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Dan- Guess I forgot about the Beatnik Bandit having an Olds mill...how did I do that? I thought the Revell gasser kits..the Anglia & Thames Panel..had fuel injected small block Chevies in them...cuz I thought that's all NHRA would let them run back in the day. I don't know if I have an AMT '40 Ford Sedan in my stash..but I have a couple of Stone Woods Cooke Willys somewhere. In any case..I don't think I've ever seen anything that looks like the classic Olds Rocket 88 in 1/25th scale. Will keep waitin' for the '50 Olds stocker & keep the fingers crossed.

O.K. Nick. Thanks for the heads up. The only "vintage" Olds mills I'm aware of is the one in the classic AMT Willys gasser & the one in the Revell "Orange Crate". I guess there may be others but can't speak to the level of detail. I'm wondering if anyone ever put one out with the stock ribbed valve covers. The "Orange Crate" has Offy heads...the AMT Willys had generic looking valve covers. If not..maybe an aftermarket guy did them. Don't think Norm at R&M ever did them.

So what's the status? Thought it would be out by now. Postponed till later in the year? Guess I missed that. Was looking forward to getting a look at the block..which i believe is a classic postwar hot rod OHV...a popular alternative to the flatheads along with the Caddy & early Hemi's ....

I used to fish with a guy that was really good..he was a Master Baiter.

I got back into this hobby back in the mid-nineties while going through some tough personal times, looking for a way to decompress after work. I was fortunate to find a local car oriented modeling club to go to ( M.A.M.A. ) that has some of the best builders & vendors in the craft. Observing & talking I was able to get up to speed pretty quickly. I was also able to find & participate in some local I.P.M.S. events over the years. While its true that the majority of their members are military oriented my work has earned more recognition from them than the regular car oriented crowd...which kind of tells me that my skill level may not be up to the standards of NNL competition but does meet the standards of the so called "snobbish rivet counters". Maybe they're just looking to get more automotive subjects..whatever. If I.P.M.S is the only option in your area I'd have no qualms checking in...any club in the country probably has its share of anal retentive loony tunes but that shouldn't stop you from blazing a trail for the automotive end of the scale hobby.

And regarding the famed Parts Pack releases....I thought it was cool they re-released some of the engines ..but wasn't the planned re-release of some of the cycles cancelled due to the poor sales of the motors?

Awhile back a lot of people were posting highly complimentary comments about Revell regarding the '32 highboy coupe & the '49 Merc. (.i.e they really got it right.) Now they're self absorbed corporate types that don't listen? Didn't Tim Boyd indicate he had a contact within the co.?

One of my all time favorites. Revell kits from the 60's ( Tri-Five Chevies,Orange Crate,Roth showcars ) were notorious builds for kids...still challenging for adult builders even today. I did a drag T a few years ago using a Tweedy Pie as the donor kit...properly locating the rear axle to the chassis using the fiddly little suspension parts was a bit of a chore but the finished product is a little gem I love the look of the kit so much ( the short wheelbase, the stance ) that I've bought a few of them over the years in all its variations..the "Rodfather" & "Tweedy Pie II" to name a couple. If Revell's new version is faithful to the original release with the original over the rear axle gas tank as well as the shortened pick up bed option then I might buy another one.

I've known Norm Veber of Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland for years, and absolutely love his line of nostalgic flathead speed parts ( Edmunds, etc as mastered by Rik Hoving & others ) The S.C.O.T. blower he offers is a miniature masterpiece, as well as the Ardun heads. I'm fortunate to live in the DC area so I can access his stuff in person at the monthly M.A.M.A - Maryland Automotive Modelers meetings when I need to restock or something new comes out. But I've already loaded up on just about everything he sells that I like so I may not need to buy anything for awhile...I need to find time to actually build. I've also bought some items from George Kuranow's Model Car Garage...and an item or two from Parts by Parks. Most of my engine wiring came from Detail Master. I've been wanting to try some of Modelhaus' selection of various wheels & tires but haven't quite got around to it yet.

Guys- Thanks for the info. I dug through my stash and found a Revell Monogram ProModeler '40 Ford Convertible kit ..and it does look like a reasonable rendition of the Columbia 2-speed rear axle. I also looked at my ProModeler '48 Woody & Convertible kits and it looks like Tim Boyd is correct on those being other types of rear units. Now to get a look at that AMT stock '41 Woody axle..I picked up one online.

Thank You to All for the info.

Wow..that was fast . Thanks Art. Is that the Revell Monogram ProModeler "Woody" you are referring to? I once saw one on one of Larry Boothe's builds..a light blue '32 coupe..but I beleve he scratch built his.

