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Has anyone in Ontario, Canada received their copy of issue 225 yet?

Volvo P1800 both coupe and wagon, any Aston Martin.

Wow! That’s in really nice shape for an Ontario car. Maybe came from down south.

I'm not much of a Porsche guy but that is pretty cool! May be on my to buy list.

Anthony has responded on Spotlight Hobbies board. He has had health issues but is now doing better and slowly getting back to model building.

I’m not sure if they use the vast quantities of salt/chemicals on the roads in Finland as they do here in Ontario, Canada. An unprotected older vehicle here will rust out in a few short years of winters.

If you intend to winter drive it I would go with the Lincoln because who cares if it rusts away. My choice would be the Nova because I like 6 cylinder four door cars but only if it is a summer only car.

I believe Elwood Engel was involved in the design of the Thunderbird as well as the Chrysler Turbine Car when he moved from Ford to Chrysler.

Yes, he built some great teens, 20's and 30's vehicles. I always loved seeing his posts here and elsewhere. No idea what happened to him though..

Well as a Model A owner, I have to say any Model A, any year, any body style. If I were to go further afield, I would say 1940 Ford Coupe, 1937 Cord or a 1941 Lincoln Continental

It may have started as a Canadian thing because our Mercury dealers wanted cars that could go head to head with Ford products to get more people through the doors.

My first reaction was that it was a Kellison Kit car but any googling that I've done, this does not match any of their product. It does look kit car-ish but who knows.

Of course any adults in my family didn't want us to have anything to do with them and with my crappy sense of balance I was lucky to survive the bicycle phase so I was more than happy to move onto the 4 wheel phase. I just didn't think it would be wise for me to get on any 2 wheeled conveyance with a motor on it. If I want bugs in my teeth I'll get a Model A speedster or something. Never been on a motorcycle and never intend to get on one at this age. I know millions of people enjoy them and more power to y'all but just not for me.

I'm really surprised that Armour and Airplanes are less in sales than automotive. In many hobby shops Automotive is the poor third cousin where planes and armour reign supreme (at least until Gundam took over).

Yes, the Durham Area Automotive Modelers still meet at Dailey Hobbies on, I believe, the third Wednesday of the month. If you’re on Facebook you can follow them there so you can see when the next meeting is scheduled.

Thanks for the heads up Rob & Luke.

Luke, I'm curious for a non Aussie, what's the difference between the LC & the LJ? At first I was thinking one was a V8 model and the other a 6 but that appears not to be the case.

Yes, it does look like a nice build. Interesting that part 23 contains the front axle but only part of the front springs.

George, NNL East is a one day show. Whatever information here is all we get for now until either company decides to share more with us.

Interesting. The illustration gives 3 cars from 3 states, New York, Ohio and Michigan and yet if the running boards are GAZ specific then the car will be incorrect for any American version. Bit of an oops on their part for Lord knows there is plenty of reference material on the web to be able to create North American version of the Model A. On the other hand I still look forward to this kit and any others they decide to do.

What a beautiful Model A. Get her out, cleaned up, get the old flat head fired up, adjust the brakes and head on down the road.

It’s interesting that the illustration shows North American rubber running boards but the prototype pictures show the GAZ style metal running boards as has been discussed here previously. Hoping that the actual model has the rubber style board.

If you check out Gaahleri.com you can find out about their line of airbrushes. They now have a distributor for Europe, I believe. Chinese made. New company that introduced itself last year. I've only used their base model trigger brush so far but I quite like it and the Swallowtail is supposed to be a better brush.

Welcome Michael!

Well, like most of my fellow Canadian model car builders, I'm in!