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Checkout the Contest / Show part of the Forum. Many shows going back a long time are just sitting there to view. Don't overlook the ones from other countries since they can offer some unique ideas and the craftsmanship is really amazing.

Thanks for the info. I had looked at that when it first came out. I wanted one in the worst way, but at that price I'm past my pain threshold. I have heard that those that had built one were very impressed by the kit.

Thank you for the background info on this kit. I was relating it to the other Wrangler kits that I have seen. My reasons my seem petty to some, but I have to really like a models subject before I open the old wallet. What I would really like to see is a kit I could build to represent our '09 Wrangler, JK model, 2 door with the Hardtop. With the information you have given me and the past models I have built I have never liked the way a plastic model turns out if based on a Die Cast model.

A little Heads Up to all of you living in Arizona and in parts west. The local TV had program about Driverless 18 Wheelers being tested in that area. They interviewed a couple of the people working for the company doing the testing. They are at a point that the rigs are on the road with NO HUMAN even in the cab.

I like your paint treatment. as DPNM mentioned this was something some were doing years ago. This will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Thank you for the insight in what your doing with your design. As a former Monte Carlo owner I'll be even more interested in your paint work.

Thanks I'll have to try that.

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This kit is a little off putting to myself for a couple of reasons. #1 I just don't care for the lower cut body sides found on the soft top Jeeps, and I know that's a personal problem. #2 the fact this will probably be priced in the $30 + range and no engine. Again a personal problem. I just feel at this price point it should have an engine, and some other off road goodies might ease the pain a little.

The level of detail in this build it is hard sometimes to realize this is 1/25 scale and not the real thing. The problem with the body and dash board is a pretty common one with any resin based build I have done. The resin bodies seem to be just a little bit thicker in areas that are tight even on plastic kits.

I'm looking forward to seeing this paint work. I know you have your design down, and I don't want you to take my comment as criticism as I'm just interested as to your design. I'm looking at your masking of the rear portion of the body and the trunk/boot in particular. To my eye it looks like the pattern widens toward the rear with the lines on the top of the trunk and rear fenders sort of converging at the outer edges of the fenders. Is this part of your design ?

What are you using for the steams ?

I hope to be able to find out this evening. I got in contact with the 5 star repair guy the manufacture lists and he's going to be in our area this afternoon on anther call so he is planning to come by here then. He's based out of somewhere on the Mo. east side of the metro and we're on the westside.

Also works well at creating Skin Cancer.

Great looking builds. I like your build style here also. I'm real partial to that black Charger.

Great looking paint and the front end you added looks like they could or should have done it that way.

iamsuperdan, I'm an old "Gray Beard" and I think you have a good understanding of the reason people look for something that was special to them in their early years . The new or newer cars I purchased as I got older were usually the higher performance version of what the manufacture produced at the time. You might want to keep an eye out for some of those types of cars on the used market. Example: '86 Monte Carlo SS - '90 Cavalier V6 and 5 speed, quicker than you might think. A '97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP with the Eaton super charged 3.8 liter - '10 Charger RT Max with AWD - '14 Avenger RT with an OHC 3.6 V6 that my wife still loves, and my current driver is a '18 Charger GT with AWD. The best was the '05 GTO 6 speed I bought new when I retired. Some of these are cars that can be had in many cases for under 10 grand for a nice one and just under 20 grand for some of the others. You are correct about the much older cars in that they had some great memories but not really safe drivers by todays standards. One of my hot button cars would be a '56 Bel Air Hardtop. The problem is by the time I bought and installed a completely new chassis and the LS-3 crate engine and the Tremic 6 speed it would be easier and cheaper to just get a new Super Bee or the like.

Your Dad's Comet looked good. You might have a better chance of finding Revell's kit of a '66 Mercury Cyclone. They were issued about the same time as the '66 Fairlane and with time and better tooling I think the Revell kit would give you a better finished model.

This last year the local markets have been offering 1 lb. bags of unground or ground coffee. As I'm sure you already know that is not fresh enough. We used to live in Sacramento and I would get Java City Coffee since they had little shops around the area. A coworker shoed me an article in GQ Magazine about Peet's being rated as #1 Coffee by them in the late '90s and I have been ordering direct ever since. Every other month I get 4 lb. of whole beans on my door step with 4 - 5 days of roasting. I stay with the Dark Beans and usually try their flavor of the month as one of the 4. Hope you enjoyed your cup of joe today.

That would make a very interesting build. I remember when the Lincoln team won their class and overall in I think '53 or '54. The '57 Chevrolet Black Widow and the '50 Oldsmobile kits both offer options of very basic Roll Bars and even a gutted back seat cover. These parts may be handy when you build your '53 Victoria. I hope this year to finally put together my '53 Ford kit with an old Fordallac vibe with the Cadillac engine from an old '49 Ford kit.

Actually we had to send them money and because Im rtired and my wife works we are now being required to post $500 quarterly with the state.

Great looking Saturday Night Special. Like Pete L mentioned, this is the way they looked. All of the Tri-Five Chevys were popular weekend warriors and that is why it's so hard to find a complete one today.

I heard my wife up stairs yesterday morning cussing like an old sailor. This is not her usual vocabulary. Left the modeling desk to see what was going on up stairs. Why is it that refrigerators always stop functioning on a Saturday morning after you had just loaded it with over a hundred dollars worth of food including expensive cuts of meat. She had opened the freezer section with Ice Cream dripping off the shelf on to the floor. We are lucky to have a second refrigerator and freezer in the basement and spent the morning taking what we felt could be saved to the basement and the rest went into the trash. We did all of the reset tests listed in the owner's manual but it still will not get cold. We hope we can find a repair tech Monday and that it's just a computer board or something. I really don't feature going out and buying a new one right now.

There should be some photos out there on google to show the differences. The first '39 Mercs had a lot of distinct body shapes, but the '41 thru '48s shared the basic body with the Fords. After WWII the Mercury also got a longer front end and far more distinct grill area. The '41's fenders have a little different shape on the Mercury and it would be a good idea to study a few pictures before slicing and dicing the fenders.

Great looking trio of El Caminos.