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I'll be sending an e-mail soon, and I'll check out the Facebook info. Thanks for the reply. In fact, thanks for all the replies from the rest of y'all- it's good to hear positive things about a vendor.

Has anybody ordered anything from Clearly Scale? They offer a supercharged 6.4L Hemi that I would like to get for just $15.50, but I figure a little research before buying is always good. Thanks in advance.

Maybe not a particular network's beliefs and policies, but having NASCAR yellow-flag laps count as competition laps due to network priorities fits in that category. Can't cut into the sponsor's time. Kinda like the "Heidi"/NFL situation many moons ago. Remember when "Wide World of Sports" presented ALL sorts of auto racing? Granted, it wasn't live, but it sure was neat to watch. Then again, I was just a kid... One more thing: Bring back the quarter-mile !!! Enough of this "Oooooh, it's too fast!!!" crybaby stuff. There's always the chance to get hit by that bus, but buses still run every day, all over the world. How many people actually DO get hit by a bus when crossing the street?

Revell also had the old, fiddly '55BelAir, but they brought out an all-new tool not too long ago. "...mysterious ways...", indeed

'67 Fury. '71 Satellite. '70 Town and Country. '48 Town and Country. ANY Olds Vista Cruiser. And, bring back the old AMT Nova "Crew Wagon" kit, with all of the original goodies.

Looks good, so far. I'll be following this one.

Be careful when using Dawn on a painted model. I had a Krylon-painted body soaking overnight in water with some Dawn to get rid of polishing residue, etc. After rinsing and drying, I noticed tiny bubbles in the paint that were not there previously. Dawn cuts grease, but whatever cut the grease at that time (yes, this was many years ago) attacked the paint.

Maybe use flat black for the scallop?

To paraphrase Rosanne Rosanadanna: "Mr. Hemified71, you ask a lotta questions." One of the reasons for the Forum is entertainment- and there are a lot of us older guys who wax nostalgic, and we like to see these older examples of kits. We find them to be entertaining. Remember- you don't have to read ANY of the posts in the forums. So, move along if the topic doesn't suit your tastes.

90% isopropyl alcohol should work; you might have to scrub a little with an soft toothbrush. It's cheap, too, and a good drugstore or pharmacy should have it. Wear rubber gloves when scrubbing the body. Aerosol oven cleaner also works well; put the body in a zip-lock plastic bag, spray in the oven cleaner to cover the body, then seal the bag. Again, you might have to scrub a bit. Wear gloves and safety glasses when spraying and working with oven cleaner. The last step, before any more painting, is to wash the stripped parts with warm water and a liquid dish detergent- something that cuts grease.

That might be rectified via the gearbox or the prop blade orientation; and some engines can be made to run in reverse rotation. If I remember correctly, there was an article in one of the magazines in which the writer fabbed up a jet drive unit for one of these. I'm using a Lindberg wedge in my loooonnnng-term project, but sticking with the kit drive setup.

Revell Hemi Hydro.

Cupcakes? Where are the cupcakes?

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I do, too; but I hope that they are more true replicas than the past kits of Foose-built cars. I do wish that the wheels and tires could be available separately.

Nice bug. The background looks like a distant view of the ocean.

That's cool. I'll follow this one.

"Traditional". "Hot rod". "Custom car". Like porn, all difficult to describe, but easily identifiable when beheld.

A current ('15) Charger with the same amount of detail would be nice. Maybe a Tesla?

A. It looks like there was a plan to build a hot rod. The others look half-baked- either it's clean and shiny, or it's not. How much of that "patina" can one have, before the structural damage is too severe for actual use? And, all those "lightening holes"- really, for the street?

D. To me, it looks like a hot rod, as opposed to looking like something that someone planned to be a "'rat rod"- which goes against nature.

Maybe some old and contemporary magazine covers, CD and cassette covers to be applied to sheet styrene, too. And, some of those decals from the different states that could be found on cars of the '50s (such as those in the '48 Woodie), and various car clubs, organizations, associations. An assortment of tach faces would be nice, too- from the '60's and '70's, even the '80s- the small, column-mounted stuff as well as the monster size units. Maybe an assortment of alphabet characters in different fonts or scripts? Hubcap crests and lettering...

Doug, I share your opinion, but to me, that applies to contemporary cars, too. There are a couple of cars in the parking lot where I work- one is a 300, the other a big GM SUV. Both wear those really HUGE, cartoony-looking wheels, with just about no sidewall on those tires. Butt-ugly, in my opinion, and the ride and handling must suffer horribly. Big is one thing, but too much is too much. I did use the kit wheels on a Revell Uptown Charger, only because I didn't feel like sourcing anything else, and I would use those Foose wheels from the Revell '67 Charger on a contemporary Challenger because they resemble Mopar Rallye wheels. Otherwise, no way do I like oversized wheels. But, that's just my $.02.

That explains the Mini that's parked in my community. As much practical use (on a street car) as one of those big, handle-looking spoilers. Of course, that's just MY opinion...

Very cool, very imaginative and original.