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  1. Rob Hall
    I grew up in the '80s around '60s-70s cars, still like the cars of that era, still have my oldie (my '87 Mustang GT), but for real world, daily driving, I'd rather have the safety, reliability and creature comforts of modern cars. Time flies, can't believe I've had my Jeep ('00 Grand Cherokee) for over 9 years and 100k miles now. Other than the broken driver's seat, it's been extremely reliable and never stranded me (unlike the '87 Mustang which stranded me too many times). Probably going to get a new car next year, no FWD appliances for me, though. I'll stick w/ RWD or RWD/AWD.
  2. Rob Hall
    ME is who I got the McLaren MP4/4 and Nissan Cima from... Model Express and Evers Toy Store are two of my favorite online kit vendors. I've been buying from both for years...
  3. Rob Hall
    3 very different kits and a 48 yr old model box showed up yesterday... The box is an AMT '61 Merc ht box, full of random vintage customizing parts...I needed the box for the built, restorable '61 Merc ht that came a couple days before. Next was an original issue, sealed AMT '66 Chevy Nova Pro Street that I got NOS from an online vendor for $10, preferred molded in white parts to the new release in blue Next a sealed Tamiya '88 McLaren MP 4/4---my first foray into 1/20th Tamiya F1 kits---got it for $20. I'd looked at Tamiya F1 kits in the past, but never built one...since Senna and Prost were my favorite drivers of that era (I remember watching F1 on ESPN as a teenager then), figured that was a good place to start. And lastly, an Aoshima Nissan Cima 450XV--aka 3rd gen Infiniti Q45. I have kits of the 1st and 2nd gen Q45s, wanted one of the 3rd gen car.
  4. Rob Hall
    I got a couple oldies in the mail yesterday from ebay, a mint-in-box unbuilt MPC '69 Chevy pickup w/ the firetruck parts...been wanted to build one that way for a while, and a restorable, mostly complete AMT '61 Mercury Monterey ht. The Merc is sans box, but I won a box in another auction, on it's way. The Merc needs a few Modelhaus parts to be complete.
  5. Rob Hall
    Interesting..so this was built relatively recently? I thought it was from the early '60s..has kind of all the excess cliches of that era of customs. (then again, I'm pretty clueless on customs, just not my thing).
  6. Rob Hall
    I have an unbuilt original in storage, but forgot the details. I think I was thinking about the AMT '55 Chevy street machine..it had unplated wheels.
  7. Rob Hall
    Thanks..are the wheels chromed like on the box art? For some reason, I'm thinking the original issue (yellow car on the box) had them unplated. Or maybe I'm thinking of another kit.
  8. Rob Hall
    How about the new Insight? Looks like a mix of the Clarity with the Prius...
  9. Rob Hall
    I guess Roth stuff is a 'you had to be there' or a generational thing...I find most of his stuff to be pretty tacky and tasteless. Kind of like the Tom Daniel kits..zero appeal to me.
  10. Rob Hall
    I'm getting the dry heaves now...it's one of those things that once you see it, you can't un-see it.
  11. Rob Hall
    Is this issue of the Nova PS molded in color?
  12. Rob Hall
    Sharp build. I like the color scheme.
  13. Rob Hall
    Yes, they are one of my sources...just got a couple sets of Pegasus 18 inch tires from them.
  14. Rob Hall
    Cool...someone is working on a similar conversion on one of the other forums, planning on having it resin cast, I heard. I've thought about working on a shaker hood for the Challenger, to use on my SRT10 project.
  15. Rob Hall
    I'll have to visit their store when I'm out there next...thinking about driving over to Santa Monica Labor Day weekend...usually pretty quiet there then. I usually get Pegasus wheels and tires from a couple different ebay vendors and from a couple of my favorite online model kit sellers and parts vendors.
  16. Rob Hall
    It's a 2n1 kit..got to have at least 2... I have only 3 of the Challenger SRT8s so far...3 different versions in mind, one that involves a Viper engine..
  17. Rob Hall
    Got home to find a little box from Japan--4 new Fujimi 20' wheel and tire sets. A set of the excellent BBS LMs that Marc @ MPC Motorsports showed on here the other day, the Club Linea L612 (7-spoke wheels), SSR Professor VF1 (9 double-spokes) and Varianza Schwert SC4 (5 spokes overlaying 9 spokes). Plus from eBay 2 sets of Pegasus Michelin Pilot tires--225/45&245/45-18s. I've heard they work well on the Revell Shelbys..going to try them there. Also, automotive-related from Amazon--a couple of books-- 'Go Like Hell'--about the Ford vs Ferrari LeMans story of the '60s, and 'Winning is Not Enough'--Jackie Stewart's autobiography. Rob
  18. Rob Hall
    Do you have a Hobby Bench out there? I haven't checked the one near me in Phoenix to see if they have it..they never seem to have the latest issues.
  19. Rob Hall
    $16.95-17.55 from my usual online dealers, so w/ shipping, they are about $24-25 each. I order several kits at a time from the online dealers, spread the shipping cost across 2-3 models.
  20. Rob Hall
    I think I'm going to use the Fujimis on my '09 Challenger SRT10 project. The Aoshimas, maybe on a Pro Touring style Johan '71 Cuda...have to get another set or two.
  21. Rob Hall
    Very nice..waiting on my mine, in shipment from HLJ w/ 3 other new wheel sets. Alas, the Fujimi ones are backordered.
  22. Rob Hall
    Nice...will have to get one of the MotorMax ones, want to do an unmarked CV.... wish MotorMax would do a Marauder version... Rob
  23. Rob Hall
    Looks like it's going to be very nice. Looks like they sweated the details on the police equipment.
  24. Rob Hall
    Scored a restorable '59 Buick convertible kit on ebay Sunday...looking forward to that. Today, I received a large Fed Ex package with a replacement power seat and track for my Jeep...the driver's seat frame and track broke a few weeks ago. Some other goodies I picked up on ebay while waiting at home today for Fed Ex incl. the AMT '08 and '09 Challenger kits (I have a couple of the Revells, didn't have the AMT ones), a Revell '34 Ford 3 window coupe, a Monogram '33 Ford 3 window coupe, the reissue Monogram '30 Ford coupe (since I've been on a vintage Ford kick lately), and a Classic Metal Works '99 Crown Vic kit---been looking for one of those for a while). Rob
  25. Rob Hall
    Ya, I used that site last week in my hunt for a driver's seat and track for my Jeep. Finding a working driver's seat track w/ undamaged seat frame for '99-04 Jeep WJ Grand Cherokees is getting tough, as they have a tendency to break and leave the seat rocking loosely.. Arghhh. 9 years and 100k miles, about time for a new car. Rob
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