Chuck Most

EXACTLY. As George Carlin once put it- "You show me a product that HASN'T been linked to cancer, and I'll show you a product that hasn't been invented yet."

"Well... I got sick of losing my silver '03 Taurus in the parking lot with all the other silver Tauruses, so I figured I needed something that stood out a little bit better..."

I think that's the main hurdle such a kit would have to overcome. And Dave, I agree with your first statement, and please add the Lincoln MKVii to that list as well!

Norm is one of the few resin casters who could show the styrene kit manufacturers how to PROPERLY mold a part! Going wrong with RMCoM is utterly impossible. Period.

My feelings exactly, though I can think of all sorts of more appropriate applications for 'em!

Loved the Seven! And this one is shaping up to be a killer little rod as well. Man, I need to find myself a couple of these kits!

A few nights ago, I was watching 'World's Dumbest' on True TV (what can I say? Frank Stallone and Danny Bonaduce entertain me to no end....) and one of the things they showed was a cab over semi tractor pushing a car down the highway. Apparently, the driver had been merging onto the road, and was hit by the semi, and the semi driver didn't even notice. He pushed the car sideways down the highway for quite a distance (and at what looked to be a considerably high rate of speed ) until another motorist signaled him and he found out he was PUSHING A FREAKIN' CAR DOWN THE HIGHWAY!!!!

It will definitely need to be widened, that's the one thing stopping me from putting one on a Freighliner Dual Drive COE. I really like the idea of using one on the Titan, I've never seen one of those kits built up as anything other than a highway tractor.

I don't see a Challenger (I think it's a Satellite, or a GTX or Road Runner), but yeah, I'd drive any one of them. You could have a Hummer stuck under your bumper and never even realize it!

Two Round 2 AMT fortfied reissues- Texaco '50 Chevy Pickup and '62 T-Bird.

Oh, yes! Not seeing a single one I don't like! My contribution for this Friday, my first ever MCM forum 'On the Workbench' buildup, a '29 Model A Turtle Deck roadster with a Ford 170 inline six-

I do like them, especially when somebody takes the time to build them this well. Never built a 1:32 Pyro kit, I do have the Minicraft '10 Packard kit laying around somewhere though.

A few years back in Hot Rod Deluxe, they ran photos of the abandoned car plants which still stand in and around Detroit. There were also some shown on the History series "Life After People." Sad thing is? When that show aired, they used actual current footage from Detroit to show how buildings will deteriorate unattended in the future. It is good to see some of the old factories being repurposed, though.

I DID get the T-Bird! Oh, and here's the picture- There is a large card depicting the boxtop artwork, and here you see the die cut bumper and flasher base, the amber sprue from the big rig kits, and the Texaco specific decal sheet. Other than that, it's the previous stock version of the kit, molded in white.

Roger... you didn't like those Revell tire decals? (Though I will confess to buying a '55 'Street Burners' (?) reissue just for the Dzus fastener decals!)I'd like to see a few of the modern drag vehicles kitted too, though, now that you bring it up. And yes, I realize it would be fairly difficult to kit an AWB car, just because no two were modified in exactly the same manner. It's not like a rail or a flip top funny car, where one chassis/engine combo can support two or three different bodies in a kit. But I'd be willing for a 'general' AWB here. Think about it- the recent Chevy 210 was heavily hyped as the "Black Widow" version, even though you could not build a totally accurate Sedco Black Widow out of box from the kit. But, few complained. At least, few complained loudly and veheminently enough for me to remember it! I think if they got the basic details right on a new tool AWB, most modelers interested in such material would be satisfied.

No, two... one for the buildup, and another for the completed model! And I'd buy both. And not complain about only one model being covered in two issues.

You might be onto something- the Badger can did seem to 'pack more punch' than the Testors. I did try the second time at room temp, same thing happened. The Badger label suggested loosening the knob that screws onto the can to reduce pressure if needed, and I got the same result no matter what.

Okay... so Revell just brought out two all new 'glass bodied flopper kits (The Mongoose and Hawaiian cars), and they've been treating us to various reissues of other '60's/'70's funny cars as well. Nostalgic drag racing subjects from early Willys gas coupes to modern flip top rocketships in scale kit form are hot. So I'm wondering... am I the only guy who'd love to see an altered wheelbase door slammer kit, done in new, modern tooling? About the only choices (besides rolling your own, of course), are the ancient, crude old AMT kits, the Falcons, Mustangs, Comets, and Chevy IIs most recently reissued by Model King. Well, the Mustangs, Falcons, and the King's Comet, anyway! There are so many choices with the flip top cars and earlier 'gasser' candidates, but even then, much of the subject matter is from the '60's! In the case of AWB cars, I don't think there's been any activity in that segment of the hobby in almost 50 years! Think about it- the new(er) tool Revell SWC/Big John '41 Willys can be built into all manner of late '50's/early '60's drag coupes, or donate parts to other vehicles for the same purposes. The new Revell Mopar floppers can be built, modified, or parted likewise. What about the era in the middle? Imagine... an all new tool kit of the Daddy Warbucks Falcon, or Chevy II Much, or the downright frightening "Honker" '65 Dodge? I'd love to see them! Please tell me I'm not the only guy dreaming of such things!

I'd love to see Revell do a GOOD '56 F-100, to replace the blob-like existing kit. I wouldn't even mind if the engine and chassis carried over, just get rid of that terrible body!

I'll have to see it now. You had me at '61 Plymouth!

I have a cheapo, propellant airbrush by Testors. Basically I use it to spray colors which aren't readily available in spray cans, so I don't need to wait until the day I get a proper airbrush. As I said, the brush is Testors, and until recently I used the cans of Testors propellant. I've been doing this for a couple of years, and have never had a problem. But recently Testors propellant has been difficult to come by in my area, so I substituted a can of Badger propellent. I hooked it up to the brush hose, and it sprayed perfectly for a couple of seconds. Then all of a sudden, it started spraying an icy mist. No paint, just a fog of ice! I had the can in a bucket of hot (not boiling) water as I have with my Testors cans. Everything was the same as in the past, aside from the propellant. I thought maybe the Badger stuff was CO2, but it didn't say so on the label. After this happened, I managed to locate a can of the Testors propellant, and everything is working just fine now. Hooked up the Badger can again, same thing- ice vapor! Any ideas on what went on?

You know... there are enough similarities between the 760 and Celebrity, especially in the roof and side profile- wonder how close those are to a Celebrity, dimensions-wise?

A Chevy Celebrity police car???? Not the best choice for a high speed persuit against... well, anything but another Celebrity!

I'll see about getting some pics up later- the new parts are die cut plastic- the flasher base, push bumper, and it's brackets, and the amber sprue from the AMT big rig kits is supplied for the flasher dome. Just got the kit today, might go back later for the T-Bird.

Just saw a Maisto Grand Cherokee (new body style) kit at the shop, but it's a die cast...