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Been awhile since I've posted my workbench. So being Saturday here's my mess. Parts from a Mustang GT, Ferrari 612, '04 Impala S/O car, '91 F-350 and '66 Impala SS all on there. You can probably see this... Unfortunately all I see when I look at it is this...

So are you saying AMT/Ertl airbrushed the roof red for the box art? I'm confused as to what you're referring to...the original issue, and the Wal*Mart issue the entire car including roof is red without the bulky two tone/vinyl roof trim.

The original issue was 1998. I believe the convertible version came out a year later in 1999. You can see the beginnings of the end of AMT/Ertl in this kit if you get an original one. Gone are the road-map sized instruction sheets, and coming in are the much smaller, less detailed, and no printed words (just numbers and arrows) that we've come to expect from RC2 era kits. Also has a color chart much like an old Monogram/Revell kit where you have to constantly go back to see what letter corresponds to which color. One of the worst things AMT did was release this kit during the "REAL CAR ON THE BOX" era. Had they used a "retouched photo of actual model" then no one would have been the wiser. But the car on the front in all it's glory is a Fire Engine Red 442 W30, and what you get in the box is a car with the trim set-up for a vinyl top. In addition to needing to remove that side trim as Slant mentioned, you would also need to go back and continue the trim for the full wheel arches, as the trim as is on the kit stops where it meets the large side trim. That whole fiasco is why I've never built the one I have.

I have one of the original issues of this kit and the part number was 1. For some reason the current re-pop of the Z-28 & Yenko kit don't call out the body with a part number, but the instructions for the RS and Convertible do. Irregardless of the version the part number is still 1. If you want addition verification, flip the car over and look on the inside of the trunk lid, unless they've changed it, the different version/kit numbers are molded on there with a big 1 over top of all the information. So you need the kit number, the kit name (version), part name "body", and part # 1

I've been staring at this thing for 5 minutes, and I'm not sure my brain has caught up with processing what I'm seeing. Wicked drag car!

I like my stuff shiny and new, but sir I bow to your weathering. Those are three OUTSTANDING model build right there.

The 1:1 for reference. Nice job...always appreciate the guys who can customize those tiny cars

Where I is, there I am...

I dunno that cat looks about done to me. Some detail painting on the tail perhaps? You totally can knock that out before Jan 1st!!

I think there's always going to be a collector vs. builder culture clash in this hobby. Many builders unwittingly turn into collectors because we end up buying way more kits than we can ever practically build in a lifetime. Either because of the subject matter, that "Now I have a project for THIS!" idea, or we're just neater versions of the TV show Hoarders. Collectors on the other hand tend to break into two categories. The "professional" collector is someone who knows his subject material, and knows what it's worth. He/She buys, trades, and sells based on actual, not perceived value. They are also the ones who have the Obi-Wan "millions of voices cried out in terror..." moment when you tell them you're going to build that collectible kit The other ones, the "amateur" collectors, are the people who've seen too many episodes of Pawn Stars, American Pickers, Auction Kings, and Antiques Roadshow. They read the stories about people finding things in their attics worth millions of dollars, and by golly they have some of that stuff too. They just know it's old, and that instantly means RARE, which MUST MEAN VALUABLE!!!!! Sadly these people seem to have taken up permanent residence on eBay. I can't tell you the amount of "RARE, HARD TO FIND, ONE OF A KIND" mid-90's AMT/Ertl kits I've seen lately. Almost all of them have been reissued multiple times (some in the past couple of years). Almost all with "Buy It Now"s, universally priced higher than most current Japanese import kits. There is one guy who has, for the past 6 months, been trying to sell a pair of AMT/Ertl Chevy Beretta kits for $50 a pop. My grandfather told me "No matter what it is, from a toy, to a car, to your house, what you think it's worth, and what someone else is willing to pay for it are rarely ever the same price". However I believe this individual with the $1,100 kit falls into the category of "Motivated - Non Seller". He priced it that high not because it's "worth" that much, but rather it's higher than anyone would pay for it, so he's not gonna sell it. Read the description, in there he mentions having to sell his stuff because of another $*#%$ (mods please note, just quoting the auction, not fake cursing). Sounds like he has a wife (or soon to be ex-wife) who is making him liquidate. So he's put everything on eBay (his other auctions are overpriced too) at ridiculously inflated prices so none of it sells, and he can be "Well I tried to sell them, but no one bid, what can I do, the economy sucks"...

