John1955

That is what I use. Also, sometimes I wrap a tight gauze around my hand very tightly and it helps. When using a paint pen/marker to detail a model, I move the model instead of my hand with my arm and hand resting on a flat piece of 2X4 and the model on the slippery surface of my kitchen table. I use Endust on the table to make it slippery.

What irked me today was that my email server keeps forgetting that I marked any mail from my ex-wife as spam. I opened my mail today and there was another email from her in my inbox. I deleted it without reading it. It's bad enough that I had to set my phone answering machine on "filter all calls" to stop her from being able to leave messages. The whole purpose of a divorce to be done with a person completely and forever. Apparently, my ex-wife doesn't understand that. And SHE is the one who filed for divorce, LOL, now she talks about dating me? She said she was lonely, so go get a boyfriend! Sorry about ranting.

Ditto

1956 may have been Ford's best styled cars ever. And the '56 Ford kits were examples of what AMT could achieve when they really tried. AMT also did well with the '57 Ford kits.

I did quit the hobby when I became disabled, I have been building models for over 60 years and my disability meant I could no longer do what I loved. But I recently returned to my lifelong passion, accepting that I needed to adjust my standards in order to do so. Models I build now will never equal what I used to be able to build, and I use a magnifying glass sometimes as well as steadying my hands with clamps. With arthritis getting worse, I often tape fingers together and use both hands to do the simplest things. Despite all of that, I feel happy to be back doing what I love to do. I sometimes look at the shelves of models I made years ago and think " Wow, did I do that?" I'm glad I did when I could and I'll never quit again until they shovel the dirt on my grave, LOL. And I don't feel sorry for myself either, not at all, I have a large stash of models and supplies, no need to spend much money. Who could ask for more?

It is perfect!

Anything that Microsoft makes is defective garbage from day one. But you can get away with that when you are a monopoly.

The president at GM when the '59 Cadillac beast was made was John F. Gordon, a guy many considered a bit conservative and soft spoken. Many media outlets back then blasted GM for what they called "outlandish extremes" in the '59 GM cars. The Caddy's high fins got the most negative attacks, but so did the '59 Chevy's horizontal fins. Jokes were made, Ford even went as far to ridicule GM styling that year in ads. The usually laid back GM president had heard enough apparently. He said of the '59 Cadillac, "Well, I didn't personally style it but at least it doesn't have the bizarre styling the Lincoln does with cross eyed headlights and strange fenders that look like a collection of spare parts from several different cars". And he informed the press that Cadillac outsold Lincoln 3 to 1. As for the '59 Chevy, he said to the press, "If you think a Lear jet could land on it's rear deck, go for it, but gentlemen, I will remind you that the 1959 Chevrolet is the best selling car in America and Ford isn't".

I agree, their Gold Cup Classics were spectacular kits.

Beautiful build, very realistic.

GREAT color! White interior with it was a good choice.

I prefer the originals

This thread brought back a memory for me and I hope it's okay to share it here. When my older brother was killed in a car crash at 17 years old, people criticized my mother for wanting the gear shift knob from his car to be in his hand in the casket and when buried. I was 14 then and I understood why she did that. We were a cash poor family and my brother's cars before that were old 4 door sedans that he could afford. He had found a '61 Impala convertible finally though, 327 4 bbl (from a Corvette), single exhaust converted to dual and so forth. For $75, he bought it (with his own money), put in a new clutch and other work (trial and error teaching himself along the way how to do it). The pride he felt when the car was ready and passed state inspection, I remember his smile so well. And turning a dull red car into one that shined (rubbing compound, polishing compound and wax), oh how he loved that car.

I hear you and AMEN, I agree.

It is scary because they charge so much.

I love the color combination!

When I was growing up, my father was a long haul trucker and usually drove one of the older Mack B tractor cabs with Fruehauf flatbed trailers the small trucking company had. They purchased only two new trucks, both Mack COE and only the two senior truckers got to drive them and that included my father sometimes. The Mack B61's were lacking in power steering and the sleeper was tiny and primitive, but they did have AM radios. The new Mack F700 COE's had power steering, A/C and AM/FM radios (mono, not stereo) and comfy sleepers. One reason the company bought only Macks was that they were made locally and so were Fruehauf trailers. Anyway, the owner of the company admired historical trucks and bought an ancient, antique 1920's Mack AC tractor cab with an old flatbed trailer which was Fruehauf. All the truckers and the two mechanics, the owner, the kids of the employees volunteered time to restore them. I was too young to give much help but got in the way a lot. Finally, over two years later, the project was finished and a big cook out party was held right in the trucking company lot. I so much wish I had photos of that tractor trailer to post here! I can still remember the odd sound of it's engine and chain drive, and going for a ride in it with my father at the wheel, smiling. When Atlantis re-issues the Mack AC, I might try building one but make it a tractor pulling a flatbed trailer. That's if my arthritis ever gives me a break.

Those kits are one of the best ideas Monogram ever had, I see them on eBay sometimes but I strongly suggest that Revell-Monogram re-issue them as they are in great demand. You did a great job on that one.

I seldom see any commercials on TV, I mostly watch DVD's and old VHS tapes. I refuse to pay for cable, satellite or streaming TV services just to see a bunch of garbage and commercials. I only have to tolerate commercials when I watch the local channels on TV (free over the air), using an antenna on my roof. But I do listen to the radio and the commercials there about digestive system malfunction and erectile dysfunction are repulsive and in poor taste.

My local chapter of the VVA (Vietnam Veterans of America) held a very solemn and quiet observance of Memorial Day, veterans of all wars were honored with silent salutations and guns were not present. Prayers and hopes were offered that finally, someday, the human race would come to it's senses and wars would be extinct. We know this will probably never happen though so we must remain vigilant and strong, respect our flag and national anthem and thank those who sacrificed everything for us. I refuse to participate in Memorial Day sales at stores or ever say "Happy Memorial Day" as so many do. To say that is completely missing the point in my opinion.

Loved your story! My '72 Gran Torino was a sports roof (fastback) and had the 351 Cleveland 4 bbl., 4 on the floor Hurst, posi rear and the Ford factory mags. But I put some aluminum slots wheels on it, 7 inch wide front on 70's tires, 8 inch wide on back with 60's fat tires and had to put air shocks on so they wouldn't rub. Unfortunately, I kept getting speeding tickets and lost my license and insurance was cancelled. (I drove anyway). I had dual cherry bomb mufflers on the thing and people heard me coming.

If Revell really cared to make 1/25th scale kits of subjects long ignored, they'd stop making the Kaiser Henry J in ONLY gasser form and include parts to build it stock, ditto for the '40 Willys car and pickup. And if Moebius wants to make a kit many modelers have always wanted, they would produce a kit of the 60's and/or early 70's Jeep Gladiator pickups. Instead, Moebius seems to make neverending variants on kits they already make, then claims they are 'new' kits. Considering the high prices they charge for kits manufactured in China, I would think they could do better. Moebius did right when giving us a Hudson Hornet (at last), but they seem to have lost inspiration since then.

Brown on a muscle car? Mopar was famous for cool colors.

I owned the real thing many years ago, a '72 Gran Torino, Jo-Han got the body perfect.