Billy Kingsley

You can clear over decals...but certain brands will react differently to each other. Tamiya clear is known for melting decals printed by Microscale. Your best bet is to test- the copyright info is actually printed as a decal on most sheets and makes great testing material.

My dad was talking about finding one of these to be his next vehicle when he lost his battle with cancer. I've had a bit of fondness for them ever since, because every time I see one I think of him. There's a tan one I see locally from time to time.

Really enjoying the comments. I've learned about cars I didn't know about already. I purposely left it ambiguous since I know a lot of people people on this forum have owned a lot of interesting cars. I was inspired by the guilty pleasure thread but that's about cars we love, with many owned. This is about cars we've never seen or have never been able to hunt down and own, depending on perspective. Another reason to regret missing that show, I've never seen a Gaz. I had planned to go but the heat was too much, my health problems are made significantly worse with heat, and it was what, 97° with 80% humidity that day? I probably wouldn't have survived it, so I stayed home...and will regret missing it forever.

In one of my other hobbies, something that you want, but have never seen, is considered a "White Whale", a reference to Moby Dick. What is it for you in the automotive hobby? For me, I've never seen a 1958 Edsel wagon, any trim level, in any condition, despite regularly attending car shows since the age of 2, so 33 years of shows. Something like the Reeves Octoauto, which no longer exists, would make the list if I thought there were any out there.

I love pretty much everything with wheels. Take a look at my websites- I'm known as El Camino Billy, a nickname I was given at age 15 that has stuck for 20 years now. They have a certain (poor) reputation but I couldn't care less about any of that. Even among El Caminos, the kind I want is the 1973-77 model, generally considered the least desirable. Not to me! But Guilty Pleasure? In four doors, please. I still remember the first time I ever saw an Edsel...it was in Danbury CT, and it was getting onto I-84 as we were getting off, to go to a card show at the mall. This would have been circa 1996...the car was pink! I wasn't into it at the time. As I got older, and wiser (presumably) I realized how awesome Edsels really were. I also have a fondness for oddities and microcars. I'm not sure I could fit into one, (I hit my head on our Ford Aerostar!) but I love them all the same: I'm pretty sure I've only ever seen 5 Crosleys in my entire life, 2 of which were in the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg museum. As to the Amphicar...yes! My brother and I saw one in the Hudson River at last year's Classics on the Hudson car show. Now he even wants one, and he's not into cars like I am. My problem is I love too much. I want to collect them all. That's not possible, so I set out to take as many pictures of cars as I possibly can.

So, I've been busy the past couple of days. Not actually building, but documenting. I'm primarily a NASCAR builder and I have several huge projects going....110 builds huge! I'm attempting to build at least one of every car number, from 00 to 99, which is 110 models! I began building NASCAR models in 2000, and to date I've finished 105, so this is not going to be a very fast process. In that time, I've finished 49 different numbers. (I have built a 36 but I lost the photos when I made this...found them the next day, go figure!). Any era is eligible, but most I've done are 80s-2007 due to being when dedicated NASCAR models kits were mostly made from. I'm also doing the same project in 1/64, which is Hot Wheels size. I'm actually much father along, with 84 numbers built...even though I have not finished any since 2013. and when I stopped building I had a #8 that only needed tire decals to complete. But that's not all.. I'm also attempting to build every Winston Cup and Nextel Cup era Rookie of the Year winning car. I thought of this idea in 2006...and that's the last time I finished any as well. Yikes. I need to work on both of these projects some more, and luckily, there are a dozen builds I could do to fill a hole in each project with the same car. I spent literally all day making these collages- each of the spacers required typing it in Word and then screencapping it!- but I decided I had to go for the other project I had been debating as well... At least one model for every year, as well! This doesn't form a grid as nicely, since the series started in 1949. And yep, I'm doing it in 1/64 as well... and once again I've gotten more done, which, really, should not be too surprising as I've finished over 200 builds in this scale, which is my preferred scale. All of these projects have been going on for at least 15 years...all of them likely will go on for that long or longer as well. My intention is to make new progress charts at the end of each year, updated with whatever I accomplished in the year. It may not be all that much, as I only added one number and two years in 2019, but it's not a rush...this is a fun, long term set of projects. I can't guarantee I won't upgrade some of the cars and especially some of the photos at some point, however!

