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sorry nothing to add about the Gecko other than it seems to be older and pricey, maybe one of these for less than 150 ready to run and do a body swap these are all 1/24 http://www.axialracing.com/t/vehicles/scx24

actually I enjoy the entire CD

I almost like the HW Charger but probably not enough to build another one of those kits

Thanks Tim for posting these, I wasn't able to attend and am now really looking forward to the ramp truck and the lifted 250

wonderful build, just like I remember Toledo using when I was a kid

interesting I was set up at the last show where he signed off and wrapped it up, wish i'd seen this earlier would have set up again

for the heck of it I just checked the Jo-Han from 1987 $5.97 prices that were posted the other day and only $14.35 today, so yeah I think the models are priced above the inflation curve a bit

you beat me posting was thinking same thing

most of the stuff pictured above was multi kit packs like the custom fun cars by Revell and were $5.97 for all 3 now according to the calc would be $40.24 today its getting to the point were the same old worn out reissues are pushing 35-40 if you buy them in the wrong places

the Super Coupe wheels would be cool, not sure how noticeable it would be in scale IIRC they were 15x8 wide where the fleet/cop wheels were 15x7

I'll admit I didn't watch much of the video as that car has zero appeal to me, but what I did see looks about like the Eagle moss cars, where you buy 3 or 4 kit packages that contain a few parts every month, and takes about 3 years to accumulate all the parts to finish at about a 15-16 hundred dollar cost, I sorta looked at the BTTF release when I first seen it, but for me that's too much money for what it is and having to keep track of all the parts and sub assemblies for 3 yrs till complete no thanks too much can happen in that time period, company goes away, lost parts etc, he is a quick read I found about the Eagle Moss cars https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/superbly-detailed-movie-car-scale-models/

great trade with DPNM will trade anytime Thanks Jim

great job love it, was wondering how you would handle the stripes and they came out great

any chance that store has some Pete cab overs ?? or drag truck ?? I made it to Monroe Mi and Lewis ave and both just had some leftover cars

as a kid it was almost anything, then it became anything and everything Mopar then started to branch out to other brands of muscle cars with a few classics thrown in (mostly tri 5) and a bit of drag race stuff. I guess I've built bought traded and sold way to many of those type kits cause now I won't even look at them and haven't bought a kit from those catagories in years and can't think of a single new kit they could make that would interest me, so now its pickups and other lifted 4x4 stuff, air cooled VW, Porsche and big rigs which I have been buying quite a few of

from everything I've read for years, that second car they used in the Cali shows was a 71 Satellite Sebring plus, not a GTX or RR the Satellite Sebring Plus could be ordered quite loaded up with options, in fact if you google around a bit there are pics of her car having the round Ralleye gauge dash which would have gotten you the wood grain panels like the GTX, look at this pic you can make out the trim around the round gauges also of note is the dash insert above the glove box the vents indicate it was an A/C car, also note the rear view mirror has been removed for filming

Sorry to hear about the Jeep, but I'd think long and hard before just throwing it out, the good bodies and engines are getting hard to find, the junkyards here are loaded with rot boxes, maybe find a way to store it for a while, you have a ton of good parts there and you'd be surprised how much it cost now days to build even a simple one like that, if you do part it they bring decent money and have parted about a dozen when my sons and I used to wheel them

those wagon wheels were insanely popular in that time period and were made in sizes to fit everything from 4 lug trailers up to 8 lug heavy duty 4x4 trucks, B-N-L used to cast some that would be more appropriate for a 2wd truck or a car but I'm unsure of his status right now, there are several sets from kit part out people listed on Ebay right now, just go to model cars and type in wagon wheels those from Brian's picture look pretty good and could be narrowed from behind if needed

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you do know there was 2 different cars right ?? the early car Georgia episodes was a 73 RR then later the 71 Satellite that you posted, easy to tell the difference on the show the 71 always has the chrome wagon wheels and the RR had the Magnum 500 wheels if building the Ga car I'd probably start with the 74 kit but I'm not 100 % sure if the grille and taillights are identical between 73-74 if building the 71 the Revell GTX would be the place to start with a Harts Parts Satellite hood, not sure about the stripes I've never seen them and then its 24th scale if that bothers you

also didn't hear new kit or new tooling so I'm guessing it will have something to do with the Kenworth T600 since its been 30 yrs since last seen

good advice above just scrub clean and prime, I will ad this I've had very good success whitening the whites on vintage RC10 and Traxxas R/C parts with just regular over the counter hydrogen peroxide in a sealed clear container placed in the sun, I've never tried it on plastic models but maybe if you had a yellowed white promo or something it might be worth a shot

yup sure do there was this one also, I wasn't into the IMSA widebody thing and didn't buy them bitd but probably would now, I still think the red pro street issue was the last use of the tooling then it disappeared

would love to see the Super Z in the Super Z box, yes the box art has sentimental value to me, I think the red issue Pro Street was the last use of the tooling in the mid 80s and not all the super parts are included,

don't know if you have any music stores close by, Guitar Center, Music Go Round etc even small mom and pops or whatever but they have all been very cool around here and let me play any guitar I want, maybe go out and try a bunch first. don't overlook pawn shops either if you know what your looking for, I've bought some pretty good stuff very reasonably sorry cant really offer bass specific recommendations in fact I just traded off my Jackson 5 string found out bass wasn't for me, keep in mind what Dan said about the MIM Fenders that's been my experience also