Rob Hall

I think that was her excuse for doing poorly in math...more of an artist--into dance and sculpture...we weren't that compatible as my world-view is based on math, science, technology, and engineering...

Sweet...don't think I've heard of Mondo Motors. Wouldn't mind having one of these.

I remember that flea market...I went there several times a year from '88-94.... used to be a huge flea market.

Yat Ming/Yatming made some very interesting cars in a variety of scales...I have a bunch of their Matchbox-sized cars from my childhood in the '70s..some really neat stuff.

Interesting...that view would be in conflict w/ the Flat Earth Society crowd. I used to know someone who claimed she didn't believe in math and that numbers were evil.

I had an '86 LX notchback w/ the 2.3 4cyl and a 4spd manual. Very underpowered, but it sufficed as my college car and got around NE Ohio winters pretty well w/ snow tires on all 4 corners. However, my '87 GT has been a lot more fun over the years... this pic was when I had both of them, from around 1992 or so...

I probably have about 75 Jo-han kits and a few promos in my stash. Such unique and interesting subjects...I have a bunch of their '60s-70s Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Mopars, AMCs, Mavericks, etc. I particularly like the deVilles, Eldorados, and Toronados...

An interesting kit parts swap would be using a later engine, like the 4.6 from the '99 Cobra or a more recent '06 or '11 4.6. I couldn't imagine putting a Chevy engine in..yuck.

The bumpers are about the only way I can tell roughly what generation a Beetle is...I know in the '70s they had the Super Beetle which had a slightly longer hood--was there ever a kit of one of those?

Was talking w/ my sister earlier today..where she is working is about an hour north of Tulsa, sounds like the storms missed there, but they had tornado drills in her office building... scary stuff.

Welcome to the forum, I'm an ex-Denverite (lived from '02-08 in Greenwood Village area).

The Modelhaus '67 GP is very nice..I have the ht and convertible kits, along w/ their '66 GP ht in my unbuilt resin collection.

Yes..super cars back then were about small wheels w/ wide tires. I don't see car wheels getting much bigger, at least as far as factory options..but full size pickups and SUVs are already there w/ 22 inch options on some models..I remember when a 16 inch wheel was considered large, and that was only a bit over 20 years ago..

A couple resin kits recently--R&R '68 Plymouth Sport Fury fastback and a Modelhaus '70 Ford Country Sedan wagon, and a restorable MPC '71 Chevelle w/ box and instructions.

Ahh...more fake stuff on the forum, like some of the fake posters...

Says 'Highway Pioneers' on the box..must be a different Highway Pioneers series.

On another forum, someone said they thought this pic might just be a photo of a diecast used temporarily, as opposed to a photo of a built kit.

See posts #41, 42, 45, 47...off-topic ramblings.

This thread has gone off the rails into an incoherent mess of off-topic directions.

Well, there isn't a forum here for future releases that I've seen...and did you miss all the 'Revell 2013 new releases' threads that have been here the last few months?? Like the current thread here on the upcoming Mustang LX kit..

Or they are going to do the new McLaren P1.

Really looking forward to this one...feels like it's been almost 20 years I've been wanting a kit of this car.

That's also because the primary focus of Round 2, Revell and Moiebus is the older builder....as long as they focus on subjects that appeal primarily to an older crowd, they aren't going to gain younger builders...a topic that has already been hashed over ad infinitium. Only a small niche of younger builders are going to be interested in subjects their grandparents would have been interested in.

Ouch..desert area? I was over in Fontana and Palm Springs last September, was warmer than here in Phoenix...

Back in the low 100s here..got in the pool last night..the water is still a bit cold for me (79 degrees) , but if there is any upside to the heat of the next 4 months or so, it's that I can get in a lot of pool time...