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There Might Not Be a Minimum Safe Distance

Thursday, May 7. 2026
Much as I liked The Avengers, it was a little light on the movie car front. Mostly seeing what new and exotic cars were wearing "Stark" license plates. But we did get a quasi-chase scene near the beginning, which at least provided something to add to the collection.

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America, Fuck Yeah

Saturday, April 25. 2026
I generally try to keep this site and my social media presence apolitical. Not because I don't care or don't have opinions, but because I want to have a respite from that discussion and wanted to provide a place where other people could do the same. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have gone in the opposite direction: everything is political, and by extension extremely stupid. That's a viewpoint I can get behind, and was no better demonstrated than in Team America: World Police.

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I'm the Unknown Stuntman

Thursday, April 23. 2026
Procrastination saves the day once again! While it seems like I've had plans for a Fall Guy pickup forever - and the kit for almost 20 years - it wasn't until just last year that the proper wheels and tires were available.

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When You Idiots Fill these Trucks with Stop Leak, You Block the Vents

Friday, March 27. 2026
We've been watching Reacher and enjoying it, so when this new movie War Machine (starring the same actor who plays Jack Reacher) dropped, we thought it would be worth checking out. It prompted us to look back over his filmography. Blood Drive, Fast X, Black Mirror...turns out we've been Alan Ritchson fans the whole time.

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There are 50,000 Watts Flowing Through that Tower

Saturday, March 14. 2026
In our last installment, I noted that I tried to remain flexible when new project fodder dropped unexpectedly. In today's case, Revell released a new Stranger Things WSQK van kit. I was pleasantly surprised on multiple fronts, from it being an all-new tooling to the clever functions of the finished build to the better-than-expected interior details.

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Right on Target - Thank You, Boys, Over and Out.

Saturday, February 28. 2026
While I do plan out my builds for the year, I still have to leave a little wiggle room for the unexpected. Case in point: I've wanted to add a Tomb Raider Defender to my collection for 25 years. There were ideas and some materials to do so, but nothing carved in stone. But when a near-perfect diecast drops out of nowhere, that's my cue to bump it up the priority list.

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Can't Outrun Me, Ranger - I Got a Supercharger!

Friday, February 13. 2026
When I chose "power" for this year's theme, it was inspired by the simplified RPG stats used in everything Hasbro owns from Dungeons & Dragons to Transformers: Speed, Strength, and Intelligence (spoiler alert for 2027's theme). While the Lone Wolf McQuade Ramcharger certainly fulfills the horsepower requirement, I also like it here thanks to the "tough guy" persona of Chuck Norris. I liked the idea so much, in fact, that you can expect to see more builds inspired by notable action stars in the next few months.

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This is a Really Big Truck...and These are Really Big Guns

Monday, January 26. 2026
I suppose if I wanted to do it right I would have used AMT's Hummer H2 as the companion for Tallahassee's Escalade, but when Maisto got it 90% of the way there straight out of the box it seemed silly not to use it.

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M.P.A.V.

Monday, January 12. 2026
The military loves their acronyms, and G.I. Joe followed suit nicely with their Rapid Assault Motorcycle (RAM), Multi-Ordinance BAttle Tank (MOBAT), and...Vehicle: Attack/Multi-Purpose (VAMP). OK, so they can't all be winners.

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2025 Year in Review

Wednesday, December 31. 2025

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There's Nothin' I Can't Do with a Race Car

Saturday, December 27. 2025
For whatever reason, I got it in my head that I would do a whole bunch of group builds this year. Not "group"" as in "build with other modelers," but "group" as in "several models on the bench at the same time." I started the year building three Dodge Challenger kits, and ended it with builds of the City Chevrolet, Exxon, and Mello Yello Luminas from Days of Thunder.

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With Turbo Boost Power!

Wednesday, December 24. 2025
I recently was talking to a friend and they commented about how they were leaning into experiences as gifts for their kids, because "who remembers what they got for Christmas?" I was careful in my response, since at that very moment I was working on a project that was inspired by a Christmas gift I got as a kid and still have to this day - Tyco's Indy Turbo Racing slot car set featuring the Domino's and Kraco racers.

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This Little Joyride He's On is Undermining the Entire Balance of This Country

Saturday, December 13. 2025
Vasek Polak was a Porche dealer and racer back in the day, and was credited as providing a "gift of sorts" to the creators of The Last Chase in allowing them to take molds of his 917/10. The results were imperfect - the movie car had more than a few proportion issues - but the intent was clear and both the car and movie have gone on to become cult classics.

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This is the Car You'll Do Your Whiskey Running In

Saturday, November 22. 2025
Another one that's been on my to-do list for a while, I had picked up Gator's '71 Ford years ago but it took a prompt in the Model Cars Magazine forum to finally get me working on it. Hey, whatever works!

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Wow, He's Really Fast, Isn't He? Yeah, But He's Stupid.

Saturday, November 15. 2025
It's a double feature this weekend! First up is the long-overdue '55 Chevy from American Graffiti, followed up by Milner's dragster from the sequel More American Graffiti!

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