Dave Van

Great project....it would be the perfect vehicle to be laser cut!!! I made a bunch of Lil Yeller before AMT re-popped!

Some neat stuff there!

Futures market is worried that the FEDS will open drilling and thus the market fell a little. (read the story on why Alaska is only at 25% capacity today) To go into details would drag politics into the stream here.....but I am sure most of us here can dig and find the info on the net.

Great work!

R + R is the way now....remove and replace....not fix. Back in the olden days of the 1970's there was a radiator shop in Charlotte that I took stuff to. It was outdoors so in the winter the vats would have steam boiling out. The owner and sole employee was about 6' 8" and had a pointed beard. You can guess what a visit to his shop was like!!!! He did great work....the radiator he did for my 66 Mustang lasted until I put an aluminum unit in 2019!!!

I don't blame big oil this time. 75% or the oil drilling is now done by small, mostly family owned companies that then sell it to refiners. Big oil can't be bothered with this step any longer. The issue is government. The Governor of Alaska was all over the news shows last weekend talking about how the Federal regulators will not allow current wells to produce at more than 25% capacity and have shut down all new drilling. He claims over night they could produce most of what we need if the Fed's allowed. So who is benefiting from this 'Crisis'?? At the same time the refiners are not being permitted to run at 100% capacity. This was per two different state governors. You can look this stuff up. You are correct......Never let a crisis go to waste is a way of life for some.

I've been pushing for the ZZR kit for years. My last grail from AMT. It was turned into Firebug but should still be out there.....

I'm really worried as this mess goes on. Reports out there that Putin is wiping out anything he can. Homes, stores and factories. Destroying everything possible to try and make Ukraine dependent on him....even if he leaves. I do not know what the fix is.....so I pray the people we make it.

Neat changes!

Today in the mail I got a 1977 Mustang II coupe body. If you have been in the hobby long you may recall the first resin bodies. None I saw or bought were usable and ended up giving away or still in a box. 3D is currently at that stage. My Mustang II body is better than the first Gen resin and may be better than some current resin. The body will need prep, the print lines are visible so it will need sanding and primer before it can be built. But at first look I like it....and at $25 not a bad deal for a body not available in 1/25 any other way. I wonder what 3D will be in 5 years???

The MasterBox stuff is very nice. It shows there are/were some great artist that enjoyed our simple hobby. Ignore my poor painting....the MasterBox figure is much nicer than I can do.

ICM, MasterBox, Roden and many more are all located in Ukraine. I ordered the Roden 1/35 US bus kit from Ukraine about 5 days before the invasion. I fear that these people, that are much like us, are going to loose their way of life, jobs, homes. I just Pray that they make it out alive.

NEVER have a debt or checking account linked to Paypal or any online payment service. If you have a fraud issue with debit or checking the bank has 90 days to look into it. You may loose your car in 90 days if someone cleared your account. Credit card fraud has to be put on a hold status THE DAY YOU INFORM your CC company and they can not charge you. Keep yourself safe....no one else will do it!

Don't you love the experts???? "Just buy a Tesla rather than those stupid F350s'.......... Next time the 'experts' need a tow, ambulance ride or heavy delivery....call your Telsa owning friend. Many of use own trucks because WE NEED A TRUCK!!! I owned a SMART(50 MPG) until I NEEDED A TRUCK........it's not as simple as the experts claim.

Ever wonder why the $60-100K twelve year old SUV is for sale at $3K?? No parts support. I watch a guy on Youtube that shows a BMW SUV that was $60K new now for sale at $2500 only because the only parts are salvage yard stuff. UNREAL!

$8 a gallon in So Cal this morning.......coming soon to your neighborhood.

I ran a hobby shop for many years, a buddy owned it and I helped. I am glad I don't do it today. (he passed) I am not sure if I own R2 and a chain store came to me and said 'He is $250,000 firm order' (this is ONE kit remember) if I could say no. I am pretty sure if ANYONE ordered 5,000 kits they can get that price. This is how business world works. IT IS NOT ALWAYS FAIR.....but neither is life. Yes....thankfully we still get to pick who we support with our cash. (for now) Boycotting WM or R2 is all well and good. Just keep in mind both will still continue without us. We are the fringe. Thanks

The current US Dept of Energy says gasoline is a plague of the planet. She stared in a video called 'Gasoline has to go'. Why would any of this make you think they are working on it???

Don't forget the calls from 'AMAZON' wanting you to verify your account info so the can ship your 5 iPads you just bought. OH....you didn't buy them??? Give us all your info so we can protect your account!!! Right

$10!!! You must be a young whipper snapper!!!! When the Monogram NASCAR kits first came out in 1983 retail was $5.00........I worked at a hobby shop and my cost was $3.33 each. I really miss $3.33 models!!!!!! But think......1983 was not 100 years ago....yet models are almost TEN times the cost now. I know and the market shrink and all that....but many of the $1.49 we bought in 1965 are the same kits we buy today at $32...........

You can forward fake e-mails to SPOOF@PAYPAL.COM ....it can help stop these.

One thing many big box stores do is TELL THE MANUFACTURE what they will pay. They will go to a company and say ' We want 25,000 kits and we will pay $10 each. Hard to turn down a quarter million dollars for something you make already. Not fair....the way things work today.

Why the high MSRP?

You have been lucky enough that this is the first one you got!!!! I have been getting them for a long time. Two things, among many, to check on questionable emails. It should be addressed to you by the full name registered to your PP account. NOT 'customer' or other generic title. Before you EVER click on a button in a email 'Hover' over the button with your cursor. The buttons URL will show on your browser in the lower left. (may display in different place on different device/browser) If the URL is some odd address then you know it's FAKE! Thanks

This post will not last long............ If the truth is posted.