Chuck Most

On second thought, I think it might just be the angle from which the models are photographed. Looking at just the photos of the wheels and tires themselves, they look fine. Quite a few of the finished car shots are at a somewhat high angle- an angle you'd only see a 1:1 from if you were standing up on a stool or abnormally tall. From that perspective, the whitewalls look like they're tucked up into the fenders a bit more than they should be, which would create the illusion of a too-tall tire and/or an undersize wheel. Looking at the first shot of the white car, which is shot at an angle more like how you'd approach the car in 1:1, the tires look a lot better. Might just be a 'perception thing' on my part.

One minor gripe I can see.... somethings up with the rolling stock. Wheels look a bit too small, tires look a bit too tall... maybe a combination of both. That being said, will that stop me buying the kit? Absolutely not. The rest of the kit more than makes up (those Hemi engine parts look particularly well done), and the finished models look fantastic. Splendid job once agian, Len and Bill.

Just got my first order from Ed Fluck at Drag City- the '36 Ford truck grille shell with separate insert. This will end up on an East-coast style Deuce at some point. Good price, great casting quality, and very fair price.

Wow, take the new Camaro, toss a 1985-vintage set of rollers on it, recycle the old Powerglide name for use on whatever automatic they're using now, slap some stickers on it, and tack a substantial % onto the MSRP because you're only building 69 of them. Really? Is this the best GM can do?

Normally my philosophy is "If it has a rake it could be lower", but I do like the stance you have in the most recent pic.

Wow! I don't think I'd wanna go to that extent in styrene, much less brass! Weirdest thing of all, the model is four years older than me, and it's aged WAY better. I actually do remember these, though- Superior Dairy, in theSaginaw Bay reigion of Michigan,was still using these Divcos for home delivery right up until the early 1990's.

Thank you, sir.

LOVE IT!!!! Again...MPC...PLEASE reissue this!

Built one of these years ago (replicated it fitted out with Mopar's infamous RWD 'Conversion Kit'- you got a North/South engine crossmember... and that was the entire 'kit'), forgot it had two four cylinder engines in addition to the V8. It's acutally a pretty good kit for its time, IMHO.

Crusty custom? Maybe something along these lines? That was the concept behind this Merc- it was an old custom that had been done back in the '50's, got wrecked, sat for a while, and got patched back together just well enough to be a dependable cruiser.

I like that idea. Years ago, my grandfather subscribed to Gas Engine Magazine, and it came with a second, plain cover over the regular cover. It protected the rest of the magazine pretty well, and if you left it on it protected the magazine for years after it was delivered.

Does this kit have a full engine? Just curious.

Found this at a local antique shop a few years ago.

Yeah... forgot about that all-chrome Flattie with that gigantic air cleaner! I wonder what they were thinking when they gave that model the green light sometimes!

Trouble is, it's leaning toward more of a Volkrod application at the moment.

First-gen Datsun Z-car, perhaps?

For me, it's just the simple enjoyment of turning an idea into a three-dimensional object. That's about it, Vern.

Same formula, though. At least the Black Magic Bleech Wite I bought looks/smells/cleans the same as the Wesley's always did. They might change it somewhere down the line, but for now it's the same stuff.

Where do you think I got the idea....?

The same policy applied to factory concept cars.... but a few of those managed to escape the crusher...

Revell.

Nice! That three-window model has a weird chop and a terrible stance from the factory, and I like the earlier style you reworked it to over the mid '90's street rod it originally depicts. Only thing I'd have done different would be to trashcan the small block Chevy.

Think I found the engine for mine... Fujimi Porsche 356 Carrera 4-cam.

Not sure what I am supposed to be laughing at- looks like a fantastic job so far.

What scale is the kit, out of curiosity?