Maindrian Pace

Another way of looking at kit expenditures is considering what money you use to pay for them. Money from a pay check that is budgeted for bills and the cost of living in general feels much different than using "found" money. A couple of years ago, I hauled a few old Ford C4 transmissions out of a yard for free. A couple of weeks ago, I pulled a bell housing off of one, cleaned it, bead blasted it, and put it on Craigslist for $75. It sold in one day, and was sent to Milwaukee. Seems everybody knows about the national craigslist search engines. So that's basically seventy-five bucks for free, doesn't affect the bills, bring on the Super Duty kit. -MJS

Great style, paint, well... everything, really. The decals are amazing, what I wouldn't do to be able to generate graphics like that. -MJS

I hear it's going to have working SYNC with MyFord Touch™. -MJS

Thank you Mike. I've owned it for almost 27 years now. Thanks Larry. It's a 1960, first year for the Comet/Falcon. It is based on the Falcon chassis, with the wagons being the same wheelbase as the Falcon wagons and sedans at 109.5". The Comet sedans had a five inch longer wheelbase at 114.5", but their chassis was otherwise the same. My Comet 2dr wagon uses the same 1/4 panels as the Ranchero and Falcon 2dr wagon, which shows just how closely related the cars are. The midsize Fairlane, introduced in 1962, had a chassis with a similar layout, but everything was different and nothing interchanged with the Falcon/Comet. -MJS

You sure about that? My avatar car is in my garage: -MJS

The price may not dissuade modelers who are interested in the subject from buying them, but it will be a factor in how many they buy. Under fifty - I'll buy two. Over fifty - one. -MJS

In the original Wild Hoss issue, they were not chromed. -MJS

Here is their standard gray wire. In the package, it does look a little thin, but on a stocker, it looks right. -MJS

It's all about perspective. If the buyer was a divorce attorney in Manhattan, it was a drop in the well. -MJS

Real magnesium wheels. -MJS

I missed this the first time around. Different for sure. -MJS

Swingin'. I can see that hauling a Mullins trailer with jail bars for the perps. -MJS

They used to sell door-to-door (chaperoned) which was really cute, but now they don't do that anymore, they just ambush you at grocery stores or the parents sell them at their work. Maybe general laziness is a sign of the times, but I just say, "No thanks." -MJS

Pretty!!! -MJS

Very nice looking car. kinda Fairlane-like. -MJS

That's a failure? -MJS

Make no mistake, those are all very hard hits. Those cars react to lighter hits like anything else - fender benders and the like. -MJS

Very nice job on two kits that rarely get any bench time, yet are seen all the time in the wild. -MJS

One of these days, I will finish this. -MJS

His bid may well have been higher than $43, but the ebay proxy bidding system increased it enough to beat yours and likely one other guy who bid $42. So he may have outbid you by $20 or more, you can never know. -MJS

Great job, that car is wild. -MJS

2013 Civic 4dr: 2,943 - 2,992 lbs. 1972 Coronet 4dr: 3,417 - 3,487 lbs. A Crown Vic interceptor is about 4,000 pounds, subcompact cars aren't as heavy. -MJS

I like it! It would be lots of fun to have a 1:1 version to take to the classic Mustang shows just to see the look of terror on the faces of the date-coded hose clamp types. -MJS

Thanks José, Mike, and Terry. Terry, the Master Caster is still working on the new mold for the body, this one will have the front bumper cover as a separate piece for casting purposes. The old one piece mold worked fine, but Greg only got around 29 pulls from it before one of the grille bars tore free. When that happens, a whole new mold has to be made. This way, if something happens to the bumper mold, the body is unaffected. He's taking care of the last issue or two with the new mold, and then the bodies should be ready soon. -MJS

Great idea, that really reads right. Very slick build. -MJS