Dave Van

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VERY NICE WORK!

How about a model car video??? This was the AMS 1990 convention that was hosted by our club 'The Road Knights' in Charlotte NC....the video show just a small part of the convention. We had shop tours, manufacture displays, a trip to the real Holman Moody (now gone) good stuff......

Lindberg is a mix of a number of companies. None of their stuff is 'Trash' like a old Palmer kit. Some are MUCH better than others......... Lindberg 66 Chevy built as a stock car...GREAT kit...no real build issues..... Old school Lindberg?? This is a old 'bad' kit from the early 60's...not perfect..but a fun build! For the kit BUILDER and not someone that just glues stuff together...most of the kits are a good start.... Just IMHO only!!

While the chassis in the Model King kit is not correct for that car it can be built to a decent shelf model. I have a 'hints' section that shows a few things you can do to build a nice shelf model....and the 4 Model King kits I have completed are in the 2008 builds. hints and builds...

The funniest thing is that Tom Mills has been producing this stuff since the late 70s!!!! His market is promo collectors, not serious scale model car builders. Think of it as folk art and you'll be OK with it. I got the bustleback 70s Seville from him in the early 80s and was not real excited about the quality That's what I don't get.....he's been doing it forever! Now I did see a 1981 Imperial converted to a Buddy Arrington Cup race car....but it was a ton of work. Some of his recent stuff looks a lot better....he has been selling a 68 Mustang coupe on ebay with a real interior, promo style cast chassis. I have a 1/1 68 coupe and would love to have it....but until I see it in person...no. Anyone seen this kit????

Don't hold out for a plastic kit of the COToday.....NASCAR wants $$, Manufactures want $$, Teams want $$$$ and each driver wants $$$....so a kit would have to cost $50....and thus they could not sell enough to cover cost and make a profit. Look to resin guys or convert die cast.

Great build...have that kit on the way....mine will be a 50's era racer...but not as detailed as well as yours. It was a decent kit back in its metal days...hope it still is.

From what I understand none of the model companies were set up at Toy Fair this year.

Revell.................. Built both....like the Revell much more.....

No problem here......my wife came from a model building family so she knew what she was getting into (well not EVERYTHING!) She puts up with my 5000+ kits well....although she wonders why I need a kit in the kitchen! The other side...I put up with her show cats...MANX show cats.....

4. amt's Chrysler 300 C a great model but wrong size appx. 1/23 instead of 1/25 Are you sure about that?? I have built two of them, really like it. But if it is out of scale so is the Revell Dodge Magnum as it scales out EXACTLY the same. Strange two different compaines would scale a all new kit in 1/23 scale?? I think I'll check the model out with a 1/1 today and see....... UPDATED....Per specifications by Road & Track magazine, my two AMT built Chrysler 300's and a digital caliper....the model scales out to within .003 actual inches for all external dimentions. 1/25 scale in my book.........just a FYI

Then there are the kits that were executed well but were conceptually the "Worst Kit Idea Ever". My vote goes to most of the early 70s AMT Showrods. Royal Rail, Depth Charger, Stogie something or other. Man, those were turds! How about MPC's Elegant Farmer and Jolly Roger? AMTs Quarter Mile Smile, the Jimmy Carter Funny car? MPC's Gridiron Grabber and Hardhat Hauler do not have one useful part on them! I agree!! I am now allowing all these kits to be sent to me for disposal!! I will see that they get 'taken care of'!! The AMT F&F Nissan wheels are bad but the rest was OK....and built well.....With the correct whaeels it was a decent model of the car in the movie! The EVO was not a model of the movie car and was a little off in a number of areas.

First....the Pyro, Palmers etc were model made, most times to sell for under $1. Even in money of the time that was no easy task. And all work was done here in the old USA. Tools cut, boxes printed....everything. I give them a pass for 'you get what you pay for when you pay 49 cents'! Modern era....AMT/ERTL 1983 stock csar models. When these were coming out I worked in a hobby shop. We were helpful in getting Ertl info on real stock cars. When them came...in place of the 'Monogram killer' kits we got BAD toys...not even a model. Ertl had the ability to blast Monogram at the time...and wasted it....... Firefighter Mustang a dog?? Why....I like it....... Box stock other than wheels and decals.

Got a few of my MK stock cars completed......pretty much box stock with a little plastic added here and there...... Kit decals, Tamiya paint. I added a few small plastic bits for detail but no aftermarket parts. A few hints on the page below.... build hints........

It means the Southern 500 and race cars to me......... Goes to show out of 100 people...you will get 100 answers........

No tooling changes were made in this re-issue....just new box and decals....which are great! The instructions are a repro of the first issue of the kit...so thats why some decals may not match...but I like the repro instructions and the new decals are much better than the old. Good stuff!

Thanks for the imfo....gonna build me a AG car at last!

I'm going......been going since 1983....did miss 1986 when my son was due that week....wife said I could not go.....I don't know why? In 83 I and my buddy went. by 1989 we had to rent a RV to get everyone from our club in Charlotte to Toledo. Now I am the only one still going. There is a IPMS regional near me I was tempted to go to but Toledo still calls me!

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AMT sold the JoHan 71-74 Javelin in stock and Trans Am racer.

Really nice. I have a planned bone stock version as a race car hauler.

Advertising folks can’t see the forest for the trees. My favorite advertising goof was back in the mid 1970's NCNB, now known as BoA, ran commercials with Slim Pickens playing the same character he had just played in ‘Blazing Saddles’. Did these folks SEE the movie? Slim played a idiot racist in the movie! I loved the commercials...partly because I loved the movie, partly because of the total lack of brains on the advertising folks!

I understand the kit was broken and could not be run but Burket has PAID to fix it. Good stuff!

I need to add something here. I thank Burket and Sean for allowing me to help out. The small group we have that help turn out these kits is great to work with. Dave Burket is of corse the ‘King’ pin of all this ...without Dave the hobby would be a lot less fun. Sean is a great model builder and graphics guy. I just have fun adding a few things to make lots of options for the builder. Thanks Dave, Sean and the whole ‘Pit crew’ that work on these neat kits!