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This should turn out to be a very nice model! I am working on a '69 Camaro and I opened the trunk and built the trunk floor base don pictures on line. I want to do the under lid detailing like you did on your Mustang - the '66 version definitely looks better. How did you go about making the "stampings" on the underside of the deck lid? That is, could you maybe back up a bit and explain your process for making the patters and what thickness of styrene did you use? Did you base the design on the real 1"1 Mustang? What you did there looks truly fantastic! My Camaro will be a gift for a friend who has a 1:1 and I want it as nice and detailed as my meager building abilities go. I - and probably many others, would appreciate a tutorial on your process if you feel up to sharing your expertise. Thank you for posting.

Just wondering if anyne has tried to use a '64/65 Mustang chassis and engine in an old issue '64 or '65 Falcon of Comet? In the 1:1 cars, they used the same platform so I am wondering if the Mustang parts will work under 1/25 scale models? And if so, which Mustang has the best chassis and small block engine?

That is one gorgeous car!! Can't say as I have ever seen a '57 in that colour combination.

Maybe they are fixing the hub cap issue after all. The test shots have 3/4 ton hub caps and not the correct 1/2 ton ones. It's not the end of the world but when I mentioned it to the Moebius guy, he said that it was too late to change that error. It just seems a shame after all the delays and obvious time and effort put into these kits that they would let something as obvious as hub caps go. I really have always liked that style of truck and plan to get several - wrong hub caps or not.

Try the low rider sites that have a model section. I was on one not long ago and they had some newer rounded Cadillacs plus a really decent looking 64 Impala coupe - not an SS - but an Impala.

Mike, I didn't take anything that you said as anything but an honest appraisal and nothing could be taken as negative that I read. On the other hand, my comments were given in the same manner - an honest opinion based on personal experience. Curt has always done right by me and no, I do not personally know him. I have dealt with him and he was good for his word and the product was not garbage. One thing with negatives on Ebay from buyers to remember is that the seller has NO recourse and can not leave a negative for a buyer who is unreasonable and whose expectations are unreasonable. I make it a point to read the negatives and you can usually discern who is just being a jerk and who has a legitimate complaint. It's an unfair system IMHO but Ebay calls the shots and makes the rules, don't they?

Just got a set of springs and one ton diff for a pending tow truck project from FAB resins and I am tickled pink with the product! Certainly NO complaints here and the shipping is within reason for a change. I'll likely order several more of these diffs with no hesitation at all. ANyone building light duty commercial vehicles knows that there just is not a lot available for one tons and buying a complete kit for $20 - $30.00 with shipping just for the rear end and duals is getting real old.

I've bought Curt's products in the past and his quality has definitely come a LONG ways from my first model a number of years ago. This certainly looks decent and it is a unique subject. I bought his '57 Meteor four door hardtop conversion and was quite happy and just today, I received an email from him and he has some really neat stuff in the works. Whoever did the master for the '57 Meteor did a bang up job on the trim, I gotta say! Some people have not been very kind towards Curt in times gone by, but I'd not hesitate to buy from him and will be doing so again in the next couple of months. He has some pretty unique products and the prices are in the ball park.You just have to keep in mind that these are resin models and as such, will need some extra love. But that's the nature of the beast, isn't it? What he sells sure is better than the same offerings by the competition - oh wait - his products are quite unique and I'm not so sure that there is a whole lot of competition given the subject matter. Personally, I'm just glad to get what I get because a few years ago, some of what he offers wasn't even close to being a reality. Also, he has treated me very well and I have found him in my experience with him, to be reasonable and a fair person to deal with.

Looks like pretty decent quality stuff all right! I especially like those dual wheels.. and the prices are certainly reasonable too!!! I'm impressed!

You may well be right. I just bought a second generation console from him that looks SO much better than the ones in the late 70's - 81 kits that I have seen. He got the shifter right ( for an automatic ) and with some encouragement and support, he will likely be expanding even more than he has. He seems to be heavy into wheels but I'd email him with any requests and see what happens. There were a few hold ups on the conversion from Z28 to Berlinetta project that I have been slowly working on over the past - well - forever, it seems - and he is coming through with the stuff that I wanted to make the car that I am doing more accurate. Still need that more detailed interior bucket though.. I'll likely build a second Berlinetta for myself as this one is for my son and at least I know where to get the parts. A 80/81 convertible body wit boot and up top would be really cool too. I know that it isn't difficult to make a T roof car into a convertible, but at this point, I'd just as soon buy a good resin body if it is reasonably priced and te quality is decent. It doesn't hurt to dream...

