Rob Hall

Would love to go this year, but I will be in Denver next weekend. Best friend's 40th birthday party/cookout, can't miss that.

Yeah, I'm amazed at the difference in maintenance of my '00 Jeep Grand Cherokee as compared to older cars ('87 Mustang GT, '88 Bronco II) that I've owned in the past... my Jeep has almost 100k miles now, and still has the original exhaust!

True 'nuff... other than checking the fluids occasionally between service intervals, there is nothing I do under the hood. I took my Jeep to the dealer the first few years, and have found good independent shops to do the dirty work at the service intervals in recent years...

I believe the main reason is sound deadening...isolate engine noise. Esp. on luxury cars.

This reminds me of an AMT bumper sticker I had years ago...said something like 'I LOVE (heart logo) Model Cars'. Had it on my '86 Mustang LX up till it was totalled. It was vinyl and weather proof, IIRC.

TMR

Went to the Desert Scale Classic show & swap meet earlier (great show) and picked up a couple neat restorable oldies---the AMT '60 Buick Invicta ht and convertible.

Yes, the AMT kits are unassembled promos. The Revell kit (supposedly due in June) is going to be a full detail SRT8.

Looking forward to them. I assume the major parts (body, interior, chassis, chrome, etc) will be the same as the promo I got last year. Besides decals, I assume the only difference between the R/T and SRT8 are the wheels (since they are curbsides).

Time Machine Resin makes an uptop for the Revell '69 Camaro, pretty nice, I have a couple of them. For a boot, well, the kits come with them.

Planning to be there..

That's cool..I'll have to look for one...always liked the DS, and love the SM (have Matchbox ones in 2 different scales).

I'm used to the term being used by old school computer scientists... i.e. to grok something is to know it very deeply, inside and out. I think the term may have originated in the sci-fi world w/ Heinlein. I got into the computer world about 20 years ago, but have read extensively about the history of the industry and the geek world I work and live in. As far as grokable kits, I've been tempted to get the RoG bus... not sure when I'd build it, it would probably go to a storage unit with my other 1500 or so unbuilts. My RoG BMW 7 series and Merc 560SEL and Fujimi Enthusiast series Ferraris are fun to just sit and grok. I'm not into large scale kits, but I would love to grok the parts trees and instructions of Tamiya F1 kits and their large Lola and others..

Compleat is a fun place...haven't been there in a while, but I used to go there several times a month when I lived in the Springs from '97-02.

Yeah, any of those would be welcome..the B400 is such a cool bodystyle....I think Danbury or Franklin Mint did one.

Ah, I forgot about that..I never thought of it as an SS, since it didn't have an SS hood. Though they now have an SS hood on the snap kit.

Well, since they previously did a '69 Yenko Camaro and not an SS Camaro, I assumed they would be consistent.. And a B-M Nova will probably follow eventually, since they've done 3 other B-Ms.

Vettel's 3 wheel driving was a high point for me...surreal.

TiVoed the qualifying and the race.... watched qualifying last night, watching the race now...the ending is WILD...was a great race.

Thanks..I couldn't remember how the AMT Nova was equipped. The Impala sounds like a good starting point, it's the only GM bench seat of that era in a kit I can think of right now...

Speaking of a Nova bench seat, does the AMT '72 have a bench or buckets? I have 1/2 dozen of them, but haven't looked at one in years, and mine are in storage now.

Some pics I've found online of '69 Yenko Novas show the SS hood, but with the plain non-SS grille and taillight panel..those seem to be two noticeable parts Revell missed....supposedly, 10 were built, but that was 40 years ago, so who knows what is exactly 'correct'.. And a lot of the cars I've seen pics of online are clones... I like the look of this clone, has a plain hood, bench seat and a plain grille, and the DD/steelies (available in resin from the Modelhaus and others): Lot more pics of this clone here: Super Chevy article on Yenko SC Nova clone The four parts I'd like to see from Revell or the aftermarket to use w/ the '69 Nova kits are the plain hood, bench seat, plain grille, and plain taillight panel...would be useful for a lot of build styles.

It will be interesting to compare the engine parts to that of the Yenko Camaro kit. Can't tell much from this box art pic:

Nice..those look similar to some wheels and tires I bought from a vendor 'RPP Hobbies' on ebay a couple years ago..want to use them on a HUMMER H2.

There are a bunch on ebay now..box art shows the 427 engine, the YSC decals on the seats, the striping and the 5-spoke wheels (like the AMT '69 Chevelle and R-M '70 BM Chevelle, Magnum 500 style). Nice that the box art is in red rather than blue like the preview photo was.. I have one on preorder from Evers Toy Store, looking forward to it.