Dave Van

To be fair Ollie's is not a model or even hobby shop. It's a overstock seller. They order nothing. In this case R2 or however said I got 2,000 assorted model kits....you want them?. They said yep! When the model arrive at their dist center they just throw X number of cases into trucks headed for stores. No rhyme or reason. Taking time to divide up each case so each store gets the same mix takes a LOT of time.....and time is money. I'd LOVE to have gotten some Nova wagons and 64 Fords but the luck of the draw was not with me. My store must have gotten50 of the Caddy Shark Surf wagon....others ZERO. The nature of Ollie's methods. But you are right it's a horrible hobby store!!!

COOL!! I like both 1/1 and 1/25.........but owning a 1/1 46 I am bias!

Such great kits.....another well done!

VERY well done. A fav scheme too!!!! I think that kit may be THE best fitting kit of all time!! Mine just fell together without even a slight hitch!!! Hope you do not mind...here is under hood shot to share.

AMT 1974 up Matador has a decent 304-401 AMC engine.

I THINK it's more like WalMart got the over stock R2 had, selling at a higher retail. Then with more overstock still on hand, the rest went to Ollie's who wanted a better price than WalMart was willing. When you run a kit and produce let's say 5K. You sell 3K of them instantly. But your profit is tied to the 2K worth of kits in the warehouse. Dumping them frees capital to move forward. IKHO only. Thx

Got my 4 kits today. Well packed in a box. All good. Best kit was the Hasagawa 50's girls figure set. Very well done with great detail. Their skirts are not molded solid as many are.

My son checked Lexington KY stores.....ZERO new stuff.........

Your work is always getting better.....

This was Lewisburg WV...........But my son is on vacation in NC and they had a whole different lot. Concorde snapper, modified and others.....

With many of the BIG online retailers.......when I ask for a return, they refund me and ask I dispose of item. Only a few times have they asked for item back......and then they send a pre-paid label. All good.

Ordered 4 kits last night.....all at least 50% off...shipped this morning....we'll see. thx

If I boycotted all corps that did something wrong or did something I do not like......I'd be hungry, cold and naked. Finding the one vendor I agree 100% with shortens my life. Sometimes you hold your nose and push BUY........thx

All those Amazon hoops to jump through

The Revell Ford is now $25............Amazon makes no secret that it changes prices over one million times a day. If I go buy that 29 Ford the price will spike again for the next guy. In2016 when I bought my F-150 I wanted bars for the front. Amazon had just started carrying a name brand. I got what I wanted for about 35% of retail.....but as soon as I bought it it went up.....and now is listed for 5 times what I paid. Amazon SOP

Tons of cool stuff!!!! Update.....mock up of my T build

I have liked F1 as long as NASCAR...........But the last 18 months of F1 is what I call Nap Time........... But I can always relive the glory days.......

I liked it. Back in the mid 1980's I'd take the kids downtown Charlotte on TUE before the World 600 to see the 600 Parade. The last thing in the parade were the team show cars......being driven by show car handlers. After the parade would end the show car drivers would 'drive' the cars back down the parade route to the trailers. Sometimes things would get very fast and a bit wild. Most people had left but if you knew you hung around for the best part. Even at 6 years old my son would say NASCAR needs a street race!! The rain was a blessing and a curse. Kept the wrecks to a minimum, still had a bunch, but single file prevented many more. The last 10 laps were some of the best in recent NASCAR cup racing....going back to Marcos Ambrose and Brad K at Watkins Glen. We'll see next year what happens. Thrilled with the winner!

Very cool!!!!!!

Slums of Beverly Hills my fav RIP

WOW! very cool

Well done!! I like the kit, I built the FORD version. The kit was designed by Mustang guy Bob Johnson after Ford came to Monogram wanting a kit made.

What I understand....NO. Showrods were well known for using empty blowers. IE they take the rotors out and use a dummy pulley on front. Many times they were used to hide a carb!!

Nice build from a great era of F1