Harry P.

Your Pocher facts are different than those I've found researching Pocher. The first Pocher MB kit (500 Cabriolet) came out in 1975, not 1978. The fire occurred in 1972, but the factory was rebuilt. In 1981 Pocher became a wholly owned subsidiary of Rivarossi, and production moved from Turin to Como, Italy. Pocher went bankrupt in the mid '90s, twenty plus years after the fire in Turin. Obviously the fire wasn't the cause of the bankruptcy.

Wasn't Elmer Fudd Barbara Walters' speech therapist?

A few more...

No GIMP. I already have Photoshop, no need to experiment with another software program that's a lot like what I already have and know how to use. But I understand that GIMP is sort of a "poor man's Photoshop," and I guess you can't complain about the price!

Hence the title of this thread...

Well, yeah... one a month except for the bi-month issues.

As long as there's a new issue coming out once a month, what does it matter what the month on the cover says?

Thanks for the link... yeah, that puts it into perspective.

Isn't carbon fiber made of carbon fibers? Isn't carbon one of the most abundant materials on earth? So why the sky-high prices?

That was Elaine's boyfriend on "Seinfeld."

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/12/27/are-cabon-fiber-wheels-price-performance/?intcmp=features

How did you cut out the hood?

How small is it?

Welcome aboard, Tim. We have a lot of UK members here, so you'll feel right at home!

I agree... MM paints are good stuff.

Ok... I think the answer "see a competent jeweler" has been mentioned about 15-20 times by now. And seeing as this has absolutely nothing to do with model cars in the first place, time to close it up.

But you know it's only a matter of time before we get slammed. We've been lucky so far, but that luck isn't going to last much longer.

No snow here. Thank God!

Don't worry about how many posts you have... or don't have. Post count doesn't really count for anything; we're all at the same level as far as being a member goes!

Exactly. The first Pocher MB kit came out in 1975; Pocher didn't go bankrupt untill the mid "90s... plenty of time for the MB lawyers to have gotten on the case. I find it highly unlikely that MB allowed Pocher to produce and sell MB kits for 20 years if Pocher was doing it on the sly.

Welcome back!

But where do you get the idea that they worked without licenses? Is that just a story you heard? I've never come across any mentions of anything like that. From everything I've found, they went bankrupt because they invested too much in their new kits (Ferraris and Porsche), the kits din't sell well, and everything just sort of spiraled down from there.

Interesting. I had never heard that. Do you know any more details about that?