SSNJim

You might want to check out freetimehobbies.com . I'm just a satisfied customer. They have a lot of ship accessories.

Welcome aboard! Love these cars and kits. I must have at least a dozen kits laying around. This is the first time I've seen this box, though. Is it a 89-91 or 92? The taillights on the early ones have a flat top edge; the 92 has a top edge that curves downward to the license plate area. I had a full-size 92 for a few years - what a great car. Another resource for the car is the Super Coupe Club of America at sccoa.com . Oh by the way, if you see the Revell Lowrider version of the SC, don't turn your nose up at it. It is the regular 92 SC kit molded in white with additional decals and a bag of lowrider wheels and tires. You can build any version of 3 (stock, custom/aero, and lowrider). Still haven't used any of the lowrider parts.

I typically use JB Weld for my major jobs (chops, sections and so on), and Tamiya putty for the minor ones and final smoothing.

Thanks, Snake. Forgot about the Fireball being the earlier Barracuda.

Combine it with the Fireball 500 to create a hardtop version of the Fireball. I don't know what the underpinnings of the Fireball 500 are like, but can it be worse than you described for the Barracuda?

In the late 70's, I had a 1973 Capri with a manual 4 speed. Fun car. I came home one time, and hopped in my parent's 1969 Thunderbird. This particular car had a brake pedal so wide it seemed to take up all the space between the gas pedal and parking brake. I pulled out of the parking spot, got it into drive, and started down the street. All was going well until, out of habit, I stepped on the "clutch" at about 15mph. That T-Bird came to a stop right now - I think the front splash panel hit the ground. Of course, my mom was watching.... No damage done, just embarrassed.

Sorry, not me. There's no beer in that clip.

I dunno. I remember one Pizza Hut in Mission Beach that was pretty awesome in 1977/78. Full menu, waitress service, table cloths, beer, and the whole 9 yards. The pizza was very good. They weren't particularly special; all Pizza Huts were that way. We did eat at that particular Pizza Hut quite a bit.

That was supposed to be a sarcastic response to the previous comment, not a real suggestion.

That should work out well for both parties.

Obviously, Street Outlaw cars may not be posted in Drag Racing Models anymore.

True, that. All the F-150 trim needs to come off, including the F-150 badges shown on the box art. Lightnings aren't F-150s - they are an F-150 cab and bed on an F-250 chassis, a mish-mash of chassis components, and performance engines not otherwise available in the F-series. I remember reading about these Lightnings outrunning Corvettes on a road course - ain't no F-150 gonna do that. That said, I've built a couple of these and they always build nice. I'm glad to see it come out again. I'm not sure to what original tooling they are referring - I don't remember many optional parts in the kit. Maybe they modified it for one of the shortbed F-150 versions. A new engine and wheels/tires would make a pretty nice F-150, but those already existed in the longbed kits.

The front end is what I like - it looks very early to mid seventies Ford. Think 72 Thunderbird. Some cleanup would do wonders; straightening those round edges and removing the front fender strakes/fences/whatever you want to call them along with maybe shortening the front overhang a bit. That rear end is awful from this angle. I can only imagine what it looks like from the rear (I hope it doesn't keep me awake tonight). He didn't have much to work with. GM cars in general from the late 70s on look great from the front to the B-pillar, then they go to pot. The chop and shaved handles are OK by me, along with the possibility of a stretch. The headlights may close, but I don't see any seating surfaces for the doors.

Actually, I kind of like it. A few tweaks here and there, and a lot in the rear, and that would be a real head-turner. In a good way.

I hope the gold watch is SHINY!

I didn't know AMT did the wagons, too. I've got the Johan kit. I'm pretty much in the same boat - I'll probably never do one. I haven't looked that close at them to determine how much of each body to use.

We walked into our local Ford dealer in October, and drove off in one of several base model 2017 Ford Escapes the same weekend. When you see "Prices starting at $xxxxx", this is the one you get. The only option on it (no cost) was the front license plate holder. Of course, in 1975, this would have been loaded. It has power steering, power brakes, power windows, an automatic transmission, air conditioning, automatic headlights, CD (the new cassette) player, and plenty of other things not invented then. And on topic: Blazer is a "once great nameplate"? I'd put it into the also-ran category. Maverick, Torino, Vega, Tempest, Malibu, Satellite, and the list goes on. They're nice enough, and had their purpose, but not particularly interesting or collectible until the interesting and collectible versions become horrendously expensive.

"Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker." That's all I can think when I see one of these Great find.

So do I. I make my hobby shop tour every weekend, and always give the local brick and mortars first shot at whatever I need.

I have to wonder. I'm on the hunt for an accessory for my motorcycle's Sena Bluetooth headset. I went to two authorized Sena dealers today; neither carried anything except for the headsets themselves. If you ask, you get the answer "We can order it for you". Guess what? This isn't 1990 anymore. Ever hear of the internet? I can order exactly what I want, faster and cheaper and delivered directly to my door. Why do I need an authorized dealer that carries nothing? Same deal with the foglights on my scooter. H3 35W bulbs - not real specialized or uncommon items. I went to the dealer to order them. It took 6 weeks (and the wrong part) to find out they were discontinued. None of the auto parts stores around here carry 35W bulbs. The internet to the rescue, again. I go to my LHS, and all they've got is the Revell and AMT junk. I've got everything I want from those two manufacturers. Re-re-reissues are of very little interest to me. New issues are few and far between. Anything interesting has to be ordered from the internet. You can go on about how inventory costs money, taxes, few sales and so on, but if you cost-effectively run your business into the ground, are you any better off? That is the only advantage a brick and mortar store has over the internet - I can go in and walk out with what I want, and probably more. Sorry for the rant, but most of this happened today and I'm a bit frustrated with retail right now.

I stopped at the Laurel Hobby Lobby today. Last Saturday, they had no discounts. Today, the shelves were pretty much picked clean of models. The full price ones were still there, but the only clearance ones they had left was a 2018 Mustang, a monster truck, a couple of the Lindberg 38 Custom Convertibles, and not much else. There were some Halo models, diecast, and a couple of airbrushes. I did check the rest of the store to no avail.

Johan did do a 1961 F85 station wagon which would be a good starting point: https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/johan-c-4661.htm

I've always wanted one of those. They were pretty advanced cars for the time period. They were one of , if not the, first American front engine/rear drive cars with IRS. I've got a 4 door promo that is missing part of the rocker panel - from the chrome strip down. Maybe one day it will get restored. Other than that, it is in pretty good shape, and about that color.

Nor are they proportional or even directly related. Like many have said, build how you want so that you enjoy it. My latest build is a full detail kit (Revell 92 T-Bird) with no suspension or engine, the hood glued shut, and the chassis cut half away with a Dremel. And you know what? I'm extremely happy with it. It's just what I had in mind, and looks the way I want.

I got one or two Tamiya Grand Cherokees at Toys R Us during their blowout sale - got them for around $10. I remember seeing a diecast 1/24 Chevrolet Colorado at a K-B Toys years ago. Still kicking myself for not picking it up.