Dave Van

N and HO model train guys have it good in the structure department. I wish O had 1/10 of kits you guys have. O has some great kits but many are 'craftsman' kits with some crossing the $200-300 price line. This Downtown Deco kit was bought 2nd hand because it had a broken wall but was still $40.

Think of that guy in 25 years that is into model cars........the collections yr'll have!!!

Change is the only constant. Nothing I did or had in 1962 is the exact same today. The manufactures are doing, in my opinion, a great job in a market that is gone from common place to an extreme niche product. In 1962 my buddy and I could walk 4 blocks to where a cluster of stores were. The first step was the local owned drug store. They always had maybe 45 kits on hand along with some glue and paints. Next stop was the grocery store and while not as many kits as the drug store they still had 20 kits or so. Our next stop the hardware store. Again maybe 25 kits, paint and glue. If we had not spent our $2 yet we'd walk a bit more to the auto parts store who always had 15=20 kits on hand. In our area within 2 miles there were maybe 10 more places that sold model......discount stores, May company and Jack's Hobby. Today I drive 2.5 hours to the only place that sells models, paint and glues etc. Do the math. In the entire region I can count on one hand....really one finger that retails model kits. So the fact we can still buy kits is a pretty good deal. Even as recent as the Dukes of Hazzard kit sold in the millions......today 8K of a new kit is a hit! And R2 tooled a NEW DoH kit to have it's legs cut out by the PC Police. So I side with the manufactures. I'd be great to get kids into the hobby.....but $1000 iPhones, Drones and video games....it ain't gonna happen on a large scale. My grandkids will build a few.....but getting them will not boost the masses. Enjoy it while we have it. It will outlive most of us.

Nice clean work!!! I love old trucks

AMT ZZR from the movie Out of Sight.....

PHONE HOME!!!!

My first thought..........but a super built as usual.......

I like it!!!! Nice clean build. I had a 1/1 1980 Dodge Ramcharger Prospector that I wish I had never sold.

The 'Model builders Club' was a Revell deal. I still have the card from old kits where you sent 10 cents for the first model. Revell kits of that era were tough for new builders. I bought this glue bomb, rebuilt it....it came from ebay with the Model Builders Club brown box.

I've done the art for over 300 of my own decals and the art for many kits and aftermarket. My number one fear is to have something go to print with any error......a mis-spell is the worse. No excuse for this one........spell check is your friend!

Nice work!!!! I had a AMF Fantastic One in orange....wish I had it still.

Well done...have the kit..yet to start...

If you sell you know postal rates have gone through the roof!!!! I sell a lot of decals. A 6 x 9 envelope cost $1 to send 5 years ago.....now $3+ to get the ebay required tracking. Kit shipping is even higher. I went from always having 30+ listings to ZERO...part due to postage....part due to the huge chunk ebay and paypal take.

I practice that more and more each day..........?

Can't miss that one coming down the street!

Very cool build!

Worked for me!!!! Last year I got pretty sick and had to stay home from May to Nov.......at first I was really bummed as I had a number of 1/1 car shows planned. But I figured I build models as I could do that. Built more in 2019 than in many years!!! So make the best of it...real or not!!! My 20 builds from 2019 https://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/model-builds-2019/

Agreed.....Atlantis is running what is ready to go. The 'Everything is go' Mercury display was run by Revell a few years ago and thus was in good shape and complete. I am sure that Atlantis has a few tools that are incomplete. Salvinos had to tool Clear parts and tires for some of the RM tools they got. So the tooling was a bit of a mess.......Atlantis needs some ROI before they start tooling missing or damaged inserts. I've contacted Atlantis with some suggestions I hope we see again. The big Tom Daniel trike kit is a big step.

Salvinos has ex Revell tooling too.......No one that has the facts has a exact list of what Atlantis or Salvinos got.......lots of guesses.

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......

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Great build from the greatest era!!!