High octane

Try Jimmy Flintstone and also Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland for that B 400 body.

I was building Arnie "The Farmer's" '64 GTO a few years back and used the Monogram kit as I compared it with the Polar Lights kit also and I think that Monogram's was much better. As far as 1/24th & 1/25th, if you put them both side by side you'll see very little difference as far as scale goes.

There were a lot of vintage Jo-Han kits at the swap meet in Toledo this past weekend and Modelhaus has some really nice older Mopar kits for sale also.

Wow Bruno, you did an excellent job on that "road chicken" and I'm hopin' to start one soon myself.

It was good to get to the NNL & Swap Meet in Toledo this year as I haven't been there since '07. Lot's of gorgeous models on the tables although the numbers seemed to have been down as well as the number of vendors and aftermarket companies also. It just seems as though this event was much better ten years ago in my opinion.

I'm sure most of you already know that it's a "dog eat dog" world out there.

Hey Dave, that 'ol Mopar is lookin' real good so far.

You're right DoubleD, it really doesn't matter how much money one has spent on their accumulation of plastic, die-cast, tools, paints, parts, phot-etch, etc. as long as YOU enjoy your stuff, that's all that counts!

Thursday already! It's getting closer to Toledo and I'll be rolling at 5:30 a.m.(?) on Saturday and heading east for the NNL & swap meet. I'm hoping the show will be as good as I remember it from the past as I haven't been there for four years.

I'll have to get one of those Tall T's for my stash, maybe this weekend at Toledo.

That just goes to show you that one should drive a reliable vehicle to avoid most breakdowns.

While I've never used a Sky Crane before, I have worked with helicopters when I was doing construction work. We used them to place heating/AC units on rooftops and also to remove debris from roofs. They aren't cheap to rent, however they work much faster than a crane and can land a load anywhere therefore saving labor costs.

Nice job on that Mopar!

crazyjim how could you move to sunny Florida and do away with frigid cold and snowy winters in the Chicagoland area? I just know that you REALLY miss them!

Nice work on the Deuce so far, lookin' good!

??? They didn't have a computer or need to in the 60's.

While I'm not a big fan of the "as delivered" '68 Darts, you nailed it Walt and it looks "spot on." Great job!

Okey Spaulding may be at Toledo this weekend as I've seen him there before.

Chuck, I thought so when I checked out his site and didn't think that he had done any of the casting himself. Thanks.

The Toledo NNL & Swap Meet is THIS coming weekend. Is everybody ready for it? I'm getting geared up and can almost feel the electricity already.

I was sniffin' glue in the 50's building planes, rockets, armor, and a few multi-piece car kits. In Dec. of '59 I was given and AMT "59 Lincoln Continental Convertible kit and I was HOOKED! I've been building on and off ever since then. I got out of cars in the 90's and even sold all my kits and parts(big mistake) and got back into car modeling in about '98 and I'm in it for life.

I've seen many drop-dead gorgeous 1 : 1 cars at many car shows with those big wheels and rubber band tires and they sure know how to RUIN the looks of a car. The're WAY out of proportion and do nothing to compliment the cars they're on at all. If they looked good, the car manufacturers would be putting them on all their cars, but they don't and I know it's the "California look" but I don't live in Cali. This is just MY opinion.

I wash the entire kit before doing any work on it and I also agree with Art about not air-drying the body as you will get water spots. It works for me.

Don't be sorry to vent Terry as we're your friends ans I hope that things start to get better for your wife as my wife has Crohn's disease also.

I have and like the girlz from Motorhead Miniatures as they are already painted and look good with my die-cast collection of 50's cars.