Harry P.

Scott... you're not alone. Around here the "high" tomorrow is supposed to be 7. SEVEN degrees. That's the high for the day.

End? It's early-ish January. It's only beginning.

I watch/read the news on TV and online. I knew about Dan Haggerty... some guy who was last seen in a TV show 40 years ago isn't exactly a "celebrity" in my book. Also knew about Otis Clay... again, not exactly a big star in my world. Don't know who Alan Rickman even is, and didn't hear about Celine Dion's husband... no mention of his death on any of the radio or TV shows I regularly listen to/watch.

Besides David Bowie, who else died?

Get an LED desklamp. It gives off natural colored "daylight" light, not the yellow light of incandescent bulbs or the "cold" light of fluorescent bulbs. Also, NO heat... and it'll last forever. A few more bucks up front, but you will not regret it. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=LED+magnifier+lamp&tbm=shop

"Picked up my bag… run to the station. Railman says… you got the wrong location. Picked up the bag… run right home. Then I find… I got the number wrong!"

Krap.

A guess here... CSN, Almost Cut My Hair?

Looks good! Clean and sharp. Maybe paint the gas cap and the "arms" on the wind wings silver?

No, it wasn't time and budget constraints. It was Spielberg being "creative" and not wanting to do a cliché explosion ending. He wanted something more... "poetic." However... when the network honchos saw the finished product they were incensed! They felt that Spielberg "owed" them a flashy, made-for-TV explosive ending, and they felt they hadn't gotten the product they paid for. So the network insisted the ending be re-shot to include the expected explosive ending, whether Spielberg agreed or not. After all, at the time Spielberg was a 24 year old kid, without the clout and "name" he has today. He was just a "hired hand" as far as the TV network was concerned. But the movie's executive producer had Spielberg's back, and refused to authorize a re-shoot. Ultimately, the network gave in and the movie ran as Spielberg intended it.

1, Hungry, Paul Revere and the Raiders 2, 867-5309, Tommy Tutone? 3, Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who 5, Dance With Me, Orleans

Sounds like Ivan is one of the good guys in this hobby.

Patience, grasshopper...

Not "Willy." Willys.

My very first car was a Plymouth... and my dad was a Plymouth man... so I have sort of a personal connection with the brand. I think it was a huge mistake to kill off the Plymouth name.

Now that is a real beauty! Man, they just don't make cars like that anymore... I love the look with the wheel covers. But just an FYI... "too thick" wire wheels can be made to look much better if you apply a black wash. Doing that really helps to make the wheels look a lot better.

Cheap Trick, The Flame.

I still miss Plymouth. I'd love to see a new Plymouth 'cuda to mix it up with today's Camaros, Mustangs, and Challengers.

Aside from the fact that each model is just spectacularly built, what I like most is the incredible variety. Well done. About the only nit I would have to pick is that on the PanAmerica Olds it looks like the rose graphic crosses over the door panel line in one piece. Not to late to fix that...

I'm just saying that the problems in that kit were not unique to that particular box. For example, if the decals were krap, then the entire run of decals for that kit would most likely be krap, as they were all printed at the same time, in the same place, using the same paper and inks.

What if the replacement kit has the same problems?

Beatles, Taxman.

Thanks, Scott. Right now I'm suffering from a bit of builder burnout and all of my projects are temporarily on hold until I get the "itch" again. It happens sometimes, but the urge to build always comes back to me eventually. And of course, this one will eventually get done. It's too cool of a kit to just set aside forever.