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WOW....super clean work!
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I remember when those came out.....too much $$$$ at the time.....
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Slixx decals cracking
Dave Van replied to Jaguar man 21's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
IIRC they had a run of bad carrier once.....not sure if these were in those decal -
OK...I can see the difference.......So a 4 door Imperial had two different models?? Just trying to figure out a car I don't know much about. thx
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Ollie's strike again
Dave Van replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
And 25% off in DEC in the stock lasts that long!!! -
1:12 Tamiya WR1
Dave Van replied to Belugawrx's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
A great era of F1 racing..... -
Dave'/Model King dealings went back before Tomy buy out to the RC2 era. I helped on many of the reissues that Model King did. RC2 was great to work with as was the vendor in China that ran the kits and cloned tooling. When we reissued the Monte Carlo NASCAR kit the body was trash and the tooling had been disassembled and was a mess. I sent a mint body to China for them to clone. It was a good era. Tom Lowe LEASED AMT from Tomy as it is true they had no idea what to do with it. He had his own plans and ended up buying the plastic division. This is not a slam of current owners R2 as they have a different business model. Truth is we still offer input on kits and they listen to us. And I've gotten to work on a few of the R2 kits too. Just again a different era. The Imperial is an example. For such a small hobby we have it pretty good.
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That's what you need to build the 'Sin City' movie car....thus mine 'inspired'.....
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Ollie's strike again
Dave Van replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I get repaid very well........ My buddy has a fantastic hillside Mid Century Modern home (listed as historic) and he allows me to stay with him as I want!!! -
Ollie's strike again
Dave Van replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I've bought a number of kits for friends in So Cal as no Ollie's!! -
COOL work! I can see that built with a Ward Indy kit.
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Ollie's strike again
Dave Van replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
YEP! Time.......and time is money. They get pallets of cased kits in from Hobbico, Break them down by case and ship them out. No rhyme or reason....just get them in stores so we can get some kind of ROI. What goes where is not much concern to a few warehouse workers.....it all looks the same. Pretty simple from a business point of view. I think they figure they will sell them all Christmas time.....Grandma will buy the dogs we don't! -
My info is that it will be a reissue of the kit Model King restored a few years back. We have been asking for a reissue as Model King made two runs of the kit and both sold out fast. A decent little kit. Happy they are bring it back. My build inspired by the film 'Sin City' pretty much box stock....
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Nice clean work!!
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Ollie's strike again
Dave Van replied to GLMFAA1's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Might be best to add this to the two Ollie's threads running now.... -
If there is only one season left it will be a wild one!!!! Kim has to disappear, never to be spoken of again! Jimmy/Saul has a long way to go to be the guy we see in BB. Both sides of the drug cartel has a lot of changes due. It'd be a big season!!
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Me too.....(not that one!) No Nacho or Javelin in last episode.....did bang up a 71 Monte Carlo a little. So how long do we wait for next season?? Mike is not getting any younger!!!
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Lindberg '34 Ford Roadster Pickup Update #1
Dave Van replied to Dragonhawk1066's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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Walmart Color Place Primer--Get It When/While You Can!
Dave Van replied to Snake45's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
The Silver spray was good too until the huffers started using it...... I'll stick with Dupli-color and Tamiya.....my local Dupli-color dealer closed so that's tough too.....