Those fire trucks are fantastic! I have both those kits in the stash but felt too intimidated to try them so they remain in their boxes, lol. The AMT kit I inherited from my dad, and I'm not sure it's entirely complete. The cab is warped but I think I can fix that, when I do attempt it. Those Highway Pioneers kits may not be what's expected of modern models- but they are very important. The first series of models ever to be made in factory stock form, and the first actual series....the first time car models were treated as documenting history in scale instead of a toy. They were originally tooled up from 1953-55, and the tooling has changed hands a few times. They aren't very common at all, but they are out there. I picked up a batch of six of them at the RTS show in Taunton, Mass. last year. Still sealed inside from the 1950s. I believe the MiniCraft issues date to the mid-1980s and was the last time they have been seen...they were originally Revell.

Welcome! I think I've seen you in the Facebook Studebaker groups- or at least, seen your car! I've been a Studebaker fan since I was a kid, even drove out to their museum in 2003.

If anybody misses #10 I've got some serious concerns 😁

Considering this is a forum dedicated to people to buy 25 year old cars or want to, that doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility to me. Not all of us can afford nice, new things.

My mom always drives the speed limit. Most of my time on the highways...the NYS Thruway and Adirondack Northway back and forth to Lake George...has been spent with cars and trucks zipping by like we were standing still. I can actually probably recognize 80s and 90s cars by the taillights better than the grill. It's probably a good thing I can't see well enough to drive, because I'd want to go faster than is legally allowed. Was really surprised to see a 70 MPH limit when we went to the Midwest last year. I liked it. Wish we had it here. The fastest I've ever gone, I was unconscious in the back of an ambulance and didn't even get to enjoy it. Based on how fast they got me to the hospital I estimate they were doing about 85 on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie.

I don't have one, unfortunately, nor the space to put one up.

It seems most people, even in the hobby, consider original to be the original color, basically a term for "not customized". It doesn't mean unrestored to most people.

I hope it happens...this was planned to be my very first year. But, I think it won't happen, and not by choice of the AACA...I expect this virus to be a problem for two or more years. Throughout all the pandemics in history most have lasted three years, some longer. I hope I'm wrong, I really do, but I'm not going to get my hopes up either.

I read several archaeology publications on a regular basis. It's amazing the similarly between the looks of this find and the looks of something buried for several hundred or even thousands of years. Considering this is in England I wonder if the British Museum will claim it and put it in deep storage, never allowing knowledgeable experts to study it, like they do with everything else that comes out of the dirt there?

3 out of 3 for me! When I was at the ACD Museum in 2003 I only took one photo of the TASCO. What was I thinking? Or not thinking, I guess is more accurate.

I think I was on that street the Saturday before Christmas.

I'm not sure on the model...it's actually pretty rare. I've only seen a couple for sale over the past 20 years. And I've never actually looked into the box, since I knew I wouldn't be buying it.

I only got three of these, I'm not a big TV person (with the exception of televised sports). And I got the My Mother the Car car and the Monkeemobile because model kits have been issued of them. The only one I've actually watched is Dukes of Hazzard, and once I realized how many Chargers they destroyed, I refused to watch it ever again.

They have spray on dirt? I had no idea. I will post photos if I finish it but I should mention I have a nasty habit of starting models and never finishing them...usually because I messed up something. Or several somethings.

My search showed me hot rods. I need photos, please.

If you've read the modeling thread you know I'm a modeler. Now I'm turning to the experts on here for help. What colors were 1934 Ford pickups available in? What should the interior and dashboard look like? I have a brand new reissue of the 34 truck kit and I'd like to build it as totally factory stock. Thanks!

Got them all! Of course, I've been collecting car songs since I was in 7th grade and have been known to buy whole albums just to get one song I didn't previously have...

If you are on an actual computer, you can also zoom in and out by holding the control key and spinning the mouse wheel.

Back in the Victorian era, it was believed being fat meant you were upper class, because you could afford to buy more food. Being a fat guy myself, I would not mind if people still thought that!