Dave Van

WOW again....this is ART!

I do the same thing......the last new car had a sticker dealer 'tag' on the trunk.....a heat gun cured that!

The only fees I ever paid was the $25 they charged at first. BUT......talking to industry insiders when it happened..... the fee went to a flat fee and a per item fee. I never saw any proposal myself....but do know it was considered enough that kit prices retail would have to go up $2-3....remember drivers, sponsors and teams were doing the same thing at the time......so $30 NASCAR kit in 1999 would not sell......

This started life as a Barris T Buggy......... It's what I call Ichabod's Coach.......I built it after watching the Depp version of the Ichabod Crane story. Kinda like what would he drive in a modernized version of the story. Made to look like a old wooden coach with Corvair power.......just for fun.....always thought I'd detail it more....but never have....

Correct.......GoodYears fees went up a BUNCH....but by that time I was out of the biz. I have even heard rumor later GoodYear realized playing hard ball was a mistake and went back from the per model fee to a reasonable fee. The model company sent them a bill for the cost to engrave GoodYear on all the molds.......you know what happened! Round2 has much more product line to spread the cost across. TONS of die cast in 1/64 to 1/18. It's just a different deal. I kinda stand with Revell....charge me to advertise YOUR product?!?!?!?

Can't say it better than Ace and Art already have...... Two items..... The model companies reverse engineer kits all the time......two I got to help on....Dragon Circus Wagon from RM and AMT/MK Imperial. Both these, and many others, were reverse engineered. License fee's can be debated forever. I got a REAL good education when we entered the NASCAR hobby market back in 1985. Our first license was with GoodYear. They charged us $25 a year, a sign contract release and a product sample. This is ALL that is needed to protect the company in EVERY area of the law. Copyright, liability and trademark law all covered 100%. The choice by some company's to turn licensing from protection under the law to a profit center is a completely different topic. We can talk about it forever.....but we can't change it.

Nice work! I NEED to build one.......Dad was Valvoline Racing director 1960-70 in So Cal. Tommy was their big name at the time.....plus Mom liked him as he was a TV star too!!! (who else knew that!) Tommy gave me a factory built Showboat.....but it did not survive my childhood!

My current project. A TV Star car......I am sure someone will know what it is...... Started as a AMT/MPC Beverlry Hillbillies truck...laser cut cab still needs trimmed. More to come.....THX

WOW WOW WOW!! You are way past my pay grade!!! Wish you would resin cast that thing.....since my email addy is AMX3.....I MAY like this project!!

Agreed very nice.....I have it and the Modelhaus resin that will become the NASCAR Tucker race car!!!

Dave Burkett is a great guy that I am privileged to work with. An asset to the hobby.

I like this car MORE than I would a BOSS or Mach1.....it's DIFFERENT. When I take my 73 Javelin to a show.....I am almost ALWAYS the only Javelin.....everyone else is a AMX. But it MIGHT be a $15,000 Mustang.......maybe someone is dyslexic?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

As soon as he gets paid for that run!!!!

I had to buy a new Camera......just playing around...but I liked this one.... Thanks for the comments!!!!!

Ever been to the backwoods of the Carolina's???? Thats not rust but red brown Carolina clay that sticks to everything!! I tried to make it look as if it was driven on wet Carolina clay roads and not washed.....at least not yet!!!! Missing headlight and vent windows is one reason I pulled the kit from the stash.....no collector value......so BUILD IT!! If any one has an extra I'll install it.....if not the Govment Men shot it out!! Thanks

I have been in a bit of a slump. Grabbed a 1970's era AMT kit that was minus vent windows and built a kinda moonshiners car. Box stock, Duplicolor Hot Rod Primer rubbed out for a semi gloss. Weathering is chalks and washes of alcohol and chalks. A one day project to get me rolling again. A little red Carolinia clay dust and mud....... Thanks for lookin!!!

NICE!!

I buy mine at Croger!!

It boils down to Restore or Renew........ The recent 36 Ford had tons of restoration work done. I didn't find any flash that would be a surprise on a tool running for FIFTY years now!!! If I have a choice of restored parts and tons of options or a little flash.....I'll take the resto parts and options any day.....I am a modeler.....flash is not going to stop me if I want the subject. Pretty happy of late with all the kit companies.

Was only shown in large cities......my buddy in LA saw it in a theater......I'll watch DVD as we don't get many films as there is no theater in our county!!!

The graphics supply house in Charlotte carried every Letraset sheet made and some other brands. A whole wall of the store was big drawers of transfers. They even did custom work and I had a number of custom runs made.......the good old days.....

Any decent soft, sable etc, brush will work. The biggest factor is hours of practice. Back in the 1960's when I built stock cars there were no decals so I painted all mine. But even after years of doing it....I was never 100% happy. So practice practice practice....no magic secret to it.

Biggest issue I see!!!! Nothing like the sound of internal combustion!!!!

Problem is there is not one correct answer on your kit. JoHan mixed and matched parts on that kit during reissues. It represents a 1971-74 Javelin. BUT.....JoHan ran the kit with a 71-72 body, 73-74 body and coould be mixed with 71-72 tail lights or 73-74 'TV' tail lights. So the only accurate 71-72 kit was made before the body was altered to a 73. (T bar removed from roof etc) After the body was altered to a 73 it was run with 72 tail light panel. The interior is typical 70's era promo style bucket. We get spoiled with current build up interiors with deep side panels....the kit as made is very buildable as long as you know what it is......Any one that doesn't like the kit ....I store them at my house for FREE!!!!! My 1/1 1973 JAVELIN not an AMX......

The exact point I was making......the $70 is high, or low, depending on each individuals taste and wants....and that's OK....but I do not think we need to shutdown a thread because we debate cost in a civil manner. And we've been doing that pretty much!