Last seen: May 27, 2023
@100ford2003 A good hobby store (forget Hobby Lobby) are getting more and more rare. Squadron Hobby did (I haven't been on there in a while) sold them...
@100ford2003 Modelers pay big bucks for that vacuform machine. They're hard to come by these days.
That was a very popular color in '55. Pink and coral were all the rage. I think every bathroom was tiled in pink with charcoal gray accents. My mother...
@100ford2003 "The Invaders" is run on Sunday 5:00 AM on MeTV so I tape it.
I love that XJ-S. I have it in a larger scale although it looks amazing in 1/64.
Nothing to laugh about, Chris. It looks really nice.
I like the angled B pillar on the coupe. I only remember seeing sedans and hardtops back then.
@100ford2003 I loved the organic shape of the Seaview and, somehow, I never bought the model. I watched that series though. It's still running on MeTV...
Never mind... it's an Ideal
@mikedetorrice I have one Remco left. It's a mobile satellite launcher.
@mikedetorrice My favorite submersible is Captain Nemo's steampunk "Nautilus" from "20000 Leagues Under the Sea". For years it was impossible to get a...
@chris The Mattel didn't come with figures - they're mine. I'll say that if the Jada turns out to be 1/19, I'd bet that there was proprietary theft th...
@chris If Jada copied the molds and tooling from Mattel, then it's 1/19. I'd like to see side by side pics between the two. I suspect considering the ...
@chris Yeah. It was in the $300 range back when that could get you 2 CMCs.
I'm quite happy with my Mattel - It's swell!