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On 3rd Decembre 2012 , the constellation is due to align with the Giza Pyramids . This is alleged to happen only every 2,500 years (rounded up) . "Space is the Place" , Sun Ra

That is one super nice Motion Phase III Chevelle you have built there , Marcus !! Marty Schorr and Joel Rosen would be proud ! That red-on-red colour scheme is perfect !

I am not certain , Hector . I would imagine that the Chrome Spray that you have found is the very same that I am referring to in this thread : CS-101 . I have not seen the other colour you are referring to --the Stainless Steel --but it seems like it is worth looking in to !

I can't remember where I got my first kit , but I *can* tell you that it was a snap-together : the Monogram 1970-1972 Duster Funny Car . Probably around '74 , when I was 4 years old . I most-likely got it at the supermarket (either Market Basket or Alpha Beta) on a Saturday . First glue-together was a hand-me-down from someone . Pretty certain it was called "Dapper Dan" , and I seem to recall it being a 20's or 30's Ford custom , 24th scale . This was around '75 or '76 . Most of the kits I got were from Alpha Beta ( @ $3.25 ... expensive for the time ) , Sears , Hinshaw's (local high-end department store) , Market Basket , or WoolCo ( west coast Woolworth's) . I never even knew about hobby-specific stores until the 80's !! I almost fell-over when I learned of Hobby City in Anaheim ( Beach Blvd @ Ball Rd ) in 1985 , and was in heaven when I went there in late '85 . I can't believe how much these kits are going for now , the new releases : almost $30 out the door !! I remember when $30 would've bought two kits and a buttload of supplies !!! I almost dies when I saw my first $9.00 kit , and had to be revived when I saw them going for $12.00 !! " I was so much older then , I'm younger than that now ... "

Finest example I've ever seen of that kit !! I'd built a load of those back in the 80's ; none of 'em looked nearly as nice as yours . I recently saw one of these kits pass-through the Barren-Jackas auction block , where its reserve was met at $15,507 .

I'm going out on a limb here ; I believe that this kit does have the Pony Interior ... Last time I saw the innerds of this kit was its 80's issue (circa 1985 for me) .

Thanks for the video review , Doc ! Revell's really turned-up their think tank and have been producing some top shelf kits ! Kudos ! The most impressive thing I've seen aboutt his kit thusfar is the metal exhaust tips !!!! *That* is a nice touch ! Kudos again !! I'm on board with the guys who'd like to see subsequent years of this gem issued . To me , Ford had the nicest looking cars from '55-'60 ; nicer than the coveted GM offerings , and nicer than Chrysler's offerings (and I'm a life-long MoPar guy ! But , I do like all makes ). '59 Ranchero , anyone ?

Lest we forget MB5 (1976) ...

This may or may not be news , but it's worth at least a bump ... Let me preface my post by stating that I have no unbridge with Alclad . It's a fine product , and many have successfully utilised it on their builds . However , for someone like myself ( lazy , minimalist , "frugal" ) , the cost of and the time-consuming processes necessary for employing Alclad is too much to endure . Now , here's the meat : Dupli-Color p.n. CS 101 !! I've used in on a few builds already ( 1970 Challenger T/A's valve covers and air cleaner lid ; and side pipes and other pieces on the 80's A-TEAM van's 70's parts ) and am duly impressed ! While I've painted it over various base colours , I have found that gloss black works best ( more-reflective ) versus the Testors Flat Steel and Tamiya's Flat Aluminum ; Tamiya's Gloss Black (X-1) works best . Unfortunately , I don't have any way of posting pics ( if I did , I'd have inundated this forum with pics of my builds already !) , so I can't present the concrete evidence of the beauty of this chrome paint ; it's *that* impressive !! And , unlike Alclad , you don't have to handle the part(s) like a Fabreget Egg afterward !! It's durable !! So , next time you head to the local auto parts store , grab a spray can of CS-101 , and never look back !

So many absolutely awesome '57s here !! I'm especially in love with the builds from Steve L , Daddy Fink , Darbo and John Goschke ! A friend of mine gifted me with the Revell Black Widow - 210 Business Coupe kit a few years ago , and I've been thinking of building a 50s / 60s Kustom or Lowrider out of it ...

Okay ... I'm a pretty dense person in general , but am even more-so @ 0440 HRS , so please have some patience with me when I ask , Where is the Dual Gate shifter ????

I can honestly state , without hesitation , that I'm very excited about what Round2 , Revell , and Mobius are releasing for 2013 (and even late 2012 ) !! I haven't a negative thing to say about any of these releases , as there are many that I've been wanting for decades (but am not Swiss Bank Account wealthy enough to buy them from eBay ) .

Thanks , Casey . Not sure how I missed that the first time around .

