Ace-Garageguy

I usually agree with you on most things, but getting an old GMC blower wrong? And that's what it looks like it's supposed to be. It's a really really easy part to measure, and the one in the test-shot just screams "wrong". Come on...this kit is going to be a home-run. So why not make just a little more effort and get it right? I can't deliver a customer's car only running on 7 cylinders out of 8 and call him a complainer if he doesn't like it, so get it right, OK? And showing test-shots is just begging for folks to point out flaws. That will make it a better kit. When I do custom bodywork on a client's car, and somebody notices something I've missed (not friggin likely, but anything's possible) before sending it to the paint shop, I don't get all panty-wadded. I fix it, and the whole project is better because of it, the client is happy, the paint looks great and doesn't have to be re-done, and I don't look like an idiot. This one needs to be right. And one more thing...THAT FRONT 3/4 VIEW IS LOOKING GREAT!! Proportions are good, "look" is good, almost 100%.

Exactly.

Frequently.

You say po-tah-to and I say po-tay-to. Either way, it's still just a spud.

OK...I measured all the kits, side by side. Drum-roll please... The Coddington / MPC switchers (including the phaeton AND sedan-delivery versions as well) dimension between the bottom of the character line and the sill (at the front edge of the cowl) is halfway between the same dimension on the Revell '32 kits and the "sectioned" AMT kits. I'll measure a real original '32 Ford tomorrow at the shop and let you know which one of the 3 scales out correctly for 1:25.

Ah yes, but if you look at the character line on the hood relative to the body, it's up too high. Looks like the hood was aligned improperly due to the decal being placed wrong, and rather than fix it, they just kinda fudged. That's why I was gonna actually measure...once I find the Coddy body shell.

And if bigger is better...

The Lincoln Zephyr version...V-12...

Great looking save.

Dang. I read on the internet that he actually said "the reports of my death have been wildly exaggerated", in about 1944, just before the start of the revolutionary war. And then he invented pants.

Yeah, seein' as how it's me doin' the "fix", I'm kinda aware of that. Like the man said...

Well get busy buying more man !! What do you think an income is for, anyway? Too bad about the one that got away at work, too.

Please be careful when posting stuff like this. Like i said, I tested it BEFORE I posted it, and it worked fine, zero issues. Can't be much more careful than that, right? I wouldn't have posted some cyber-attack redirect BS knowingly. But I took the links down. Everybody happy now? Oh...some of the pix posted in 2014 were in fact from 2009, and if you check the current Google Earth shots of some of the areas pictured, the cars're gone. Elvis bought them all.

Because to the majority of people, old cars are unreliable, impossible to fix, dangerous gas hogs. And to many folks in the scrap-metal business, an old machine isn't a worthwhile thing of beauty with a history and character, but just another few easy bucks...that's why.

Works fine for me, tested it before posting, no virus alerts and no ads (I'm running ad-blocker on chrome).

Hmmm... thanks. I've looked at about a bazillion of them, but nothing seems to match exactly. Do the tuner guys shoot the entire lens with candy red to get that look?

Radome = radar dome. It's a non-reflective paint that radar waves pass through easily. Sometimes called out for aircraft models. My best guess on your Mini model is that it's supposed to represent a specific undercoating...

I've never done an Asian-based car before, and I don't recognize most of them yet. I'm starting a conversion of a Nissan 240SX (while the 20th coat of primer on the '28 lakes car dries) to the recent Rocket Bunny design, and I need a tail-lamp assembly like this (if it even exists in kit form). Anybody have any ideas? I've looked on some of the tuner forums, but haven't found solid info yet. I'm finding things similar, but nothing exact. Maybe a JDM part?

Got one of these... ...and one of these... ...and one of these...

Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die

Ah yes...and that, in a nutshell, pretty well defines all of today's business shortcomings. When a business (or a consumer's choice) is driven by nothing other than lowest possible cost, things like "service" and "quality" tend to fall by the wayside...yet those who only shop price complain and complain and lament their passing. Totally irrational. Mr. Ford was a strong, highly motivated leader and innovator....unlike many of today's CEOs, who pride themselves on being effective delegators. Being good at delegating is NOT the same thing as being a leader. The widely-held belief in business today that executive management doesn't really need to know much about the particular industry it's managing, so long as it's capable of getting capable underlings to do the real work (and that a good upper manager is interchangeable into any business or industry) is a fallacy. A CEO or upper manager who doesn't understand the nuts and bolts of what his company does, just isn't in a position to know whether those people he's delegating to are competent, and whether they're giving him good information. So, when a company is essentially run by the legions of middle-management MBAs who specialize in nothing so much as cost-containment, without strong ethical and rational leadership from the top, we get what we're seeing a lot of now.

Fine looking model. Love the varied colors on the seat leather too. Looks real. Is that a very fine pearl blue, or a solid color? It looks like it could be either...different in some photos.

And I sincerely thank you for putting this information in front of all of us. It really is a doorway into a new world.

This man understands...

Ebay, one kit at a time...if you have the time for all that. Or sell 'em in lots of 5 or ten. Or find a local consignment store or hobby shop that will help you off them. Or send 'em all to me. I feel the need to hoard more.