Chuck Most

I'll second that! A Frenzel blower wouldn't kill me, either!

In the case of this guy- if I bumped into him at a show and he had what I wanted, yeah, I'd snap it right up! But as far as buying via internet or mail. Uh-uh. Not gonna happen.

I have that same kit- but I"m turning mine into an '83 Olds Firenza. I didn't think it would look too hot as a wide body IMSA car, but seeing yours mocked up I'm beginning to have second thoughts.

Cool! Don't skimp on the Thompson's Water Seal.

Even if they are the same, it's no big deal swapping on the Edelbrock heads and other pieces from the Deuce Tudor kit.

Making a Lindberg '48 Connie workable... or Turd Polishing 101...

Yep, that cemented the bubble top idea!

Uh-oh... Cranky + Rusty Chevy Truck always = Killer results.

They're still in the 'Rides Magazine' version, too- just no tires for them.

It does that to me every once in a while. I just hit F5 (refresh the page) and that fixes the problem.

Seeing the Panamericana Hornet kind of makes me want a kit of the Panamerica '49-'51 Lincolns. And at least one more Hornet kit so I can build one in Panamerica livery.

If you REALLY cared, you could just take an unbuilt kit, build it as a glue bomb... then re-build it just for this community build!

Dodge Lancer caps would look cool as well- not sure what kits have them (if any) but they are available in resin. Replicas and Miniatures makes quite a few cool period full wheel covers, only (possible) downside is they don't come plated.

"In a world where all the cool modeling subjects are overlooked- there was one man with the ambition and deep pockets to make it happen."

On the udder hand... the fact that somebody high up the chain of command at Revell obviously has a thing for Oldsmobiles is promising. Well, to me at least.

I'd certainly be interested. Modelhaus sold one years ago, but I missed out on that and from what Don says he has no interest in producing another rollback kit himself. In this case I'd rather buy something pre-made so I don't have to scratchbuild one on my own.

It could run in just about any heads-up or bracket class- most of the cars like that in my area (ones with mostly stock chassis and body) race in those classes. Already looks way better for not being a mile up in the air.

Over a year... and he clearly knows about your order, and has even told you on at least one occasion it was on the way. I'd send him another e-mail or call him again and make it quite clear that within two weeks I either wanted my product or my money back. I might even bring up the subject of 'mail fraud'. I've heard this same story about Perry's over and over (I've even had people tell me he's no longer in business) sounds to me like Perry or Randy or whoever needs to find another line of work. Seriously- there's actually quite a bit of stuff in the Perry's catalog I'd love to have, but I've heard a few too many horror tales, and I've pretty much come to the conclusion they're one caster I'll never buy from. Really- does he have some kind of family tragedy unfold every month? Four to eight weeks is fine- four months is okay, six is pushing it, anything past six is just unacceptable. Personally, I'd have dropped 'friendly and polite' on my end long before now.

I was thinking hack it off behind the second cowl and make a Dusey roadster pickup.

Guess it would boil down to 'how good is the kit and how long was the wait between its announcement and introduction dates', weighed against 'how much I wanted the kit in the first place'. In the case of the '48 being a custom, who's to say what is 'correct', but I do see your point, and am kind of slapping myself for not considering that aspect earlier.

You could say the same thing about Fat-Albert sized SUVs, crew cab pickups with two-foot-long beds, and crew cab duallies used as daily transportation instead of towing and hauling. Some people just 'want' a muscle car, and 'want' usually overrides need as far as vehicles are concerned. The average person would probably be just content with an Aveo or a Caliber as daily transport, but lots of people just plain don't WANT the Aveo or Caliber- they want the Camaro or Challenger.

When better Buicks are built- they'll be Mopar powered.

Oh, come on Mike- that one has your name written all over it!

Regarding Revell and Oldsmobile subjects... I'll believe it when one lands on my workbench and not a minute before. Ditto on the '57 Ford Sedan, come to think of it. I'd love to have both, but given Revell's new product time table, if they're announcing them now they likely won't be here until mid 2014 or so.

Huh- now that I see fadeaway fenders as an option, I might pick up a couple more than I had originally planned. Yeah, Revell's renditions aren't the most graceful, but I've wanted to do a fat fender custom with fadeaways for a while- this should make it a bit easier.