He has a bunch of new stuff listed now that he didn't have a couple of weeks ago including a proper shaped console for a 2nd Gen Camaro. If you email him, you may be surprised at how helpful he can be. I have found him to be open to suggestions and he tries his best to help. He definitely has good products and fast delivery and appears to be quite serious about what he is doing.. Now, if he would cast a decent interior bucket with some good detailing on the side panels... Hope this helps.

Persomally, I totally agree with mark and I'd suggest strongly that you not alter any of the side trim or do anything to the car that is not easliy reversable. Changing the grille out is something that can be easily put back should you decide one day to sell the car to someone who will giveit a proper home and care for it and who prefers the stock look. It's just too clean and nice to alter, but thats just my opinion. Were it a usual '60 El Camino model that has been painted and had the custom options added to it thus leaving glue damage on the finish, I'd not be writing this but it really does look like a very nice, clean find. Why not use a resin body to make a custom and leave this one as is? The '59 would be the best choice if you are going to update the model as it is fairly well detailed underneath amd has the poseable steering which is a very nice feature. The RM. I do not think,has a whole lot to offer that is better than the '59 kit aside from the wide whites and wheel covers which are ( I think anyways ) quite nice and would add a lot to your model. If the 60 kit has the bumper guards, then those would be a nice addition as well but i cannot recall if it has those features or not. It's your model - do as you wish, but really nice clean examles of those models are becoming harder to find all the time and unbutchered ones fetch a decent dollar although I am afraid that to me, this is farless about whaat the dollar value is than about just having the item. But I do so hope thaty ou leave the trim alone and do nothing to the car that can't be put back to original as it sits in that picture. Just my opinion.

I have bought from him on two separate occasions - as good a product as you can hope for, quick delivery and he seems like a pretty stand up guy. He has more products in the wings and he is right now supplying a very limited market as the second gen Camaro aren't that popular it seems. With some encouragement and sales, I think that he has good potential as the items that I bought were not only impossible to find elsewhere ( a non Z 28 grille, for one ) but the fit and quality is excellent. I'll be buying more from him as his product line evolves and grows. He grasps the concept that not everyone wants a Z28 just because they want a Camaro. What he really needs to cast is a decent, more accurate and detailed ( as in separate arm rests and console that is shaped right ) interior for the 1/24 Camaros. Yeah - I'd go with Hoppers Bazaar in a heart beat.

Thanks Rich, You're probably right. I have been searching but sometimes someone knows of an obscure source for after market parts. I don't know what happened to the hood from my car but it is no where to be found. I did buy a resin rally hood for the 1/25 AMT convertible that I have so I will check and see if your suggestion will be workable. The nice thing with plastic is that you can add to it and take away from it fairly easily much of the time. Have a merry Christmas and thank you for the response.

Does anyone know if there is a resin 1/24 rally hood available? I have been looking around and can't seem to come up with anything. I'd take a stock, flat hood as my second choice but I really like the rally hood. I have a built up that I have torn down and stripped that I want to redo but it's missing the hood. So, I thought why not try something besides the usual shaker hood?

