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How about looking at the most popular JoHan subjects. I wonder how much from the F100 could transfer to a stock Maverick?

8 out of 11 The lesser known ones got me to.

Glad you took it the intended way. Was worried I'd offend. For a quick quiz, identify the makes of these four cars: If you had to look for the grill decals, that points to one of NHRA's failings. The answers are: Mopar Charger, Camaro, Toyota, Mustang and Mustang.

I liked the Pro Mod......I love the funny car. Not totally accurate. I can actually look at this car and recognize it as a Mustang unlike the actual Mustang funny cars. I do wish current funny cars looked more like this than the slab thingies that are now being run.

Looks good! I've often thought of doing the same thing but use the Revell/Monogram flat head midget for chassis and running gear.

The Ormsby car always saddens me. Gary wont the championship in 1989 in a classic battle with Garlits. Gary died of cancer just prior to the Nationals in 1991. He was one of the last innovators in drag racing.

Grand National was Nascars old name for what is now the Xfinity series (was Nationwide) when it was the Busch Grand Nationl Series. The other thing is the Cup cars where sponsored by Winston. Curios you could sell a beer sponsored car but not a cigarette sponsored series. It also appears the paintings themselves appear differently. My guess is the artwork was done in a reflective media such as watercolors or even oil and then photographed twice at slightly different angles. The cars appear identical as does the track but at slightly different angles, which is why I believe this. I have no guess why Elliot's picture is different.

My ABSOLUTE favorite early Ford. Show car, rat rod, dragster, Bonneville car. So many ways to use that body. I can't understand why this is the forgotten Ford.

Looks like a 1:1. EXCELLENT!

That's the first Kool-Aid car I've seen built. If those are the kit decals, I'll have to watch for it.

I kinda would like the Ferrari.......

A good build of one of my favorite drivers. I always thought Chad had great potential. If he could had signed on with a top tier team that have spotlighted him instead of using him as a team development driver, I think his NASCAR record would had been far better. When he drove a Pontiac in Cup he often was best in class as all the Pontiacs were in midfield or worse. When he joined Roush's armada of five drivers, when he started showing great potential, Roush broke up the team and sent his crew to three other Roush drivers. Its interesting to see what Chad has doe since driving. His son, Jesse is starting to move up the ladder. I hope his luck is better.

This reissue really disappoints me. I've been trying so hard to ward off this addiction but then this group of reissues. Vega- two or three, at least. Wedge dragster- one or two Flameout- two or three. One for me, one for my brother-in-law, and at least one for a stress reliever scratch build.

I think we have to look at customizing in eras. First there was the coach body cars. These were custom bodies prior to WWII that were one offs applied to very expensive cars. Think of this era as epitomized by Clark Gable's Dusenberg. After WWII, and the desire for something new, many prewar cars were modified into something new as Detroit hadn't yet ramped up new models. The new Detroit models prior to 1952 quickly were dated and customizing became more common in the mid fifties.. This only lasted a few years. Think the Barris Brothers and Valley Custom. Detroit's offerings of the late 50's-early 60's looked as if they were already customized when they left the showroom floor. This led to the era of panel painted cars. This era can be characterized by Larry Watson. When the sixties dawned, customs faded into show cars. Some of these were wonderful, while some leaned to the excessive. Need excessive? Look up the Druid Princess. There are numerous examples far worse like the Outhouse. The 1970's gave us custom vans and motorcycles. Truly a golden era, if you like that sorta thing. Many vans were customized in driveways while a whole industry sprung up to do conversion vans. Then there was trucks and mini trucks in the 80's. Remember, at one time the fastest Detroit iron had a pick-up bed on it. Eventually we had billet and hand fabricated cars inspired by classics of the thirties. Boyd Cunningham created some classics. Many cars of this era transcended cars into art forms. Some called this era excessive. Of course, hot rodders and customizers are still looking for the next perfect thing. If you can't afford billet, you create anti-billet. The rat rod movement is another take on custom cars. For myself, some of it is really creative while some of it seems to strive to be trashy. The idea of gluing plastic rats to your car to say your anti-establishment puts you into a different establishment. Sorry, its still trashy. For myself, there's endless canvasses out there. I really like the era of road race specials of the fifties. I wonder about a road race special design powered by electric. Another take on the custom car, might be cool.....whatever, it would be my own.

Always struck me as a weird design element. The stripe breaks up the flow of the car, sorta of a stop sign to the car's natural curves.

Wait a second that's an Olds Pro Stocker. I can recognize it with looking at the grill stickers. Mercy I miss Pro Stock versus Pro Mod Lite that's raced today. Nice build of a model that can be challenging.

Had this same discussion with a shop owner today. She said that when she retired, they'd close the door as no one wants to take over. Not enough money plus most people who get into the hobby business don't know how to run a business. Maybe if they did, they wouldn't go into the hobby business.

I wish these came with figures. A kit I wouldn't consider building, would be one I could share building with my kids.

I'm pretty sure the Budweiser wagon is molded in 1/25. Its a huge built up

27 T roadster. PLEASE...... The only option is the Flintstone kit. Workable but it takes a fair amount of work.

Can you post a link to the Don Garlits Museum photo?

I for one am excited to have these. If they sell well, it opens the doors to other options. I do hope they'll release a Toyota and a Chevy. As for the choice of drivers, Team Penske makes a lot of sense. It allows two cars from one mold without having to negotiate with two ownerships. It also limits having to choose which two teams from a three or four car team. Plus this is a first model for each driver with younger demographics than Jeff Gordon or Matt Kenseth. Maybe they'll do a Target exclusive car for sale in Target stores. Can't see that in their competitor stores.

The Blue Deuce......guess that's a kid safe Miller car. It will be interesting to see how they do these. I just hope they don't flood the market like the did previously. Maybe they'll follow it up with new drag racers.... Nah.....Cinderella.

There was a feature on this car in Peterson's Drag Racing magazine had a feature on it when the car was current. I'm sorry I don't have access to my copy now or I'd help you out. A few things about this car, it changed greatly. It started with plain Blue Max logo's, then had Schlitz and finally Old Milwaukee. A couple of things I recognize from the various photos I have. The car sit very low to the ground. The rocker panels were level to the ground. The rear spoiler was about twice the length of the Billy Myer piece. If other cars of the era was running a dual plug head, the Blue Max had dual plugs.

I find the "retro" Hawaiian to be a bit disappointing. Leong never ran a Pontiac anything, so to see that name on a Trans Am seems wrong. The other thing that I find interesting is how much the back half of the body looks like a Corvette funny of that era and the nose looks correct for a Trans Am. What really makes that weird is the Corvette body of that era had a REALLY bad reputation for being an unstable funny car body.