MrObsessive

This is going to be a neat project! I've always loved these cars as well, and wanted one badly back in '86 when there was a '66 for sale locally. It was black with a red interior with the 289, and the fellow wanted $6000 at the time. I thought the price was a bit steep for what was then a 20 year old car--------I can kick my self now as that car is going for many times that now! I ended up buying a '69 AMX 390 instead of the Tiger and had just as much speedy fun, although I'd LOVE to have a Tiger today!

Looks like the Monogram 1/8 Big T.............just reissued recently.

That is one of the nicest '60 Fords I've seen on this board! Great color, and one not too often seen even in the 1:1 world.

Excellent wood work! That's something I could never get the hang of! Keep it going!!

Tamiya acrylic clear will do the same thing (cracking) if the color coat is not cured thoroughly. I've used Tamiya acrylic clear in the past for clearcoats with no cracking issues, but I do make sure the paint is completely dry. As far as using Future for a clear topcoat, I'm not that impressed by it either. Seems a bit too thin for that use----however it makes a great barrier coat for sealing that nasty red or yellow plastic.

Wow, I'm so sorry for your loss! I had to put my KitKat down the day after Thanksgiving in '09. Still hurts to this day as he was also a rescue from a lady I worked with who could no longer keep him. He was only 8 years old, but he was suffering from liver failure among other troubles........I at least had him for a happy seven years. I've since gotten another cat, but while she's no replacement for him------at least it does ease the pain as she was also a rescue. It also gives my other cat a playmate, even though he's getting on in years now, and I don't look forward to the day I'll have to let him go. Now I'm as tough as the next guy, but when I had to put my Kitkat down.....I sobbed like a baby in the Vet's exam room and pretty much all the way home. Folks who don't own pets don't quite understand.........it's unconditional love a pet gives you unlike what you receive (or not) from another human being. The fact that cats and dogs are so innocent and depend on us totally, makes it tough for me to understand why anyone would want to hurt them. Hang in there my friend..........take the time to grieve. Later on, you'll find yourself attached to another pet that would be happy to have you as their owner.

Very Nice! One of my favorite cars of the '80s! GM's Bill Mitchell was chided for dreaming up such a design just before he retired.......but it certainly was distinctive, and there was no mistaking what it was coming down the road.

Ha! Here in Central PA, we're not going to get out of the 20's today if we're lucky! I still have no furnace in my place due to the bank draggin' their feet so the contractor can start the work. Thank goodness for space heaters-------I'm gonna hate to see the electric bill later though!

Wow! My first build was nowhere near what you turned out! That's nearly 35 years ago, and I didn't start to get reasonably good at it till years later. Congratulations! Very, very clean build!

I believe that to be the case, and I can recall a few auctions where that very thing has happened. Admitted after the fact though.

I've learned over the years that eBay is a lot like catchin' the bus.........you miss the first one, and another one will be by shortly. In any event----------"Patience is a virtue".

Well you know what they say............................ I V V V V V V V V

I dunno...........something about that body thickness around the wheelwells screams model to me. It could be the way the body work was on the 1:1 though. Nice racer real or model!

:D Now if I can get the hood situation straightened out on the 442, I'll be all set! I do have another model in the pipeline that I haven't posted yet. I may tease it down the road as I do have the engine done on it.

I don't mean to sound contrary..............but since when are initials a full name?? Kinda hard to hide who I am...........I've been all over the model mags in years past, and I'm hard to miss if you see me at a show!

You got it!

John, are you using Fotki's "copied" URL in the image field when you click the image icon? Fotki has it now that when you hit the "share" button------there is a drop down menu of different URL's for different web formats. You want to use the first one for posting here. I copied and pasted your original URL's into the image icon fields, and they showed up right away in the text box as I was typing.

John, I'm not sure what's happening, but here's your post again with the pics. Looking great!!

Sure did! It's old now as I built it back during 1998-99. Mine had been "tweaked" a bit as I didn't use all the parts from Italeri. It has a mix of stuff from Replica's and MIniatures, Detail Master, and some of my own doing. Forget the ESCI one! It has more problems than a preacher! The body isn't quite right and the detail is dubious at best. Good to see ROG intro some other more modern Ferraris as well! That 599 looks to be the one to get. Now if they can just see fit to reissue that BMW 850i...................

Rob, the 250 SWB looks to be the Italeri reissue according to ROG. That's a MUCH nicer kit than the hoary Esci one. A bit simplified, but builds up very nice when some time and research are done to it.

That would be great if there was a kit of that! That was my Driver's Ed car when I was a junior in high school minus the T-Tops of course. I always liked those better than the woefully shrunken '78's.

Yeah, the hardtop's roof is shorter (longer tulip panel) than the sedan. I've seen guys try to add a B pillar to the hardtop to make a sedan before the AMT kit came out, and it just didn't look right. Chevy no doubt made the hardtop's roof shorter to enable the rear quarter windows to roll all the way down. In the sedan, the windows stick up slightly when rolled down, due to the wheel wells intruding on the space needed to clear the window mechanism due to the longer quarter windows and thus longer roofline.

Thanks for the replies folks! In the next couple days I'll give them a call to see what's up. This is the first I've had an issue on this order and as Mike said, it could be just human error. We'll see..........

Michelle that may explain it. I've not been selling all that long comsidering, and that may be the case here. I don't know of an action against me.........the last item I sold (it was a major purchase for the buyer) was back in September, and the buyer was from Europe. He left positive feeback for me, so it was all good.

Casey, I've never had a problem buying or selling on eBay, nor have I ever had any problems with a seller having to collect. My feedback is 100% and has been so since I started with eBay in 2002. BTW, my handle is Obssesivebldr if anyone is interested. I can see PayPal's case in trying to hold funds, but to arbitrarily single out my account is puzzling to me. I may give them a call to see what exact instance led them to decide this................but I'm not sure I'll get far.