Jonathan

"Now looka, I say, looka here."

I'd love to have these, too! Seems like a great seller if someone could (again) work up parts for the Scout kits.

I'm looking to build the prototype A-10 Warthog, and apparently the old Matchbox 1/72 A-10A kit is actually pretty close. Would be willing to trade from various car kits. USA preferred just because of shipping costs.

Seems like it's usually later in Autumn when we see kits at the Ollie's around here

Looking great so far! Really like the blue.

Wild!

Green is an excellent choice, and I'll be watching this for sure! You probably know that this kit is ancient. But, I think it's a great addition to any collection. It's sort of a blank slate to do whatever you wish. My as-yet-unfinished Scout II, in Testor's Sublime Green:

Wow, this is awesome

Sure wish this had been available in 1/24. Very cool...

Very nice

I'll start a separate WIP for this one, eventually. I had started a thread on the Ayer's board, but it had been a long time since I updated that. I really need to get back to this build - we've been working on the house lately and just life stuff, but maybe this will motivate me since we're talking vintage racers. I'm a slow builder sometimes. I'm hoping to replicate Fireball Roberts' 1957 Chevy that won the 1958 Darlington race. My dad was there as a boy and he talks about what it was like back then. AMT "Proshop" kit, Tamiya paints.

I always liked the Hardee's schemes I appreciate the compliment - I can't take credit for making it a great website at all, it is very basic Didn't know about the history with Ayer's - I tended to visit in spurts. Hate to see any website of valuable historical "how to's" and such go away

A little back to the discussion about the Ayer's site, and it applies to all of the sites that we frequent, it costs money and time to run and manage a site. Domain name registration, hosting, storage, maintenance, etc. all requires some time and money. And it's not once-and-done, really. I've managed a site for a local church for years as a volunteer. It takes a little time each week to do the routine stuff - calendar updates, links for the upcoming services, etc. But, there is also the constant upgrade and maintenance cycle, and the continual need to make sure the site is secure. And, oh if you make a change to the appearance of the site; then you have to educate the (few) users who my complain that "it's not like it was!". It's kind of a hassle, really; but I do it because it helps the church and I find some satisfaction in knowing that I've contributed. Plus, I do like most of the people there. That said, it does take time that I could be using to do something else. I can only imagine the headache of running a site where people are allowed to interact with each other - that requires constant monitoring, and there is a lot of helping people actually use the site ("Why won't my image post?", "I don't like the multifactor authentication", etc. sort of things). So yeah, I hate it, but I can see where a small site dedicated to a portion of a hobby might just throw in the towel and hand it off to facebook.

I'll certainly miss the Nascar forum. I'm not a prolific builder by any means, but I appreciate the assistance I've gotten there, and I really love seeing the builds there. That reminds me, I have a Fireball Roberts '57 Chevy to finish ...

Seems to be a missed opportunity

Hello all, Was there ever a kit of the Ford Bronco II (the "baby" Bronco of the 80's) in kit form? Just wondering; would like to possibly build my brother-in-law's first car. Thanks in advance.

Beautiful build

Beautiful build!

Thanks for the tip about the glass. Hopefully the next paint job is better. If I don't have to do some paint correction, or even a complete repaint, I don't always feel like I've accomplished anything

So very cool! Especially like the rotting wooden bed floor. Still looks like a restorable candidate

So I didn't want to get bogged down .... ? I actually have a couple of these '57 Cameos in my stash. Being pretty unhappy with the overly thick paint, I decided to start over. I pulled a body out of another box, cleaned it up, and have primed it and am ready to go. In the meantime, I'm trying to strip the paint from the original body and will probably finish it in some color other than white. So, here's body #2, which will be dropped onto frame #1. Hopefully.

Thanks for sharing the trick about preventing ghosting. Looks like you're off to a good start.

OH wow, that is the coolest thing I have seen today. Beautiful work.

Haha, I just went back and saw your reply to my earlier thread about Bombay Ivory. You really did a great job with what I think is a somewhat finicky kit.

Wow! That looks really good! I'm impressed for sure. What did you use for the paint?