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Sounds like it could be a great deal. 60s to early 70s-Pontiacs,Cadillacs,Chryslers,Plymouths,Buicks,Oldsmobiles,AMCs,Dodges,DeSotos,Ramblers ect. are usually always a good choice and at 5.oo a kit sounds pretty good to me.

Hi everyone.... I have been given parts to help me out and have given parts to others to help out too. I always send them a Thank you...its the least I could do for the help. I save everything I dont use on a build...someone may need it for theirs.

I am in west central Illinois here there saying Blizzard warning,sleet,ice,snow up to 18 inches,high winds and dangerous wind chills of -10 to -20 or so.

Nice weathering,great job on it.

Very cool build .

Hi Mike... You bet. We will have you all in our thoughts and prayers.

Best thing to do when this happens is to step back and take a little break, I have been building for many years and still experience this and learn something new about everyday.

Hey Robert thats great! Tell him I think he did a great job on the build ...its nice to see some of the younger ones interested and enjoying the hobby not to mention the quiet time you two get to spend together.

Sorry to hear about that Donald, Jim's right...change the locks and check all other point of possible entry make sure there secure. I would take the chance. Crooks like to get in when they expect your not home, they dont want to get caught specially by the owner. Ive had a break-in at my old repair shop once it was horrible to have to go through...I made sure it wouldn't happen again. Yours does sound like kids or young adults did it to me. also keep an eye out for strangers or someone hanging around acting like they dont want anyone to see their face, someone else could be next? Unusual activity is a good tip off.

We have cats too and a water squirt gun works really well with most of them. One of ours is 16 now and when she was about 1 she packed off a engine from the 77 Ford pickup kit I was building....never did find it .My build area has a door on it and they usually remember its off limits to them so they just wait for me to come out. Sorry to hear about the builds but at least it looks like there restore-able and you found all the parts for them but its still a bummer looks like some nice work.

I had the same problem as you guys did????

She looks nice Lee .

Hi Ralph...First I am sorry you all have to go through this,Our prayers will be with you all.

Those are some nice scores there Greg, those old Johan's are always nice to see.

Hi John... I usually will soak a plastic model in brake fluid and dont see why you couldn't do the same with die-cast. Let it soak in brake fluid and us an old/new tooth brush to clean the old paint off,it may take a few times but it will work just take it apart and put the painted part in the fluid. Once clean wash it with warm to hot water and soap that doesn't have any hand lotion in it. Once dry should be ready to repaint.

My first model was (Johan's Haulin Hearse)in the flat box, I didn't do too good on it but plan to rebuild it someday when I find usable decals and a few minor parts...I still have it today .

SWEET station there ED!

I'm hoping to get deeply involved in the dioramas I have planed and to restore some more of my dads old models

Very nice job on it!

Another nice thing about snap kits is theres kits of cars that were not produced as regular glue kits and some of them are quite nice for what there are. A person can always cut the hood and chassis plate out and go full tilt with them too.

Hi Junior....Same to you,nice Merc.

I dont really know? If I had my choice I built 1/25th but do build some 1/24th scale kits too. There are some that show a great difference in scale between the two if side by side to me...1/24th Small car next to a 1/25th mid or full sized car and it can really show up. In the end theres some 1/24th scale kits that are just too tempting not to build.

Thanks for the tips guys!

Hi... I need information or tips on removing old decals from an old promo with factory two tone paint and dont want to harm it? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! Mark

There are many rare kits that bring way too much for me, it would be nice to see many of them come back and since there bringing so much dont the model companies realize they would sell? Id like to see other mid to late 60s cars and trucks myself and give us the choice of building versions put the goodies back in them. Give us something for the money. My top choices would be... 67to70 Pontiac-Bonneville,Grand Prix. 66to70 Cadillac De Ville. 64to70 Chrysler-300,Fury,Cornet,Monaco. 66 Buick Skylark,GS. 61to63 Ford pickup. 64to69 Falcon. It would be nice to build something other than a muscle car from time to time but thats just me?