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WHAT IF ? What if Revell still has the tooling to do these two 1962 Dodge and Plymouth kits . And they reissued them in modern plastic instead of the clear metal flake plastic . First they would have to get license and permission to do the project before it even starts . In todays market that license would be costly where as in 1962 the auto company's were coming to the model company's to have them make scale models of their products. That's going to add to the price of the kit up front . THEN Revell decides to go forward with the project after paying for permission to use Chryslers product . Revell decides not to send these vintage tools to China but instead sets up an injection shop in the U.S.A. - labor cost is going to be a lot higher , THEN it is a straight reissue of the 1962 tooling - Would most modelers be willing to pay $50.00 for a 1962 quality Revell Chrysler product ? (it is made in the U.S.A. after all ) With all of their soft details from back then . What if Revell decided to re tool the inter fenders and chassis to our modern standards which will add to the cost OR we know when buying one of these nostalgic reissues that we need to spend another $20.00 plus for a Lindberg kit to make it to our standards - Either way we as consumers are going to pay for the up grades one way or another . Besides that - the 1962 Dodge Dart is a four door and those seem to enrage some folks Then think that those kits sold for $1.49 in 1962

Danny I / SCENES UNLIMITED is a great company to do business with , I ordered a set of his S47 wheels and tires on Friday and got them in the mail today , great quality as always . I couldn't help myself when they arrived

Thanks for the tip on the Revell step box, Al , I have an AMT '53 Ford box that seems to fit very nice as well . I have not tried to mock up the straight 6 , I'm using the 289/302 from an AMT '67 Mustang , but would like to see the issue mentioned above with the 240 I6 fit .

Thank you , Matt

A little over a year ago , Pete J ( the O.P. ) gave me some really good advice about insuring my model collection , I'm not sure if I thanked him properly but I will now-Thanks Pete ! After I talked to my insurance agent about buying a policy to insure my collection , I could tell he didn't take it seriously at first . He dismissed the hobby as ' kid stuff " . I took a lot of pictures then sent my agent the link to my Photo Bucket - he then looked at eBay and a few other places that sell vintage and collectable kits . The next time the agent called me he said he never would have guessed that model cars had become so valued . Now I have my collection insured and pictures documented . The best advice I could give at this point is : IF you have a large collection , whether you rent or own your home - even if you have the collection in storage , check into a separate policy . Thanks again , Pete !

Ain't that the truth. But I'm very happy that this generation of Ford trucks has finally been made in 1/25 scale. Bravo to Moebius for undertaking this project . This kit is a mixed bag for me. It has a lot of good points and a few problems so far. My first big issue is the box art of the '69 . It shows a low end Custom Cab but the kit is clearly more to the trim level of a Ranger Sport . If it was a low trim Custom Cab it would not have the rocker panel trim or the chrome trim down the 'bump' -sure it can be sanded off . So far I have about 8 hours into a '69 kit, 2 of those hours have been spent cold bending the hood and sanding the edges to make it sit square to the fenders and fix the firewall/cowl , also filled the gap around the firewall . The chassis was very nice & easy to assemble partially due to the excellent instructions . I think a few pictures will show it better than words= This is the look I'm going for with this '69 I pre ordered 2-1969s and 2-1971s on April 7th 2015 , After I got the kits and have been reading the pros and cons....... And actually started building one I got another '69 and another '71 for a total of 6 so far . I'm very happy with my purchase so far and still like Moebius kits . (HEY-Why does the red line show under the word Moebius like it's spelled wrong ? )

Is anyone having an issue with the fit of the hood to cowl ? The cowl is a lot lower than the hood on mine.

Modelhaus has the bumpers and grill listed for a '72 Torino. I got ahold of a Model King issue stock car , The box says it's an AMT kit . Got this gold/yellow promo with a broken A pillar on eBay for around $20.00 The bumpers, grill , glass and interior tub from the promo fit perfectly into the stock car body.

Jimmy Flintstone makes a really nice Bill "Maverick" Golden driver figure in 1/25

Maybe the Cubs should move to Cleveland , It sounds like they would be right at home .

Here's one I built when it was reissued a few years ago .

This is an interesting topic . Growing up in Detroit I was aware of the fact that Hudson Motor Company was financed by, and named after, department store giant-J.L.Hudson After reading the Wikipedia page about the Hudson Motor Co. I learned that in the 1920's Hudson was one of the Big Three-Ford, Chevrolet and Hudson . Another good read is to Google: 14250 Plymouth Rd. Detroit , MI It talks about the last years of Hudson after it joined the AMC family. I've enjoyed reading this thread-but in the original post , there is a Chrysler 300 pictured ( )

One cow can produce up to 1,000 liters of emissions each day The average cow poofs out enough methane in one day to run a refrigerator for 24 hours.

The camper that Modelhaus makes is very nice-$68.00 It seems that as soon as a Modelhaus order arrives I have another order ready to send out-Great people to deal with.

Congratulations , Stay strong-It gets better !!! (This is the best thing I've heard today-Yea Nick )

Just got this 2015 Chrysler 200 on Monday , it had 56 miles on it when this picture was taken. That's about the distance from the dealership to home. Still have my 2003 F250 (46K miles) but don't like to drive it in the snow->

I saw that the Ron Pratt Futurliner sold for 4 million dollars this weekend at the Barrett Jackson auction . Futurliner #10 used to sit at a Cadillac dealership near where I grew up at in Detroit. It sat in the used car lot on the corner of Grand River and Winston-I must have went past it thousands of times growing up. It was my Dad that told me what it as and what they were used for. Of course #10 has been restored and now lives at NATMUS Museum in Auburn Indiana .

all are factory sealed-one has a $7.00 price tag on it from Hobby Bench in Phoenix AZ Opened but bagged/complete All three are mint in the box-two are molded in orange and one molded in white

I love this movie ! If someone were to start a community build thread, I would definitely join in.

I am dyslexic so this hysterical rambling sounds like a case of nuts to me..............

My parents didn't get a color TV until I was 6-7 years old. Even then a lot of TV shows and the news was still broadcasted in black and white. The man on the news would smoke cigarettes while doing his broadcast. Even though there were only 4 or 5 channels -some time after mid night the channel would play the Star Spangled Banner then sign off for the night-the screen went to a test pattern until morning. This is a great topic, Richard Had this playing while I was reading this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3tikxwAXyg

Eddie Money-Think I'm in Love

Heart=Crazy on You

I wish we would have had 'Utes" here in the U.S.A. Especially some of the Chrysler products that were never made into an el Camino - Ranchero type vehicles here . A few years ago I wanted an Australian style Ute so I raided the parts box, it's a '36 Ford coupe with a Revell '37/'38 Ford cab. Cut the dash to be right hand drive