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I have that Hubley Rolls. Light blue in color and not a ripple, mold line or mis aligned bits anywhere. Minicraft must have really abused that mold.

Awesome video. Thanks for linking it.

Here is the window tooling.

Yes, it is the Galaxie Chevy coupe. From Galaxie...."This tool was created using cad and the prototype body that was shown at the nnl last year. This is the second tool. We rejected the first one because the roof was not shaped correctly and after three tries at fixing it, they started over . . . at considerable cost. We haven't seen test shots from this one yet. They were supposed to be ready at the end of February. Now they say mid April".

I'm not at liberty to say. LOL

JoHans Mercedes Benz kits, AMT 53 Studebaker, AMT 58 Chevy, AMT 40 Fords, IMC 48 Ford, IMC Mark IV and J car, AMT and Revell 57 Chevys. None of those live in my collection now as they were built when I was a teen or younger. Can't forget those Renwal 66 Revival kits, too. I am amassing them now to build again.

When you think of the prices between then and now, when I was buying kits as a kid, I got a dollar a week allowance and I saved for a month to be able to buy the kit (which were about $2 then), paint, glue if needed and other things like X-acto handles. Now, with a month of putting away "fun money", I can get about two or three kits, or maybe a higher cost vintage kit plus paint, foil, detailing bits. It costs more, but hopefully we are able to spend more.

This pic somehow showed up in my possession. You may infer ant=ything you wish, but it appears to be a Chevy of somekind....all hush hush, ya know. Cue Secret Agent Man song.

Aurora did just that. They marketed their auto kits with WWII markings. I remember building the jaguar with Spitfire type markings and camo paint.

Or saving ear wax

1/24th is actually larger than 1/25th.

At model car club meeting I got a Christine 58 Plymouth, a built up 1961 Tempest four door, and Revell's Nova kit

1968/69 Buick Special/Skylark/GS Studebaker Golden Hawk with extra parts to make the Packard Hawk version Chaika limosine

Severe like really laying on the putty? Bondo. Other than that, I like the Squadron line of putties.

Seemed to me that after awhile, designers and engineers shifted around from company to company.

Ohana means family

There isn't a bad line or hiccup on this car.

Greenfield News and Hobby for Model Cars magazine, Collectible Automobile. The mail for the three hemming's mags and SA.

...and if you look closely, you will see that the chrome reverse wheels are actually black and white photos from a different car. Bob Paeth's car in fact, an old Rambler. They at Revell did not like the wheels the car used so they took a B&W photo of the rambler wheel and cut and pasted the wheels the old fashioned way by actually cutting the pic and pasting it over the Chevy's wheels.

In reference to the picture of the actual model on the cover being different or showing different parts not included in the box or maybe the front wheels are posed turned when the kit doesn't offer such things? I know a guy (not mentioning names for the obvious reasons) who has built many box art models for one of the companies. Often the time constraints imposed by the company make it nigh impossible to get a completed kit back to the maker for photos. Often a substitute build already in his collection is used of the same car. But sometimes details like wheels are different. Another thing that has happened is he gets test shots sent of some weird alien plastic that will not accept paint or primer or any prep work whatsoever. So again, out from the trusty collection a different build comes.

Ya know, I really like this car. Cannot wait to see the real deal at car events this year. I like the concept car too. Two different animals in my opinion. Every new cycle in the Corvette's styling brings the same pro-con arguments. I haven't built a model Vette newer than 1973. Everything after looked bland to me except for the C6. I WILL be buying C7 kits when they come out. (patiently waiting, Revell, AMT, whoever.) If someone does market an aftermarket rear bumper cover, I hope they offer a 6 tail light version. LOL.

Funny, I thought the real Dragula was in the Volo museum in Illinois. Besides that, I think all of us know that the Batmobile is an iconic car. I do hope that someone removes the gewgaws that barris added, like the Barris emblem and the Ford emblem and all the goofy labels that were not on the car in the series.

What ya need is a post menstrual woman!

I always make my way to the bottom. I read the first post and all the responses.

Happy happy joy joy!!! I got an EMHAR Bedford truck kit all the way from Norway...plus some Norwegian chocolate...yummy.