Rob Hall

When I lived in Phoenix I used to see a black Checker sedan in the Arcadia area..

Probably had 6" to 8" inches of fresh snow over ice today. Going to be pretty cold the next few days. Looking forward to Spring.

Yeah, it's wider in the front than the AMT/MPC 1/25th, narrower than the Revell/Monogram 1/24th cab.

Yeah, I have a couple of those somewhere in the stash. Have to dig one out this weekend and compare

Yep..my first couple years of driving I didn't drive in snow (high school in S. Florida, summers in Ohio). I still remember the winter of '88-89 learning to drive in snow.... I took my '86 Mustang LX w/ snow tires out into snow covered empty parking lots--rear drive, manual, sliding around, doing donuts... My driveway this afternoon was covered in ice, has a slight slope, turned off the traction control when I pulled in and managed to drift my 5000lb Jeep down the driveway...heh heh...

I think the ‘64 was a 2dr, a Craftsman or Jr Craftsman. Not sure what they did in ‘61.

Well, the Revell Blazer body is definitely wider than an MPC truck body. The MPC ‘81 grille from the recent Sod Buster pickup kit fits, but with big gaps on each side.

Sorry to hear that Mike, never easy to lose a pet. My strange little Chi mix rescue Beardsley is still going at 11 or 12 (not sure of his exact age)... he's now the grumpy old man barking at the young Yorkies.

Yeah, I thought I’d dig out some of my Iceman grills and see if they fit. Think I’ll get a Canuck 3D ‘89-91 grille with the quad rectangular headlights.

I don't even mind that they cast the rear roof w/ the body, because when was the last time you saw an '81-91 K Blazer or Jimmy with the top off?

Yeah, got one last week from Southern Motorsports Hobbies. Looks really nice...looking forward to the GMC Jimmy version later this year.

I buy some of everything.. I like all sorts of subjects. Not afraid of curbsides or different scales either.

Sharp car..love the wheels and subtle blue-gray color.

I went and saw the new 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' documentary in IMAX. Was a great experience. What was not so great is this morning after having a coating of ice and then snow yesterday, I swept the snow off my Jeep, let the defroster run 20 min or so to de-ice the windshield, when I turned on the wipers to clean off the slush a big crack appeared across the windshield. It is 11 years old and had one small rock chip. Oh well. Time to cue the 'safelite repair, safelite replace' jingle...(once it warms up).

My understanding from talking to the Round 2 rep at a show last year is there are Pro Stock versions of the Demon and Duster coming.

Different box, usually expanded decal sheet..

I buy plenty of 'foreign' kits. This forum isn't really representative of the modeling community as a whole, it skews towards a niche of older American kit builders.

Harts Parts makes the base style 70 grille. I have seen pictures of '70 Duster 340s with the base (Valiant-style) grille and the grille like the AMT '71 340 kit also.

Southern Motorsports Hobbies is where I got mine. I have one on preorder from Wes' Model Car Corner also.

Great times for the hobby...lots of new tools and reissues from the traditional kit makers and a vast amount of subjects available in the aftermarket....

New releases came in the mail today.

Round 2 has a very specific nostalgia market niche they cater to. Their approach works for them. Different companies have different market niches and strategies.

Isn't that pretty much the same as the AMT '71 Duster 340?

The January video was posted to YouTube on Jan 6th. This is only the 4th, and the 1st and 2nd were on the weekend. It will probably be up this week. For Feb the only kit release I know of is the Mustang II reissue.

Some of the neighbors walking dogs occasionally leave their full poo bags on my tree lawn, either intentionally or unintentionally dropped there. The only dog poo I’ve stepped in, though, is my own dogs. At least their product is small.