oldcarfan

I love it! I'm going to be getting back on mine soon. It's been one thing after another lately.

I can't imagine that we will see any new boats anytime soon, but I would love to have a few. I built model boats for a few years for a display company, so I can still build any boat I need if I could ever get the attention span to do it.

Does he do direct sales on eBay? Anyone know what his seller name is?

I like it! I remember a lot of my friends and I had these as our beater high school cars. I wonder how one of these would look as a pro touring/NASCAR for the street type of thing?

It looks good in grey. I've always wanted a real one, but not in red. Maybe in Fly Yellow, or something like B5 Blue.

I would use a really thin decal for the separations or a fine tip marker if you have a steady hand! As far as the tail lights, you could try some Tamiya smoke in the bottle. Maybe using a fine paint brush, dipping it in and letting it flow over the them.

If you're careful, you might not have to lose the emblems. Also do you have sanding sticks to take down the mold seams? They are widely available and come in everything from coarse to super fine polishing ones. I always use Dupli Color sandable primers straight out of the can for my cars as it seems to work under even the hottest paints. It does go on pretty thick though. You might consider taking some of your better original builds and just cleaning them up. Sometimes it's fun to look back and compare old builds with new ones.

Looks pretty nice to me. Those are sweet engines. It looks like it would be fun on a road course as well. No matter what, it beats some dude putting a small block Chevy in it!

Ken Block's 65 Mustang drift car might be a good inspiration. There are lots of detail pictures on the net. http://www.hotrod.com/articles/ken-blocks-gymkhana-seven-mustang/

I've recently been collecting Monogram's curbside 911s. Also I just bought Revells old 3.0 RS kit at the LHS.

You're doing good work! I love it.

I generally prefer 1/25th to 1/24th, but if it's a kit I really want, I won't let the difference stop me. I think it has more to do with the fact that I preferred MPC kits to Monogram kits when I was young rather than the actual scale. However if it's 1/32nd or 1/20th, no. As for Mustangs, I would think a notchback would be a pretty easy add for them. It would take a new body and interior tub, but it would give them a new kit to release for less than a completely new tool. I really would love to see a notchback '68, '69 and '70.

Remember a few months ago how the lost and crushed Bullitt Mustang was found in Mexico? I keep hoping that someday all those lost and crushed model car molds will be found and brought back. A guys gotta dream, right?

I love this stuff, but be careful using it. My dad used it to clean the bottom of his car after an oil leak. He sprayed it on and scrubbed it off without gloves or mask for an hour or so till everything was clean. He didn't think about the mist getting on him. For about 3 days he was so swollen, it looked like he had been stung by bees on his hands and face.

I can vouch for this. My uncle was a small town race car builder in the 60s and 70s. He would build by eye from pictures and by laying down chalk lines on the concrete carport floor. He used materials he could find at the scrap yard or laying around, so tubing and flat stock tended to be larger than used by the professionals.

This is the type of model I hated as a kid, because it was too silly, but would love to have now as a nostalgic old 'kid'!

That looks so nice. I've been checking my LHS and both Hobby's Town and Lobby. They don't have them yet.

I have the Cobra and several of the 53 Fords already, but I'll buy if it encourages them to dig out other old molds and rehab them. The box art looks like a 2 axle trailer. I can use that for something for sure!

I'd like some info on this if you have any to share!

I loved that red Torino! I had one of those and played with it so much I wore paint off and the wheels almost through. Since you've reminded me, now I'm going to have to haunt eBay and try to find one.

My Cannonball entry is sitting there on the bench. Close by are my Lindberg Trans Am and Camaro, waiting their turns for a Cannonball style build and four Monogram curbside Porsche 911s.

Well there goes my allowance for August. I'll have to get two of these.

I've got the AMT Snap Kit first-gen RX-7. I need to get it out and try it.

I'm hoping it hits Hobby Lobby shelves as well. I haven't seen the Datsun Pickup, Opel GT or the RX7 there. Are they out yet and is HL carrying them? Here's hoping Monogram will reissue their Datsun 260Z also.

I really like this. What sort of chassis is this? I'm not up on R/C, but this looks like it's the type of thing I'd like to try. Is it like a department store style slow chassis or is it more like a Tamiya type?