Dave Van

Thankfully I have 2 of the Monogram Pace Car kits and a MPC.....I like the car back in the day!!! Thanks

What I thought were common parts are impossible to find. Calipers for the 2.3 turbo model have not been made in many years and a rare!!!! Strange.

Waiting on parts so I just was looking around car making mental lists of to do. Door panels will clean up and look great!! So far things are really good....but who knows what we may find....Thanks

R2 showed it a Detroit NNL as coming.......now if they will reissue Koo Koo as they announced a few years ago.

If I find a 1979 WV tag I can use it......current Classic tag in trunk. Thx

Micro Mark had them at one time.....

TRX wheels are 15.3 in dia. Tires are still made but $500 ea. I ordered a set of TRX wheels that are 16" but look the same. MUCH easier to get tires. Thanks all!

Love them Vair Rods!!! I have that one on my to do list

I want to do a driver resto. Not perfect but a good driver. Thx

YEP! This one was very weird and as it is 2nd hand I don't want to post........shows there are still cars in barns out there!!!! Thanks

We were told a odd story of the car by the estate seller. Only comfortable saying 'family issues'. We did get paperwork showing 6K miles is correct. Thanks

Yep 15.3" tires are out there $$$$$$$$ They make copies in 16"......hope to do that. thx

Real barn find 1979 Mustang Indy Pace car. Stored in 1988 6K miles. Will needs lots of work but really solid and complete. Thanks

Picked up the Jag and 32 @ Nicholasville ky

Nice clean work on my favorite Bird!

PLUS....this will affect ' R2 April 2025' and forever going forward. I feel we have done well talking about our hobby. THANKS!

OK...AGREED. BUT it is the number one factor affecting our hobby. I checked with some of my friends that own brick and mortar hobby shops. They are already having a hard time getting stock. This may become worse than the 'DEATH of the Hobby' in the 70's or anything else we have faced. Thanks

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