Just wondering if anyone has built the '69 Camaro and opened the trunk on it and if so, what issues did you have or is it a pretty straight forward job? It appears that the sections above the tail lights may be kind of delicate - and I'll have to build up the trunk lip above the lights to make up for the knife cut so the deck lid sits level. What was the preferred means of hinging the deck lid? Just looking for advice from someone who has already done this. I am still uncertain about whether to go that far on the car but it would be a nice feature on the finished product. I am working on the trunk floor to try and make it somewhat accurate and that appears to be fairly straight forward. Were there any issues with the model that you experienced?? Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Tom, I think Ebay will listen if enough people were to express their desire to custom build and narrow their search fields by omitting sellers who they prefer not to look at, for reasons as stated above as well as others. Because it would stream line their search and make more efficient use of time, their "Ebay experience" would be in many cases, be more time efficient and even more interesting without having to look at items that you can filter out because for what ever reason, certain sellers are of no interest. Ebay will listen to anyone if the numbers are there to convince them that this is a wanted feature by enough people because the happier the buyers are, the more time they will likely spend on the site and impulse buying is big on Ebay. I do not see adding this feature as having a negative impact on their bottom line but it may give them some more happy users and happy customers are much more prone to spend. " eBay allows you to refine your search - because eBay makes money if you can find what you want". Agreed and if I can do my daily searches and do them in a more timely and less frustrating time frame, then it may free up time to do other, more thorough searches. Remember, this would only be a personal choice and an option. " eBay allows you to follow your favorite sellers - because eBay makes money if you buy more things from them" I simply bookmark my favorite sellers in a folder in my book marks and that works at least as well as using their feature which I have never used and have no intention of ever doing so. That feature, to me is a bit redundant although I guess that again, by personal choice, many people do use it. I may seem a bit paranoid but I do treasure what privacy I have left in this world today and the less that Ebay or any corporation knows of my business, the happier I am. And yes, I realize that we are tracked and monitored every day on line. Still, that list of interesting sellers that I have compiled is my business and mine alone as far as I am concerned. Guess I am just old fashioned... "eBay allows the sellers in question to post loads of over priced model car parts - because eBay makes money from this seller". Personally and with all due respect, I really do not give two dead flies as to what someone wants to charge for what they sell. That is their business and if they can find people who will pay their prices, then good for them. But I am not playing their game and have absolutely no interest what so ever in what people who have a track record of wanting high dollars for what they are trying to market are offering and as such, going through hundreds of listings that they post. This is more about making a search more efficient and I guess that if I want a hood or a set of wheels bad enough to pay the kind of prices that some seem to feel they are worth, then I have the option of removing the filter and looking at the person's auctions and paying his/her prices. This is after all, only a hobby with me and I have to be careful as to what I spend and where I spend it. I don't know about everyone else, but I go on that site to look for kits or pieces and my objective is to get them for the least amount of dollars as possible. For example, I I am in need of a certain car for a parts car to cut up and if I wanted to spend $15.00 - $25.00 for those parts, I'd have had them here weeks ago. But guess what - I am like most other people and I want a good deal because if I can get that parts for for let's say $12.00 including shipping as opposed to $15.00 plus say, $11.50 shipping, I now have $13.50 that I can put towards buying something else. It's pretty simple logic to me but we are getting away from the main subject here again... " eBay won't allow you to block a seller - because they don't make any money doing that!" I will respectfully contest that statement because Ebay is all about the dollar and the squeaky wheel always gets the grease with them. If there is enough of an indication that buyers want this feature, they will listen. It wouldn't be the first time that Ebay did something that the sellers didn't like and regardless of the out cry, they just went ahead and did it. I used to sell on Ebay - I know and remember things that went down and there are reasons why I do not sell on there any longer and will throw something away before I jump through their hoops. I know that this is my choice - I am just saying that they are led by the dollar sign and not logic or concern for anyone except their share holders. And lastly, IMHO, if Ebay is all about the sellers, then it seems a little odd that they screwed up the feedback rules like they did, effectively often ( more like - usually??? ) neutering a seller who has had a bad experience with a buyer. Ebay would sell their soul to the devil if there was a dollar in it - its just business, as they say.

I think that it is probably Modelhaus as I do not think that Flintstone ever made a '59 delivery. Nice build of a fantastic subject.. VERY nice build. More pictures would probably be widely appreiated by all. AAAA++++ .

