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Reminds me of a short, fat, ugly version of the fantastic Alfa Romeo Carabo: ....or NOT!

2001 Coupe Speedway White/Torch Red 6-spd, Z51 Suspension Corvette Museum Delivery - April 17, 2001 - and since then...... Sea-to-shining sea, border-to-border, and lots of places in between - over 70,000 incredible miles!!

1961 Ford Chopped Styline, started in 1961. Just realized that I should have dragged it out for its 50th anniversary a couple of years ago:

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

Right, it says 'Ford F-100' on the lid but says 'Chevrolet Fleetside' on the side panel. Inside the box is the Chevy:

Gather 'round eagle-eyed modelers, tell me what is wrong with the contents description on this box:

Fantastic job, Randy. It warms my heart to see a well done International! Just one bit of trivia - when that kit was first produced, Ertl got the instructions, the holes in the hood and the box art for the air intake on the left side hood oriented 90 degrees off. The bars should not be horizontal but rather should be vertical, as shown here: The kit has never been corrected. By the way, weathering is fun. The picture above is a good example of a well used truck and the colors involved. Keep those Internationals rolling!!

1956 Lincoln because the trunk lock is under the knight's visor...

How many of you road race fans knew that a Corvette was entered in the 1962 Le Mans 24 Hour race? It was news to me when I ran across a picture in my "Le Mans" two book set back in '06: I have shot the restored car and collected lots of pix from 1962 HERE. An interesting and little known car but too far down my list of projects. If you decide to build one, be sure to post pix.

Also just announced from Moebius in HO (1:87) scale but it is apparently an exact replica of Mel's. It could be used to get dimensions: David

This is fantastic!! American Graffiti is my all time favorite car movie. In the recent past I had the overly optimistic notion that I would build an AG diorama with Mel's, the Wolfman studio and other AG features. It was to be complete with operational automobiles running on batteries and steered by magnets that followed buried wires. I did the research, gathered the available cars and people , actually got a mag steer car working, then saw some other shiny thing and never went any further. Anyone interested in doing the AG thing, click on the links above and check out the research that I did. Maybe it will help.

I love it when this topic comes up! Here you go kids, back before injection molded plastic was common in our world, building a model car meant buying an Ace kit that had a bunch of balsa blocks in a box. We then glued them together and carved off everything that didn't look like the car we wanted to build: After a lot of carving and sanding, you rode your bike to the hobby shop to buy a bottle of sanding sealer and brushed that on the car then sanded some more. You, of course, discovered that one bottle was not near enough so another trip or two was in order until the surface was reasonably smooth. Of course this encouraged customizing since making a custom was easier than fussing with all the trim details: In the picture above, taken with my Brownie Hawkeye in about 1950, when I was 10 or 11 years old, you can see the result. I am very proud to say that I still have that car: The unbuilt kit is a combination of two kits that I found in an online auction. It is a lot of fun to show the 'before and after' when touring the model room. You can see a lot more about this car HERE.

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These gals and guys look pretty good for $8 or so: Find them HERE. You can also do a search for 'G Scale figures' and find garden railroad figures from 1:32 to 1:20.

Had one just like this except it had dog dishes and no trailer hitch (it was a slant 6). A model of it would sell like - uh - well, I would buy one. BTW, it is a 1975 Plymouth Valiant; my daughters called it 'Prince Valiant', of course. I was proud when I ordered it brand new that it was the cheapest 6-passenger, 4-door available. It was a column shift 3-speed. My wife hated it.

Welcome Sonny, I owned a car from the UK long ago; it was a 1959 Austin-Healy 100-6. Loved that car, it was the only car I owned at the time (I was a bachelor). My favorite line from the Owner's Manual was "top up the dash pots daily". Can't beat those SU carbs! Concerning model cars, check the web link in my sig. You can see that "Hot Rods, Customs, 50's/60's American cars and Italian exotics" are some of my favorites, also. Hope you will post pix of your builds. Cheers,

Some of her features looked reasonably accurate:

It was intended to represent the newly introduced Millenium Yellow. Being painted in a race shop, and Marketing tuned for high visibility on TV, it may be a bit brighter. By the way, the photo below will show how much more the actual car wheelwells were flared compared to the rather slab-sided kit: Have fun!

Hi Rick, I worked for the International Harvester Truck Engineering department in Fort Wayne from 1963 until my retirement in 2001. During part of that era, the trucks were identified by wheel arrangement first, eg F=6x4, series second (eg 42 = short conventional highway tractor - engine in front of the cab) and engine size third (eg 70 = big bore diesel). Since some models had several engine sizes and axle arrangements available, it was decided during that time to reduce complexity by using '4200' instead of '4270' type emblems. Over the years, the emblems varied, sometimes with application included - eg 2674 = Set-back axle, big bore diesel, off road straight truck. And, of course, there were always exceptions, like the F-8500-M mixer built in San Leandro, California, which was available with small bore diesels, big bore diesels and very big bore diesels - eg Detroit 12V-71. Since I have been retired for over 11 years, anyone with corrections is encouraged to comment. If you want an excellent book on International truck history, 'International Trucks' by Fred Crismon is outstanding, if a bit pricey. Amazon has them HERE. By way of full disclosure (and a little bragging), I did help Fred get much of his information from International (see page 11).

Who is doing a new 62 Vette and when? (I don't get out much...)

Thanks for all the comments. There is, apparently, a variety of choices:

Hi Al, Thanks for the info, I thought maybe when I didn't hear from Mike that meant the answer was not good news. I really like your idea of a depot hack, however, they seem to be more in the Model T era. I don't think any of the Monogram Model T kits have fenders or many other stock parts. If we move to a Model A, the same situation of getting parts (radiator, fenders, details) looks like a problem unless they are available in resin. Scratchbuilding it all is beyond the scope of the project. Because the '32 kit is readily available, a '32 station wagon might make sense, particularly since the live steamers would put a lot of cinders inside anything open, '32 wagons apparently had side curtains available. The body is mostly a straight-sided box, so that should not be too difficult. Comments?

I sent this email to Mike Gradis at eDeuce a couple of weeks ago but haven't heard from him yet: "---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: 1932 Ford Panel From: david@palmeter.com Date: Sat, January 22, 2011 9:47 pm To: MikeGradis@aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Mike, A friend of mine is involved in the construction and operation of an 1:8 scale live steam railroad. He recently finished building a combined freight, passenger and switch tower building and is trying to find 1:8 scale steam era vehicles more appropriate than modern Minis as details for the station. On Model Cars Magazine Forum I learned that you have resin conversion bodies for the Monogram Duece. The Sedan Delivery would make an excellent station vehicle. When will it be available and how much will it cost? Since this would not be a contest build but, rather, a durable, curbside build, a collector kit is not required. Do you have a Deuce kit appropriate for that type build? (Box, engine, options not important.) Do you have suggestions for wire wheels? What else would be needed to build a factory stock Sedan Delivery? Rear bumper, rear lights, other? Thanks for any help and ideas, David Palmeter" Since I haven't heard back from Mike yet, I thought some of you folks, more familar with big scale than I, might be able to answer some of my questions or have some further comments or suggestions about building a durable, 1:8 scale factory stock 1932 Ford Panel Truck. Thanks for your time,

Excellent work, John, very impressive! Can you tell me what material you use for the stone window sills? I am doing a 1:24 scale garden railroad. Thanks,