Dave Van

July would be if all goes 100% perfect.....I don't think Dave M has gotten test shots yet.....

That $100 mark is hard for me to cross......the $500 mark will not be crossed! Looks cool!

Moebius Bat Pod and Revell London Bus.......talk about opposite ends of the size spectrum!!!! BOTH neat kits!!!

COOL WORK!!! It is coming along great!!

True....but it is often used in hobby tools that are as small as 1 inch square and are needed for a limited life. Just trying to inform.

Mold material is not the highest cost component. But just FYI Plastic injection molds can be made from high nickel steel, aluminum, or even epoxy resins. And some cottage guys are injecting resin into RTV molds so that counts as injection. Design, licensing and fine tuning it takes, tooling mods, to make a kit fit and build it where your cost is.

I picked up light green, light blue and white primer Sat in Mooresville NC. Shop was very low but said they had more coming.

Thanks for posting that. Tamiya always said it was a 'California label issue' that caused the shortage. I grew up in So Cal and still visit often....but they kill themselves sometimes with choking regulation. I have friends there that shut down their businesses only because of over regulation....so I speak with some knowledge and not just rumor.

There are kits from the same era that are tooled better than the Gremlin. This time period was unsettling at best. The real car manufactures were struggling badly, The main promo manufacture, JoHan was having issues and I really believe this Gremlin kit was quickly tooled when AMC and Johan went their ways. The AMT Matador from the same era does not suffer the same issues as the Gremlin....almost as if the Gremlin was rushed. STILL....I am one happy AMC fan right now. I got a mint sealed Pacer off that bay place to build my Baja racer!

When I looked the other day all but 9 colors were in stock at Tamiya. And those colors will return when labels are updated. You can thank California for all this. They are 'PROTECTING' us!!The issue is every dealer was out and they all ordered and thus they got partial orders filled. If it's a color I have to have I order it direct.

If you're old like me you went through the slot car craze of the 1960's when there were 100's or 1,000's of 1/24-25 slot car kits on the market. AMT, MPC, Cox, IMC etc all had big lines. And AMT just issued 4 new 1/25 slot kits.

I have built a few of my cars I've owned. The last one was my 1999 Concorde. I took the AMT kit, removed the aero kit, filled the wing slots and found stock wheels and tires. Added my tag at the time. Painted it the same candy apple red paint that cost me $300 when I bought it and made the emblems on my ALPS printer. The best highway car I ever owned.

Great work as always Sean......You really make it look good.....too bad they were gone by the NASCAR convertible days!!! LOL

For other folks here Plastruct makes very nice clear domes in MANY sizes. This is one Mad Max vehicle I always thought about but never built. Your 1/12 version should be killer....and I may barrow some ideas to build a 1/25 version using the 750 motor in the trike kits released a few years ago. Can't wait to see this one!!!

If you want a accurate AMC front suspension the Mustang is a start but remember the strut rods run backwards and not forward like the Mustang. Kinda a odd set up but it worked.

And unlike Shawn's model they did not do the rear window correctly so to me it was useless. I know how to swap tops....making the inset rear window is something I'd love to see a how-to.

You did a really good job on the back window. Most conversions I have seen use a stock 65-66 Mustang window which is WRONG! Owning a real 68 notchback it drives me crazy! Nice job overall!

Are you having issues other than those addressed here??? There have been two grille fixes posted here and my chassis fix. I did not get any other fit issues really. It is not a 'modern' kit with fit of the Moebius Hudson....but I am so happy to have it back!!!

Thanks for the comments. I tend to keep it simple in my current builds. For years I did the full blown contest builds. After I won 2nd place at the 1990 Hot Rod International Model Championship I found I did not enjoy contest building any longer. That combined with arthritis and macular degeneration....and I am much happier with simple builds. I build for myself but still enjoy sharing. There are some more in progress pic in the album http://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/2012-builds/ And when I feel like it I will still do the full blown detail....but not often as it becomes work!!

Just a slightly modified build of AMT's NASCAR Matador. Testors paints and Penngwen Hobbies decals. Mock-up Just about finished.....will Future it in a week or two..... Engine bay..... THANKS!

I have one....and it's not a 77 T-Bird!! I looks a LOT more like a LTD....really off. How I wish we would get a 1/25 version.

Don't know if you want to count this one.....But how many out there have a Accurate Miniatures NASCAR Taurus stock car kit??? It never made it to the shelves due to AM going under....but I did some freelance work for them and I got a few kits before they closed. Fantastic kit with bad timing and worse luck!!! As far as production kits.....My vote is the Pyro 1/16 scale Laramie Stage Ghost kit. Never saw one in a store and they always bring well over $500 on the bay. I have all the other 1/16 kits and a junker Stage but yet to see a mint kit in person. I also have some regular production kits molded in hot pink. They are test shots of new kits. But these are far from regular production kits.

Another heads up.....the chrome grille insert needs to be thinned.....sand the back some for a better fit. FYI!!!

I have not started my b build yet......just building in my mind! This is just inspiration....not really a Mad Max type thing but I could see one done up that way. The model is a New Bright toy, it's styrene plastic and screwed together...so I dis-assembled it and modified it. Just about 1/25 scale too! Add some guns and armor.......

Yes....maybe NASCAR should modernize......but the EFI system they are using is far from cutting edge. It's closer to a 50's era set up and not as modern as the EFI in my 82 Z-28 I owned. The EFI is, again, smoke and mirrors. NASCAR, under outside pressure, is making changes for change sake and not improvement tot he sport. Just like the corn alcohol they tout as 'GREEN' is just fluff. and no solution to anything at all. With corn alcohol funding cut by the government wonder if it will be on the cars this year. NASCAR of the past is gone...never to return. It still beats the tar out of stick and ball stuff.....who here has built a model of a football player?? At least it ties into my model hobby.