Dave Van

Better than I've ever seen it built!!

I co-owned DNL Hobbies from 1984 until I parted ways with my partner in 1995. I have a line now for info contact me offline. I made my first decals when I was about 10 years old by hand painting images on brown craft paper tape and painting shellac over them.....it works but is really crude!! Thx

Thanks but Walthers has been making Solvaset since the 1930's and it works 100% of the time I use it. $4 and lasts me years.......heard the vinager thing.....but as a decal manufacture.......stick with what works.

RIP Chuck....prayers to all...... thanks to Bill for linking to Chucks forum name.

Saw eps. 7 Thursday night at 19:00 keeping my record of seeing every Star Wars movie at the very first showing. Nothing will ever match seeing the first film ib 1977, you can't equal the 'newness' of the original. Saying that #7 is a good film......Mad Max Fury was better for 2015 IMHO only.

I love movie cars......good luck!

Box art improvements sell kits. It's a business that's not as easy as it looks. EVERYBODY in the biz right now is giving 100%. These are the good old days.

Going through molds is a most difficult task. It takes heavy equipment, personnel and lots of time. Then add someone with the knowledge of molds and their history and you begin to see how big the task is. A buddy of mine talked about vetting molds in a warehouse that he was involved in. Looking at a mold you see everything almost in a negative mirror format. He would carry a big ball of Silly Putty to press into the mold so he could pull it out and get a better idea what the mold was. A daunting task for sure.

If I ever build mine.....you will not have to worry it will be better.....you win already!

Kinda the reverse of one of my ideas!!!! I was going to take a MPC Christie vintage fire engine kit and make a large scale Flameout!!!! Works both ways!!! Sounds like a cool idea!! This thing is scary looking!!!!

Or a fire hose!!!! But the issue is acting as if these drones are indefensible!!! When I watch KTLA and they are covering a fire in the rural mountains.....and a drone has caused a halt in air drops...... I could take care of it in minutes.....So IMHO a cop should be allowed and compelled to take out the drone in situations like this.......seems to be on the edge of sublime to me......

What I don't understand is law enforcement talks about how drones interfere with fire fighting in California by causing the grounding of water drop planes. I have a solution in my living room for a drone within eyesight.......called a shot gun!! They act as if drones are indestructible..... when they are pretty fragile. Just a few pellets from a shot gun shell brings them down. Agreed hard to do in an area with lots of people.......but I will never understand why drones are looked at as bullet proof.

How many 'gone forever' kits have we seen in the last 15 years???? I was told by the then head of AMT that my grail kit the AMTronic would NEVER be reissued due to issues. It was.....twice in fact. May not be everyone's fav....but it happened. There is still some 'shocking' kits to be 'discovered'......

The old layout was O scale of 1/48 vs the 1/87 scale today. The old layout still held up well when it was removed. It's nice now....but wish they had kept the O version.

Let's say John wants to do it. Buy Flameout and the WV bus kits coming......that funds future projects.

If it gets us a 77-78 stock body Thunderbird it will be well worth it!!!

That is my understanding.......John gave me one too. I had worked a lot with RC2 on projects and when R2 took over did my best to help when asked. The yellow coats are only given.....I was honored for sure. As for new stuff........I can say they are working hard to get more of our cash!!

That Elmo Langley Thunderbird is at Charlotte Motor speedway. I saw that car at his shop about 5 miles up the road near my then home. The anniversary edition with no C pillar window would be my choice.......like your low rider and NASCAR racer......plez

Been pushing that one for years.......I could see Revell doing it like they did the 77 Monte Carlo kit.........It would sell as well if not better

Nice clean work!!! That was one of the early MK kits I got to work on....but I have never built one. You make it look good!!! Early box top photo....not by me.....I just did decal art.

Asking price or selling price??? If it's just high asking price.....blame ebay. Sellers like me, who had a lot of listings over the years but no longer do, get e-mails all the time for free listings with reduced selling fees. I've been tempted to offer a RARE (favorite ebay word) kit at a super high price....if someone buys....GOOD....if not lost a few minutes!! High selling prices?? As stated supply and demand. Results of a free and open economy working as designed. Blame?? Founding fathers???

Seen that kit for years....never that well done.

Makes getting old NOT look so bad!!!!!!

Sent one......my grown kids are too. We NEED something positive in this age. One other thing....maybe not all can do...but something I support. Get a 'Angle Tree' name from a TRUSTED community service provider. We did one for a local 3 yo.....can't imagine a 3 to not getting something. THANKS

Nice craftsmanship...