Dave Van

Thanks ALL!!! It's a 12 footer.....don't get closer than 12 feet and it's fine. My post was as much to warn others too......the window issue is NOT an easy fix and one that would take more time than the kit is worth. Shame on RG putting out junk @ $35 MSRP

My HL had 2 of the truck/trailer kits @ $39.99 a OK deal at 40% off

This is a movie car....not a main Star Car but one I wanted to build. The movie car is a 79 but for my needs the re-issued Revell 81 would do....do I thought. After watching a online build of the car I picked up a copy. Built box stock other than wheels and tires to replace the plastic units and better replicate the movie car. The online build was very positive. I knew it was a simple kit.....but I got the idea from online it was nice. My mileage differed greatly. Lots of flash, not a game killer, fit on ALL parts was poor. This kits was a snapper when it came out in the 80's does not snap any longer. And if you try and snap parts they tend to break. Most of the issues were things that could be fixed......but the window glass was horrible. Look at photos and you can make out were the clear part gap between the glass and body!!! The T tops match up well but both front and rear glass do not connect to body!! I considered tossing it in the trash a few times.....but MSRP $35 I figured I better finish it no matter. If you tackle this kit.....beware the roof will collapse with any slight pushing. The BRIGHT spot is decals. 4 different colors of graphics and lots of dash, interior and under hood decals. This sheet and a vintage MPC kit would be GREAT!! I need to find a Monogram 79 to do a 'do over'. Thanks If you know the movie.....post it! Headlight decals!!

hobbylobby.com is your friend............model kits ARE 40% this week.

Circle of life................

Nice and clean work.....On my list to do too

Better looking, more civil and I liked him more than any 'Celeb'!

Yep!! no problem here...........

Truck chassis is 100% new to that series. Width, cage etc.

Inflation alone is NOT the sole reason kits are averaging $40 today. Per the Inflation calculator a AMT full kit that had a MSRP of $2.00 in 1964 SHOULD sell for $19.27 today. HALF of what a kit is selling for. And then add in that I have a 1965 original issue AMT Ford with a K Mart tag of $1.29 it really shows the difference. BUT...it is a combo of inflation AND production numbers. Smaller market, much smaller today than 1954, and you must charge more per kit. Add inflation, demand and 'what the market will bare' and you get a $40 average. So if you buy a $35 kit at Hobby Lobby with 40% off sale you can get CLOSE to the cost with inflation alone. thx

Sad news......I grew up in LA and have ties there to this day........I knew of P22 because I get TV station KTLA on DISH. I love all cats but big cats are special. I got to see a 6 month old Cougar at the Columbus zoo 10 years ago. It was just by chance. He was on the back of a golf cart and they brought him out to get him used to people. This small Cougar was SO STRONGE gave you an idea of how strong full grown cats are. RIP 22......

I have talked to R2 about a real Elanor kit. A new hood and wheel covers is about all that is needed. But they say no $$$ in budget even though they have/had the Elanor license. BTW: I am going to make my own. Modelhaus did the wheel covers and a JoHan M/T Mustang funny car has the flat hood and it is a perfect fit.

This is another project that has been on or around my desk for 8 - 10 years. I was trying to make something decent from this old Lindberg kit. Box say '1932 Ford Pick Up in 1/24 scale'. I kinda doubt most of that~ I can't figure out what Ford had that cab in '32?? And it is on the smaller side. Maybe Lindberg was WAY ahead of their time and chopped and channeled a later model cab and added a 32 grille like what is being done today!!! Any rate I removed the fenders as they were molded to the chassis. I used the shoter of the 2 beds in the kit. Engine and headers came from a spare Lindberg 32 kit. Wheels and tires are from a forgotten die cast........wish I could recall which as I like them!!! Paint is Dupli-color red primer and Tamiya TS cans. I may put a decal on the door if I find what I want. Thanks!!!

Looks great!!! Since the halt of SA(E) you all have stepped up! Thanks.....be checking the mailbox daily!

And the ceramics industry is why almost all decal paper manufactures in the USA were forced out of business. I am a decal maker, have been for almost 40 years. Decal paper has gone from 10 cents for a 18 X 24 sheet to a 8.5 x 11 sheet costing $2 and a lower quality. I had a supplier in FLA that made GREAT paper in all kinds of combinations. Bought from them for 30+ years, had maybe one sheet that was bad. Big company that had to close overnight. All due to the US patent office allowing a woman to apply for a nd get a patent for 'water slide decal paper'. A process that has been around for well over 100 years. WHY a patent was granted....who knows. Good old American system!!!! Now you know more than you ever wanted to know about decals.

Been collecting the old 34 Ford flat box kits. I want to build all the versions on the box!!!

Yep!!!! and the original is SO much better than thee updated one. I bought the VHS years ago, had my brother convert to DVD for me.

Thanks sir!!! In fact the reason we traveled the 2 hours to Hobby Lobby was her final Cancer check up. It was perfect so we are blessed for sure. Thanks for thinking of her. BTW: I bought a Revell 80 Camaro and MPC Toyota, $42 plus tax....not bad.

Elanor is a 1973 Yellow Mustang Sportsroof. Flat hood, base model hub caps. The gun metal thing is not Elanor in my book. I get it all the time. 'You made a '66 Elanor'!!! NO NO NO!!!! When I did the ground up resto in my 66 I wanted something other than white or blue. Ford Avalanche Gray was pretty new and I liked it. But I left off ALL scoops, hood, c pillar or side, hoping no one would even think it was Bad Elanor.....yet I still get it. Oh well.

STUNNER!!

Going Friday when wife has DR appt. See if there is anything I NEED!

Nice work!!!!!!! Dad was Valvoline racing director for ten years so I always like a Valvoline car!

I checked my RC2 die cast Superbird and it looks exactly like the one shown. Wonder what the story is on that? Where is the tooling now??

I feel like Atlantis ran some kits that were ready to run and generate some cash fast. I hope there are other good car kits that maybe need parts tooled or repaired. There a many kits that SHOULD be in the deal.....kits that were never sent to China or Poland and would have been in storage in ILL.

I recall seeing those kits on hobby shop shelves.....but at a little higher than car kits.......cars won out.