Don't concern yourself with "highjacking" this thread , as it's truly an all-inclusive thread pertaining to Round2's pending releases ; the topic line even hints at that , even though I qualified it when I mentioned that Rescue Van . So , go ahead and talk about which ever kit(s) you desire .

NICE !!! No more $10,000 eBay auctions !!! It certainly looks like Round2 has pulled out all the stops for '13 ! Just look at those beauties ; I'm really digging the Tri-Five Fords !

I received an E-newsletter from Round2 today , and when I perused its contents , I saw the (attached) image . And in that image , I noticed a "new" ( reissue ) Chevy van that's *not* the Daffy Duck (or whatever it's called) issue of recent ; it's the Emergency Van !! Anyone know whether or not it's atually slated for release ??? EDIT : It's actually called "Rescue Van" , and is on the left side , 3rd row from the top .

Amen , brother !! This society keeps rewarding stupidity and accepting criminal behaviour ; and , no , I'm *not* talking about petty ###### like smoking a "left-handed cigarette" or whatever . A wise man with $100 will be more successful than an idiot with $10,000 (i.e. , the Duck Call programme you're referring to ; the former applies to them ).

NICE !!! That Hugger Orange really pops ! Those Redline tyres are righteous ; and those Pontiac Ralley II wheels are perfectly painted !!

Where-ever did you get those wheels ?!?!? I need a set of those !!

Yuppie Thugs got cancelled ??? Too bad ... I was trying to find the Family Guy clip wherein they goof on Orange County Cob-Jobbers : "And now back to 'Middle Aged Guys Yelling For No Apparent Reason' ..." , or something like that. I almost urinated my Levi's when I saw that clip !

I've seen that wild looking '100 around the area at a few shows for the last ~6 years ; its owner / builder lives around here somewhere . If not for the "951" area code , it'd look like it's straight out of the early 60's ! Wish that I could convince him to change it to "714" and add a *ficticious* number (e.g. , OLeander-23593 [Hemet-area prefix] , or something similar ) , simply to complete the period-correct look , then put the *real* contact info on a business card . Looking forward to watching your progress !

Either number 5 ( Cragar S/S ) -or- Number 11 ( Ansen Sprint )

Gorgeous Gremlin , Erik ! I've wanted to try Tamiya TS-60 Pearl Green , but I didn't have any idea how it'd look . Now that I know , I'll have to go grab a can of it ! ( I have used the Green Metallic . Matter of fact , that was the very first Tamiya spray I'd ever tried ! Which kit supplied its tyres for this ?

My grandfather (1897-1989 ) built his own motorcycle in the late 'teens (e.g. , 1916 or so) out of parts from various crashed Harley Davidsons . I've seen photos of it ; it was belt-driven (early H.D.'s were belt-driven and had pedals ; truly a Motorised-Bicycle !). In addition , he had one of the very first H.D.'s (1906 ?) wheich he bought upon his return from his service during WW1 . His mother "made" him dump all of his "dangerous toys" ! Ha ha ha ! Imagine him being a veteran , and being told by his mother that his motorcycles were dangerous ! Subsequently , he owned an EMF (Everet-Moure-Flanders , if I remember correctly) which he called an Every-Morning-Fix-it , as its tyres would constantly roll-off their rims . I can't remember what he'd owned from the late 20's until ... ... circa 1934 , he bought a then-new Ford . The V8 was new in Fords that year . In 1948 , he had a Buick Roadmaster . My dad said that it had the "hang-on (to the door frame around the rear door's window)" air conditioning . He and my grandmother took a trip around the world in the late 50's / early 60's . In Germany he bought a Mercedes to drive around Europe in . When they returned to the states , he had the Mercedes shipped over to San Pedro (Los Angeles' "South Bay" shipping port). I still have its German license plates in storage ! His 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood was getting too big , so it was traded for a '67 Buick Skylark . In late '68 , he bought a new '69 Dart Custom (the trim level between the 270 model and the GT) two door . It was for my grandmother to drive around town in . It had a 273 , auto ; a/c , AM radio and power steering (and junk manual drums brakes) . White with green interior . When my grandmother got pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one way street (she was in her early 70's at the time) in 1971 , she gave up driving ("If I can't remember which direction the streets run in the city I've lived in since the late 20's , then I shouln't be driving any more. "). They gave the Dart to my parents in '71 or '72 . That's the car that I grew up around ! After my grandmother passed away , my grandfather remarried . My step granny brought a '68 Mustang coupe to the party . She bought it new at ___________ Ford in Pasadena . It had the 289 / C4 . It was painted a special order colour , a pastel green . She sold that car in '78 and bought a '79 Honda Civic . Aside from the various trucks and tractors and various construction equipment (he and his brother owned and operated a construction business) , he'd owned a variety of other cars which I cannot recall right now.

Nice work , Jacen ! These wheels , in their original-to-the-kit version , remind me of the 1978 Super Coupe wheels .