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MrObsessive

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  1. That's the first I've ever of that one too as a plastic kit! I've seen resins, and now i have to wonder if this is where they were able to get the castings from. The year is correct as that would be the Firebird III(?) for '58. The original Firebird a couple years earlier was a bit different. EDIT: Correction.............this would be the Firebird III one-off for '58..... Not quite sure what the above is supposed to be..........
  2. Oh I knew about that when they were previewing the 300/Charger back in 2004. The main howls coming from the enthusiast crowd was that the car had NO STYLING connection to the original car whatsoever! Your renderings above reminds me a lot of what I was seeing on the Chrysler forums back then. Tons and tons of speculation of what that car was going to look like, and then when it debuted.........you could hear the screams halfway around the world. Car and Driver Magazine which was one of the first to show what the car would look like, had said at the time that in all of the years of publishing and writing about cars, they have NEVER received so much hate mail over one car EVER! Interesting that the current Charger which is still made on the old platform has those styling cues from the show car (actually starting with the 2011 model). Almost as if they made a mistake and that's what was intended originally, and now they're "fixing" their mistake.
  3. Wow! Here's something you don't see everyday! Nice work! Yes..........this was one of Bill Mitchell's last designs before he retired from GM in 1977. I was reading one of the Corvette magazines back in high school in '77 and they were interviewing him. As they questioned him about his designs, one of the things he said with what seemed like great enthusiasm.........."Wait till you see our next Seville!" This would also be the last generation of cars that used the North-South arrangement of the FWD platform (like the original '67 Eldorado), as the next gen intro'd for '86 was waaaaay watered down with their tranverse engines, and IMO marked a low point in Cadillac until they started to make inroads again in the '90's. Valuable collector car? Hmmm...........one never knows but I am starting to see these turn up at the car shows, and they do gather a bit of a crowd.
  4. Ugggh, the 'ole resin dust! If you have to do that MAKE SURE you have a good respirator on! That stuff in your lungs can be nasty!
  5. Not that familiar with NASCAR but which scale Monte are you trying to use? If it's the 1/24 Monogram Monte Carlo one you're going to have trouble as it is too big. The MPC ones may fit better as they're 1/25, but once again I'm just looking at the scales and not the actual model.
  6. Which is what I loved about my 1:1 AMX! I didn't see myself coming and going, and either you had one or you didn't. One can take a small block Corvette, and make it a big block and the same with Mustangs to Shelby's, Camaros, etc. Try taking a Javelin and turn it into an AMX............ain't happenin' without making your life VERY difficult!
  7. HA! Great minds think alike! I had thought that even before I bought mine............the dealer had mentioned that to me too when I was test driving it.
  8. Actually, the Challenger IS the two door Charger everyone screamed about. Sitting inside if you're not looking behind you, one would think they are the same car. Same dash, steering wheel, about the same windshield contours. Trouble is, like it or not two doors don't sell as well as four doors in today's market. Chrysler in that regard was smart in making the car a four door..........just lost it on the styling IMO when it was reintro'd for 2006. BTW, I believe Daimler was responsible for why we got what we got. Word was the car WAS to look like that '99 show car, but Daimler was taking over right at the time the design was in it's early stages.
  9. Revell '57 Broughams can be had on the cheap........just keep a lookout for them. Frankly, I just want one for parts mainly the interior to someday repair and finish up one I started loooong ago, trying to correct its flaws body shape wise. No way I'm gonna pay a crazy price as I've seen them in the past (complete kits) go for less than $40. Parts cars probably a lot cheaper than that.
  10. I thought most Revell '56-'57 model kits were still 1/32.........1/25 wouldn't be till a little later, but I'm not sure on that. The Cadillac Brougham for '57 was 1/25 (almost), but Revell may have had a mix and match during that time come to think of it.
  11. While I can agree they should have called it something else (ESPECIALLY the new for '06 model), I have to admit I do like the current Charger and was actually looking at a '13 model before I settled on my Challenger. At least the current car has some styling cues from the knockout show car from '99. What they gave us the first time around I'm not sure WHAT that was supposed to be!
  12. Ugggh!! Talk about the WORST of the '80's! I disliked those the moment I first saw 'em! The sad thing is, those cars and that architecture led GM (and others in the industry) to the blandest FWD cars that came down the pike for YEARS, and they wondered why they were losing market share, ultimately having to file for bankruptcy. But who knows.............10 years from now those cars may be highly collectible!
  13. A few years before that, I tried to get my first job at a gas station which was right around the corner from where I lived at the time (Ft. Washington, MD). It was in fact a Mom and Pop run Sinclair station and gas was 55¢ a gallon. This would have been in the 1976-'77 time frame so that 72¢ price was probably a real shocker to many. Of course, I would LOVE to see prices that cheap again!
