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Great looking paint and workmanship, Mike. I have to get to work on my '62 at some point; my Dad owned one in that colour scheme back when I was in my teens.

Looks great so far. Is the colour a modern BMW shade, or vintage?

I just checked my kit, and I'm a bit disappointed with the limited door engraving (you can see where they laid out the lines for engraving, but didn't follow through), but I think I have some winders and arm rests which will work.

It is a different engine from the 1965 Lincoln. The 1968 could be found with two different engines; a 462 V8 (1966-mid 1968), and the 460 V8. The 460 can be found in the old AMT Ford F350 truck kits, and I think that someone had been casting the original 462.

I am researching the cars before I start building the Model King kit, and I have a few questions about the actual cars which I can't find on Google. 1. What system was used to mount the dual shocks in the front? I know later cars used a hoop tied into the cage, but some blurry pictures I have seen make it look as if the shocks are mounted using frame mounted brackets. 2. I am building the Joe Weatherly car, and I am attempting to come up with a plausible timeline for the paint scheme. I know that Bud Moore's cars, from 1961-64, were painted in a two-tone scheme of black and 1959 Chevrolet Roman Red. Pictures and film from the 1961 Daytona races show the car with what appears to be a metallic finish (the 1961 Pontiac paint chart lists one red-Coronado Red Poly). When would the change have taken place? Thanks in Advance!

I picked up my Moebius/Model King NASCAR Catalina yesterday, and here are a few things which I have noticed so far. 1) The 'Pontiac' script in the grille is now included. I will have to swap out the grille/bumper unit for the one in my Ventura. 2) The new NASCAR pieces look pretty nice, though the roll bar tubing looks a bit anemic compared to today's stockers. The only question I have for the company is: Who was the individual who thought that gluing the master cylinder to the heater block-off plate was accurate? (I will give Sven the benefit of the doubt here, since I don't see his name listed as the builder). Overall, it's definitely worth buying if you like the subject matter. I will probably end up buying a second one, just so the first one doesn't get lonely.

It's an addiction, Bill. You can probably get coverage for that through OTIP...

HLJ is actually pretty reasonable, Bill. I ordered two Hasegawa kits from them a couple of weeks ago (a Datsun 510 and the BMW 2002tii), and with shipping, my total worked out to $63 Canadian, and the package is waiting at the post office. There is also a currency converter on their website, so you can see how much you would have to pay.

The wagon and the texting person in picture # 181 look vaguely familiar...

I just picked up my last Modelhaus order today. Like nearly everybody else, I was happy to receive my package, but sad to see the end of an era. Now to actually build something with all this resin!

The Tamiya Alfa is a great kit, but you need to massage the glass to make sure it fits properly. If you want to make other versions, keep your eyes out for the Gunze kits. They are nowhere near as nice as the Tamiya, but contain all the different trim (grilles, lights, door handles, etc.) for conversion. The old Protar Giulietta is also good for parts, especially if you want to change the engine to a more 'sedate' version.

I teach in a school which is mainly rural, but I have also implemented a similar program at an urban school. The club is open to all, but I have found that the majority of students who participate regularly are girls. There are boys who like to build, but they also like to get outside at recess. I don't chase after them to attend, though; they come when they feel like it. I agree with you on the content of SAMI. I have been buying the magazine for many years, and have enjoyed the variety of aircraft they cover. Since I enjoy building older kits, I enjoy reading Classic Plastic and Clark's Field (I also like Mike Grant's work, but it almost falls under the category of re-engineering). I just hope it doesn't fade out like SAM has over the past couple of years. I was buying it when Jay Laverty was editor, because it catered to a wide variety of subjects (the Canada Day issues were great), but I find that the content is no longer worth the price of admission. I do hope SAMI doesn't fall into that trap.

Yes it is. I run a program in the school where I teach, for students from Grades 4 to 8. The students start with a group build of a 1:24 car, and move on to building other models (usually 1:72 aircraft, depending on donations). I have been taking the group builds to contests, with a number of awards over the past few years, with a picture in the Model Cars annual being the biggest. There are a few teachers out there who build with their students; I was inspired by the model building which Bill Eh! did with his students, so I hope other like-minded teachers will encourage their classes. I liked the article on the Ta-152. I always liked the Classic Plastic section in SAMI, and hope that they continue to run articles which are different from the other model aircraft magazines. With the cost of magazines these days, it's depressing to encounter the same basic article in both SAMI and SAM.

I have always liked the Matchbox kits for their subject matter and ease of building. I know that some builders and reviewers have complained about too-deep panel lines and some lack of detail, but the kits fit together!!! After building many Airfix, Revell, FROG, and other manufacturers' airplanes, it is nice to have a kit which falls together without paying Tamiya prices. When I buy models for my model building program, I try and avoid biplanes, but my students have a fighting chance of finishing a Matchbox version. Right now, I have one of their SAAB J-29's on my workbench, ready for final assembly, and have enjoyed it thoroughly. BTW, your name is familiar, Adam. Have you written for a British model aircraft magazine, by chance?

I recently won the latest issue of the GTX at the silent auction at Kingston. On opening the kit, I found the GTX chrome tree, but with a set of Cragar S/S mags instead of Keystones. I know the Cragars were found in the Drag On Lady Coronet, but has anyone else noticed this issue?

This is what happens when the Department in charge of Children's Programming smokes a few, and queues up a double feature of Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine.

A picture of the Ford's visit to the Model Building Club.

I only had a few students building yesterday, but the one who was building the car was impressed. I will see what the other students think today. I still have two groups who need to finish their cars for NNL East, so that will be the priority for the next few days.

One of my local hobby shops donated a box of bagged 1/32 Lindberg kits to the model building program I run at my school. There were a few mangled kits, but we ended up with enough car models (mainly '49 Fords) for students who wanted to build something other than airplane kits. Since my students were asking about some of the techniques I use in building, I decided to build up one of the incomplete kits (fortunately, I had the missing glass tree in my parts bin). I started the build on Saturday, and have about 4-5 hours into it. Paint is Testors One Coat Root Beer, with no primer; a mistake, considering that I had heavy sanding on the transition between the top and sides of the body. A brush coat of Future gives it a bit more shine. Chrome is Molotow paint markers, and the interior is Testors Fabric Tan, and some Tamiya tan paint. I wonder what my students will think when they see it tomorrow...

Personally, I am not really interested in a CSL, since they have been kitted before (not well in 1:24, but still). Pop out a 2.8 or 3.0 coupe without flares or spoilers, and I will definitely be interested. Bring on the 2002's!!!

I seem to recall that the Modelhaus kit was used for pics when AMT/Ertl introduced the 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air.

I remember those kits when they first came out back in the 1980s, and didn't think the 1:1 were that bad (at least in comparison to the competition). For some obscure reason, R-M put out a run of bagged kits back in the mid '90s, and I grabbed another one. It's not for everyone, but at least it's more adventurous than the Cavalier/Omni/Horizon hatchbacks that were modeled at the same time.

Apologies to Brett on misspelling his name.