Jeff, I have a good idea who you are referring to but there are a few. I couldn't agree more that it is amazing what people will pay for something. There is not much that can be said that already hasn't been but I am losing interest with Ebay fast. I guess that what frustrates me the most is that I was involved in what was once the old car hobby when it was still just that - a hobby that was participated in just because you enjoyed old cars. The things changed - and yea, I know that change is inevitable - but as I watched over a relatively short period of time, I saw it turn into a rich man's game where pride, vanity and greed became prevalent. I wont go into my feelings on Ebay and the similarities between what's happening there and the real 1:1 car hobby here for fear that I may offend someone again. Unlike some here, I do not have deep pockets but I have enjoyed collecting models for most of my 63 years but I wish to continue doing so. My heart is with the old annuals and old kits and not so much the newer stuff although there have been some pretty decent kits issues over the last few years and apparently, there are more to come. But still, I prefer to buy the oldies and I enjoy taking something that is in sad shape and incomplete and seeing what I can make of it. That means that I am always looking for pieces and Ebay has been my source of parts most of my model purchases for close to 20 years. I used to find sitting here for prolonged periods of time just looking through the auctions and doing searches and buying here and there. That enjoyment is fading now with the ridiculous prices and the "bulk sellers" who list page after page of auctions of what must be styrene mixed with some rare and precious metals judging by the prices. That "Ignore" feature really would be so appreciated. Sorry if this seems offensive to someone or like a rant - it isn't. Trust me, you would like what I say and how I say it a lot less if it were.

Jeff and Ron, I fully understand what you are saying - believe me. And the fact that someone wants to sell one or two items for beyond top dollar isn't what I am talking about, There are filters on the site where you can enter the price range for an item at for example, between one cent and fifty dollars. My wish is for the ability to not be bothered with certain sellers in the models section who have a large number of listings and ALL of their auctions are, in my opinion - pretty ridiculous. And with all due respect, we are still entitled to an opinion the last time I checked. Sellers with a habit of charging these kind of ridiculously high prices like the example I gave of a set of truck door mirrors from a fairly common model that a seller wants $15.00 to $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping for in a previous post - forgive me for repeating myself - but he is a waste of my time and bandwidth. When I look under different searches for different parts, these sellers' auctions keep coming up and I just would like to see where I could filter those particular vendors out of my search results, thus saving time and frustration. Also, as Steve said, there are some people who just are not good to deal with so being able to not see their auctions might not be a bad thing too. Sometimes, after a bad deal, seeing a seller's auctions can trigger some not so nice feelings and stir up memories that are best forgotten. Honestly and in all fairness, I do not begrudge anyone the right to make a living and if he can find people who think that his over priced pieces are worth that - then more power to him. Granted, value is based on need and perception but this is to me after all, just a hobby and not a business. Simply put, I am not one of those who would pay what I feel are ridiculous prices for a small piece of plastic and never would, so I'd just as soon just not have to look at the auctions of such sellers and focus my attention of finding what I want at a price that to my way of thinking, is more realistic. Just my thoughts..

I look at three things before I even consider bidding on anything - first is the starting price, second is shipping charges and third is feedback. My beef is having to go through pages of items from a seller whose prices I feel are out of line and thus wasting a lot of time. Erik put it into perspective well when he said, "The reason I would use it is I sometimes just browse the whole kit and kaboodle - I just like finding oddball stuff Ive not seen much before - so specific search terms wouldn't help. How do you search for something you don't know exists? Some of the sellers list hundreds of items at once, which is fine. And it's not going to kill me to scroll through them in a browsing mode...but if I could exclude one seller at on my own discretion I wouldn't have to look at things I know I don't want to." What he says reflects my thoughts well and perhaps clarifies my original; post and the reason that I started this thread. I most often look for parts to complete incomplete old kits that I have and I do many searches on a daily basis. It just gets really old when I have to continually re-enter the search parameters as to omitting certain sellers each time I do a different search or alter the wording or spelling in a search. Or - suck it up and have to dig and root through hundreds of auctions that while some one else may be interested in them and have deeper pockets than I do, I know from experience that that particular has not one thing to offer me. Maybe a few more people will voice the same concerns to Ebay is what I would like to see happen and if the numbers are big enough, they will listen although it may take awhile. Then again, they may not but the case has been stated here that Ebay caters to the sellers and they have to. But by the same token, would you call it fair and in the vendor's best interests when the buyer can leave negative feedback for the seller but the seller can;t return that negative. Yes, some sellers get mean but there are people out there buying who are more of a scam artist than most of the sellers. We sold on Ebay for fifteen years and Delivery Confirmation was a must as we were scammed several times by people who said they never got their item and wanted their money back - which we were obliged to do. Also, buyers threaten negative feedback because they say that an item was damaged in shipment but refused to supply photos. There is no recourse to avoid a negative except to comply and yield to their threats. So it isn't a one sided coin. We sold literally thousands of auto parts and toys and had only several negatives - and often, none of those were really justifiable - but there is no way for the seller to protect himself. Perfect feedback doesn't mean anything if the guy is hosing his customers on shipping charges and using excessive rates to improve the bottom line profit on an auction - and that is any auction. Reasonable shipping costs will lead me to look at and check the feedback ( in case you are not aware, if you click on where it says how many neutrals and negatives they have, it will bring up and list all the negative/neutral feedbacks over the last year with the comments and rebuttals )feedback and if there are negatives, I will look to see what the issues were. In all fairness, some sellers get nailed with negative comments from buyers who are just unreasonable and I have seen and dealt with sellers who have had what I have perceived to be unfair negatives and had no issues with them.

