Chuck Most

I bought the Texaco station a few years back for $20, opened, but complete. (And no, mine's not for sale or trade, either. ) The only gripe I have about the '50 Chevy kit is the rear cab corner piece- because of the way the cab is undecut, this piece has to be added after the interior is inserted, leaving a nasty gap that does not exist on the 1:1 truck. I have, in the past, added this piece, blended it into the body, and did a little heavy-handed trimming to fit the interior. Kind of cave-man, but it works.

Nah... tires just weren't that great back then. My granfather told me back in the late '40's you'd see five or six cars by the roadside with a blown out tire every day! (Assuming, of course, you live in a relatively heavy traffic area.)

If the central Michigan cops had these instead of Impalas, I might actually welcome being stopped by the po-po.

Just recieved the Fujimi Nostalgic Racer Tuning Parts, which includes a Nissan S20 I-6 and L24 I-6. Thanks, Zukiholic!

Uh.... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! Please excuse me while I mop up my drool and change into some unsoiled underpants...

Yeah, with THAT attitude!!!!

I really like the RX8, this is the first one I've seen in quite a while. From the 'guy-on-a-ladder' viewpoint, the front end kind of reminds me of a Honda S2000 (meant in a good way!) I wish all the modern Mazdas looked more like this.

I think they're just hyping up the fact it's a relatively recent tool, as opposed to an old 'slab chassis' deal, and that it isn't the snap kit.

Might just be because the LRW version has been reissued, and was in the lineup for a while before this one came out. Yeah, the inclusion of the LRW decals would be a bonus (even though I doubt I'll ever build this kit as a LRW replica, personally), but there's probably going to be quite a supply of the straight stock/LRW versions of the kit in circulation for a while.

AMT '50 Chevy pickup with Texaco livery, Walt. Took a while for the link to work for me, too. (Dial up...) Wonder if it comes with that oh-so-prominent push bumper shown on the box?

Now THAT'S what Chuckster's talking about! Keep 'em coming.

I see exactly where you're coming from, Mark, but here's the thing... When the general public thinks eBay, they think of stuff like burned toast with some religious figure's image burned into it, used clothes, and the like. I've never once bought, sold, or even listed a model kit on eBay. (I confess, I once had an eBay account...) And the 'general public' aren't modelers, so I really don't care how many eBay users know about emodelcars! Emodelcars is my first place to go online when I'm looking for a particular kit/part/accessory for sale, 9 times out of ten. I don't even bother with eBay anymore (mostly for reasons that have been discussed already on this thread). Gregg, I would not be adverse at all to paying $1 to emodelcars whenever an item sells. (Well, unless I sold a $1 item, but still...) One dollar probably isn't cutting into my profit margin enough to matter in the long haul, and if it helps promote the site, so much the better! I've actually been buying a bit on emodelcars the last couple of weeks, and I'm planning on listing some stuff for sale early this summer, so I'd love to see it flourish a bit! Yeah, it'll never be the size of eBay or Craig's List, but so what?

Oh, yeah!

Air shocks!

My latest sick, twisted pile o' vehicular scrap... AMT/Ertl '32 Chevy body on a scratchbuilt frame, with a kitbashed '59 Chevy 348 engine, 'behind-the-firewall' radiator, wrench door handles, and such...

If it hasn't been cleared over, I've had good luck using good, sticky masking tape to peel off old BMF. Just burnish it down over the foil and pull it off- most of it should pull free with the tape.

I was doing that until a few weeks ago... finishing up my stragglers from '10 and '09. And '08 and '07... Lasted about two weeks! But anyway, glad to see you are making some progress on yours! Love the '68/9 Chevelle posts!

It's big... it's Ford... it's custom... I adore it!!!!

I'll parrot how great the color looks on it- way better than the yellow depicted on the box!

Yep, '96 or '97, I'll have to dig them out and look.

That's a cool one, Phil! I've got an MPC Cavalier kit I've been slowly turning into an Olds Firenza drag car the last two or three years.

It's on my 'to-do' list, but so far, no. I'd have to convert AMT's '66 442 into a 4-door Cutlass, rework the front bumper, and find some big, ugly wheel covers to pull that off, but I think it might be workable. Haven't ruled it out completely is what I'll say for now.

Thanks guys! The clear steering wheel is from an AMT '62 Catalina, same as the seats. No idea where the horn button came from. The 'taillights' are actually the hood pods/turn signals from a '59 El Camino.

Mr. Owens, your ideas just keep getting better...

Dave... wasn't that one in SAE years ago?