Chuck Most

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.

Lookie that box art- am I the only one seeing one(or two) of these paired up in front of a Fujimi Texaco station?

You know, I was one of many who liked the '99 Charger concept, but seeing it again... I have to really rack my brain to remember what it was I liked about it. Yeah, it's better looking than the production Charger, but so are about 75% of the other vehicles on sale today. Even that blocky Challenger! BTW- Dodge almost slapped that Challenger name on a four-door, Ram-based SUV that ended up being stillborn. Imagine the doo-doo storm that would have rained down had that happened.

Makes me wonder if people will hate the 4-door Charger 23 years in the future... even though everyone had forgotten all about the FWD Omni-based Chargers of the early '80's. For the thousandth time- don't care how many doors the Charger has. I don't like it because it looks like a squashed Dakota Quad Cab. End of story. It may be a fantastic driving car, but what car isn't these days?

Cool! This one's really heating up now.

And THAT led to stuff like this...

Well, might as well contribute! This is one of the first (if not THE first) weathered model I build, around 2005 or 2006.It's a 'yard truck' for a salvage yard, used as a portable engine hoist and for shuffling around the old junkers on the grounds. It is mostly the Beverly Hillbillies 1922-ish Olds truck, but as the years wore on and '20's Olds parts got harder to find, stuff that broke, wore out, or just plain fell off was either not fixed at all or was cobbled with donor parts from other inmates in the yard. Not legal for road use anymore (the floor-mounted fuel tank wouldn't meet standards, I'm sure), but gets the job done on the property well enough, and it's way cheaper than a skid loader!

Sweet '40= there used to be a '46 Chevy coupe in my area with a strangely-similar patina pattern on it.

Just backing you up.

I'm an assembler... but I might use parts from four or five different kits to make my model! I tend to agree with what is in your signature line- METAL AXLES AND HOLES IN OIL PANS? NOT A PROBLEM TO ME. I don't believe what makes a good kit (or a good build of a kit) has much of anything to do with parts count. Yeah, I know- a more detailed kit will always smoke a curbside in a contest, but I don't build for contests, so that doesn't concern me much. And personally I'd rather have a simple kit that looks good over one that's got a lot of parts but is kind of cruddy overall (Trumpeter Monte Carlo, anyone?). I don't know when people got so hung up on parts count- and the thing that really gets me is the same guys who gripe about how crude and simplified 'old' kits are are the same ones who swoon whenever some curbside Tamiya kit gets reissued. About the only advantage that kit might have over a golden oldie is it lacks that metal axle in the oil pan, besides that, it's just a matter of whether or not you like the subject.

A beat up green Effie... how can I NOT love this? You're really getting good at making them look well-used, Nick.

Haven't seen the Aoshima London Taxi until now. I thought Airfix did a 1:24 Taxi that was fairly well detailed.

Forgot all about this one- AMT's 62 Cat might be a good chassis donor- it has a proper perimeter frame. Again, though, some tweaking of the wheelbase might be in order- GM was running two wheelbases back then, not sure what was what. If I recall- the Cat was on the shorter wheelbase, and I'm not sure about the Starfire at all. Then you'd only need to worry about the engine- easy task, and the interior, which as Christain said is pretty much hopeless as far as more detailed choices go.