bobthehobbyguy

NEVER, NEVER use your debit card for online purchases. Use a credit card otherwise you run the risk of the thieves emptying your account and the banks sometimes are slow to replace the funds.

With the new update I still have the functionality that I had before with Chrome using http. I suspect the change in the post history is a settings change. One new feature I like is in the previews there are small thumbnails that show and they load quickly. Also noticed that when a scan is done there is a message saying it's processing.

Glad to see this back. Lots of nice work.

Thanks for doing the update Dave. Was hoping it would resolve the issues.

The thing is reissuringi the kits won't impact the price of the original sealed kits. Original kits still are the primary interest of the collectors.The prices may drop on the rebuilders or incomplete kits. If you believe so strongly there is a market then show us. What will the cost to do the kit? Cloned may be cheaper but it's still a significant investment. How much for licensing from the manufacturer who owns the rights to the full size vehicle? What is your projected sales of the kits based on the kits subject matter? How many do you have to sell to make a ROI? These need to be real numbers and not what you think they might be.

I believe that car kulture deluxe and ol skool have gone to subscription only. The old paradigm for magazines just does not work anymore. Magazines survive on advertising dollars and the internet has eroded that severely. In addition printing up thousands of copies and sending them to stores has become too expensive and the unsold copies are destroyed as it's not cost effective to return them. Besides the space in stores for m magazines can be used for higher profit items. All of this has made it difficult for print magazines to survive

I haven't purchased HOT Rod magazine in years. When I go to the store I look at it but never see anything worth buying it for.

I agree. I think they just had a bad run of events. I think magazines were hit the hardest. Several issues with little or no newsstand revenue. In addition if they were shipped they weren't returned they were destroyed. In addition I believe there was one shipment of magazines for overseas that was lost. Doubt there was insurance to cover those loses. I seriously doubt that their intent was to cheat anybody as the magazine had been doing really well. Hopefully there is an issue in the works. They produced a great magazine.

https://www.newsweek.com/customer-gives-massive-tip-mistake-subway-sandwich-1845603 First off people are distracted these days. Second the article above explains the issue a little better. I always pay cash for purchases. The fees can cost a business a good chunk in the long run.

I agree wholeheartedly. It makes a lot more sense and definitely more feasible than pestering Round2 or another manufacturer to spend bucket loads of money to recreate tooling for archaic kits.

"Similar but different" was for all to read on the sign about some new cars.

Just wait till they start putting AI in the code for the coffee makers and your coffee maker starts having an identity crisis.

Anymore news on the Powell pickup?

Hopefully these guys will make something happen with Johan. And for those that want the old kits cloned they need to direct those requests to them.

Thanks Dave.

Ah but in the never ending quest to streamline cost the customer is now doing the quality assurance. They just need to train the customers better.

If you worked at a pork sausage factory you could say every workday was groundhog day.

Dave Thanks for the update. I've got my fingers crossed that the update will fix this. Thanks for Your time working on this problem and keeping the board running smoothly.

True. And it does create confusion in this case however it would have to be legally challenged and that means money for lawyers.

Nicely done. Great photo backround.

Another great project.

Although it would be nice to fix the issues it has to make financial sense. Photoetch sidetrim would fix the side chrome issue if there was enough interest. I'm not familiar with the other kit flaws. It would be interesting to know if the Fury would be feasible. I agree that would be great.

Interesting information. So the only real information you can get from spoons is testing colors. Paint compatibility and plastic compatibility have to be determined on the actual kit plastic itself. This has been a very informative thread and I've learned a lot from it.

Yup even when you stay within one brand and type, things can go haywire. However that is often the exception to the rule. When you start mixing types and brands the oppornities for disaster goes up significantly.

Nice work on the chassis. How did you overcome the layers showing when you laminated then together?