Rob Hall

Almost 90 today...A/C is nice and cold. Think I may got to the beach this evening for a couple hours..

Re Lake Mead: I do wonder if the continued population boom in Arizona (and Nevada) is sustainable, with the dwindling Colorado river water supply.

I like dark greens (like Bullitt edition Mustangs or old British racing green), silver greens (like the '60s Mercury Lime Frost my Dad's '67 Cougar was), the silver green that was available on the 2005 Mustang, and the metallic olive greens like F8 green on the late model Chargers, Challengers, Durangos and Nori Green Pearl that Lexus has. I don't like Kermit the Frog green or neon greens. As far as current paint trends, I really can't get into the battleship gray shades that are becoming widespread..not as boring as white or silver, but pretty boring IMO..

Tools are very important--having the right tools--if you want to work on your transport pod at home.

That hangup about 1/24th never made sense to me...lots of great stuff in both scales.

I've heard a bit about sciatica from my sister who has it. I have occasional hip, knee and joint pain...trying to get a lot of walks around the neighborhood w/ the dogs in morning and evening. The last 5 years I've owned a house w/ stairs, which I didn't have to deal with much the previous 25 years... with my back, I find I get a stabbing pain between the shoulder blades after driving a couple of hours...right where the upper bolster in my Jeep seats hit my back. The seats in my '14 Jeep are definitely not as comfortable as the seats were in my '00 Jeep were...firmer, narrower, harder bolsters...I've tried adjusting the height, back angle, lumbar support, etc but it still is uncomfortable on longer drives...

Today was payday which is fine..but after two 1/2 months, my employer still hasn't got the tax withholding correct. I've been at this job since Feb '21, but the local, Ohio-based company I joined in 2021 got acquired by a larger company based in Texas in April. They don't seem to get that Ohio has something called 'RITA' taxes for municipalities that don't have their own taxes. The Texas-based parent company is doing the Federal and State withholding, but not the RITA withholding...myself and others have complained to HR who blames their 3rd party payroll company. Arrggghhh...it will be a pain next year at tax time...

True that. I’m old enough to remember ordering models and other things from print catalogs using a letter in an envelope with a stamp! And a few weeks later, a package would arrive without notice. We’ve come a long way, nowadays I can order things from my phone, and get tracking emails and updates and see on a map where the package is and see on my cameras it getting dropped off at my door…most of the time, things work pretty smoothly.

Check the end of this thread--reissue coming soon

Ignored projects can end up forgotten.

1941 or 1942 Plymouth truck, looks like. No idea as to the caster.

Sharp build...always liked that blue on the 1:1s...

At Model Roundup it's listed as an August release.

I can relate, my mother passed in 2016 w/ dementia at age 85, my older brother passed earlier this year at age 72 w/ schizophrenia and dementia. I understand that various mental illnesses run in my mother's family. When my mother passed, I was living 2100 miles away and estranged--we barely spoke the last 5 years of her life, she pushed away my sister and I and wouldn't take any help or advice from us..

Took a quick weekend road trip to Syracuse, NY and saw a couple new Ford Mavericks on I-90 yesterday, first I’ve seen in the wild. A black one and a blue-gray one. Sharp little truck. Saw a couple Broncos also. Also saw a sharp early 90s Mustang LX 5.0 convertible, top down. White w/ a black interior. Saw a couple Hellcat wide body Chargers--one black and one purple. Saw a very clean '68 Coupe de Ville in dark green.

I'd love to see the original AMT '69 and '70 Mustangs resurrected, but they would probably have to be mostly new tooling--the original annuals got modified into funny cars, I think. The MPC '69 which has been reissued many times has always felt underscale (and lacking in some details). I do like the modern-era Revell '69, esp. the latest Boss 302 version. I plan to kit bash it with the Revell Mach 1 to make an approximate replica of my Dad's '69 1:1.

I do hope they do '83-84 and '85-87 Chevy versions. The last Chevy version kitted was the '82, then they did the '83 and '84 GMC versions. I'd love to see an '83-84 Chevy.

It's all about clicks and YouTube ad revenue..

Yes it is...this kit and the SS/RS convertible would be good to mix and match parts with to do an SS convertible w/ steelies/dds and the plain grille and louvered hood.

Though I have the MPC ‘68 and ‘69 annuals and resin ones, I’m looking forward to these kits.

I’m fine with it being a curbside, nothing interesting under the hood to see anyway on the 1:1.

From what I’ve read on the Jeep forums. To get to the headlight clusters, have to remove the bumper/grille. Standard approach, actually quite common with modern vehicles.

You mean Round 2. On their FB page, they mention more variations will follow.

True that..I still have the original brakes and battery at 61k on my '14 Jeep...really haven't had to do anything beyond regular oil changes and filters, a set of tires. Way more reliable so far than my previous '00 Jeep (it needed brakes and rotors at around 25k IIRC).

True, nothing is designed to be DIY either...my Jeep requires removing the entire front fascia to replace headlight bulbs. About the only thing I do at home on it is vacuum the interior, leave all the servicing to the dealer.