You can get Clear Red and Clear Orange directly from Tamiya. http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/category.php?sub-id=56000|59000|61500|64000|64900

If Nissan can claim a copyright (or trademark) it would be to the "GT-R" name, not GTR. In addition there have been 17 other cars and motorcycles that have used some format of GT-R or GTR. Meanwhile on the other side of the legal ledger, Carrol Shelby was only in contract with AC from 1961-1967. At the time he was only stuffing a Ford engine into an existing car (yeah, yeah it was more complicated than that, but for the simple Cliff Notes version...) AC continued to exist on and off, and (on and off) make a car that to this day still looks identical to the 1960's car. Albeit today it has Corvette motivation (IIIIIIIIIIIIRONY!) If Shelby could sue anyone based on what a car looked like it would be them...but he reached an agreement with them (AC) that allows Shelby to be the only one who can call that format of the car a "Cobra". Based on the information on Iconic's website they are now in a cooperative agreement to use the AC name with their bloated $600,000 kit car. I don't see anywhere where they themselves call their car a Cobra, just the person who titled the video upload on YouTube.

I'm gonna "cheat" and start mine too! What's more random parts on the desk? While I research proper coloring for the trailer (since Galaxie doesn't have any kind of color guide on it's instructions), I started the F-350. The instructions start with the chassis, but I decided to crack the box open and start the engine. Look I started another project! So I eventually got the chassis out and the frame rails from the end of the cab pan back where a crater filled, sink hole riddle extravaganza! (Winston be sure to check your's FYI)...so I had to slather a load of putty on both sides. Got it cleaned up and ready for paint Now in flat black and ready to start the instructions from Step 1

You can mail it via surface mail. Aerosol Paint Products. Aerosol paint products that are defined as flammable compressed gases are acceptable in the domestic mail via surface transportation only if they can qualify as ORM–D materials and meet the quantity limitations and applicable packaging requirements in 342.3, 342.4, and DMM 601.10.12. A single can of spray paint qualifies under both ORM-D and limited quantities. You need go to your post office and see exactly how they want it packaged and labeled, but the general gist is it has to be inside a sealed plastic or metal container that would capture the entire contents of the can if it somehow discharged in transit.

Was it that ugly blue Wienee Wagon?

If it wasn't stolen it's around a sort center somewhere. Buffalo is less than 500 miles from Philly, so that package was never involved with an airplane transfer. Not sure this was asked yet, but has the recipient ever gone to THEIR local Post Office and asked for the package? Could be a simple case of having a substitute route delivery person attempt to make delivery and then not leave the "You have mail" yellow card, and that poor box has been languishing down at the post office for weeks. I know around here my normal postal lady will not just leave a package on a stoop. Unlike my UPS driver who doesn't even knock on the door, and leaves boxes in random places (sometimes on the front porch, sometimes on the side, sometimes in the garage...)

I gotta have cars for the hauler...which is a mutant plan for a diorama depending on how into the idea I get.

Most contest I have gone to in the past (when I lived in Ohio) and now (that I'm in PA) have a Box Stock Class. The exception being the Olde Potbelly Gang's Show, which is a total People's Choice award system. No sense in having one there since no one is individually judging things. Remember that just because you built it for Box Stock/OOB doesn't mean you can't enter it in a different category it fits into, if you like your chances better in the other class.

Count me in with this car hauling hot shot rig.

Nice job all the way around!

Kevin...right click on the picture in your FB alblum, then select "View Image Info". That will bring up a new window and copy the image link (ends with .jpg) and then post onto MCM via the IMG tags...viola!

The B-M Chevelle I got with my 50% Mikey's coupon, the other stuff is my haul from the Olde Potbelly Gang's show in Pittsburgh today. Last local show till March 2011, I am now appropriately stocked up.

Zero, Nada, Nil, El Zippo!! But I hope to have 1-3 done by the end of the year. We have a nice week of clear mid-60's weather coming up for outdoor painting.

This is the one I have...actually I have two of them as I thought I had lost the original one when everything went into storage. http://www.micromark.com/MICRO-MESH-FINISHING-KIT,7601.html

It was Halloween and yesterday (10/31 & 11/1)...found out by accident by looking at the online circular.