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And for the record, I don't consider myself 'cheap' I actually prefer the term selective frugal..... case in point as follows . About 2 years ago started with a list of kits desired ,, which started off as just the 1959 Annuals,,,but that quickly got updated to kits produced between 1958 and 1962 ( some I really wanted ,,,, Johan 1959 Plymouth for example ,,others were only if I can get a good deal ,,,,, Johan 1960 Cadillac for example,, ) My list contained approx 40 kits ----- give or take a few ,,,and I now have about 90% of them marked off my list. And I think I've spent something close to 2k to fill said list. Most were in the price range I've seen them sell at . A few I got a screaming deal on,,,a couple others I may have over paid ,,slightly but not much. But all in all think I've done fairly well. And yes my wife knows of them all. She learned a long long time ago to trust my judgement on how much I pay for something. Now I just need to get my but in gear and work on them .

Ive only done this method a couple times . I'll be honest ,,,,,I think it works the best if you are using an airbrush to spray the body ( its thinner coats ) . I did it on a couple cars after spraying with a rattle can and and IMO the emblem gets paint buildup around the said emblem thus making it harder to highlight the now buried foil lettering

Paid $500 for a factory sealed 1968 Color Me Gone Charger funnycar Came to my senses a few years later and sold it......for the same $500. But the past years I've been on a buying spree...and have bought a bunch of old annuals buitlups.....most were in the. $50 -75 range...but I do have a few go over $100

Anyone know if any wheels like this are avail anywhere ?

Pretty bold prediction . But I certainly hope they all come true

So my only option for a 1/25th scale 1957 is the issue laden Revell kit ? I already have a 55 for myself so I knew what its like. I think the 56 is a discontinued piece, same for the Revell kit ? which means the secondary market for both If so I will let him know

Ok, I've been asked if I can / would I do a Nomad series of kits for a friend of mine. Primarily the tri 5 cars - 55 to 57 years preferred ( I cant think of any other produced in stryene ) I know of some later model year wagons but no other Nomads,,,or are there ? What's currently avail, I have an AMT 55,,,,and I see there is a 56. Is the multi-piece opening door revell kit the only option for a 57 - they must all be 1/25th scale or he's not interested. I did an Ebay search for Nomads and it came back with all kinds of hit's,,,but I'm not positive which ones are readily avail

Hands down my favorite of of the Del Rio builds I've seen so far. On my soon to happen build,,,I was going to go all black ,,,but now I hope you don't mind but I may steal this exact color scheme

REALLLY like this one, especially the color combo

Agreed To my eye the roof is to bubbled to much in the center compared to the 1/1 and to the original MPC issue. And it sure hasn't hurt the value of the original annuals. Decent originals will easily pull $30 if its nice and uncut ( sometimes more ) , you can almost double that for the 1972 model year version. I think I have two or three of the 71's but only one 72 and maybe 1 or 2 of the 73-74 versions ( none are for sale btw ) And for the record I think the current 55 - 56 Chrysler 300 kits are pretty darn close to dead on the 1/1 ( IMO )

It does

amazing how that is.

Any updates. I was just thinking about this one the other day

And quite spendy IF you can find one

Same kit, just different box art I assume ?

If im going to the trouble to add ignition wires...it takes absolutly no longer to wire it in the proper order...so why not

I know the shop that built this one. Its another one that you could ck out for hours on end and constantly find things , innovative tricks etc that were done to it. I believe it was a top 5 finalist this year for the street rod of the year .

I've seen this car in person, and I must say it is incredible no matter how much you look at it.

I have a set mounted on the Rallye wheels out of the Revell 1970 Cuda kit. Fits perfect. Going on a Johan Superbird build I have going Nice part about them , is one side of the tire has the tire size in a white letter, the other side doesn't

About any Revell kit of the late 60s to early 70s. So much I actually avoided buying them back then.

LINDBERG - LND-222 - 1/25 Owens Outboard Cruiser Boat - $29.99 Anyone know anything about this one, style , length etc

now that would be wayyyyy up my want list

SWEEEEEEEEET, Just got the notice I won. A factory sealed Johan 1964 Cadillac convertible kit .

Same here. Once I made my list it was easily over 1K , for parts and a couple Modelhaus exclusive kits . This was on top of the several thousands I've spent the past 18-24 months on the kits themselves. And I decided ,,,, "naw better not " Besides most of it was just small parts, lenses, hubcaps , steering wheels, etc, etc Thus I deleted my list altogether. None of the cars I 'need' parts for were real high on my 'to do' list . Most are actually after retirement builds ( about 10 years from now ) I have time, and have decided to just keep an eye out for original parts , even if it means buying a complete builder . I'll keep what I need and sell / trade / part out the remains . I wish the Holthaus family a long and peaceful and well deserved retirement .

Outstanding work. I like this one a lot . the stance, color, interior, all of it . It just looks RIGHT