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It truly is. It's Gold Jerry, Gold!

Really? Or my old Cavalier. 13mm socket and a couple of smaller ones for the wires. 10 mins of all tools are present.

Stupidity. And "Chimpchanic?" I'm stealing that if you don't mind.

1/16 scale Aurora funny cars and their accessories and or extras. That stuff is like gold at this point. I have a VooDoo Vega here and while it has part of the engine built and the decals are wasted, the rest is here and in good shape. The box is not terrible. I would like a new one. And a Pinto to go with it for the ultimate 1/16 scale starting line diorama. I can wish.

1/12 never looked so good. Superb craftsmanship.

Awesomeness! Love the mailbox...

Superb fade! I like it a lot.

Looks great! Well done..

WOW! This old Jo-Han kits are so spot on. The color takes me back. Well played Sir!

TD rules! Great build brother.

Tight! Super nice bro..

A really strange kit to me. Unrefined in many places for such a new tool. Instruction manual leaves a bit to be desired. On the plus, the decals are by Cartograf so.... Just a bit clunky in places and the plating is real metal. That means you just don't scrape it bare like the old stuff. It's tough as nails! I am having one heck of a time with the wheels to get them together. I think the Dremel is getting broke out tonight. It is said you need to build a kit twice. We shall see.

Watching closely. I want one now...

Keep going, I can see the finish line from here. Looking good.

An adorable little kit that seems pretty darned accurate. I remember these as a young man. Those back seats with the grips were all anyone talked about if the Brat came up. Dark blue lacquer with Mr Hobby clear coat. You know, the stuff that dries in 14 minutes and can be buffed within an hour. All joking aside, that stuff is amazing. A couple of ignition wires and here we have it. I will say the tires are an Ill fit. Very loose on the rims. They were probably meant for something else, but since they were close enough...

Awesome car...

I know I posted these before but the site purged everything pre 2024. I imagine such a large archive costs a bundle with only limited engagement to it. Built these when they came out. This was early days for Atlantis, and the promise of things to come from them. At that point these had not been run in a few decades. All TD stuff that has 3 or more decades since a reish will generate a lot of buzz. And these did OK, but I suspect a limited audience. Nothing fancy but a few lacquers and acrylics. Last time I saw these the 1/32 scale gasser series was still on the shelf's. THOSE would be a welcome sight indeed!

Lotta work there. But if you gotta have one like you had, then you gotta put the work in. Looks great.

Slicker than Fonzie's hair and as cool. That is looooooww.

I take that back. You didn't comment on it in the completed section. I just looked. Thanks for commenting here brother.

You did buddy. You commented on it in the completed section. The pics look almost the same so that's why. Go look and you'll see. Thanks for the kudos though. ⁰

To illustrate, Ace comes along with real world and crushes it. And the big three were not alone. Smaller companies, wishing to emulate the big CO's go ahead and incorporate all the good things and the bad without even bothering to ask "Is that really the best solution for that?" Nope, just copy it, warts and all. Just imagine your job as a small companies Engineer. Copy the good, improve on the bad. A win-win if I'm asked. But why bother? Bean counters AND lazy Engineers. Now that's 2.

I agree with bomb proofing hinges. It just never got done. Even my 2000 Cavalier was not immune. It's a 2 door so they are longer and sure as sugar, the driver's door slouches. Meanwhile the passengers door is like day 1.

Over engineering is as bad as under. The mid 70s saw an ad for Benz with all four doors open and an engineer with his posterior parked on each one. Touting their over engineered door hinges. Oh there is a lesson GM could have taken from Stuttgart. If you ever climbed into a mid 70's GM anything and felt the door slouch as you opened it then you would appreciate an over engineered door hinge. Wedging and beating GM door hinges is not my idea of fun.

They seem like 1/24 scale to me. They are about right when placed next to an automobile of either 1/24 or 1/25 scale