ouch!!!

Sorry to have brought this up. It seems that I have offended a few who obviously missed the point in what I was attempting to convey. I'll go stand in the corner now.

Hopefully this wont start a heated discussion and cooler minds will prevail but here goes: I just posted a request on the Ebay site - for what ever effort that was worth - requesting that a default by choice "Ignore Seller" feature be implemented. There is a setting where a seller's auctions can be blocked but the sellers name must be re-entered into the box with each new search - such a royal pain in the neck.. There are certain sellers on there ( no names mentioned ) buying and then breaking up and parting out models and their prices are outlandish, to say the least. Gaging by the foolish starting prices, some of these sellers must be on drugs and if they aren't, then they should be because $14.00 to $20.00 plus another $5.00 for shipping for a set of pickup door mirrors for example, is stupid - but not as stupid as the people who actually will pay that kind of money when many times, a complete kit sells for not a whole lot more than that. There are many sellers on that site that see these prices and the feeding frenzy begins because most think that these are the going prices. When you see two identical, sealed kits on the same page and one is realistically priced at for example, $20.00 and another one down the page if $49.99 - that should suggest something about how out to lunch a lot of these sellers are. Add the fact that they know nothing about what they are selling and it just says one word - greed. Without getting into supply and demand and the guy has to make a living, it may be an idea if more people who would never buy from these people or pay the prices that they want could choose to ignore their auctions. Perhaps some suggestions to Ebay to raise their awareness just might help although I am less than optimistic; Still, nothing ventured - nothing gained. For what ever it is worth, here is the text of my message.. I have been both a seller and a buyer on Ebay for many years now and the experiences have not been with out their challenges to say the least. I look for a purchase mostly model cars and parts as well as other needs, but I spend a few hours every day on Ebay searching for things that I need for my hobby. As the greed factor seems to be kicking in with many sellers who are wanting more and more money for what they sell, it becomes very annoying any more having to look through hundreds of posts - from several sellers in particular - who expect ridiculous prices for what they sell. I would respectfully suggest that Ebay institute a "IGNORE SELLER" feature that would be in the default settings much as what order you wish to browse auctions in - lowest price firs, highest price first, etc. I find that I am starting to quit looking at a particular category when these high priced sellers have several pages of auctions, absolutely NONE of which I will bid or or interest me as I will not pay his/her asking prices. It wastes a lot of my time having to sort through these peoples' listings because inserted in the middle of the dozens upon dozens of listings may be something sanely and realistically priced that I may need or want. In all fairness, there is an "exclude seller" feature but it has to be reset each and every time a different search is implemented. PLEASE make this a default setting that can be changed at will by choice,a as it serves NO purpose being forced to look at seller's items from whom a bidder will never buy. I have the sellers who I follow bookmarked so why can't sellers be bookmarked to be blocked just as easily without having to enter their name with each search? Please consider this request as a serious one and I know based on what I have read on different forums that I am far from alone with this request or my views. Thank you.

There goes the neighborhood... Now all the wanna be sellers who know squat about models - and there are a lot of them - will bump their starting prices up again...