Erik Smith

I have one of these too - fairly rough. The door handles are located too high on the body in addition to the pillar discrepancies..

Looks good. Nice work weathering. A warped body is the least of the problems with that kit - big blob for a chassis that doesn't fit (and is usually warped too), crummy engine bay...

Yes. eBay is by far the largest market you will ever reach. List items "as is" with a picture of all contents. That way people can look an see what's missing. It is a lot of work to photograph, list, sell, ship, and inevitably deal with customers, so if you don't have extra time... I have sold kits on eBay. I have seen how others tries to do their own thing (set up websites, Fotki albums, etc) - why try to reinvent the wheel? eBay is established, secure, and had millions of world wide users. Your easiest option is to find a single buyer - but your take will be a lot less. Next in line would be a table at an event. This is a lot o work, too. Transport, set-up, sales, tear down, pack up, transport... Evaluate the potential by searching eBay completed listings - you can get an idea if a kit is valuable or not.

It is a nice kit. You won't need the distributor kit, though, as the LS9 has individual coils on top of the valve cover with a short wire going to the spark plug - IIRC, they are all molded in details. HERE are some photos...

Some people think every comment, or even event in the world, somehow revolves around them. They see slights where nothing exists. They don't question their own brains. They jump to conclusions. Generally from ignorance. Often just from being a dolt.

I would buy this for the box art:

I am only a second year participant, but I was under the impression that it was a forum wide vote like last year. The concept of an "unbiased judge" is nice, but in the real world it is impossible (unless it's a computer) - how could you get an unbiased judge selected from a group who has already veiwed the in progress models or is familair with the participants and their models. So...how's the judging going to work?

Nice to see a stock Monaco! Great looking model. Excellent paint too.

Very nice paint job.

There is a "Trading" section on the forum. I would recommend trading your items there. Include plenty of pictures of exactly what you are trying to trade and what you would like for them.

I am building the Hemi from the Revell '41 Willys and trying to get some basic detail - I can't figure out where the fuel pump is or where the fuel comes from. I would like to run the fuel from a Moon tank to the blower - google searches have been in vain (about an hour looking at "392 Hemi" hasn't shown where the fuel comes from). From what I can tell, the model engine has a water pump on it - so can I run a front mounted pump off that? Where does the fuel come from? I see lines going of the back of the engine. Any help is much appreciated.

It's cool but very inaccurate - there are kids looking in the window.

Neat model and nice work. I just recently bought one if the MPC Dodges... I had an Omni model back in the 80s that I somehow managed a v8 in it, IIRC.

Cool. Neat model.

Well, first, I am not sure what the advertisement thing is you keep mentioning. I watch little to no TV, so, I guess I haven't seen the irresistible brainwashing occurring somewhere. Second - Hyundai knows that the cars they make will only last 2-3 years? That sounds like a great business model - give out a 10 year warranty on a car you know will only last 2-3 years. Seems like their share of the market would be shrinking... I get the picture. A couple people had bad experiences with Hyundais. You don't really need to post over and over the same rhetoric. If you look at the reliability ratings for cars, Hyundai generally ranks average or above average. They are not Toyotas or Hondas - nor do you pay the premium. JD Power ranks them as one of the most reliable compact cars. Anecdotal stories are, as I have said before, useless in determining reliability. Yes, you worked in rentals and had Hyundais. There is inherent bias in human beings to notice things they want to notice. It was not a scientific evaluation of reliability. That would require a large sample of many users and cars. Really, the point of this topic, though, was the Hyundai Genesis and how I would buy a model kit of one. Not how reliable one person's car is...

Just to follow up... The body from the Revell kit and Tamiya kit are close to exact - the wheel openings are about 1-2 mm off, but other than that (size-wize) they are very similar. I don't know if that means the Tamiya kit - which I heard was undersized too - is really too small. The engine has a single carburetor. Detail is on par with the Tamiya, based on my cursory glance (I have a few of the Tamiya kits) - the spark plug wires, though, are molded into the distributor, and look like, well, wires molded to a distributor.

Like them both - but that purple, beautiful color! Nice models!

I think your wife is right. That's not a bad thing, she just it. Great slot track!

That color is so ugly. I like it. Cool model. My friend in High School had a "sleeper" Nova and kept the 307 emblem on it - that "427" let's everyone know "Yes, I am ugly, but I am fast".

So, I finally managed to find one of these stateside. Very cool kit. But...what's up with this? On the inside of the wind screen, there is an odd mold line with an associated angled opening on the a pillar. It is indicated in the instruction sheet, but not nearly as pronounced as the actual kit. So, is there a reason this is like that? Or should it be sanded off flush with the profile of the pillar?

Check Cadillac Pat's work in the Die Cast section of the forum. He recommends the papilio paper. I bought some after seeing his work and have to say, it's pretty good stuff. It seems to lay down better with less curl on the edges than the brands I have used before.

Guess the '90 is on my brain.

Check the "reviews" section Nate - quite a few pages and some info...

Beautiful Hot Rod, Rod! I really can't anything I don't like. The Ardun heads, SCOT blower, smooth black paint...very nice model.

Well, this is another one of those topics that comes up and has a pretty simple answer (most people will steer you to what they know as most people don't the chance, unless your Don Wheeler, to test more than one or two brands/styles/models)...where was I? Oh, simple answer - a good quality Badger, Paasche, or Iwata will all work great. You get what you pay for at the low end - I tried an "Iwata" Neo - really just cheap Chinese junk in Iwata clothing - and had problems after my first tear down/clean. I have never had problems with real Iwatas - I have Eclipse gravity and siphon. Single action I easy but limited. I jumped right in with double action, so I can't imagine not having the control. You can actually set a double action up to operate like a single action brush - you just pull the needle back and set it where at the volume you want. Uh, so, simple answer? Double action, good quality. There, can't miss...:]