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  1. Rob Hall
    Looks like it's showing as 'Just Arrived' at MR today. I ordered one, I have the original annual, the 'Crusin USA' issue (built that as a kid in the early 80s as a street machine), and the '90s issue w/ the brown car on the box..will be nice to have another, always liked this kit.
  2. Rob Hall
    Got a few eBaY goodies in the mail yesterday--some resin Minilite and Hurricane wheels, an unbuilt '80s issue MPC '71 Road Runner, and my 2nd Revell '70 Hemi Cuda.
  3. Rob Hall
    Yeah...it's my sister's old money pit...I drove it for a couple years when I first moved out here...she has a clean '91 300CE also. The problem with those cars is repairs seemed to usually run $2500-4000. I've sworn off dealing with old cars, too many headaches.
  4. Rob Hall
    No rust, but over 200k miles...lots of problems..basically a 5000lb paperweight. Eventually it will go when I move.
  5. Rob Hall
    Not into that stuff...
  6. Rob Hall
    Cool Hudson...
  7. Rob Hall
    Those are nice wheels.....my old W126 ('84 500SEL) has the stock 14 inch wheels, albeit chromed (parked in my back carport, hasn't been driven in 4 years, but still starts.
  8. Rob Hall
    The Mustang wheelbase is a better match, 108.x vs 109.x. The '66 Fairlane 2dr wheelbase is like 116 I think....
  9. Rob Hall
    The AMT Mustangs have an incorrect engine compartment also, IIRC w/ the rounded wheel liners. Probably best to glue the hood shut and do it annual style..
  10. Rob Hall
    What I can't recall about the later issues is if they had much in the way of an engine compartment...inner fenders, radiator, firewall, etc? I have one of '90s issue '61 Rancheros but never built it..don't recall what's under the hood besides a Chevy engine, which makes no sense in a Ford.
  11. Rob Hall
    IIRC, I read somewhere that the engine originated in the AMT '66 Impala annual, a 396. I'm only familiar w/ the release of the Ranchero from the '90s, have no idea what release that engine was added to the kit. Not familiar w/ the original, I assume it may have been a curbside like the '61 Falcon annual was?
  12. Rob Hall
    Still has a Chevy engine, though, like the last issue of the '61, I presume...that was a weird kit.
  13. Rob Hall
    IIRC, they both went for around $50k each. Edit--one went for 45, the other 42. The '70 AAR (yellow) went for 72.5 and the Hemi Cuda went for 160..(it was really sharp, white w/a black stripe).
  14. Rob Hall
    I doubt if very many people even notice, though.
  15. Rob Hall
    The factory yellow seems to be lighter/softer, less of a bileous green-yellow that the Model Master paint appears to be..
  16. Rob Hall
    Apparently, they were...according to Wikipedia-- U.S. Navy and Marine Corps SBDs saw their first action at Pearl Harbor. A total of 18 SBDs from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise arrived over Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack, and Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) lost six aircraft, while Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) lost one. Most of the Marine Corps SBDs of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 232 (VMSB-232) were destroyed on the ground at Ewa Mooring Mast Field. On 10 December 1941, SBDs from the Enterprise sank the Japanese submarine I-70.
  17. Rob Hall
    Guess 'they' must not have much footage of Japanese planes dropping bombs at Pearl Harbor so they use random stock footage. I was at Pearl Harbor and visited the Arizona Memorial on the 65th anniversary a few years ago, quite an interesting place.
  18. Rob Hall
    Hmm..don't know of one...I take pics w/ my phones and directly upload to Fotki or Facebook.. don't think I've copied any from the iPhone to my Macs or my Windows laptops. I use iTunes to organize all my music on my iPod and also stream through Google Play...never put any music on my phones, though.
  19. Rob Hall
    I have an iPhone 5 for work and my personal phone is a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx...the Droid has been so flaky in recent months I'm thinking of switching to an iPhone 5S.
  20. Rob Hall
    Watching the Mecum KC auctions on Velocity just saw a couple of '70 440 6 pack Cudas...one pink w/ a black shaker scoop (car was a replica) and a strange orange one w/ a black shaker scoop mounted on the outside of the hood--when the hood opened, the scoop raised with it..very strange. Both had black rear wings, of different styles--one with turned down tips (like on the Monogram '71 kits) and the other more of a flat slab (on the orange car). Lots of pics at the links below, but not sure how accurate they are. Here's the orange w/ the funny 'shaker' scoop.. http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=KC1213-169787&entryRow=196 and the pink one http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=KC1213-169794&entryRow=196
  21. Rob Hall
    Very sharp build. I have yet to build any modern F1 cars, will have to get one sooner or later...the most recent one in my stash is Senna's '94 Williams.
  22. Rob Hall
    That's very cool..saw that on eBay.
  23. Rob Hall
    Got a package from Model Roundup w/ the Revell '69 Shelby convertible and '70 Cuda.
  24. Rob Hall
    The new one that generated so much buzz a while back about the inaccurate body.
  25. Rob Hall
    Fun...beautiful build..the power to weight ratio on those Pinto P/S cars must have been unreal...
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