Dave Van

Great work!

You'd think we would have a good 1/25 plastic 57 Nomad......if Revell had not gone under we may. The old Monogram is a little off.....but not horrible.....this is a truly obscure model of a TV show car....anyone???

SLICK clean work!!!!!! Now...you did such a great job on that body....how about a stock version!!!!

I like most ESCI kits.....but it is 1/24 scale.....not 25th!!

Looks good so far....

Welcome!!! I like the classics too!!!!!

SUPER CLEAN build!!!! Perfect era correct!

Funny follow up if your still awake!!!!! After Good Year did not have much success getting other companies to pay big bucks to License their logo......and from what I understand some changes in personnel......Good Year went back to the original way, or very close to it, as they realized a kid builds a model with Good Year tires may buy same. GY sent a letter to Revell Monogram offering the old deal of a small flat fee. Remember it cost RM lots to modify every tire tool. Revell replied to the letter agreeing to restore the Good Year logos.....and a bill for doing so!! Needless to say no GY to this day!

VERY GOOD point I forgot to add.......IE follow the money. But most licensing agreements release liability.....but a lawyer is going to sue anyway....but if it comes to trail most courts follow the liability release.....but they are dragged through the mud anyway.

Nice work.......did not like the 2.3 since Dad had a Pinto!!! I had a 5.0 87 Bird as a loaner once. I've thought about doing that conversion....but a V-8 Grille is going to be a tough build!

Remember...you asked for this boring story!!!!! I had a company. We did licensed product back during the NASCAR crazy era. We made model decal, die cast and other stuff. When we started out licensing was often a contract limiting liability for the owning company. Cost was often small....a legal amount showing that my company was using with permission a item they still owned. My first contract with Good Year was $10 a year. Then Harley Davidson announced one year that they made more money off licensing their logo than they did off selling motorcycles. They set up licensing as a profit center and started policing use of their logo, trade dress etc. So between legal use and the fees AND suing users that did not license they made MUCH more than selling silly motorcycles. Needless to say other companies noticed. John Deere was one that went big, still are. So everyone jumped on the wagon...not all the same success. But licensing their logo FOR PROFIT was now en grained into every company. Some of you may recall when Revell Monogram had to remove the Good Year logo off their tires....all tires but NASCAR tires hit big. Good Year had bought into the logo profit center thing and wanted, from what I was told, 25 cents per kit!!!! UP from the $10 per year.....huge increase!! Revell told them to walk....and removed the GY logos from all kits at great cost. So CAT got into this like everyone did......and R2/AMT must not be willing to pay or CAT is being a pain....I do not know which. To put a end on this.....many companies have gone back to the old way....after no one wanted to pay huge money to use their logo.....some have stuck to it. Some realized the free exposure was better than a few bucks! The End!

Good grade 5 minute epoxy.

It looks great....the only thing I might add is getting some large format light gray paper from store like Hobby Lobby. I've done some photo work for books and the gray shows better....the white is almost to bright. I attach the paper to the foam core board. Just an idea!!!

My KING comes today....along with a B-36 bomber kit.

Great find! Great save too! My favorite Torino!

How tall are the figures???? A number of years ago there was a set of Spice Girls figures that worked well......2 each of the members.

Nice work!!!

GREAT spin!!!!

Correct....that's what I meant by 'different business model' They run much tighter margins. I am sure HL wants a price or about $12 for a $30 MSRP kit.....and not pay for 90 days....not a formula that works for them.

Much more to do with the price HL demands and needs so they can offer the 40% off and not loose money. The standard is 40 and 10 off retail. A kit with a MSRP of $20 sells to a hobby shop for $10.80. If that is what Hobby Lobby paid their profit $1.20....not enough to pay he truck that transports, employees to stock shelves and people to check you out. So Hobby Lobby buyers need more of a discount. With 900 stores if they just buy 2 kits per store (I know they buy more than that) that's 1800 kits.....that could make or break it for a kit manufacture. I don't know the exact number but I bet Hobby Lobby demands a price more like a distributor gets......more along the lines of what they call 40,20 and 10. And since they buy more kits than many distributors......it's fair. Moebius is a VERY small company. I know every person that works for them (or did before they got sold) I did myself. They have a very different business model than other kit companies....and really they don't need HL. This is all personal opinion formed by working in the hobby 40 years from the retail end to the manufacture end.

Tamiya Bright Red gloss

If it makes $$$ I'm OK!!!!

Even when there are not new kits....the 40% off is great for supplies. I stay one bottle ahead on Flexi-file cement, Tamiya primer or any paint I use a lot of.

Doubt it....but decals are out there.....

I like this kit.....built a number of them. Yes....simple but goes together well and looks good overall. Here are some...