Dave Van

Looks great! I did not know the Tamiya kit was a full detail kit.....thought it was another curbside. I may get one to display with my IMSA version.......

Looks like we will be there....9 hour drive but looking forward to the event (not the drive!!) We will be set up in the vendor room come see us!

You'll find my name on many Model King boxes and decal sheets. I am blessed to get to help out on Moebius kits at different levels...and Sean S. that posts here does most of the Moebius model car boxes too. Earn a living?? I know the handful of folks that do....but there are many more 'workers' on the fringe.....the plastic model biz is no GM....a few very small companies.

Here are mine...... Not an EXACT replica....close enough...... The Nissan with more correct wheels than the kit had...... The Mitsu that was not really like the movie car so I freelanced it..... I re-worked this Monte after I finished it....I had it way to high in the rear....looks better now...need new pics I have a number more to build.....I have the right Mitsu kit, Charger etc.....

What's the issue with Fotki??? I've never had any problems. Photobucket and many others are SLOW to load for me........

The Sci Fi guys say the Speeder is 1/14 scale....but the figures are closer to 1/24 scale. It's about as big as a 1970's era American sedan so it is big....more like 1/20 maybe....but even Lucas; folks can't agree on how big the 'real' one is.

Well done!! Accurate Miniatures planned on doing that car at one time. I did research and the decal artwork for the kit....but AM had issues and folded before it happened.

Great work!!! Shows R2 should tool up a Dodge, Ford and Toy!!

As much flack R2 caught over the Gremlin box size it may be the first and last standard kit in that box size. They were hard to ship and as we have less LHS many of them get shipped today rather than picked up at a hobby shop,

My first new car was a 1978 Fairmont I bought from NASCAR driver Ron Grana while he worked at Young Ford in Charlotte. It was all of $3100 NEW!!! I'd love to get one of htose bodies too.....are they available??

10,000 made...NONE recalled....we sold the 2 cases we ordered at the hobby shop I worked at then. Error box....worth about $12-15 each today.....

What year??? For a 72-75 the Montego shared glass and components with the Gran Torino. I built a NASCAR 73 Montego out of a 73 Cougar and 72 Gran Torino. For a 70-71 Montego start with the Model King NASCAR Mercury and Revell 71 Torino and lots of work!

1/25 scale Ford SOHC motor for a Showrod project....on hold right now...... Box stock Moebius Hudson Hornet motor..... That covers both ends of the spectrum!!!

Almost looks like my 1978 Ford Fairmont I owned!!! Always wanted a model on it!

Looks good! I love movie cars!!!

Does anyone know what the deal is with green Routmasters??? I'm by far no expert but are they a different year,place etc? This is a Sun 1/24th model I got on close out for $40!!!

That Plasticville station never looked so good!!!! You could be a great model railroader!

Funny you say that!!! My project right now is a B-17G 1/48 that I have added electric motors to spin the props! This bus is on a scale bigger than the B-36 I built! (complex wise)

I got one from Europe. It looks like a GREAT kit but it is the most intimidating kit I have ever bought and I've bought a bunch. The reason is the way it is built. You build the interior as a core then wrap the body around it. There is NO way to paint the body as a whole....so it will take some skill to assemble.....ery different.

I got my kit today....I had ordered it from a buddy....had I known it was the old Imia kit and was about half the cost of the bus I'd never gotten it. I had sold my Imia version years ago and had forgotten how .......'simple' the kit is. NO interior side panels, two piece engine, funky detail on chassis......RoG should be ashamed to charge what they are for this.....It's a $20 kit MAX!!!

I'd not say a nightmare.......not a good choice for a factory stock build....but a decent NASCAR Racer can be built. And since the NASCAR guys molded in the nose cone it makes a better race car. The RM Daytona requires MAJOR surgery to fit race wheels and tires under it. A ton less work with the AMT/MPC kit warts and all.

The Monogram, now RM, 69 GTO is a decent kit. Builds without any issues, looks correct to me. It is from the Monogram 1/24 scale, somewhat simplified era....but once built it looks good.

Not really a lot of choice out there. The ultimate Superbird is the hard to get JoHan body with a AMT 69 Roadrunner chassis. I like the RM Superbird but it's 1/24 and as stated only the 'Petty' version has the 'Birds'. Stock Daytona....agian only one real choice...RM kit. AMT kit is a chopped up version of the MPC kit which was never issued in stock trim. It makes a OK start for a race car....but that's about it. Two movie Plymouths.....both RM kits....

I gone to two in Stauton a few times....they were decent.

For the record mine did a few times. My Jeep Compass, same platform as your Dodge, was bought new, treated like gold, 100% factory maintenance and it still had major and minor issues. I was a Mopar guy. All the way back to AMC's with my Dad to Neon's, Caravan's, T&C, Concorde, 3 PT's etc etc. But after 3 gas cap failures, annoying only, temp sensor falls out and is ground away on the highway, again annoying, and a number of other minor issue that for the most part did not strand the vehicle but caused delay and cash. But the final straw was BOTH rear hub assemblies failing on a trip at 60,000 miles 'for no obvious reason' per the dealer service dept. The Jeep, Concorde and 2 PT's were all gone in 2 years. And I have a lot of friends around the Columbus Ohio area making a good living building 'them furrin' cars at Honda.....for shipment to Japan and all over the world. It's hard to argue the us vs them but easy quality vs iffy builds. BTW....I really loved my Jeep......but it's was like a bad relationship......something had to go.....