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    Me like!
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    1976 Ford Pinto. The one I had was sort of a pee (I do mean pee, not pea) light green with dog dish caps. Very unattractive, but a decent go-to-work car back then.
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    I forgot about the Ben Franklin store. Those were all over the place in the St. Louis area as well.
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    Ain't that the truth?
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    I have a handful of no value promo's from the nineties, mostly. AMT, and some from Brookfield (?). None are on display (all boxed) and I'll probably unload them (or try to) one day.
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    Did someone say model? This is my choice!
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    Don't forget the invisible throttle linkage, and wireless ignition.
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    I grew up in Missouri, and by the early sixties, model car kits were everywhere, literally. Corner stores, drug stores, supermarkets, Woolworth's, Penney's, Sears, toy stores, etc. It was impossible to avoid them.
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    I was being...polite. $750 indeed!
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    If I were interested in building a model similar to the Uncertain T show car, I'd probably start with this. But I'm not. The Uncertain T just doesn't appeal to me.
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    Exactly! I have a container full of Revell (1/25) '32 Ford parts.
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    I saw that. Starting bid: US $750.00 I think not, but thanks for the "heads up". I think it'd be easy for Revell to reverse engineer another Uncertain T kit, but I wonder if sales will support the investment?
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    DM piece. Cheap. Also fairly common, but I like it.
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    My temporary solution. I have an old Kustom Kolors (hobby paint) wire storage rack I need to find a space for. In the interim...
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    Research first. I don't do rep stock, but I still gather reference photo's for ideas, regardless of what I plan to build. After that, it's all about tuning up the kit parts for fit.
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    They did produce the Ventura kit for a fairly short time.
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    Also very cool!
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    I believe "Gearz" has bailed as well. Stacey must be taking his show elsewhere. Velocity perhaps?
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    I saw a Willys like that at Lead East in the nineties. Dropped low, fender skirts and done up in the fifties style. Red paint. Very cool, and different.
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    I got an impact driver too, but I don't have a picture of it. The last, real modeling buy was the AKI vehicle weathering book. That'll probably be the first book actually taking up real estate on my modeling bench.
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    My local B&N does carry MCM, along with an impressive selection of other automotive titles. However, it does seem to be more of a library serving coffee and snacks. The actual book buyers are "window shopping", and I'm betting their book purchases go to Amazon. Plus the B&N locations are enormous, and that's just too much real estate rent for a book seller.
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    Exactly! To expand on the Doctor's viewpoint, I tend to buy ancient model car kits solely because I want them. Eventually they get re-sold, but the cyle is endless. These purchases don't come from household funds, and I like to score old kits that I've never owned. I'm simply the current caretaker. The same goes for newer kits. Some get built (or that's the plan), and others are stored neatly away, like any good caretaker would and should do. Ain't it insane, but fun?
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    Nominally good for parts, and I do mean nominally. But not for $1300. Not for $300.
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    Does this count? It doesn't work well for model building.
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    They should be in the pipeline in about three weeks.
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