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Welcome Justin!...me I have built all my life with only a very short break from it....Had to get back at it once plastic was in my blood..LOL...

Welcome Stretch!...were all nuts about plastic here.

Nice find on the Comet....What you going to do with her...hum ?

Welcome Vince!

Bryan.... My favorite ever owned car seen a similar death it was a 75 Pontiac Trans Am rust free Texas car with a 0.30 over 400ci,ram air heads and exhaust manifolds,huge cam,160mph speedometer,slap stick shifter,373 posi...I loved that car. After my accident it had to be sold to pay on bills...the guy that got it was drag racing on the street and blew the engine up catching it on fire gutted the car from the dash forward...my heart sank...maybe someday Ill find a model/promo of one to make like mine was?

NICE!...Comet!

I like it!.... the flat top sleeper looks great on it.

Jeff... Rich is right and very very few promos had anything glued in them...I love restoring promos myself getting them back to what they should be like or were...heavily damaged ones I turn into models if there not repairable as is.

Looks cool so far Jordan... Some dioramas look just a bit too clean..nice details.

I take the same stuff too...quite a bit...it does help some.

That is great to hear Ray!

Welcome Rick!

Carl... If your really careful you can try the hot water trick on the body. Run under hot water for a bit then take ans carefully twist the body a little bit past the other way of twist and hold till cool...then check to see if its good...if not repeat. Sometimes this will work.

I have the same problem with my hands Dave...only with me its nerve damage from my spine injuries in the car accident I was in. With me they tell me it will get worse over time and it has...I just do not build when they act up on me. There is plenty of other things to do then like look for parts to a project or restoration,cleaning or organizing extras. You will find your way around it for the most part.

Cool.... I love the old school trucks...back when they were nothing but brute power.

I like it Drew!... Now if we could get some others too and in 1/25th scale....awesome work!

Did you say wagon???....I love wagons!...SWEET!!!

I like the sport coupe body...friend of mine with Cancer use to own one new in 69.

Cool John!... I just tried to treat people like i wish they would me in return. It was great while it lasted anyway. I myself am waiting for some change of luck on too many points to think of right now. Nothing like having to basically start over from scratch again after building/collecting kits and promos for over 40 years due to burglars...what they did not take they tore up...they needed enough already. By the grace of god they did not find everything...still have some of my dads oldies and a few of my childhood ones but they all need more work or more parts now and cant afford to just go order resin replacements of what they do offer...that is just one issue have on my plate. Thanks for the compliments on my old shop John...I tried really hard to make them all feel important and welcomed.

I am glad things are getting better for you John...I have had to work for people like that before that is one of the reasons when I had my shop I never ever treated anyone that way...all my people were treated like family because it was right and how I wanted them to feel...only makes for great people that look forward to coming in to work. Sadly when I had my accident we lost everything-shop,house,cars,etc.pretty much. Not once did I ever have anyone that was unhappy while there...they were not just a number.

Carl... If the chassis sits fine and looks square on a flat surface try the body on the same surface to see if its warped any....if not and both look to be square and flat on the surface look for anything that might be interfering with the body-chassis(holding things up from sitting properly when together)...hope this helps some.

Nice work on the Cutlass....The Torino is nice too.! Johan had quite a few snap or promo like kits...nice enough for me to not care if they were curbsides or not....I do miss the good old MPC white wall tires though...they were nice.

I love it....I once seen locally here a Chevy SS Camaro done up like a nascar full tilt decals and all driving down the road...it sounded awesome too.

I dig it John!....way cool...Id drive it!

I have always loved Johans snap kits...while there is not much to them they make into a great model....I have the Cutlass too...wish I could find the... 72 Torino 74 AMX ones.