Dave Van

Sorry about that....had an issue and forgot I locked it....open now!! Thanks

IIRC Tamiya Park Green......

I do a number of decals for the 72...PM me if you want a list.

More than I have finished!!!! ? LINK in OP has them all......

Box Top

Great build from the greatest era!!!

Thanks....forgot to say Clovis salvaged a old locomotive headlight for fast night time runnin!

My project to build as many of the 1988 NASCAR Cup cars is going slowly but I added another one. Ricky Rudd's 1988 Buick. Box stock build with Penngwen tires transfers, Tamiya green paint. The decals are a mix of many sheets as none of the sets I had were 100% correct. I had to make the gold stripe, Cady, JNJ and other decals finished it. Thanks More photos at LINK below] https://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/project-88-the-88-c/

Back last year when I got sick and was limited to the bedroom and living room I had to do something. I pulled this kit from my stock pile and figured I build it out of the box using only tube glue...no paint. I was able to complete it and it made me figure out a way to build while I was laid up. I may post what I did to unable me...but that's another story. This is box stock using tube glue. Zero paint. Kit decals. It's a tough build with few locators and vague parts locations. Headers were 5 parts each and getting them lined up AND fit the body was hard. I am happy with it as it set me off on a year I got more built than ever. BTW I found that these rails fit in the 1/64 18 wheeler display cases very well.

COOL race car!!!!! I like they are not to concerned about the PC Police either!

Clovis' girl came along for the photos. Statred as a Lil Gasser. New log bed built, Engine from Lil Hot Dogger. Logs are craft store driftwood paint gray, broen then black. Paint on the truck is Moloflow copper and Tamiya OD green. More pics in the link...Thanks

That one is one my movie car build list. VERY nice work!!!!

Yep...those are Indycals decals.......thx

Well done.....clean build....

Another Bob Johnson designed kit....one of the most underrated kits tooled.

What killed the project was the Cougar had a different WB and thus chassis. They'd done it if just a body....like the Trans Am Camaros.....which are based on the IMSA Mustang kit.

Looks to be turn #8. Turn #6 was concrete wall, turn %7 mostly dirt. Attended many races there. Dad was the Valvoline rep 1960-70.

How much does it cost to cut down a tree???? A hundred different answers...... It all depends if the original builder used one tube or two!! This is a rebuild of a glue bomb that had a moderate amount of glue. Cutting, prying and even breaking parts apart is needed. No magic I know of. The freeze thing never worked for me.

A AMT kit that cost $2.25 in 1970, taking only inflation into account, should cost $16 today. So according to that kit cost has out paced inflation. But the retired analyst in me has to look at all the factors. Inflation, raw materials, operating cost, market size and the ROI the price of kits is totally in line. Yes...I want 99 cent JoHan kits at my local Pic n Save but it ain't 1967 any longer.

Being in Canada your cost is higher than ours. The exchange rate, transport, taxes and tariffs all pile on. But of the hobbies I have and am active in plastic models is by far the cheapest. My O scale model railroad is pretty costly. New locomotives are in the $2,000 range with the high end locos more toward $3,000+. Control system, track and electronics to run them all $$$$$$ Then to the 1/1 scale car hobby. I am looking at painting my 46 Ford SuperDeLuxe this Spring....a simple no body work semi gloss black will be $6,000 and that's a driver paint job....not collector, paint. And don't think about new tires, carb or radiator....brakes...maintenance. So it's all relative. For me it's my cheapy hobby.

Your work looks great! In 1/16 scale this must be huge!! I model in O scale, 1/48, and that scene would be big,

I'd have to have ANY Vista Cruiser.......rumors full speed ahead!

That is 100% true on vintage tooling. Huge blocks of nickel steel with all the parts in a single tool. (minus tires and clear) Tooling was a lot cheaper and done in house often. It has changed. If you look at new tooling you will see small modular 'trees'. Revell did this first with the little steel wheels, trim ring and center cap mold that they then used in a number of kits. Moebius has taken it to a new level with their kits. The Ford p/u kits are made up of modular molds...kinda mix and match to make a complete kit. R2 is now doing this too. If you note kits with new or retooled parts they come on a little tree of their own. Salvnos has tooled a mold for a single part and toss it into the vintage Monogram kit....new kit! So a up top, tooled alone in a new mold is not totally out of the question. But I bet if R2 does it it will be a 2nd version sold later after we all buy the first one.

This will be cool to get back. I do hope down the road maybe a hardtop will follow.

It was the perfect storm. Chinese New Year is officially one week. BUT.......they allow one week to travel home, one week NY and one week travel. So best case is three weeks. Add the virus in and you have a mess. I have issue that things are back to norm today....we'll see.