Tom Geiger

Superb work Andy! One thing I'll mention, more for people watching than for you since you seem to have your bases more than covered! Note that on this kit, the interior bucket doesn't fill out the width of the chassis. AMT neglected to add in the step down, so you can see up into the body at the sides and back of the cab. I had made a simple floor piece for my builds of this kit.

Peter, one constructive comment. Delco batteries were sold in GM vehicles. The correct battery for your car would be: Here's a great reference for all old car batteries: http://www.antiqueautobattery.com/batteries.html

Nice work Tim! I am about to start on this kit for a club build. We are building this kit in honor of a club member who passed away this year, who had a 1:1 Shelby clone that he restored from his first car. I am building that first car, a bone stock '66 Fastback, faded light blue with a bit of wear on it. I have some modifications to do, but will use your photos for reference!

There was a train wreck on a commuter train out of NYC where 7 people got killed.. my wife's cousin should have been on that train but decided to work late! I'm not pleased about the wreck, just pleased he wasn't on it!

Very cool build. I've always said that diecasts were just more options to build models from! I love it. For what it's worth, when I parted out my 1963 Lark, the six cylinder / 2 speed auto trans was sold to a guy who was going to transplant it into a Studebaker pickup he was rodding!

Very nice work Chuck! I've already placed an order with my favorite dealer for two cases... for our club build! Can't wait. This is a winner kit for sure!

Nice! I love it in that color. In fact I have a close color set aside to do mine!

Very cool. The 1950 Ford pickup is one of my favorite kits. What parts are in the RMR trans kit?

Very nice Al! Love the color scheme. I may need to grab some Tamiya black since my Duplicolor black was screwing up my Scout! Look forward to seeing it on the 14th... bring the Ranchero and we'll give you chicken! Deal?

Thanks Ed!

Funny thing. I just emailed George less than an hour ago! He did the NNL East artwork for us this year and we've been emailing since! As per those "Mild and Wild" annuals. Remember that the market back then was KIDS. This was the era of CarToon cars, with Zingers, Deals Wheels and others. MPC was just following the market. I had the Duster and the Challenger. I was a serious little guy so I chucked those parts!

Let's see.... I'll buy two... and maybe a third when I see one at a bargain price. Can't pass up a bargain. Will be lucky to actually build one of them!

Skip, how old is that kit and how far back was this incident? There are several of that kit on the 'bay right now in the $45 range, and the only ones that were dated said a 1977 copyright. A company like Revell cannot be held to any kind of 35 year warranty. I wouldn't expect them to have any parts that weren't currently available retail kits. And it goes for all the model car companies and anyone posting... you cannot go by your experience with a model company 5-10-20 years ago. They are completely different companies today. Under different ownership, different personnel. Operating under tighter reigns and totally different market conditions. Heck, the last time I requested a part was when I got a Revell '57 Chevy Nomad that had no rear bumper on the chrome tree. I wrote them, and they sent me a complete new kit. This was early 1970s. Back in those days it was no doubt not worth their time to sort out parts.

It is complete. I just showed the one shot to illustrate the problem I had. Police goodies came from the Johan '59 Rambler wagon.

13 parts, $30 and everyone is happy. Why does Moebius even bother with car kits?

This one! I had the police decals on the doors and went for the clear coat to seal them in since I was following a tip to use white primer for the white coat and I needed some shine. To my horror the black paint on the quarter lifted up and bellowed out at the back of the door. It wrinkled as it dried and settled down, but end effect is that the paint job was ruined. The other side was perfect! Back in the lake it went! We all have had the experience!

Yes you can upload photos to the board, but a very limited number. It's much better to still put your photos in Photobucket, Fotki or another photo site, and link them in, probably the way you remember doing it. Welcome!

Dan, your posts are coming in double. When you post a new topic it appears to happen twice too!

Argh! Sorry to see that Geoff. But it is part of the game! I'm looking at the International Scout I painted last weekend and am thinking of doing the same!

Those MPC kits of the late 1970s thru mid 1980s are hidden gems that few people stop to build. Kits like the Omni, Horizon, Cavalier, Ford EXP etc are actually pretty nice kits.

I also use the exacto brand in the 100 pack. I change the blade often, and still can't remember the last time I had to buy a pack. My favorite handle is the exacto brand with the cushioned grip.

Not a lot of snow in the 'burbs west of Philly. We got a few inches, not enough to even pull out the snow blower. The sun even melted the snow off all the pavement by sun down. Here's some friends out on the front lawn. Added: Just saw on TV that the little bit of snow we'll get this evening will be washed away by rain before the morning commute.

You aren't finding an unbuilt '63 Riviera cheap at a swap meet. The kit that you will find is the 1965, and yes that one would be found cheap and better purchased unbuilt.

Rich, speaking of BMF, turn that puppy upside down and look at the underside of the fins. I don't believe the edge of the fin chrome is defined on that side. You may want to do some scribing or otherwise plan for how to conquer that prior to painting.

Totally off base Joe, the above paragraph applies to retail businesses selling mass produced product. It would apply to a mail order company selling Matchbox cars. but this doesn't apply to a cottage industry that hand makes products to order. It's like comparing Time Magazine to Model Cars Magazine, which the uninformed often do. Totally different business models. I got an email from a character complaining about the $15 admission fee to NNL East. He reasoned that he went to a "real car show" for a $5 admission fee, so we should be charging less than that. Absolutely no understanding of our cost structure vs that local car show. So I'll charge $3 admission to make you happy and personally eat the other $10,000 it cost to run the show? Nor can you compare US casters to Eastern European operations. Totally different things. Resin casting is one of those businesses where one can instantly get buried in more business than you can handle, since each and every piece is hand cast. We do agree that a lot of the cottage industry are poor businessmen in that they have no processes in place. I'm sure if I put a business process expert into either Harold or Norms businesses, they would immediately determine that they must double their prices. That's why they aren't hiring a bunch of help to cast for them, the prices charged for the product wouldn't support hired help. And if the prices were raised to the numbers that would support a professional organization, nobody would buy the product. In another thread people were happy to wait a year to get a resin cast 1973 Chevelle. So in the business of hand made product, made one at a time, this is the way it's going to be. You can either understand that and wait for the product, or not order and bother these folks if you can't get your arms around it. Note that nobody is getting rich in the after market. If they were, I'd be in it!