Bill J
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at first thought I was a little disappointed, but after seeing the price and thinking about how I never get much done, this Chaparral kit may be a perfect one for me. A little paint and decaling can make a really nice shelf model I am thinking.
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I saw that, thank you. I need the body too and apparently no one casts a 66 any more. I'll keep looking for an affordable one. Thanks again
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Anyone know of a source for a 66 Mercury Comet body/bumpers/grille,. etc.?
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Looking forward to the correct A/FX Comet and particularly a well done 427 SOHC engine. Great work Dave
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The two in the center are a 32 Ford Sedan, the white one with the black fenders and the all yellow convertible below it is a 36 Ford Roadster, both were AMT kits. Afraid I don't know anything about the other 2. Hope that helps some
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Nice T'Bolt and great pictures too. Always liked the Thunderbolts and hard to beat a Canon or Nikon for pictures
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Really great looking, excellent work. On side note, the HRM GT40 engine is a small block Ford with Westlake heads and 4 weber carbs. It was made for the GT 40 MkI kit of the 1968 and 69 LeMans cars. The MK II GT40 had a Ford big block 427 with a Holley carb. After 1967 the rules changed outlawing the big blocks which is why the 68 and 69 cars had small block engines and they went back to the lighter chassis MKI.
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Absolutely love the belly tanker, excellent all around!
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Sweet Galaxie. Always liked the 61-64 Galaxies. Rare to see such a nicely done 62 in model form.
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Randy, you make my eyes water. Awesome, just awesome
P.S. are you sourcing some 1/24 scale racing fuel for this one?
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Great work Mark, another classic. Always like your cars
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Nice work Jonathan, you made the FF Ford look good. Lots of extra effort looks like it's perfect to me
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Wow Randy, the Scale Production Webers look like some must have items! Keep it coming! I will add it has been super dealing with you and looking forward to more great goodies soon
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I like the 70 Trans Am Camaro, looks very business like. I would attempt doing the fender flares, even if it takes a couple of tries, 2 kits would provide extra parts and still be cheaper than a resin body you may never receive.
I have to agree on the Fireball Modelworks Minilite wheels, like everything Joseph does, they are perfect and Fireball is 100% reliable.
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I have to say, I like the stock Caddy a lot. The Foose version does nothing for me. Never saw a Foose crapation that I liked in fact.
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Fantastic Jaguar Dann! Really love the detail and the overall outcome. Definitely a 50's classic. Bill Geary, you D Jag is awesome as well! Thank you both for the inspiration
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The concept of clean powered vehicles is a great idea. However, it is flawed in many regards. Consider that some means of generating the electricity for storage in batteries is burning some sort of fuel. The manufacture of large quantity of batteries is highly polluting and very expensive. Batteries need to be replaced at some interval and the cost of the batteries is extremely high. While they are making electric cars that are powerful and fast, there are none with adequate range to be a practical vehicle for most people. They are fine for an in the city commuter but very limited in open road range. Who wants to take a road trip that requires stopping after a few hundred miles and waiting many hours for the batteries to be charged?
I would imagine in 22+ years there will be some better solutions but will there be large trucks capable of moving goods across country with battery power? Doubtful. Also consider that if every vehicle on the road required charging of batteries, the level of pollution generated by the fuels required to supply that energy. Great concept for tree huggers but not a practical solution to transportation in the long term.
I used to work for one of the major defense contractors before retiring and our division built satellites, all battery powered with the latest and best battery technologies. It's impossible to change that battery once that spacecraft is in orbit. we had numerous battery fires while testing systems. Any car powered by batteries has a built in additional fire and toxic hazard.
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I had a 1:1 76 S3 Laguna that was in pristine condition, sold it about 1993. Pretty big car compared to what we have today. I have some of the Model King reissue NASCAR Laguna kits but never gave much consideration to modeling my old car. Too many other irons in the fire.
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The difference is free vs paid. It's free, you aren't entitled to anything. When you pay for cloud services, you should read your contract or the terms and conditions. I use the cloud for everything, but I have everything stored locally as well. I have everything in the cloud for access, but I don't trust it 100%. Servers can be compromised. There is nothing wrong with the cloud, but if anyone thinks they are going to sue a company for revoking a free privilege, then they are wasting their time.
it was free, you are not entitled to anything. If you lost files because of this, that is 100% on you and you deserve nothingMy statement's have nothing to do with free vs. paid, it is simply a warning that any data stored elsewhere, under someone else's control is subject to loss or being ransomed for higher fees. It really doesn't matter about free privilege or lawsuits. My statements are purely a warning to advise people to not put their eggs in someone else's basket. You can use the cloud all your desire but keep a copy of everything locally. Also, don't put anything I on the cloud that you want kept private, someone can see your files, like it or not.
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In case no one see what this Photobucket ransom means, let me enlighten you. For some years now all the big information technology companies have been pushing some thing with the stupid named "cloud". Their desire is for everyone to put all their information files, pictures and so forth on their magical systems which reside in some mythical place. The serious problem with that is at anytime they can turn you off from access to YOUR files and then ask for a sum of their choosing to get you access again. such as Photobucket is doing.
Apple, Microsoft and many others have been pushing "cloud computing" which could and often does also include access to software packages like Office so that you may edit and create documents. The danger of losing the files or access to software on the cloud has always been real but you're told to participate because it's such a great deal. You can access your files from any device, etc, etc.
This has always been a serious risk for businesses which may have proprietary information within files or design data within photos. Smart businesses have always avoided the cloud and invested in storage solutions that they can secure. A few cases of businesses suffering from cloud outages or mechanical failure have occurred in the past and will occur again to people that are careless enough to put their trust into companies that could actually care less about your data, personal or business.
Please take the Photobucket lesson and keep your own data where you have control over it. You can find another photo hosting site that will allow you to post pictures (3rd party posting) but always keep copies on your own systems and the same applies to other files, trust no company with all your data, they can be hacked, shut down or start charging some outrageous fees to "allow" you access to your files.
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You're amazing John! Simply awesome work and result.
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The AMT original annual 64 Ford Galaxie kit had grain of wheat headlights included with the kit. Both the hardtop and the convertible.
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I got the 61 Pontiac Catalina NASCAR kit that I preordered, it arrived and was delivered by the post office, on SUNDAY! Very strange! Now, if I could get the tires that were mailed last week and are touring all the wrong post offices in the city, I'd be mighty happy
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Indeed, thank you Bill G. for the how to on the glass fitting. I have to say that in all this kit to me was something of a disappointment. There are no suspension parts for a NASCAR modded racer, there are some nice additions though for the interior and engine. I was originally planning to buy at least 4 kits but after some thought I decided 2 was my limit. I really wanted to make the Fireball Robert's 61 racer but Powerslide decals did the numbers in gold foil, which is wrong for anything except the redone (incorrectly) showcar 62 Catalina. The Robert's car for 1961 had door numbers in a metallic silver, not foil and the 62 had numbers in metallic gold, again, not foil. So my decal choices helped me determine I only needed 2 kits,
I have to be honest and say that my interest in NASCAR anything has greatly diminished.
^^ Mercury Comet
in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
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Thanks for that Greg, that is an earlier Comer, 54 maybe. I am looking for a 66 which looks like a 66 Fairlane somewhat.