lordairgtar

Nice car. Any plans for restoration and paint? How does one find a Bavaria in Eastern Wyoming? Amazing!!!

I would get my hands on my wrecked car from whatever salvage yard it's in, park it on the road with a big sign saying what the dealer did

Breyer, they have a smaller line of horses.

That would not be have bad if that connie kit wasn't hanging off the back like a hemorrhoid.

Nope, trunions and kingpins like a Studebaker. The term Donk came about because someone thought the Impala emblem resembled a donkey. Well, at least they did not use the other three letter word that describes the same animal.

I belong to this car club and we put on a big show/corn roast on Labor Day weekend. Some really nice cars here. http://s337.photobucket.com/user/whrr/library/2013%20WHRR%20-%20adventures%20of%20Captn%20Bob%20and%20Arlo/13WSRA%20Corn%20Roast%20-%20Fond%20du%20Lac%209-1?sort=9&page=1

If I ever get another 66 Ford, I know where I'm getting interior bits.

Want fun? Try getting an ounce of molten solder splashed on your leg. Did not hurt the jeans I was wearing, but it sure burned. I was jumping around and yelling ouchouchouchouchouchouch. How did this happen? I was using what is called a tinning pot. Kind of a bucket with a heater element around it. I was dipping the tip of some brass rods into it when I dipped a dirty one and it popped and sizzled and caused me to back up and hit the table and then the stuff flew out and nailed me on the leg.

O come on now. Here in Milwaukee, we just drink more whiskey. Or go to sauna with our Finnish friends. They closed the schools for two days last week. They never did that when I was a kid. It had to be up to 10 inches of snow for that to happen. We are raising a nation of wusies now.

I used to live in Santa Barbara. If I can do it, so can you. I live here in the frozen tundra where people think it's nothing to go shirtless or in bikinis during a Packer game.

A lady here in our area just burned her car up doing that. Darwin award contender there.

My wifey has a disability due to an injury at two years of age that caused hydrocephalus. She has balance and stability issues. She drives the trucklet more than I and goes places she needs to go to. We use a placard when she is with me or driving her self. People are pretty rude when they assume it's me that has the placard. I get attacked all the time with comments like "If you'd lose weight, you would not need to have a disabled placard, you fat blankety blank". They don't ever notice Lori standing there with a cane she sometimes needs. First off, they do not give placards to overweight people, second, mind yer derned business...I tell them. Or how about the people who pull into the disabled spot and then tell you they are just popping in for a second. I just say as I'm dialing the local PD, let's see if the cops can get here before you leave then.

I remember that now. I entered as well. Didn't win anything.

You won kits from Aoshima? Do tell!

Exotic is anything I cannot afford...so a VW Jetta is an exotic car LOL. Seriously, there are American exotics as well. Shelby cars are exotic. Ford GTs would be exotic. Certain Corvettes can be exotic. Would a Tesla be an exotic?

True customer service. An example from my experience back in the days I was hitch hiking around the country. I was in St Louis and I needed a potty break and a cold beverage. The only thing around was a Cadillac dealer. Clearly I was not in the demographic that bought caddies in those days. I pop in and ask if I can use the rest room. The sales guy said yes and I dropped my back pack outside the door and went to the loo. I came out and the sales guy asks where I am going, where I'm from and all that. I tell him I'm hitching HWY 66 to California. He asks if I'd like to see a car. I said I'm not really in the money to buy any car let alone a Caddy. He says he did not care, walks me over to a Sedan DeVille and goes through the car explaining it's features. I'm like no way is he going to sell me a car and why is he showing me the car. He explained it's his job to be a seller of Cadillacs and everyone is treated the same in his store regardless of his or her station in life. They may not buy a car, nor be able to, but when they can, maybe they will think of the brand Cadillac as the choice for them. That always stuck with me and I've always liked the marque because of him. I eventually owned two Caddies later on in life. That is true customer relations. You are an ambassador of the store you work at or own, and of the brands you sell.

Nice model. Good job on the lines.

I would like another crack at that 1/20th scale Ford van again. Built it as a teen. It came with optional shop truck stuff like a pull out engine hoist. It had a clear oil pan on the Ford V8. I thought I would be slick and put real oil in it so it could be seen. I was not very good at the attempt and gluing an oily piece of clear plastic onto another bit of painted plastic is hard. Glue , oil, and paint do not mix. I even had the Ironside van with a scale wheel chair in it. Another van I'd like to get my hands on is the Plymouth window van they did for a short time. I believe it was MPC that sold that one. I thought it would be cool to put that grille on a regular van in the Dodge kits....just to be different.

Awesome collection of pics. I like it.

I truly hope this passes the test for you, Tom. I wish you all the luck in it. You seem to be on the ball business wise and you seem to have put together a support team that has expertise . I would say move to my area, but we have several good LHSs already. LOL. Is there a desire in the customer base in your area for such a hobby shop? Or would you have to relocate to a more lucrative spot? I'm looking forward to your further adventures.

Humber Super Snipe...anything named Super Snipe has got to be cool.

JoHan's Mercedes Benz kits and Chrysler Turbine kits. You'd be surprised at the various colors those Turbines have been molded in.

Voted.

Very nice work. I have Tamiya's 1/12 scale Honda racer in the collection. I'm a bit afraid to tackle such a big kit. But someday I will do it. Good to see someone from another place on the Earth in the forum.

Good call on the Russian cars and the Fords.