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Sunday, March 26. 2006
Quick update today. First, the '69 GTO is coming along well; the body is painted, the chassis is done, and the engine has been installed. I'm still cleaning up a few small pinholes in the resing front seats, then they will be ready for painting. Hopefully I'll be able to post pictures soon.

Also, I've added a new page to the site. Some of you might remember that I was selling printed detail sets via eBay a while back. The response to them was very positive, but life got to a point where it was too much work for me to keep the auctions fully up to date. I have just set up a PayPal shopping cart, so I can start offering these again (you can see them all here). I plan to expand this page with extras and other stuff I have in the future.

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General Update

Monday, March 13. 2006
I set up a new photo booth for picture taking, and used the opportunity to reshoot all of my Batmobile models. The two most recent bat vehicles have also been added, the 1948 and 1952 models.

The GTO I mentioned earlier is coming along well; engine, chassis, and interior are painted and the body has been smoothed out & is ready for paint. Photos coming soon...
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Seeing Red

Thursday, March 9. 2006
1 Badd Ride is one of the "new kids" in the world of diecast. So far they only have two cars in 1/24 (an '06 Mustang custom and an '06 Corvette custom), but their preview images promise more good cars coming soon. They definitely deserve credit for the detail work they put into their cars, as well as some unique innovations like he way they created the Mustang's mesh grill.

Anyway, onto the subject of this post: I had picked up the Corvette, but passed on the Mustang. It was nice looking, but neither the silver/black nor the white/red really called to me. That changed tonight when I came across this:



No mention of the red/black had been made, so I was quite surprised to see it there on the shelf. The seats look a bit weird (they're blue, I would've preferred solid black), but that's a minor nitpick on an otherwise excellent replica. Nice job 1BR, I look forward to seeing more.

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Need some Hess RV mirrors?

Sunday, March 5. 2006
I picked up a 1978 Hess training van this weekend to turn into the EM-50 from Stripes, and it had some extra parts that may be useful to anyone looking to restore a van. If you're interested, the mirrors are available for purchase here.

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March News

Wednesday, March 1. 2006
First up, there's a new Tip of the Month for March. I actually remembered to mention that fact on the home page as well, so it's no longer erroneously claiming January as my last update.

Next, I want to draw your attention to the new menu on the left. It has all of the same information as the previous menu, but now in a handy collapsable format so you won't have to scroll to see what's available. It even works well with older browsers and those who prefer to surf with Javascript turned off. The next wave of site updates is going to involve some new pictures, as a lot of the ones I'm currently using still look rough.

Finally, this month begins the toy & hobby show season here in New York. Don't forget to check your local event calendars, Scale Auto magazine, and college & community center newsletters to see what shows are coming near you.

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