Harry P.

Final vote: 19 REAL, 41 MODEL. And the "MODELS" have it!

There was only one reason for the move, and it's spelled $$$$$$$.

According to a press release from the Hobby Manufacturer's Association: HMA Show Committee Chair Douglas Blaine (Bachmann Trains) said that the return on exhibitors' investments was "crucial" to the decision to move iHobby to another venue. Translation into plain non-PC, straightforward English: Chicago was too freakin' expensive.

It's probably cheaper for them to do it in Cleveland. That's my guess.

Not only the cost of airfare, but the cost of lodging and the cost and hassle of hauling all the stuff needed to set up a proper show booth. It can't just be Gregg sitting in a chair... there also would have to be some sort of booth and display. It would be a huge expense to put up a booth there.

When a car gets to the point where it's worth several million bucks, for whatever reason, obviously it's not going to be bought so the new owner can go zipping around the neighborhood in it. It's bought as an investment, just like art or rare coins or Ming vases and stuff like that.

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Well, we sure don't see a Simca around here very often! Nice work, very cool!

Well, you know, I was going to bid on it, but wouldn't you know it... just before I found out about this auction I bought a small island in the Caribbean, so I'm a little short on cash right now! Then I guess you just saved yourself a couple million bucks!

Let's keep personal disputes off the forum. Email or PM, no public posting of your disagreements here.

This one is legit. One of 11.

As usual, very nice work!

Come on, George. Ya hafta think BIG! I can see you cruising up and down Woodward in that baby...

But Doc! It's purple! Your favorite shiny color!

Very cool! You always do nice work, Chilly.

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Here's a real "Then" story. I don't know why I remember this particular model, because I probably built hundreds of them as a kid, but for some reason I remember this particular one, which was inspired by the stuff I saw in Car Model magazine by Hank Borger and Jim Keeler. Anyway, I remember making a "funny car" out of a JoHan (I think) Chrysler 300. Yeah, not exactly funny car material! I used the stock body (yes, with windshield wipers, door lines, etc. all intact). I kept the stock chassis with the molded in stock exhausts and real axle, added one of those all-chrome Allison aircraft engines and used index cards sprayed silver to make "aluminum" interior panels. I even hinged the body... but of course when you flipped it open, you saw the inside of the stock chassis plate with all the molded in detail in reverse! :lol: Man, what a dope I was! I remember being pretty proud of that model at the time, but thinking back on how incredibly wrong it was in every way, I have to laugh...

Here's a trick for the red lines on the bumpers (for your next one): Use a red fine-point Sharpie to draw them onto the bumper. The tip of the Sharpie will ride in the groove on the bumper, and you'll get much straighter, cleaner red lines than by trying to paint them on.

When I was a kid, we built models so that we could crash (and burn) them. So needless to say, "body prep" wasn't high on our priority list! Nowadays I've given up the "crash and burn" area of the hobby, so I do have to pay a little more attention to prep! Plus, the kits I buy these days are a little more expensive than the ones we crashed and burned!

I have a pretty strong idea that if they ever were to offer a Mod Top, it would be as a decal, not a separate, die-cut vinyl piece. It's a matter of $$$. You can add another decal to the sheet for a lot less than outsourcing for the die-cut and printed vinyl appliqué.

Speaking of the Mod Tops, for those of you guys who think a decal wouldn't be able to snug down on the contours of the roof, what makes you think a piece of vinyl, which is even thicker, would be able to?

Nicely done! A model you rarely see these days. (although the fit of the hood is pretty iffy)...

Dave, you guys at Moebius are truly injecting new life and excitement into the hobby. Keep on doing what you're doing, because the folks are digging it big time!

I really don't like the looks of the Charger, especially after having seen the concept car Chrysler showed us all and then pulled the rug out from under us and gave us, well... the current Charger... But I have to admit it makes a cool cop car.

John has been featured several times in the magazine, most recently a big feature and the cover. If you were a subscriber you would have seen a lot of coverage of his work. Hint, hint...