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Hey, what's up with you and the Station Wagons lately??? Well, they look cool and this one is just sweet!!! How did you like the Krylon Crystal Clear, I have 2 cans of that thing and heard that it's a nice clear to use. Did you shoot it straight out of the can? Does it polish good???

Well, sometimes during our monthly meetings we smack him upside the head, he kinda falls asleep as he is talking to us!!! We thought he was just tired of being the president for so long but we found out that it was just all the time he spends at the bench without any sleep....

I have to take some time out and order these things, have heard great things about them and they look like they come in handy for any job!!

This is cool man, love what you did with the seats and the stickshift!!

Thanks for shaing Lyle, when it comes to these rods, nobody is more creative than you man!!!

As always, phenomenal job, wish I could weather like that. You know, Bill Geary is writing a great tutorial on the basics of model building right here in the forum, you could probably do something like that and school us on your weathering techniques!!! What do you think??? The most important part is the actual pictures and as we all can see, you take some terrific ones. PLEASE PLEASE We know about your recent article on the magazine but it would also be cool to see it here!!

I am sure there are different venues they can rent, why not do that? I don't mind paying 10 dollars for the NNL part of it but 12 bucks for a toy show, freak that!!

Looks cool!!

Not my taste when it comes to these type of cars but I can certainly appreciate the effort you put into this thing, very professionaly done!! I love the look of the tires, looks like you've been around the track for miles!!!

Pictures don't do this build any justice man, this was very cool to see in person, congratulations on a fine job!!!

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Congratulations, they are both awesome man!!!!

Thanks Gary! While the Toledo show is very nice, the traveling part of it just turns me off man, I did it once, think I'll keep it at that!!

I remember they sent us home early that day from work, I was on my way to fix a customers phone line. He owned a liquor store and when I walked in, everyone in the place, including some of his customers were looking at the TV with a surprised look in their faces. I knew how serious this was but you know when it really hit me? When the first tower went down.... I lived in NY for nearly 20 years and we did several cable installations in those buildings. It was just a horrible sight to see. I will definitely never forget. I am a big believer in the Bible and God and I know that there are several passages in the Bible that read we must forgive and forget, this one is just too hard to swallow.......

Miguel, tremendo trabajo!!!

This is bad man, looks phenomenal!. Definitely one of my favorite builders here man!!!

Looks great man!!!

Thanks for the updates, rims look real good with the centers painted!!

I love these little Civics, looks like a very interesting project! I also love your pictures bro, nice and clear!!!

Cool color, I love this year GTO!!

SWEET! Great painting scheme on that!!!

.Thanks fellas, Dan, I do have a Monza in my stash, I am sure I could do something with that! But the Monza is gonna have to carry a big block, a lot of people here are hurt when I went with the Rotary in the Vega....

Thanks for the replies fellas, this is something I want to do just to get rid of some models, it is not a full time thing. I guess I will do some painting and foiling and just start posting some stuff here and in the clubs, we will all see how it goes. Thanks again!!

Hey, you know you owe us the PR's!!! You better start working on something "Puerto Rickinish" That way, when we get invited back to the Island you won't be empty handed!!!

Okay guys, in my broken English, I will try my best to explain this. I got together with some of the Monthly meeting fellas to ask their advice on this. Of course, the last thing on my mind was sharing this in the forum, not that I was hiding anything, it's just that I totally forgot! Of course, I would like your input on this, not only on price but on the idea!! I have seen how a lot of my fellow modelers do this, they go out, spend 12 to 16 dollars (of course, nowadays is more) on a kit, stash it away for a few years and all of a sudden they want to get rid of them either because of lack of space or need of money. In my case is more an issue of space, of course, the money doesn't hurt. With that said, most of the time, I see that they sell the kits for a fraction of what they paid. I have seen them sold for as much as 10 dollars and in some cases for as little as 4. Personally, I don't think is very smart, by the time they sell their collection they will be loosing a lot of money, and why? Because the kits are not sealed? Other reasons are probably because the boxes they came in are slightly crushed?. I can understand if there are some parts missing or if the model was at some point and time partially started, then I can probably see 7 or 10 dollars. To me it's just a waste of money and good kits. Now, here is my dilema. I want to sell some of my kits but I what I want most of all is not to loose on the deal and of course, with all honesty, make a few extra dollars doing so. I am selling them with the bodies painted, wet-sanded, polished and foiled. My price you say? Well, I would say 60 to 70 dollars! Of course, on a kit like a '59 Impala with all the foil work that's involved, let's say 80. What do you guys think! Am I going overboard? I mean, I am no Bill Geary or anything like that but I do put a lot of time on my models. The other issue that bothers me is the fact that when some of the guys decide to compete with my painted models, some others at the shows will probably say that the kit was not painted by the builder. This is where I don't want to create a fuss. In your opinion, would this be fair? Can I get away with something like that without probably making a few enemies along the way? Are there modelers out there that get their models painted by other builders in order to compete because they didn't feel comfortable about their painting skills? All in all, when everything is said and done, again, my concern is making sure that I am comfortable enough to let my kits go at a fair price. I understand that there are guys out there more talented than others, when I see some of the models posted in this forum, I am really amazed at the talent that some of you simply have. I consider myself just another one in the bunch, not that being in that bunch is bad, I think is absolutely great but I want to humbly ask for your advice. I am definitely not going to sell my kits that cheap, to me they are worth a lot more!