Modelbuilder Mark

That turned out really nice.

Plates? nah....wait....your gonna say rust aren't you?

Terry, I wish nothing but the best for you sir. My prayers are with you.

Really like the color choices.

Looking really good, and thanks for the backstory. Did you panit the whitewalls?

Cool, I too would like to see more pics.

Mine was black with red interior. I recall one time I got pulled over, and while I do not recall the speed, but I do remember him saying whatever the speed was..then...."and accelerating". He was somewhat surprised with the very agressive low tone the duals had. The only issue I had with the car was the weight of the engine was really too much for the suspension the car came with, so it would feel front heavy and needed aligned more than normal etc. If I were to ever get another one, I would try to put a better front suspension in the car. I wish I had more pictures of the car, the only ones I can find now are the ones after the teenager hit me. I really am looknig forward to seeing where Dave takes this build, and then maybe see it in person at the Nov show or the Desert Scale classic next spring. This is what mine looked like, minus the side stripes.

Very nice. Love the metal detailing structures

does group25 have an online photo colection of their dioramas?

Welcome!

Welcome! Looking forward to seeing semeof your scratch work.

Welcome! One of the great things about this forum, good resource center! You will be an "experienced" painter in no time. lol

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome! This is a good place to be if you are new, cool tips to learn, project ideas to pick up, people to help and give advise etc. Take it all in.

Welcome, enjoy the site when you can, build when you can, enjoy life all that you can.

Very nice, I like that a lot

I had a Monza 2+2 with the V8, and really really enjoyed that car, till a teenager in a Toranado ran a stop sign and t-boned me. That big car just sorta horseshoed my Monza. It was one of my favorite cars I have owned. Small, powerfull, and a blast to drive. Your is going to be cool.

Hmmm, you may be onto something.

if they do something newer, I would like to see a Tundra, the new Ram etc.,

Well, I have seen it in the one's near me, which I hope boes well for the Mag. I gues my question was more, "do they think it has helped cisulation" or has it been B&N not seeing it move much. I would have thought they felt it worth the risk based on sales of Sacale Auto. But, since I have heard nothing more in the mag or here, and some folks are not finding it, maybe they have stopped carrying it already.

Oh I so agree. That LHS that I frequent the owners do know a lot, but also have no problem asking one of their "regulers" to help answer questions they may not know the answer to. That is the bain of not just LHS tho, ANY business, you have tobe careful who you hire. We now live in a world where we have been conditioned to accept medicoracy, and neglectful treatment from staff. It is now the norm.

The first time I ran into his shop, was the first time I went to a Desert Scale Classic. Since it was just up the street, when I grabbed lunch I stopped by. When I went in I was shocked when I mentioned the contest, and he was just so "non-involved" with it. No booth at the swap, no flyers in the store, no sponsoring or support. I just could not wrap my mind around how you could be so close the biggest contest in the area, with a subject matter that SPECIFICALLY relates to your business, and NOT be involved. I must admit, it soured me and I don't go there at all either. I wonder how many customers he may have lost due to similar feelings.

When the Hobby Lobby's in my area of the valley were clearing out the spray cans of metalizer, I bought all I could get my hands on between two locations for like $1.25 a can. I think all they have now is either Aluminum plate or Steel, but that is it. I could be wrong, but I did not read that only 2% of his "other" business went to the LHS, but rather 98% did, and only 2% of what he spends on supplies paints etc goes online. That being said, I am also a good example of this. I buy very few kits from the LHS because of the prices, plain and simple, BUT, virtually everything else I need as far as plastruct, glue, paints, etc etc come from the LHS. Let me tell, that adds up. (easy to keep track, they have a stamp card you fill it up by spending $100, you get $10 off next purchase plus it gets tossed in a bowl for a gift card drawing twice throughout the year) I have talked to the owners of the LHS I deal with, and I know that there is a fair amount of volume that moves through in other products, and they still sale a lot of automotive kits, just not the the "online" guys. Keep in mind, that by the very nature of you and I being on this forum, we are more "online accepting" than others and more apt to shop online, bank online etc. There are plenty of folks in this hobby that have little or nothing to do with online and I am sure they still enjoy the hobby. Even tho I have been an online user for MANY many years, I still hesitate buying model stuff online tho, because honestly it just irks me to pay so much for shipping, and I have the wait. If I need glue, or paint now, I just swing by the shop while I am in town and pick it up. As for kits, I do buy a few online, some at the LHS, some at Hobby Lobby with coupons (but they have not had any new inventory in what feels like AGEs despite new stuff coming out recently) but for me, the bulk of my buying takes place at a model show or swap, when I can get a good deal, find stuff I do not see much in the shops, or gets some of the newer stuff that seems to pass through the shops too quickly. I just like the hands on I guess. The best thing of all, is that no one way is THE way. What works for you, works for you.

I wonder how the large bookstore access has impacted Modelcars distribution. Anyone know if Gregg is please with the results of the large distribution?