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  1. Ace-Garageguy
    Danbury Mint 1/24 Chrysler Town and Country wagon, in olive green. I'd previously bought a couple of the convertibles with damage, cheap, and have enough parts to make up a nice one. And this is probably the last diecast for a while, as there's really not much else in American iron I want...though I'd really like to have this car in full scale.
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    Looks great.
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    Very VERY nice...all 3 of 'em.
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    Besides being a source for pix, it's also a goldmine of info on period rods and mods. Many of the guys know their stuff well...and the posers don't get much slack. Good site.
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    3/4 pound medium-rare burger on toasted artisan Pumpernickel with melted blue and sharp cheddar cheeses, lotsa rich mayo, coarse-ground brown mustard, slabs of beefsteak tomatoes and diced jalapenos...crusty-pan-fried in minced garlic, cracked pepper, and onions. Big glass of a hearty California burgundy. Fresh blackberries in sour cream for dessert, and strong coffee with whipping cream. Man, this geezer can cook.
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    1/24 Danbury Mint '41 Dodge pickup. Another model that's considerably nicer than I'd expected.
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    Kinda like a beautiful woman covered in tattoos.
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    All the way from the Land of the Rising Sun, a 1/24 Dome Zero. Powered by an inline 6-cylinder Z-car engine and shown in 1978, it was an interesting but ill-fated Japanese bid for entry into the high-end sports car market. I immediately liked the sci-fi styling way back then. I already had the LeMans racing version, so now it has a friend.
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    Finally got one of these for significantly less than they usually bring... EDIT: The real one lives a few miles from me. Need to go get some closeup pix.
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    Great project, and many thanks for the Tamiya vs. Fujimi comparisons. The 635 is the last of the BMWs I really like, a superb driver's car, but still relatively simple to work on. I've been wanting a model and your most excellent thread here has been very helpful already.
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    The 275 GTB in Love Hate Love was real. It shows dents like a metal body (replicas are almost always fiberglass), and in several shots where the car shows damage, you can see very obvious scarred bare metal under the paint. The windshield is also convincing evidence it's real. A giveaway on replicas is usually the windshield...stock Z-car on the Vanilla Sky car. In '71, when the film was made, the values hadn't skyrocketed on Ferrari 275s yet. It was just an old sports car. Still pretty expensive, but well within a movie budget to trash one without entirely destroying it.
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    Nope. The car in Vanilla Sky was a 250 GTO replica based on a Datsun Z-car.
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    Very nice. All your effort paid off handsomely.
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    Awesomeness indeed.
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    A little more Beethoven...and you really need good speakers with room-shaking base to get the full effect.
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    Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
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    1/24 scale Italeri Ferrari 275 GTB; kinda hard to come by over here these days, and one of my favorite iterations of the marque. Hiding behind it is an Italeri 365 Daytona race car, also kinda hard to get stateside.
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    I encountered this all across the country back in July when I ran my first big truckload of stuff out West. Could have been a real PITA at 6MPG, but I carry multiple cards.
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    Looks like it may be the accessories (alternator, power steering pump, AC compressor) that are interfering...perhaps not so much the engine itself. On a real car, we'd relocate the accessories, maybe move the engine rearward in the chassis, possibly swap in one of the tubular Mustang II IFS setups, and / or build custom headers to make everything fit. On a model, there are some kit IFS setups that will swap in fairly easily. First one that comes to mind is from the AMT Phantom Vickie kit. It comes complete with its own crossmember the control arms mount to (purple), below. It's a sorta Mustang II unit. The Revell Willys street rod kit is another possible donor, as is the Revellogram '37 Ford with IFS.
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    Assuming you mean Monogram Bugatti ... https://scalemodelingmania.com/2021/12/03/bugatti-type-35f-monogram-build-1-parts-layout-and-getting-started/ https://scalemodelingmania.com/2021/12/19/bugatti-type-35b-monogram-build-2-with-no-particular-build-order-i-wander-all-over-the-place-and-then-really-give-myself-something-to-do/ https://scalemodelingmania.com/2022/01/21/bugatti-type-35b-monogram-build-3-working-with-really-small-details-and-then-really-give-myself-something-to-do-again/
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    Just to make 100% double-dog certain, last evening I dug out the Monogram '59 and fitted up the up-top to an AMT '60 Pontiac. Almost like it's made for it, easy adaptation. Other in-period AMT GM cars should be similar.
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    So all the boxes are printed wrong?
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    I still work full time (though I'm well past "retirement age"), but usually have a look in at breakfast and lunch to see who I've offended.
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    My boxes all say the Monogram (& Revell) kit is 1/25. scalemates.com appears to agree. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-2437-59-chevrolet-impala-convertible--1093956
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