Chuck Most

Very cool... the Vampire Van is an added bonus!

Something was just messed up (at least on my end)- I couldn't bring up the MCM site or forum for the last hour or so. Happen to anyone else?

Hmmmmm... don'tcha think that would clash with the Michigan plate?

Uhhh...... I got nothin'.

I like to use 5-minute epoxy to re-attach the chassis, but I've also used gel super glue and will never use THAT again (the fumes fog up the windows, at least it did when I tried it! ).

I'm sitting here trying to remember what I did in my 'off' time before I beheld the magical power of this Internet thingie. I remember rocks and sticks... but that's about it.

Ah, a variation of one of my favorite lines from Star Trek IV! Guess ol' Spock should've layed off the limited slip diffs, huh?

This'd be a basic plastic/resin 'kitbash' with an AMT/Ertl reissue and the Time Machine transkit, hosed off in Pumpkin Orange and seasoned with a few Revell Jeep J-10 parts. I also corrected some of the flaws in the body (missing cut lines, grille shape, hood peak, and the like). I added a bit of detail under the hood, but let's just say that particular area is still a 'work in progress'. But it sure looks finished in the photos, doesn't it?

Awesome!

I'd say it's got to be the Premiere Studebaker Champ kit, which was listed at 1:25 but was really more like 1:26. I've only ever seen one, and most of the 'old timer' modelers I know aren't even aware of it.

Very cool! I built something similar about six years back... yours is already looking way better than mine does.

Nah- I think it has more to do with what he was up to in the late '60's...

I do prefer 1:25 and 1:24, though I do lean more toward 1:25. To echo what others have said- if I like it, I'll build it no matter what the scale, but odds are it'll be a 1:25 model I'm working on 99.9% of the time.

I will say that I am now satisfied with how the Moebius Hudson looks. This weekend, I subjected it to the "Ed Test". A bit of background is in order- Ed has a very good eye for a car's lines, even though he really doesn't know much about the car itself. Know a guy who thinks Olds 4-4-2s had 442 ci engines? Or one who thinks all Ford 429s are of the Boss variety? Or insist GTO stands for 'Grand Touring Option?' Yep- Ed's one of those guys. But, he can correctly ID just about any vehicle built before 1980 or so. He's not a modeler, but he has noticed the flaws and proportion problems on quite a few kits of mine he's seen. He noticed the crooked, faint body crease on the AMT/Ertl '67 Comet before I did- sure, to a modeler such a flaw might be obvious, but remember, Ed is a non-modeler, he isn't 'trained' to look at a model car kit in the same context as we would. Ed did take note of the close-but-no-cigar shape of the window openings, but overall was fairly pleased with what he saw. There you have it- the "Ed Test". Not very scientific, but works for me! Then again, should I really trust a guy who who insists a 2010 Impala is rear drive?

I did the exact opposite thing of what everybody else has been doing lately- my screen name was my real name, then I went to this 'Count Chuckula' nonsense simply because it was funny to me. But I do use my real name (or some variation on it) on 90% of the boards, though I do have a few weird screen names on some of them.

Why, it's a Shelby, ya big doofus!

No! You don't say!

They don't do it anymore, but it refers to when the kit manufacturers introduced new-model year cars in kit form, usually after the dealer promos. Many were updated each year, but some, like the AMT '66 Mustang, have been reissued countless times since their first run.

The '59 Retractable reissue is stock-only this time (it did include some custom parts in past issues), and is molded a bit better than older versions. The decals are very nice, too, except it still has the cheesy "Miami Vice" graphics. It's a pretty good kit- IF you take the care to get it together and working!

Every other Flintstone body I've used fit perfectly over its intended donor kit, as I've said, this one's a first!

Yeah- this is the first time I've ever had a real issue, too!

Regarding the Ala Kart- The new kit is Ok. The old one is just better!

Really cool build, Clay. Seems like I tried the 1:32 monster truck chassis under a 1:25 Daisy Duke Jeep CJ-5 and it worked pretty well. Never finished the model, but that had nothing to do with the chassis swap!

That sucks, Jeff! Is it just me, or does this kind of stuff actually seem to pick up around Christmas time? Holiday cheer, my hiney!