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Welcome Scott!

I have a number of the generic tri-bar wheel covers that AMT/SMP used for their GM's in '58 if you want a set. I won't be home until 4/22 to verify I have them but I'm pretty sure I do. Let me know if you'll need them. Take care, Rich

Thanks Bill... I can see that the 59 roof wouldn't work. I'll just keep looking for the 61 top 😉

Was the 61 Imperial HT just the convertible kit with an add on hardtop roof piece and two pieces of glass? Or was it a dedicated HT? I can't seem to find the answer. I usually go to either Casey's site or the Drastic Plastic Fotki site but neither have the instruction sheet. P.S... if it is a separate top would the 59 Imperial top work as a replacement? Thanks!

Thanks Mark!

Another ID request 😉. I'm thinking Chrysler?? Thanks!

Thanks Mike

I need to replace the windshield on a 64 Imperial convertible. It looks as though a 65 Imperial might work as a donor, and possibly a 63 as well? Would anyone know? Thanks!

Beautiful job David!

Thanks Mike!

Thanks Steve!

Anyone? Edit.... added a 4th wheel. 61 Johan Dart?? Thanks!

That sounds right about the 64 Lincoln, Mark. The first one is the one I was really stumped on. Thanks as usual!

These were on a real junker '61 Tbird. Are they the custom wheels from that year? Or kitbashed from somewhere else? EDIT.... added another pic of another wheel. A Ford? Thanks!

So I went ahead and did the quarter panels. Turned out ok, but not great. I used a PE razor saw to remove the old quarters and fortunately the body trim kept the saw nice and straight. I sanded down the height of the ribbing a bit and bent the pieces just a bit by laying them on a 1/4" rod and pushing hard, just enough to get them to wrap under instead of being flat. Not the smoothest result, but better than nothing I guess. I added a couple of 030 strips to add strength to the pieces when I attached them.

Thanks for the suggestion Chris... had I known this I may not have bought a sheet of the corrogated, although I can always use it in the future. Turns out the Merc rear bumper is the same as the Evergreen sheet as far as rib spacing and depth so I'll just use the two pieces I've already cut from the sheet. Just hoping to get them to bend under a bit to match the existing. This project is next in line on my bench...

I made a template with foil of the rear quarter panels, taped to the ribbed sheet and then cut and sanded to fit. Now, I just need to do the cutting of the existing panels (gulp) and then trying to get a slight bend under on these 040 thick pieces. If they don't bend and stay I may try and sand them down to a thinner thickness and try again.

I picked up a pack of the 030 ribbed sheet and it looks like it should work with a bit of effort. The ribs were finer than I thought they'd be. This is the smallest Evergreen makes, and it didn't look like Plastruct had anything similar. Thnaks Steve, Rich

This is a great idea... I'm going to be going to my local (even though it's 250mi away) hobby shop this weekend and it's a very well stocked shop that has lots of styrene from Evergreen and Plastruct. Maybe I can find something there. Thanks Steve! Rich

I like this idea and it's probably worth giving a shot. I used to do german armor modelling years ago and got pretty good at recreating zimmerit by dragging razor saws across putty. Trouble is, I didn't really care if the zimmerit was straight or not. It never was in real life anyway. But I could try on sheet styrene and even putty again (but the putty will need to be just the right consistency to get it smooth and straight I'm guessing). Thanks

I'm about to start on a 59 Merc convertible that has a bunch of skirt rash. I've done a hardtop 59 previously that had about the same amount of rash that I chose to just remove to smooth, then foil with a matt chrome. Before I start the work on this convertible I thought I'd ask for any suggestions on how to possibly recreate the fine texture on the lower portion of the fender. I'm attaching a photo of Steve Guthmiller's beautiful 59 for what it should look like. Thanks!

After a long delay getting going again on the resin 77 Caprice I began last summer I thought I'd switch the progress over into this category. I'm attaching the link to the thread in the Q&A category that I began last summer. I left off where I was trying to correct the width of the grille to try and get the side marker lights more flush with the fenders rather than being so proud (pics of this are in the other thread). I took the width of a razor saw out of a section of the headlight assemblies. The two saw cuts were perfect to bring the side marker lights flush as they should be. I reinforced the back side of the grille with a couple of strips of styrene to be able to get the 3 pieces lined up good and for strength. A bit of Bondo and sanding followed and I'm happy now. After modifying the width of the grille I found that the rear bumper didn't fit quite correctly either. The body had a high spot right in the middle that kept the bumper from seating properly. Not sure if you can see from these following photos but I definitely could 😉. A bit of riffler file work did the trick. Next up I'll try and post some pics of the body painting and problems I ran into when drilling into resin 😒

Not sure what parts you're lacking, maybe just the engine? The later issue 65 Riv has parts that work. I have the annual 63 Riviera engine but it has the FI setup. It's yours if you want it.

Roughly how many vendor tables would you say the show averages? I'll likely go regardless, but just wondering if there's usually a selection of older stuff and not just new release stuff. Rich

Will do! Thanks again