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Dave Van

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  1. I have 3 packages sitting at the regional sorting center since LAST Sunday. With my inside connections I now have I had them checked on. Because we have had snow the sort center does the very least and slaps a 'Weather Delay' on what they do not process. If I did that in my job I'd been gone......
  2. Good start!!! I was one of the folks that worked on those MPC reissues by Model King. I have a Fotki that has a few tips on these kits..... https://public.fotki.com/DaveVan51/model-king-stocker-/ These are box stock builds to show what can be done. I did add a few roll bars with tube stock, nothing major.
  3. Things are changing for sure. There is a new video on YT about Tichy Train Group, maker of plastic model train parts. Owner is also the tool maker. He uses aluminum blocks to cut tools and they are a few hundred each. And if he sits down and works at it a new tool takes him a few days. Most of his tools are two part simple tools with no slide action etc.....but shows what can be done today. The factory tour is interesting if you like that stuff. Thanks
  4. I get it. I love all those 1/24 kits Monogram did in early 60's. A 6 in 1 kit!! What's not to love!!!! My dream is somehow someone clones these kits!!!
  5. Dave Van

    MPC NASCAR

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  6. I like the kit. A very different pick for AMT at the time. My build with a model of my real Concorde I had. Thanks
  7. Nice work!! 1/87 is a great scale for trucks. I built a Ulrich metal kit when I was a kid....wish they were still around.
  8. I have them all....not a Chevy guy so never built one.....go together well.......???
  9. My Ollie's got the Atlantis Spl issue 4 kits. The 1/48 gas tanker, Native American, Space shuttle and ship. I picked up the space ship. Thx
  10. You did the right thing........ FaceSpace does so much stuff underhand and profit of your data it's unreal. Look at the huge profits. Never been on never will
  11. Maybe someday down the road. Right now they have yet to make a dent in the tooling on hand and the cost to repair that.
  12. Part of the issue.....KIA My 13 Caddy back up cam went out. Ordered a cheap China camera. When it arrived it had a GM sticker with correct # on it.
  13. Revell did it back in the day. Been a while IIRC
  14. I saw video footage of a guy with old school blow torch being held by some people that caught him starting fires. What kind of Satan processed people are running wild out there???? NOT the So-Cal I grew up in. Thx MY 60's So-Cal home......
  15. Living in So Cal 1960-70 they need to go back to methods of that era. Back then the hills were covered with Fire Roads, paths 12-14 feet wide that were kept free of any growth. Controlled burns were common, Water management was very different. All these things were undone via the Green folks.......which must prefer fire over preventive measures. IMHO ONLY
  16. 6 inches of snow, got a little warm......then -2 degrees....now we have 6 inches of rock hard ice......and snow coming in an hour......Only thing I hate in WV.......
  17. 3 hoods and most all the old goodies....I'll get one.
  18. As someone that has been working on 65-73 Mustangs for 45 years AND someone trying to learn 3D art......this is all very well done.
  19. NOT dumping on HPI.......BUT saying that bent A pillars are normal and nothing can be done to keep it from happening is WRONG. My old Monogram issue of the kit has good A pillars!!!! At $60+ I expect a good product. IF I buy the Revell issue of it and has bent A pillars it goes back!!!
  20. Big Lots did model dumps years ago. I got the IH Payhauler 350 there years ago for $20 which at the time was just OK
  21. R2 has been selling slot car (truck) set there for over a year. Make sense they would add kits to the slot car sets. The sets sell out fast so I am sure there are more coming. My neighbor does most to the ground prep work for Love's and the owner has a vacation cabin near us.....
  22. Mad Max Falcon #1 Blade Runner Spinner #2 (really all the BR vehicles)
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