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I have started to work on the Moebius California Flash Belvedere, and I have been looking for information on how to make it more accurate. I know the dashboard needs to be modified, and the battery tray and washer bottle location need to be filled, but are there other mods which should be done? I also plan to build it as a Sox and Martin car, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of pics of the S/S version. Does anybody have any info they could share? Thanks!

I find that many Tamiya kits have black plastic underneath their plating, and I have also found it on older AMT and Monogram kits.. Revell, back in their California days, used to use a lot of clear plastic for the chrome. JoHan used reground plastic for some of their chrome, and I have bumpers which have several different colours present.

That's the one! I didn't have the reference sheet with it, so I didn't know if it was a stripe set or for a complete car. Thank you for getting back to me!

I'm currently going through my decals, and have come across a sheet I can't identify, but it looks vaguely familiar. The sheet number is #510, and it has a number of stripes, plus a couple of older California plates (yellow/black ALU 023 and black/yellow PIY699). Any help in identifying it is appreciated. TIA.

The only stock 351 Cleveland I know about is in the R/M '70 Mustang Mach 1 kit. Otherwise, the NASCAR kits are a good choice.

I recently picked up a Revell Fel-Pro ASA Thunderbird, and I would like to see if there are any aftermarket decals available for these cars. I haven't owned one of these kits in 20 years, and had forgotten how much detail these kits had for the era. The original decals look like they will work, but I like to be prepared. TIA

Found this kit at my LHS last night. I have been looking for one (either metal bodied or plastic) for a long time, but could never find one.

This model kit was acquired from an estate sale held at our local IPMS chapter. I rarely build aircraft smaller than 1/72, but I figured it would make a nice change of pace. Everything fit together nicely, but the size of the kit meant that many of the parts were fragile. I have tidied up some of the flaws since I photographed the model, but I am calling it finished...my first (and last) 1/144 scale WW II fighter aircraft!

I had a problem earlier with access, received the error message while browsing the site. Glad to see that it has gone away.

Interesting read. There was one of those Dynaflow models still on the shelves in Auto Shop when I was in high school.

I had to think about it, because I have a number of desirable older kits in the collection. For the sheer "Holy @#*& !!!" factor, the unbuilt Monogram Futurista and the restorable UncertainT are definitely at the head of the class. All of my kits were bought with the intention of building, so it's a matter of living until the age of 150 in order to complete the builds.

1956-57 for Revell 1/25 scale kits (1/32 scale cars came out around 1951-52).

Hobbyland was the first shop where I was able to find vintage kits for sale. Back in the early 1980's, I would go there and buy bagged Airfix 1/32 car kits for 49 cents a kit. There were plenty of JoHan and Ertl kits which followed me home during those days. Hobby House had a second location there for a couple of years, but it wasn't the same experience (being able to navigate the aisles is overrated...)

I saw the kit at my LHS last night. It looks really nice, but I will be holding off until I get rid of some kits. At $46.99 Canadian, it's a lot of money for a kit I may not get around to building for a long time.

Both the cars look great. I didn't have the chance to build anything, but at least they showed the broadcast on Velocity Canada. Feels great to have endurance racing back on TV again!

I received my copy in the mail yesterday, and I have enjoyed all of the content. I do have one small problem with the book, though it is a common issue in modern publishing. The one beef I have with books these days are the number of typographical/content errors which slip past the copy editors (if there is still such a position). I keep finding words which have been changed by AutoCorrect (e.g. 'Grand Special' instead of 'Grant Special' for the JoHan '68 Javelin), or changed names ('Joe' Haenle). You would think that there would be plenty of English majors out there who can proof-read books, while waiting for their dream jobs as Starbucks baristas to become reality. End of sermon! Overall, Tim Boyd has written a great book which deserves to be on the shelves of all car modellers.

It is a 1/12 kit by Fujimi. There seems to be a couple of different versions out there, so hopefully you can find one.

I'm fairly certain I saw a 1/12 scale version recently. I can't remember if it was from Aoshima, Hasegawa, or Fujimi, but it was a model of an early Gixxer.

I wouldn't mind having another XR-6 in my collection. It's a great source for a rodded Slant Six, if nothing else.

Cool! I've always thought that a history of Project X would be a neat subject, but I never thought someone would get around to actually writing it.

It was a early Cadillac engine in the kit. The original version of the kit had the Cadillac script engraved on the valve covers.

LS did some nice kits back in the day, though I always found the 1/75 scale to be strange compared to the 'traditional' 1/72. I remember going into McCormick's back when I lived in the GTA, and was always surprised on how much older stock they always had.

It may not be identical to the original, but it gets you fairly close. If you can find one of the old Monogram "Pro Street" editions (Camaro or Firebird) cheap, you have all the bits you need to backdate the kit.

Thanks for the e-mail reply off-board, Kevin. I look forward to seeing you at the show.