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1961 and 1962 Ford Falcon annuals 1972 Chevy Vega promo 1963-64-65 Plymouth Valiants 1960 Valiant promo 1963 Rambler American 1961 Mercury Comet annual that got a Ken Kitchen 170 6cyl.

It's a sad day in Modelsville= I met Ray many years ago at the Macomb College shows, My Dad was into old Ford flatheads long before I was born so I grew up around them-After my Dad died a few years ago Ray was one of the few people that I let "pick" my Dads buildings- we traded a lot of old Ford stuff for resin stuff I wanted (Ray got the better end of that deal ! ) Ray and Ruth were here a few times to visit and pick-I wanted to show Ray my model collection but he couldn't care less about those model cars-He wanted to see the real car stuff-Him and my Dad would have gotten along like stink on a monkey.......I mean that in a good way and you would know what I mean if you had ever met either one of them in person. My thoughts are with Ruth and their kids tonight......but now Ron Cash has someone to play with The last time I saw them I got Ray and Ruth to sign the T-shirt I was wearing ..

Got an order from Modelhaus yesterday , the main thing was the tail lights and rear bumper for this '64 Plymouth Valiant

Sad to hear, I love all those surf movies !!! There's the Surfite in the back ground .

I hoard and stash kits because I have an addictive personality, I don't drink alcohol or do drugs anymore, Even though I don't spend as much money on models as I did drinking and drugging-This way I have something to show for it.

Here's a Revell '50 Ford I built to carry a couple of Midget Racers

When I was 7 or 8 years old, my aunt enrolled me in Auroras model of the month club, I remember a WW II ship and WW II airplane and an action figure I'd guess was about 1/8 scale. Don't remember any car models though-and that was all I wanted to build back then. Mini Lindys were my favorites back then-It would be great if the new Lindberg owners brought those back.

Last month on E-Bay I bid on and won this 1963 Valiant promo But when the box arrived there was this 1960 4dr. Valiant instead I sent the seller a P.M. and explained the situation to him, we exchanged phone numbers because it would be easier to talk it out instead of E-Mailing back and forth. I'm proud to say we both handled it like grown folks, ( a little common respect goes along way) He said it was a simple mistake in that he grabbed the wrong box marked "Valiant" and for me to send the '60 4dr. back and he would send me the '63 that I had bought and refund ALL of my shipping cost-We ended up working out a deal that as soon as the '63 arrived to me- I went to Pay-Pal and paid for the '60 4dr. -for a really nice price. As it turns out, the E-Bay seller is also a member here and a really nice guy to deal with. So there was a bad situation at first, it got handled the right way and I am very happy with the result= I got the promo I bid/bought that turned out to be a friction powered promo which was more that I expected. Got a great deal on the '60 4dr. promo. AND made a new modeling friend. Now I know that not all E-Bay deals go this way and I have been burned a few times by a couple of "chiseling nickel baggers" but not all E-Bay buyers or sellers are crooks.

I used the Model King / Revell 1953/54 Chevy and an AMT '51 Chevy for the donor along with a Ken Kitchen Buick straight 8 to build this.

I like all the Revell '32 Ford kits, here's my take on the Highboy.

That kit is real-and so is the price. Great movie, I saw it at the drive in when it first came out-and just bought a CD copy from Barnes and Noble ($8.50) since you started this post. Funny Stuff !

Thanks for the tip, Jim That's a great deal !!!

Yeah, It got to be a dog fight near the end of that auction, my max bid was a little higher than that so I kind of got lucky at $130.00 BUT- it will go nicely with my '68 Bonneville and '69 Grand Prix

Scored this built MPC '67 Bonneville on E-Bay last week The glass was never glued in place and the hood does'nt sit flush because of the tri-power carb.s and air filters. This is a model I have wanted for MANY years and even though it's a built model-I'm happy to have it.

There are some real nice pictures posted here, I really like those IKEA units - If I had the room for them. I've been using the good 'ol AMT cases for years.

Riders Hobby Shop-28th.St. Grand Rapids, Michigan

I've been using this for awhile now, It works as well as the old M.E.K. but is a healthier substitute and smells like finger nail polish remover-not the strong smell of M.E.K

HEY- Didn't Steven King write a story about a bad snow storm in New England ?

We got 14 inchs of fresh, wet-heavy snow last night on the west side of Michigan

Ooopps...just reread it where you said it was done with fine tip Sharpies-NICE !

Very nicely done. I like the pinstriping-did you paint that yourself or are they decals ? A couple of scale horses would look good.

Didn't get much building done this year, but I did finish this one. I used some Tamiya Beetle stuff I had in the parts box.

I like the Suburbanite snow tires from the Hogans Hero Jeep kit.

I would like to have a "Catmobile" from Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse

We should also keep the police officers and first responders in our thoughts and prayers. They were the first ones inside the school and had to comprehend what had just happened.-That's a tough job !