decade. Little details disturb people, harshes their mellow. Makes them mad when they're pointed out. They don't understand compound error. SHrug and move on. It isn't a personal offense when errors pointed out, but if one doesn't care, or missed it, inexplicably get annoyed. Yet people watch cr@ptastic TV where idiots call others idiots and think it's swell. I've never run a business based on "good enough for me". Doesn't matter what business it is, toy cars, big business, whatever. Sadly, people are often given what others think they need, not what is best.

One look and the curve is not smooth or a tapered radius. It's a convertible, so you can see it plainly. It's nearly 58 years old. Not like samples are hard to find. Blueprints probably even online. It was delayed many months for an x-brace that shouldn't have been forgotten. I'd pass on the xbrace, make my own, or leave off. I looked at test shots, sighed. Checked fix, which is pretty easy save for inner door and doortop moldings which are incredibly visible, but doable. Bought at HL after cancelling order online. Opened box, body warped. Fairly easy to fix, but I have BRAND NEW kit that needs 30'+ to unwarp, then few hours to make corrections on body, interior panels, match side to side, and make new trim for body and interior from plastruct. Even if you fix only the warp, it isn't surprise and delight. Surprise yes, happy to have kit finally, yes. Delighted with kit that isn't as nice as the snap ht from same company years ago which I could have converted far easier? Not. Glad people happy, but it isn't correct, and it wouldn't have taken much to fix this, certainly in the time delayed and compared to tooling X-brace, it would entail sl. deeper cut in upper body edge for curve and sill molding, and sl deeper cut for interior panel and trim. No adding material, or fiddling. No excuses. Happy with burger you don't see hair in? Awesome. Find it, not so much.