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I have certainly considered that reality, but I'd neglected to mention it. For a comparison; I worked in auto parts for years, and every so often we'd end up with 'dead stock' or obsolete stock which was doing little more than collecting dust and taking up valuable space for items which sold. The first instance that I can think of was a surplus of ATF+3, which supersedes to +4. I recommended a client who'd not only want it, but would like its discounted price (just to get rid of the stuff). That shop owner/operator was very happy with the discounted, outdated trans fluid. In another instance; the store had Valvoline "green" oil (I don't remember its nomenclature) which was dead stock from Day 1. In that instance, the store manager decided to blow it out for pennies-on-the-dollar to a shop whose owner was a cheapskate and ran a questionable business model. I protested the decision, citing just as you've mentioned, stating to the effect of, "Oh, giving that oil to [name withheld] would be a bad idea. I can guarantee that he'll return it next month, and expect full wholesale price in credit!" The compromise was a provision stated on the invoice that the oil cases were sold "As-Is", and cannot be returned for credit. Sure as ish, that guy sent the oil back, expecting full credit! Too bad, mother! you're not getting credit for an item which was sold as-is. So, yeah, I see your point about selling a kit as-is to some of the clowns out there. The honest, appreciative folks will have to 'suffer' because of the ne'er-to-do-well folks.

Thin/narrow/pinstripe

Exact menudo. No excuses for newly-tooled kits to have any warpage! Look at the ERTL-come-AMT International 4070A: 100% new tooling (albeit, based on scanning an original. mint, untouched ERTL original), and is as close to perfect as anything I've built in a long time (the AMT Nova Wagon is in that class, too). No warped components. No appreciable flaws (I admit that I'm not crazy about some of the sprue mounting-points - some are right at the male alignment pins) Monogram had kits with severe warpage issues back in the mid-late 1980s (the 1986 Monte Carlo SS comes to mind). This gave them a bad reputation -- but the malady (sped-up production lines led to "hot" runners/bodies being packaged; no cool-off period) was rectified in short order. What's Moebius' excuse?

Young adults; handsome love bugs! Is that Flamepoint Siamese a talker? Are they related?

Thanks much for your perspective. My 'idea' of selling-at-a-reduced-price remaining parts has more to do with the spare parts which could be provided; a spare 360/390 and 4-speed and/or C6 trans come to mind. Certainly, the price of the incomplete kit should reflect this -- does $15- $20 sound unreasonable? Certainly, less expensive than resin ($15-$20 for a complete, styrene Ford FE is worth it alone, IMO, versus paying that much for a comparable resin piece which may require lots of massaging). Then there's extra wheels, hubcaps, bumpers, tail gates, engine compartment components, etc., etc. Again, less expensive than resin, and certainly more for one's money.

Eye sans visage

I know nothing about the business end of how any organisation works in regard to "write-offs" and production "losses"; and concurrently I don't understand why Moebuis et al. couldn't send out the incomplete kits to hobby shops to be sold at a steep discount. In my untrained opinion, that makes more sense than relegating the remaining 99% of the kit to scrap or the dumpster. I suspect that there's some tax code involved, in addition to the logistics in organising and sending out the incomplete kits to retaillers.

Song of a Baker is a fantastique song on the Small Faces last studio album whose title is Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Seventies -- nineteen-seventies-- were full of awful things, and concurrently, great things (thank God that I was 0-10 years old during that era).

19.09.2022 17h 10 -- Tæo supervising my build of the ERTL/AMT International Transtar COE

Ground Black Peppercorn is a delightful spice

Maybe it's a regional thing, but I saw mostly -almost exclusively- long beds. I drove, for a short time, a 1998 F-150 long bed XL model (rubber mats, heavy duty cloth seat) at work. This was while the 1994 F-150 Custom which I normally drove was getting a new transmission (220,000 miles). I actually preferred the '98 for the simple fact that it had the 4.6 (the '94 had the 300 I-6), and it rode & handled better. What really pee'd me was that, when I was on holiday, one of the other delivery drivers commandeered it, and totally thrashed it. Seat was ripped, door card was beat (apparently, the idiot put an axle for a Dana 60 inside the cab, and just let it run amok. If that wasn't enough, the same idiot chucked some 10 F-450 brake drums into the bed and didn't secure them. They slid back & forth, and beat the cr@p out of the tailgate and the forward bed header.

He's so handsome! Neutered Red Tabbies are so incredibly affectionate (I miss my buddy Oliver Sabastian something awful). I have a black & white "Farm Cat" who's just over two years old (I've had him since he was three months), and he too loves belly rubs.

Lovely tabby companion! Male or female? If the colour was a richer red, I'd be able to determine its gender (98% of Red Tabbies are male). Tabbies are total love bugs.

To state that this sucks would be an understatement. That built-up looks quite nice! Kudos to its builder! Now for a potentially silly enquiry: Would you be as (justifiably) irritated if the recaster provided in the description to the effect of, "Not my original master. This is a recast of an existing kit and it needs work. Bid accordingly." ?

Model Roundup has one listed in their Scratch & Dent section... it's been there for at least a couple of months. Who knows? Maybe the denting actually straightened out the hood and other stuff?

That stinks, man. I've used it for years with no negative effects -- but, I've always used it on 'glass', plating, and bare plastic.

What's its year-of-release? [EDIT: I just saw the '1996' on the box's side] I seem to recall that the then-new F-Series -at least the F-150- were arriving at dealerships in January 1996 (sold and V.I.N.'ed as 1997 model year). If this kit was released in 1996 -let's say, 2nd quarter- then that may explain some of the errors: 1.) No photo of a short bed available at the time of the box art's image's creation 2.) Mistaking aluminium-painted steel wheels as being of alloy construct 3.) I don't see mention of the 4.2 litre V6 (I can't tell by the photo of the 1:1 if that's a 4.6 litre V8 or the 4.2 litre V6) I'd be miffed about the de facto false advertising, too. Open the box and find a short bed! I'm glad that you posted this, as I've been wanting to get a copy of this particular kit. I'll spend my bucks elsewhere.

Since you'll likely have to find or make replacements, you may as well try coating them with Future [et al.] and see if that makes any difference.

As much as I welcome the reissue of the 1970 Road Runner, and as much as I love the 1971 Satellite/ Road Runner 'hybrid', both of them -and their relatives- are long in the tooth. Heck, those kits date to 40 years ago! All-new kits of the 1970 Road Runner (with interchangeable GTX/Satellite Sebring interior, and separate trim) and 1971 Road Runner (with, again, interchangeable interior, etc.) would be better than trying to revise/modify the ancient tooling cores of these (and the other early 1980's Monogram Muscle Car kits: '70 SS-454 Chevelle, '69 Super Bee, '70 Mustang BOSS 429, '70 Challenger T/A, etc.) kits.

Onlookers -Rubber Neckers- oftentimes cause more wrecks on the highways due to their morbid curiosity

It's a modified-reissue which is based upon the old Monogram 1970 Plymouth GTX, which explains the 1/24 scale. I was hoping that the intake and carburetors from the 1971 GTX -the 1995 modified reissue- would've found their way into this reissue... But, at least we have Fireball to fill that void (the kit's parts are blobs).

After all of that, you should Take-Up They Stethoscope and Walk,