Hey Guys..any of you vintage car modelers out there know if a reasonable looking Columbia Two Speed axle was ever included in a kit? Vintage kit ( 50's -60's edition ) or otherwise ? I understand these were popular adaptations in 1:1 rods "back in the day".

Fun Website. Great pics.

Anybody know what this is? It's a stuffed animal, but what animal? It's from AMT 1962 Tempest kit: Sorta looks like a Kewpie Doll Cow to me. Speakin' of all the extras in various model car kits..I liked the mini-bike in the Monogram "Vandal" kit...then there was the Schwinn Stingray bike in the MPC 29' Woody . I believe a few kits came w/ skateboards too. The MPC Indy Turbine racer came w/ a Ford Wheelhorse type tractor as I recall. One thing I liked to have is car club plaques..not the decal ones but the little rectangular ones w/ surface relief to them..like the ones in the Revell Roth "Outlaw" ( Tridents car club ) and the four plaques in the Revell Custom Car Parts Pack "Bumpers & Grilles ". As popular as these items were in real 1:1 customs & rods back in the 50's - 60's I never understood why they weren't more accurately represented in kits. through the years I only found one aftermarket company that did decent club plaques & they're long gone. I believe they were in Canada...and did plaques in photo etch for The Pharoahs, The Rod Benders, The Road Knights and The Kustoms. Glad I bought a set before they went under.

Been wanting to do a scale model of Bob Bernardon's C-Gas winning '39 Chevy Coupe from the fifties-sixties using the Monogram 1/24th scale kit. Found out recently on another forum devoted to nostalgia rods that the coupe was painted Sherwood Green. Any of you guys know if that was a General Motors standard color at one time...or if it was a popular color made by a generally available automotive paint line used by rodders of the era? Just askin'.

Nice job on the green Pinto...reminds me of the green '77 I owned for 6 years till '82...it was my first car & I must've put a hundred thousand miles on the thing before I got my Toyota Celica. I never really understood the vehement hatred of the Pinto...any subcompact that gets rear ended at speed will be a potential deathtrap. Once the potential fire issue became a national news story Ford was pretty quick to take mine in and install the longer fuel filler tube & buffer plate between the differential & the gas tank. All the years I owned my Pinto it was not exactly a refined ride but it was a low cost reliable means to get a college kid around & working. It only cost about two grand fresh off the lot. Furthermore..during the eighties I worked w/ a stone mason who was a top flight mechanic ( he virtually owned the C-Gas class of drag racing w/ his '39 Chevy coupe when he raced in the 50's & 60's ) He liked those 2.3 litre Pinto engines so much he used to buy them & soup them up into boat racing engines. So that says something about the basic engineering behind that subcompact Ford.

I made it there. The attendance was quite better than I expected, given the downturn in the economy, price of gas, etc. Good turn out of both contest entries & vendors , although I can't speak to the vendors' success ( or lack of.) I had to leave early before winners were announced...anyone get a list? Ed? Saw you & the nice gas station diorama.

Show was well attended. I had to leave early before the winners were announced...did anyone have a list?

The Monogram Darryl Starbird Futurista ? I know what you mean Ed...the few times one pops up on Ebay it always goes for righteous bucks. Next to the Uncertain T it has to be among the rarest of the 60's model car kits.

Can't speak to the changing temps affecting unbuilt kits but I can say without any doubt that built up kits can definitely be affected by cold. I had several contest quality models well wrapped in tissue & cloth padding stored in shoe boxes in a living room closet.( I didn't display them as I had inquisitive cats that liked to climb ) The closet as it turns out was over an unheated stairway in my condo entry. The cold air eventually got to them and the delicate "load-bearing" components such as suspension to chassis parts put together using super glue gel hardened up & shrank, causing them to "dis-assemble". Stable room temps is definitely the way to go.

Bill- I hope things turned out O.K. During the worst of the rains last week my regular 1 hour commute from Laurel MD to Springfield VA turned into a 3 hour test of patience as the torrential downpours closed part of the beltway near the Wilson Bridge & some local roads. I was lucky to find the storm water had only soaked the carpet in my man - cave...most all of my hobby stuff , kits, books, magazines, etc was spared. I pray your collection of world class work is safe, but even more important your family & home. Earthquake, Hurricane, Monsoon...its been a real thrilling close to the summer of 2011 here along the mid-Atlantic coast.

Great nostalgic look to it. The colors remind me of Larry Boothe's robins egg blue '32 coupe he did a few years back. The attention to detail & cleaness of the build is every bit as good.

Nice Work. The "salt" caked on the tires would've looked more to scale if you had used baking soda instead of real salt. I know..nit picking.....

What a Beaut! I've seen this "embossing powder" for interiors mentioned a couple of times here..it's said that it works & looks better than the old flocking method. What exactly is it & where do you find it ?