Dave Van

Two possible reasons: !. Silvering. This is were air gets trapped under the film and thus shows up in a silver like color. This can be caused by a few different things., Rough surface the decal applied to. Decals need a good glossy surface. A second issue can be application. The decal needs to be applied in a way that the air is removed. Slide decal from paper directly to surface. Use a folded paper towel and push the glue and air out from under the film. Often a decal setting solution is needed. I use Walthers Solvaset. You may be able to fix by using the tip of a new #11 blade to make tiny cuts in the film.....apply Solvaset over decal and work it into the decal. 2. Glue is or has gone bad. Cheap decal paper has glue that is brown and shows' after it dries. The glue can also go bad when espoused to moisture, heat, light or just age. No easy fix here. I have been making decals since I was about 10 years old. This is my own experience. Thanks

Cool.......I'd like to pretend that one of those 46 Ford's rolling off the line is mine!!!! I've wanted to know the cars history since I bought it.......where it was sold when new......but those records are all gone due to a fire at Ford in the 50's Also cool in that my youngest son is starting work at a auto plant soon.....but methods are a bit different today. To get hired he had to work on a mock assembly line...very different from a 46 line!

Many of my decals are designed to use wo layers to make sure no bleed through. Big point is allow layer one to dry overnight or 24 hrs. Then layer two and allow to dry before clear.

Keep telling myself I will build one someday. I did build a Donlevy 71 Mercury way back, hand painted as there were no aftermarket decals yet! I even put a set of Trucmore decals in the MK version of the kit. Yours is super clean build as always

Funny....I LOVE 'Nothing but Trouble'.......You gotta turn the brain off and watch Demi.......'I GET DIANE'! John Cany's car

Bobby Deerfield............. You may have to look it up. Advertising made it out as a movie about Formula 1......which it had about 5 minutes total. They rest was a bad drama filled love story that made no sense at all. REALLY bad....... You can add all Tom Cruise movies....but I have not seen one in theaters since Days of Thunder.....Another really bad racing movie with drama love....

First sale of a Civil War cannon ever!!!!

Just look at the back of the box........complete parts layout.

The snap Vettes and Camaro will sit until Ollies runs their Christmas sale at 20% off and Grandmas will 'SNAP' them up!

Sre there any pics of the Gremlin in color??? I'd like to build it.

Stopped by my store again today.......picked up the last Gremlin.....someone had hidden it, and a Vette coupe. Never saw any of the trailers.....wanted the flat bed.

Also the small print inside the bidy......underside of rook most times. My ALF has 7/1 too

The pile I found was at least 15 of them.....and the big rigs were under there too.........lazy employee??

My store had the ALF pumpers off alone under a bunch of kids games....I have to hunt.

Checked my store again today....truck cabs on shelf and ALF pumper.....no trailers....I want the flat bed.

One thing I want to add...... Back when RC2 owned AMT I got to help restore a old tool that was damaged and missing parts. I worked directly with a Chinese tooling shop. Even with a language barrier the WORKERS were great people. Very skilled and very polite. A shame that the CCP is not the same as it's people. I am not anti Chinua but anti CCP. thx

The good news is this..... The cost of tooling and manufacturing in China has gone up so much, part of the plan, that the USA is now cost effective. Also the current administration has made China back off the required partnership if you do business there.....we'll see how effective that is. The bad thing is if things go south big with China what will happen to all the tooling in China now?? Doubt they will hand it over intact.

COOL!! The Enterprise is among my favorite space ships. Where'd the decals come from? Well done!

My bet is 'Damaged' is just a term for gone. If you want tp get an idea how manufacturing in China works get a copy of the book '100 year marathon'. It explains how if you make things in China you operate with the CCP as a partner. Inside the CCP are 'companies' that operate under that CCP umbrella. What happened to the 29/30 tooling MAY be much like what was detailed on a model train forum by a manufacture that tried to move his tooling from one shop to another.....once he got the OK he found all his tooling had been destroyed by a number of methods. Only the folks at Revell know what happened.......

100's of ideas.......weather they happen or not is up to sales.....that simple....

Back.........My store was just putting them out. Got Gremlin, 62 Bird and Olds. Had Vettes and Camaros, Cameos nothing more. Lady working the shelves said they may have more....they just pull out a pallet and unbox....no idea what they have. I'll visit SAT......

These 'dumps' may be runs just for Ollies. Almost 400 stores, just 6 kits per store, 2400 kits.....right at the 2500 minimum we ran at Model King when they allowed private runs. No storage or warehouse cost, maybe COD, it all equals cash flow AND exposure of hobby kits to folks that may not seek out models. Win - Win.... Going in a few minutes to check!!!

One guy really wanted it....he bid early and often. It's a low rider kit and different than the regular Revell 58 Chevy. $58 is far from outrageous ......more than I'd pay but I have my Revell 58.....

While they did not show it in the TV episode if you look at the video you posted there is a 'hood' over the engine. The radiator is mid ship with fans and works fine for the 5 -10 minutes that the car runs. I think the car works as ART. Few people agree on what art is good. For what the owners paid they got their money and then some. IMGO only!!

Very well done.......owning two real AMC I may be bias!