Erik Smith

They look a littel like inverted old school bee hives - like this...

I only do what the little bottle tells me... I also have the Citadel products and use them a lot - they produce a flat finish vs the gloss from The Detailer. There seems to be a flourish of new/newer "wash" type paints recently as I have seen a selection at Hobby Lobby, a couple from Vallejo, some others too

None. I don't have a lot since I tossed all of mine back in the 90s, and I like the visible learning curve my older builds present...

I am at three for the year - I think. I can't build (or very limited) from May to October, so that's only a partial year thing... Back when I was in my teens, it seems like I did about 15-20 a year, since returning to the hobby in 2008/9, I maxed out at four or five.

I forgot, one more photo - front bucket, back seat, and cargo area The photo above the instruction sheet shows the detail on the back of the rear seat.

Overall casting is very well done. I really like the clean inside - thinned around the window openings -

Received my wagon today. Great service and a great product. Smooth casting, very few if any bubbles. Body looks very well proportioned. I like it!!

Some actually have a real mold line:

Polly Scale paints are really nice to work with - thin with some distilled water and you can airbrush - thin a little more and you can use as a wash... They stopped making it though, and my source is drying up

Welcome Jay. Jump on in...

I just drove from Fort Worth to Spokane. Vernon, TX was 82 degrees on Tuesday. Got into Sheridan, WY on Wednesday and it was -21. Yeah, over 100 degree swing. Hit snow through Denver and pure ice from Casper to Butte. Fun drive. Now just waiting for the bitter cold to break here and unleash the snow...

Which cars? American iron, model car garage. Check eBay and hobby search for foreign cars.

I hope the recipient can appreciate all that has gone into this model. Great work. Inspiring.

"Administrative" fees...

Yeah, the 1/24 Monogram kits like the GTX or '69 GTO - low parts count, good fit, look great when built.

No, nothing that is chrome. You can get a silver sharpie, but it won't look like chrome. The "foil out there" is the best chrome option available - easier than painting and looks a lot better. By the "foil", I assume you mean Bare Metal Foil.

If you ever watch eBay listings for kits like this, they tend to sell well above "popular" style cars (two door, muscle, Camaro types). I have seen well built wagon and four door models go well beyond $400 on eBay - and well built Camaro models going for less than a new kit. There is a small, devoted group that loves factory stock builds of unusual subjects. I guarantee three figures on that model. Long roofs are the shizzle too, have been gaining in popularity for a few years. Looks very well made.

Italeri 1/72, it looks like. INFO

According to the World Wide Web, that car is/was in resoration (in 2005). It was based on the Corsair 4 door hardtop and converted by Memphian Company. Couldn't find much more... I like the way they did the conversion on the high roof with built in lights.

I steal pens from work all the time. Now, if there are a lot of people "stealing" electricity, then you can't prosecute one person without getting everybody - so…if you plug your cell phone charger into a wall, guilty. If you lug in your laptop, guilty. Is the school district going to commit a resource officer for enforcement? Or can some people who aren't trying to be "green" get away with all the stealing they want? I think the school can make a policy regarding the charging of vehicles and move on - our schools and police have better things to do. My guess is the judge will toss this out...

Check their website http://equus-automotive.com That's a mustang outline...and their insignia? A horse? Who had the Equus name first? I thought it might be a Hyundai. Anybody watch the promo video? Horrible. Three quasi cool dipwads passive-aggressively fighting over the car? I don't know - not very original.

Welcome and thanks for joining the forum.

Don't agree on having a built review necessary. "What's in the box" reviews are more worthwhile to me then one picture of a built kit and half a page of text. Very few people here have time to do an actual build review and are not likely to have the time to photo the process either, so there won't be many of this style review. One thing ALL reviews need is pictures. They are useless without them. I like sprue shots, close ups, etc. I love retro reviews and history lessons I usually stop reading threads that get too long and off topic or that start discussing nuances of different trim levels - more of a build/general thread then a review. Keep it simple.

Purchased one - I'll put put up some photos in a couple weeks when I get it and get a chance to look it over...

I had a robot tiger from Tamiya once...