Chuck Most

I never dip my decals in a bowl- I've lost a few too many in an attempt to fish them out. I usually set them on a wet cloth rag to release them from the backing. Not sure if I will buy one of these, but it does look like a very useful solution to a common problem.

On a serious note- what I do is attach the wheels and pins before attaching the axles- this makes it easier to seat the pins without the risk of breaking anything. It probably wouldn't hurt to file the pins down a bit shorter- on the first two kits I had, the pins seemed just a little bit too long.

Juha Airio is not a modeler. He's an artist. Period.

Roger- I'll see your Maverick and raise you the similar-vintage Comet.

No deadline Niko, and stalled projects are welcome.

KNEW I forgot something! This would also bring Willys, Kaiser and Frazer into the mix... any of those last two in kit form?

Never saw Starblazers- about the only anime I watched 'back in the day' was Bionic 6. I think TMNT was done in Japan as well, and I used to watch that quite a bit. Slightly off topic, but does anyone remember the Star Trek animated series?

True, but on the other hand, I remember a Spongebob episode where Mr. Crabs dug up a grave to steal a hat... that's a bit beyond a Y7 rating! Oh.... anybody remember the 'Prehibernation' episode, which had a Pantera song? Awesome.

Joe- I LOVED the '90's Batman cartoons! In hindsight it was pretty dark for a kid's cartoon, but I enjoyed it nevertheless, despite (or because) of that.

I think now I'll HAVE to locate that issue, now I'm considering building the 2003 reissue I have as a full-detail model.

Fine with me- I can see enough to get a few ideas.

With the arrival of the Moebius Hudson Hornet (which is a year too old to be a true AMC product, but falls into the AMC 'heritage brand' category), and the impending reissue of AMT's Gremlin and Jo-Han's '59 Rambler, I'm wondering if there'd be any interest in an AMC community build. The rules would be pretty simple. 1. Has to be an AMC product of course, this would include AMC, Rambler, Nash, and Hudson. Not aware of any Eagle kits, but if you have a Mitsubishi Eclipse kit and want to turn it into a Talon, have at it. We would be drawing the line with Renaults, though. 2. It can be any scale or material- styrene, resin, diecast, or any combination. 3. It does not need to be a project started specifically for this build- it can be a long-abandoned project you'd just like to finally finish. I think this would be my project- its an AMT Ramblur snap kit with the hood and trunk cut open, perched on an AMT '66 Pro Street Nova chassis. Any interested parties?

I hear Beavis and Butthead is supposed to come back.

Strangely, I actually had some Nash wheel covers in my parts boz! They're a little on the crude side, and I have no idea what they came from, but I've had them for three or four years,and what the heck else was I gonna use 'em on? And finished up the plumbing on the turbo.

Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost Coast To Coast were pretty good as well.

How did I forget that one?

Here are the RepMinCo pieces- These are the stock bezels, the custom ones omit the parking lamps and sport a vertical ribbed pattern. He also does some killer '53 Buick side trim.

Just saw what Juha Airio did with his. Wow. Remember- this is a CURBSIDE KIT WITH A SEALED HOOD AND A 'COASTER' CHASSIS. Again, all I can say is, wow...

Was this the Juha Airio Rambler mentioned earlier? It's a '56 sedan, but seeing how this guy operates he could have started with this kit. This guy is like the MacGyver of modeling!

I used to watch Spongebob, but I much prefered Invader Zim. Nowadays, the Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park are the main ones, and I still check out Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken if I stay up late enough.

No,no, no... you're thinking of Syd Barrett.

Even if they were straight repops of the promos (missing interiors and all) I'd be up for several of them. Sweeten the pot a bit and that'll just make it better!

Cant vouch for the Modelhaus stuff, but Replicas and Miniatures does carry them- they come with the bezel, lenses, and stock or custom inserts.

They were built ten years apart, but they appear very identical, the smokestacks being the main differences. There's actually a pretty famous photo of the two ships together= http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/United_States_and_America.jpg

I've always been a fan of inline sixes, and now that there's a 308 Hudson mill in scale, I'm having a little fun with that one- This one is box stock other than the wiring, and painted in non-stock colors. Next one's gonna have a Paxton centrifugal huffer!