Ace-Garageguy

And not one mentions the underscale slicks, QC rear end, or the tiny little Zippy-the-Pinhead blower scoop.

This is far FAR better than the earlier drawing. I know these cars very well, and this actually looks like a Mangusta.

Don't get your feelings hurt. Trying to be helpful is fine. So is saying the information is bad. Which it is. Truth.

Sheer genius.

One thing I'd really like to know...and if I ran Revell I damm sure would...is how the apparently very accurate scanned bodies of both the Foose pickup and the custom Caddy compare in cost and development time, as opposed to earlier models not made using that tech. And how many tooling changes were required, as in : how close were the first BODY test shots to the final product? Having hard data to look at in this context would make all the difference as to determining best-process for getting a kit to market as cheaply as possible while maintaining exceptional quality.

In case some of you guys don't know who Pico is, or why it's particularly exciting that he is doing a Goose, he's the guy who did this one...

You are correct, sir. Definitely inaccurate...by a large margin. I always wonder why there is so much dog-vomit stuff like this floating around. No access to the real car? No factory drawings? Just can't measure? Then please, don't put garbage like this on the web. If nobody else has it, I'll get it to you at the Feb. meeting.

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Tiny Tim's toupee

I have both of them, but they're already packed. 90% sure the R&T article has the profile drawing. It will take me a little time to dig them out, and it probably won't happen by the Feb. ACME meeting, but it will by the one in March.

Nicely done build of a kit that leaves a lot to be desired. Though I love the real ones, I've put off buying this kit because of all the horrible reviews. I can see from your model that the lines and proportions really aren't too bad. Thanks for posting it here. Think I'll have to get one.

with the girls

Attempt I ran single Pontiac 4-cylinders of various displacements to set multiple world records...several of which still stand (IIRC).

but uncle Ernie

There will be almost-scale-thickness fiberglass copies at some point, mainly because I want to finish the guts of the injected version and be able to remove the body panels to show it all off. The body now is really just a plug for the molds, but it came out so nice, I'm a little hesitant to bugger the finish to make molds. I finished the plug for a show here, but it didn't get as much attention as I thought it would. I overheard a couple of folks saying "ah, that's nothing...just a diecast that's been sanded on". Pretty effective finish though, if people up-close thought it was really metal.

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Yeah, I'm sure you're right. But the kit is, obviously, almost there. Just a body, maybe an interior insert...which wouldn't have to be terribly elaborate. Of course, after seeing the mess that was made of the re-tool of the chopped top in the '36 Ford 3W kit, much as I appreciate the new wheels and tires, they probably don't have anyone capable of rendering a Hawk body even close to right. I'm so tired of the "it can't be done" attitude that seems to be more pervasive with every passing day.

How 'bout R2 facelifting the '53 Stude? Kinda makes more sense.

Squirrels, chipmunks, or gerbils?

You can build one easy enough. Revell '50 Olds roof on the AMT body...

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