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Okay, it wasn't F1 but Ford vs Ferrari just has to be one of the best motorsports films ever.

Thank you, Trevor! I grew up in Queens, NYC and we had a slot car track facility that also had a huge model car inventory. It was called Big Daddy Livingstone's. My best friend lived a few blocks from it and we were there all the time. We also had EJ Korvettes department store that was also a great place for kits. Later on, my friend and I drove out to Scranton, Pa. to visit Oscar Koveleski's Auto World operation. I later got to meet and know Oscar via my days at Road & Track magazine as he would attend the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society lunches at Sardi's in Manhattan. What a character! Bob

Thanks, Rich!

I've been car obsessed for as long as memories serve me and modeling was everything to me in my youth. But then the actual cars stepped into the picture and modeling took a back seat. My Father had built me a workshop bench in the basement where hours were spent building. I was a rabid IMC fan as their kits took details to the next level over AMT and MPC. JoHan ran a close second in details and accuracy. But when I left home for married life, my Mother (as I knew she would do....) dispensed with my collection. Over the past 10 years, I've been sniffing around on eBay to find the kits I once had and when priced right, I've put them in a closet for the time when I would return to modeling. That time is now! I've just purchased a 2004 C5 Corvette ZO6 LeMans Commemorative Edition, and was able to find a Revell 1/24th kit as well as a Corvette C5R 1/24th kit and these kits are launching me back into the hobby as I replicate both the car in the garage as well as the race car that inspired the street version. It's great to be back and this forum has immediately paid huge dividends as Jim R directed me to a person in Australia that provides the decal sheet that I need for the 2003 C5R LeMans paint scheme. Amazing!...thanks Jim! Question: the posts I've made thus far are being reviewed/approved by a moderator. Will this always be the case? Thanks! Bob

Huge thank you, Jim!!! Patto had exactly what I needed and I've ordered the decal set and his carbon fiber decal. What a great find for a guy getting back into scale models some 55 years after building them as a car obsessed kid. Appreciatively, Bob

I have the later Dale/Dale Jr. Revell kit and looking to build it in the '03 LeMans red/white/blue paint scheme and was hoping that there is a place that I can source the decal set for the car. I know that Revell had offered a kit in this configuration but I haven't had any success finding a reasonable priced kit to source the decals. Any suggestions/ideas are welcomed! Thanks! Bob