  14. Indeed they did. That was another one of those items I forgot to ask about when I placed my last order with them. I don't think it was listed in their last catalog (might be wrong about that), but they've done "special requests" orders in the past when something was no longer available. AFAIK, the roof section wasn't available----perhaps a Carson top, but not the stock one. I'd love to do a Victoria hardtop someday using Lindberg's '53 Ford roof...........but the grille and taillights....I may have to heavily modify a '50 one if I can never find the conversion.
  15. I built this Mustang Shelby racer in 1995. With the little BMF I had to use on it-----it's still just as bright and shiny as it was the day I put it on pushing 25 years ago now. It's one of the oldest I have in my built-up collection, and I have to say it's held up pretty well. I bet I'd have the same issue with the Shelby if I ever had to do that! BMF can be tough as nails when it's on long enough!
  16. Beautiful models!! I got a laugh out of one of the first dioramas that was a little "R" rated as soon as I saw the caption-------"The War Can Wait". I betcha it could!
  17. I had to think for a minute about a post years ago in how this kit was engineered, and then your comment made me remember why I hadn't built mine. Yes, there's a BIG difference (to me) in how the body panels are fitted in the kit as opposed to the 1:1. If I ever get the nerve, I'd like to build mine with the opening gullwing doors and all, but that would mean COMPLETELY reengineering the entire kit--------something I'm going to take a break from for a bit after I finish the Shelby. Yes, I'm looking forward to the new mid engine 'Vette coming for '20. Word has it that it won't immediately replace the front engine 'Vette (purists will scream about that), but in a few model years hence, it indeed may be the only version sold.
  18. Aaaah OK! The last several days I've been so immersed into 1/8 scale talk here and on other boards that I thought this WAS the 1/8 kit! This model was originally the old Aurora tooling. Even the original ones of those can be rather pricey on the 'Bay, but there are some proportional troubles with it. Not egregious, but for the purists it can be. Nevertheless, still very nicely done!
  19. They're out there but can cost some major $$$ depending on who's selling it. Watch out for the ones with shattered body panels. For some reason I've seen these and other large scale Monogram kits have quite brittle plastic. Not sure if it was a different grade, or what. Yes, they can be a handful to build, but the extra effort makes for one very impressive model sitting on your shelf or cabinet!
  20. Ricky, to add to what you said, let's not forget all the safety regs imposed by the Safety Nazi's in the government. Airbags are just one facet. Throw in the entire architecture of any given vehicle and it's the reason many of them look the way they do. It took awhile to realize this, but I couldn't put my finger on why the newer cars feel so claustrophobic. Before I bought my Challenger, I had looked at the new Mustang (new in late '14 as a '15), and it occurred to me that the car just seemed "small" on the inside when in reality it probably wasn't. All the thick A and C pillars with their way too huge structures, thick headlining, thick doors, the car just felt to me mighty narrow. My Challenger while it suffers from the same maladies, is just a bigger car and not so heavy handed to me when it comes to those things. Don't get me started on the loss of pillarless hardtops.........the Safety Nazis regulated those out of existence years ago, yet they still make convertibles. It's one of the reasons I thoroughly dislike four door cars (most of them). That center pillar is waaaaay too thick for my peripheral vision, and as much difficulty I've had with eyesight over the last several years, that's one less hassle I can do without.
  21. OK.............now that my sides have stopped hurting from laughing at Túlio's comment..........very nice job you've did on this! Were the wide whites included in the 1989 reissue? I have this kit, had it for years but I've done nothing with it. Now I'm being tempted by DeAgostini's version of this kit in the same scale! I'm just not sure I want to deal with $60 a month payments for the next couple years like I did with their '67 Shelby.
  22. Well with that needing finishing touches "here and there" the asking price is a bit much. However, there are some very well heeled Ferrari folks that may just want that model IF they indeed own the actual thing. I don't think that's a misprint-----look at the shipping charges! I believe that seller has posted models here in fact.......very good builder he is! I'd not pay that much as that car is not my cup of tea (styling is too busy) but if it were a ¼ scale 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider..........that ran?? Hmmmm.......I think I'd break the bank for that one especially if the actual thing is sitting in my garage!
  23. Raymond, that looks EXCELLENT! Your idea is a good one except that if one wants to use the factory colors that you can't get in enamel, I'd still strongly suggest putting some kind of barrier coat on the plastic. I've simply become cynical of the kit/paint manufacturers of late because in order to keep costs as low as they can, they'll switch up on processes and materials to do what they can to save money. Meanwhile, those that aren't up to speed about what's happening with the business end of things, can't figure out what used to work without a hitch for years, is now all of a sudden giving them all kinds of grief. This has just been my experience and with kits costing upwards of $30 (or more) these days............I don't like surprises when it comes time to painting and such.
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