Dave Van

The bank Analyst in me says skip the show (looks like you are) The hobbyist says go. From a selling point shows are a dud for those with mixed collections of commons. ebay is very expensive but cheaper than a 5 hours trip with hotels, meals and gas, (tolls too in DC area)

Correct. Tooling cut in China is co-owned by the Chinese government. It will not leave China. What about old 60's era tooling that was sent to China....R2 owns it right?!?! Well kinda. IF work was done to the tooling and/or modifications, China now owns part of the tooling. A few years ago a model train manufacture wanted to move tooling to Korea. A horrible accident happened and all the tooling fell of a dock and was no longer usable.....what are the odds 55 tools all fell off the same day?? This mess was 100% preventable. In 2015 a book was written that foretold all of this. MANY industry leaders had warned about long be fore the book. ( The 100 year Marathon was the book) The China tariff is now 125% as of today. NO ONE selling in America Chinese made goods will survive 125% increase. I think it will be worked out. China needs us more than we them. Either way I am glad to have a HGE collection of kits and will never NEED any more. Thanks

May be tough to beat Howard's RUSH......I'll check it out.

Nice work!!!

Where is Grandview???? I have family in Columbus and visit often over the last 30 years. I recall the days where it took me all day to hit all the hobby shops. There was a good one off High in a big shopping center......even a shop off Roberts that had a big slot car track. Add to it the 3 model railroad shops....it was great in the pre internet days. Anyone go to the Blue Caboose?? It was a collector toy store, old and rare, but I found some kits there too. Today I hit Robbies and two trains stores when I visit. thx

Good job!!! I like that kit. I want to combine this and Tamyia Capri for a full detail.

Rear suspension is still wrong for the GM cars. They need truck trailing arms set up. Salvinos added some but they were 1/32 scale!!!!!!

Fantastic conversion work!! I have a 3D printed body I will use for my Adam-12 rep.......... Any details on construction?? Thx

Nice work!!!

Kinda looks like NISSAN WANTS the $500+ charge when a real world GOOD mechanic does the work in minutes and not 1.6 hours.

SUPER CLEAN build......

Revell 1/96 scale Saturn V kit box is over 4 feet tall. Not because it needs to be but it becomes a storage case after building

I ride the Amtrak Southwest Chief to LA on a regular basis. Once on our stop at Winslow there was a 50s era Ford parked at the station. Not the one pictured but wonder if kinda a local joke?

Super nice work!!!!

Make a good replica of 'The Dude's' ride too!!!

Kinda sounds like Caddy is just re-badging the engine. I'd be more impressed if they built their own engine.

I am bias toward Caddy......but I wish they'd have picked NASCAR as rumored........ Why I am bias.....

So van we delete old attachments??? Mine is 2x full but some are from the last decade!!

Fixed my inbox....sory about that........ My St. James decals FYI

I make a few decals for the IMSA and Trans Am version. PM me if you need a catalog. SUPER nice build on that Folgers car. Nice and clean build! Not sure how I missed it.

But we need a 2025 Dark Horse Cup body first. I like it!!!

COOL MATADOR!

COOL STUFF! I like the Pacer Panel and Rebel in copper. Here are my wo....down from 4!! 1973 Javelin. I am 2nd owner, bought in 1993. 1974 Matador coupe. Bought in 1994 from the lady that ordered it. She gave me all the paperwork.

The only thing I saw was Atlantis kits.....Problem is everyday in the past you could get 40% off with coupon. NOW kits are 20% off, no coupon permitted. SO........

STS Decals are nice. Do not expect cheap, but super nice work.