Dave Van

I am neither pro or anti WM......but they seem a little......dumb for better term. At the store closet to me....no plastic kits at all. Only big store in 2000 square miles....busy place. At the store 1.5 hours away in bigger city......models at WM. The store is across the street from Hobby Lobby and there is a hobby shop in town. So where there is no competition, they could own 100% of sales, no models. Where they have a number of other sellers...models. I don't get it.

WOW!!! Cool work! I remember those kits....never picked them up...other than the 77 T-Bird. Call me odd but I'd buy that kit or a cloned 1/25 version today!

Thanks Harry for re-posting my info. I knew it was an old thread....but it kept popping up in the 'My content' and I felt the need to reply for some reason. Again thanks

Well.....it's a matter of point of view. Accurate about the info.......maybe at the time. I do know Accurate Miniatures had many planned kits in the pipeline. They had some fantastic people on staff. If you own a B-25 kit from the Concord era of AM I packed it. I got to help out time to time because my brother in law was a primary staff member of AM at the time, in fact two of my brother in laws, my kids, my nephew all put in time there. AM had one of the all time best kit designers. Many of you know who I am talking about. He had already designed a 1/18 die cast Cobra Daytona so he had the info on hand and it just needed to be modified to a design for a 1/24 scale plastic kit. All was roiling along well........ Then my brother in law passed very unexpectedly. He was only 49 and in very good health. He got sick and dies 3 days later. This was a huge blow to the AM team. It caused, in my opinion, everyone at AM to look at themselves and their life. The kit designer left and moved back to his home state, and doing well today BTW. This pretty much caused the remaining AM staff to split up and go separate ways....and all the planned 'stuff' just went away. As you know Revell bought the leftover GS Vette kits, reboxed them and sold out quick. The rest of the kits went to MRC as the guy there was a ex Revell guy and knew the AM guys. The tooling....not 100% sure but I bet we never see the cars, Vette and NASCAR Taurus again. So the info was correct at the time.....but as the saying goes.....'Life happens'. Thought maybe enough time had passed I could tell what I know anyway. Thanks

As soon as I saw the kits you were using......I said 'why didn't I think of that!!!!'.....cool

The 53 Chevy looks OK.....but I bet a Monogram 1/24 scale kit was used as reference! It has the exact same look.....just a percent or two off!

Scale??? Unless it's 1/24-5 I'll pass.....how do you guys keep more than a few 1/18???

Very nice work! I was allowed to help out on this project......an d the Flock's were a neighbor in Charlotte.....so I am happy to see such a neat and clean build!

Saw a promo on Speed the other day for the 'Hooters Girls hooters contest'.....how the mighty have fallen.....

Vote for Solvaset here. To add to Art's good post.......... Walter's was the first to offer decal setting fluid. They were also one of the very first decal manufactures for the hobby industry. Walther's has been in business since 1932 and has always served the hobby field with major support of model railroading. They started their decal business in the late 1930's! So they have some experience with decals and in fact it's how I learned to apply decals from the instructions in their decal catalog. (they had so many decals it had it's own catalog) Sadly today Walthers no longer has a decal catalog and only has what's left of NOS. But using the method they taught me back in the 1960's I stick with what works. More decal history than you ever wanted..... PS....you can mail order it direct or most hobby shops with trains carry it.

Keep hearing rumors it will be re-popped someday......

Real or not......COOL!!!!

Gotta love an AMC!!! Nice work.

If they only knew.........

Mainly because once you squeeze into the seat...no room for window winder handles!!!!

Very nice work!!! Are we the only two with sealed 69 Ambassador kits!?!?!? I have yet to get the guts to open mine. I am an AMC guy but paid $9 for my kit.....thought I'd flip it....but can't let it go. Thanks for the build....at least I know what the kit looks like!!!

My brother in law had a Europa John Player SPL black and gold. He put gold mini-lites on it. GREAT looking car, fantastic to drive...a bit quirky.....the cars were hand built and when you worked on them you could see hand welds and hammer marks on the chassis!! Bodies were hand laid glass. Not a car I'd want to get in a crash with....the wishbone chassis had almost ZERO side protection for passengers. That and the car ATE power window motors!!

And with the kit coming back....I may build it or something like it.

Owning 2 AMC's now and having owned MANY others......I am happy. True....a early model would be good....but in talking with R2 it may happen if we buy this one....like other 70's era kits sitting in the vault. AMC was on the verge of breaking out......they had a mini van in the design stage that might mean we would have AMC today and NOT Chrysler !!!! And what they did with no cash and using parts bin design is amazing! (Javelin used the same glass and door skins from 68 to 74 but you can't really tell!!!)

I have two decent air brushes.........cans about 90% of the time....vs 10% for air brush.......cans (Tamiya) have gotten so good and me so lazy is why!

I'm NOT Moebius.....but I did stay at a Red Roof last week!!!!! I do know the folks at Moebius. I have the privilege of working with them on some items. I do at artwork for the NASCAR race car kits and I help on product development some. Look at what Moebius has produced so far. Each kit has a number of options built into it. Many more than you may think. A Cobra coupe is WAY to limited in popularity and it the ability to be the basis of a family of kits based off the tool. Like I said...I ain't Moebius....and am speaking for myself. But I don't see it any time soon. It does not fit their philosophy at this time. Someday....I'd not say never......but I'll not sit waiting for it. Just IMHO only!

WOW!!!! 2 thumbs up from an owner of 2 real AMC's!!! NICE

Silver as a barrier. Works 100% for me. The color molded kits were for mass merchandisers like chain craft stores. Not for fringe like us.

Customer service is more a factor than big chain stores or the internet. My local hobby shop, 2.5 hours away, thrives because they have people that know what they sell and always ask if they can help. He does have decent prices and that helps......but people with sales skills are vital.

First off....very nice work!!! And I too agree....this kit, while not state of the art we expect today, it is far from the dog some claimed. I built my Booth car the week the kit came out. I was able to tuck the wheels and tires under the body by shortening the axle stubs on the wheels backs and a very slight trim of the rear axle. Up front I just tucked them in as there is no real front suspension. A cool little kit that I want to build more versions. The car did well in the IMSA Kelly Girl series and some famous modified drivers used Gremlin bodies too.