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Dave Van

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  1. Agreed!! but I can live with it.....I'm having fun building 'close enough for me' after years of 1 or 2 contest models a year. I've built 20 kits this year.....for fun.
  2. We still miss ours......... but I like yours!!!! I do have this one as backup!!!
  3. Ford Coyotes are being put in a lot of cars....GM included!!! We wanted to buy back my son's Mustang when he was rear ended.....but insurance would not allow.....knowing they could sell it for big $$$$ One Friday.... the next Saturday morning....
  4. Thanks....but knew that......saying I'll make do with.......my SCCA and IMSA days on crew taught me the difference. And btw....I realize it's only a model....not real car in case anyone was wondering......
  5. HLJ is where I have to go when I want other brand kits my LHS does not carry....well aware of them. $34 is lots closer to a maybe buy. Delivered is still close to $50.....guess I'm to old to think that's a great deal. OP said 'dollars' so I assumed dollars over pounds.....just me.....
  6. First post says $70 plus postage is MUCH closer to $100 than $25.....using my hillbilly math anyway. We are down to one hobby shop in West Virginia and while run by a great guy he doesn't even carry Tamiya car kits....kinda doubt I can walk in there and get this one. I'll pass on hunting this one down and paying that much. My choice.......
  7. I like it!!!! You did well. I just finished a ground up resto on my 66 Mustang......started the process in 1987....so you did well as they can drag out!!
  8. Really glad to see a new 935.....just as sad I'll not get one. For $25 total I get by with AMT kit and Scale Coachworks decals.......just noticed I yet to finish the wheels. Kits nearing the $100 mark is the norm now....
  9. Great diorama work! Love it!!
  10. Weather he does or not....... the kit is very generic. The running lights and tread plate bumper on my shorty were added by myself. Detail is simple but decent. I like the kit for it's flexibility and just something different. I say the kit is a great starting point.
  11. My dealer sold out instantly....I'll have to wait on 2nd round.
  12. Most states use 25 years to qualify. A few states are moving to 30 years. We are lucky here.....I talk to one of our state senators, when I sent a photo of my 66 Mustang and in the background you could just see part of the rear end of my 74 AMC Matador he commented on how rare they are....he really knows cars....good to have guys like him as a law maker.
  13. Your post brings up a question for me....... The 'Road Knights' logo on that left front windshield is from a model club that was founded by myself and a few others in Charlotte NC. I helped design that logo....but how did it end up on a truck model so far away??? Lots of weird going on with that model.
  14. I am a SEMA member and they have been sending us info about a number of state trying to regulate VW based dune buggys, like Manx, out of street legal class. Only car class I know of under fire currently.
  15. What laws in Texas do you guys have that makes it illegal to drive vintage cars on the road???? We are lucky here in hillbilly land. $20 for a car tag that lasts 10 years. Super cheap insurance and a number of state senators that are car guys. I drove my 66 Mustang GT350 clone today in fact......
  16. Me too.......wish we had gotten some kind of models from the film. I have a Taxi in resin in 1/16 scale.....but it's one solid block with so-so decals.
  17. Just try it and see if you like it.....alcohol removes it in a wipe if you don't. I use it and Tamiya clear red.
  18. The only one I'd call iconic is Drag-u-la....and it ain't no Batmobile (66).
  19. Engine builders and manufactures can still make a difference. A sealed spec engine is still not the answer IMHO ONLY..... A modern engine builder can still tune with balance, weight, reliability.
  20. And having trouble getting full fields and full time teams. They are now the discount try out series.
  21. I'd like to see some early teens/twentys American truck kits. Back in the early 1960's Dad worked for Valvoline in Los Angles. In there office were photos of all their trucks each year. I thought the early 1910-1920 trucks were cool.
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