Harry P.

Looks good to me!

Photos of the real deal say otherwise...

Or better yet, the truck from "Duel."

Moebius continues to impress me big time.

Hard numbers are hard to find online... all of the industry-related statistics, reports, projections, etc. are only available for a hefty price, but I did manage to find this from the HMA (Hobby Manufacturers Assoc.) It's interesting that of the major hobby categories, the only one that showed growth was the one that probably has the oldest demographic–model railroading. Estimated sales numbers 2010 vs. 2012: Model Railroad 2010: $424,770,000 Model Railroad 2012: $516,465,000 Plastic & Diecast 2010: $305,777,500 Plastic & Diecast 2012: $258,727,500 Radio Control 2010: $362,912,500 Radio Control 2012: $259,477,500 General Hobby 2010: $377,637,500 General Hobby 2012: $272,867,500 Also interesting is that the one segment we generally assume is "healthy" (RC) took a bigger fall during the two year period than Plastic & Diecast did.

You'd be better off opening up a blacksmith's shop...

I guess it's possible to open a hobby shop and make a decent living, but the odds seem to be stacked pretty well against that, if all the shops around the country closing their doors is any indication. There's just no way one single brick and mortar hobby shop can compete with the whole world (the internet). Can't compete on inventory, or selection, or price. The internet has completely changed the way we shop for kits and supplies, and there's no going back. Sure, there will always be a few odd dusty little shops here and there hanging on for their lives, but they're living on borrowed time. And it's not just hobby shops that are disappearing. The internet has changed the way we watch movies and TV, and how be buy music. Remember the video store on just about every corner and strip mall? Gone. Remember "record stores?" Gone. Now we buy, download, and watch/listen via the internet. And now cable and satellite companies are feeling the heat, too, because streaming TV is becoming more and more of a player in the marketplace. Soon there will be no more "cable companies"... we'll get all of our TV via the internet. Netflix is already beginning to compete against the traditional way we receive and watch TV. It's a whole new world, and I don't think most traditional hobby shops are going to survive much longer.

I like them too. Kinda looking into maybe buying one, but asking prices are a bit steep IMO. At least more than I figured they'd be.

Nobody ever bought a Prowler for its practicality. They were all about cruising around town and being seen, not racing or hauling drywall.

Traditional stand-alone brick and mortar hobby shops are disappearing faster than video rental stores. It's a dying business model. Why on earth would you want to get into a business that's dying? It seems like a pretty sure way to lose your shirt.

Exactly. PS works much more like a "real" paintbrush or airbrush works. To get the same look in Illustrator is a lot harder and clunkier to do.

Ok, let's go with "oregano"... or as Julia Child used to say... or-e-GAH-no.

Can't argue with that at all. BTW, nice model, cleanly built.

ok.

Apparently it's so rusted out and fragile that they're afraid to even open the doors, let alone try to stand it on end. It would probably collapse into a pile of rust!

Are we sure he's not talking about a certain, um... "herb?"

I could see if the car actually had a tie to Oklahoma history somehow... like it had belonged to a former governor, or it had been part of some some well-known event (like the car Kennedy was riding in when he was shot, for example)... but apparently this car was buried when it was brand new as just another item in a time capsule. It never had any "history" tied to it other than being buried for the past half-century... that's its only "claim to fame." It could just as well have been buried in South Dakota or Vermont or anywhere. I guess I don't see the "significance" of a rusted-out hulk of a car that has absolutely no pedigree or historical tie-in to anything in Oklahoma or anywhere else, for that matter.

Actually it has no history at all. It was never used by anyone, it was just buried brand new.

Interesting! Sort of amazing, really, when you see the final product. He put a lot of work into that thing.

Just goes to show you... the Cubs can't do anything right!

I'm kind of surprised that Ford doesn't take immediate legal action. And not just Ford... the Chinese copy many other manufacturer's cars and sell them as their own. Must have something to do with trying to sue the Chinese in an American court and the complexities involved in that. Probably easier said than done.

This week's car is a 1923 Franklin Model 10B. Who got it right: Badluck 13 MikeMc Modelmartin Johnag4004 Lovefordgalaxie customsrus

Oh, thank God! Toto is safe, and apparently in Africa...

I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore...

I think that model is just about as good as it gets. Very impressive work.