Dave Van

The good thing about AMC being flat broke was how they used and reused parts. A kit manufacture could engineer a tool to make the 70-74 cars with less tooling than might seem needed. The real Javelin doors and glass was the same for all years. Chassis was unchanged for those years......a 68-69 Javelin was different. A 71 is a good choice for a number of reasons......and I being bias agree!!! I've pitched a Javelin a few times....I hope someone does one while I can still build!!!

You made it look as good as the box art!!!!

Thought it was the same as the Scrambler kit......

Who wants to build??? I do the decals!!!!

Terry is sending me a CD of all photos. John G asked to use them too.....I send stuff like this to him on a regular basis.

No arm twisting here......I have owned about 6 AMC's but down to two now. And having owned Mustangs and Camaros I have a good amount of insight into who was best. The Camaro is gone....still have my 66 Mustang....do the math. My 1973 Javelin is a two owner car....I'm the 2nd. If it was a Camaro, Mustang or Cuda it would be worth MUCH more than what my insurance policy says it's worth. It has some cool options and a 'perforated vinyl' interior that is original and hard to find after 44 years 100% intact. So AMC kits are high on my list of wants. Here's hoping!!

Some artistic license was taken. Terry builds on commission and happy customer is job one. The other side of this is the current owner of the 1/1 Malone trucks asked is they could use it on their site.....so they approve too!!

All Tamiya paintsFrame is - TS-54 light metallic blue.Body is - white primerthen - TS-64 pearl clearStrips are- TS-19 metallic blueand - TS-18 metallic redthen - TS-13 clear (at least 8 coats)Motor - TS-74 clear red over TS-76 mica sliverUnder body- TS-54 light metallic blueInterior - TS-18 semi gloss black

Or maybe late 50's early 60's????

Prayers to him and all his family. Very sad..... Mom was very ill for two years.....she came to a point she gave in.

He used all the kit supplied decals.....but the royal blue must be painted AND must match supplied decals!!!

My SoCal buddy started this build when I was there last Aug.......just finished it up. Terry does not do internet as he build on commission most times. But he said it'd be fine to share this one.....Paint took 80% of the time to build.....really hard paint job to match up with decals. Enjoy

I had/have all the documentation to prove my case for this guy stealing all my work.....his order of my sheets, USPS tracking numbers......decals bought from him showing they were my work. But the difficulty and cost......much less the most valuable thing time, would again be more a moral victory.....just the way thing work.....now prove $500,000 in damage....you might break even.

Suing someone after you no longer make the product AND you are no longer in business would be a very expensive victory for the right to say 'told you so'......damages would be nill and thus the win would be only a moral one.

Bingo!!! I screen print my whites so they stay bright white......He just puts my decal in a photo copier and sells them like that....pure junk.

R&D sued Estes and parent Tower.....they had deep corp pockets and sold the copied items internationally. Taking a law suit against a cottage industry will not go as easy......I know my decal catalog has been copied by a guy that sells them on ebay and even getting them to step in is most difficult......a suit even more so and costs a lot more. Having my hard work copied is not something I'd wish on anyone. But I can see taking an out of production item (vintage AMT kit or a resin kit) make some improvements and casting it. It's a very gray area when someone casts an out of production item be it a aMT kit or a Modelhaus kit......where do we draw the line???

I really really hope so.......I bought a junker back 2001 for $60......I want a mint one. I have mint Serpent, SnoSkeeter and GeeT

What's really bad is I have the LN7 kit, EXP kits and kinda would like a real LN7......not because its cool or good looking....but because it is neither!!! How many have you seen in the last 10 years??

Continued good luck to you and yours.

Real Art!

Some great craftsmanship there.......your cage work looks super.

Know Tom since 1984 when we met at Toledo NNL. Tom gives great service.

I REALLY like that!!!

I still have my Technics system vintage 1980 I bought from the JC Penney stereo dept. Remember when every store had a large stereo display??? My turntable needs a belt and they still sell them....just have yet to buy one. With so many hours of music loaded onto my phone it's hard to turn records over every 30-40 minutes.......