Mr. Metallic

Man, this came out great. Your color combo is beautiful. And the way you did the rear nerf, very cool. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

Thanks for sharing this build Tim. it has aged very well, both thematically and construction wise. Speaking of your column, have you ever given thought to putting them together in a book? Or at least making them available online in a Fotki album. Since R+C is now defunct () I would think the hurdles with the publisher would be minimal.

Very cool. I really enjoy the little details you added. Almost makes me want to pull out my ModelMartin Mercury speedster. I have the same powerplant selected when I get around to it.

Man, this came out great. Thank for taking us along for the ride. i especially like the scratchbuilt x-member and intake setup Can you share your source for the Ni-Chrome tubing, please?

Depends on your definition of "pretty old". This is not the early 60's double kit tooling of the Ala Kart(recently reissued as the Mod Rod), but the early 2000's all new tooling Ala Kart. So, you're looking at a kit that was designed, manufactured and built within the last 15 years or so. Some parts of the kit are really nice(wheels and tires), and others are a downgrade when compared to the old tooling (underscale engine, some body components and contours) However, don't let that stop you from rebuilding it. It's just plastic. Have fun with it.

That rear view just sells the job you did on the chop. Very nicely proportioned. I'm looking forward to following along.

The loss of life and property is staggering, and very sad. I took one of the best drives I've ever taken when I was in LA on business a few years ago. Drove through Topanga Canyon on 27 down to the coast and then took the PCH through Malibu. Beautiful area, great curvy road to drive on. Hope to make it back there someday, but now the landscape will be quite different for sure, Thoughts are with those that have been affected by this.

The problem is, many of us have learned to not take the bait. But there are a ton of users that haven't, which starts the ball rolling. And then we have to jump in to stop the spread of misinformation and falsehoods, for the sake of the community as a whole.

This looks like the Schwinn from the MPC/AMT 28/29 Ford woody/pickup.

Looking forward to seeing your photo spread Fred. I went back to this from the beginning where it started almost exactly one year ago. It was great to see the model progress, many hints and tricks in here. But I don't see where you got the QC rear end from. Could you share?

What you call "dreck" is what other people may call their Holy Grails. Just because it's not exactly what YOU want, in the exact format YOU want it in doesn't mean that it's worthless to the hobby.

Ok, this could prove useful, in theory. Not as you describe as AMT getting into essentially being a retailer for a resin company. But, it could prove useful in resurrecting incomplete kits in their inventory, on a small scale. There is a precedent for this already. Back in the late 90's Revell wanted to reissue the Orange Crate 32 Ford, but had modified the tooling for the hood in the 80's and didn't want to spend the money to retool it back to original. So, they had a resin caster cast up the hood for them, and they included it in the kit. Theoretically, Round2 could do something similar if they had tooling that only had a couple missing parts. Anything beyond that would become cost prohibitive. Here's the contents of the Orange Crate, showing the resin hood (which was actually brought back in plastic form for the most recent issue) Now, why do I get the sneaking suspicion that by responding to this it's going to send it spiraling off into a new craziness?

Here is the conversion set. here's a link to my album showing stuff I have purchased from them. There are sample catalogs in there too for contact info. One of the top 3 best resin casters out there. https://public.fotki.com/crstan/replican-and-miniat/

Ed ships international too. here's a look at the firewall. You can probably find some other cool stuff in his offerings to make the shipping cost worth it here's a link to his online album of products https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/member_dealer_directory/drag-city-casting-/

nevermind. I wrote something else but don't want to be reported for being "mean" to the OP of this thread. As always, both entertaining and maddening at the same time

Thanks Steve. This looks and sounds like a fun kit. But I know I'll never build 2, so I wanted to make sure there wasn't a "better" one to get out of the two. Although, the B/FX kit might be worth waiting for if I truly only build one of these

Pardon my ignorance, but other than decals, what is the difference between this kit and the recent Beswick kit? My LHS still has a couple of the Beswick kits left, so wondering if I should grab it, or just wait for this new one since I don't plan on building it in either box stock livery.

Nice kitbashing work. I bought one of these kits to help me restore an older gluebomb Jeepster, so you've given me some ideas for what to do with the leftover parts.

You continue to show what the future holds for our hobby, between the 3D printing and die-cut styrene techniques. Yes, it's available now, but you show us the potential if we put our minds to it Really glad to see you back on this one

I've always wanted to build this, inspired by that same green 1:1 build since i saw it at a Goodguys show in NY almost 20 years ago. Nice job on the conversion

Nice details like the grille and wheelcovers. Well done

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's still the R+R kit, purchased from Star Models. You did a nice job of bringing that rarely built resin kit to the finish line. Looks great

Nice patina paintjob. Cool build of a unique subject

Just found some time to photograph the few new items I've gotten from Drag City Castings recently. I was particularly happy he made this T-Bird roof available since it fits the AMT body so much better then the one provided in the kit. That's because it's from the Jr. Craftsman kit, so it's a different tool than their more widely known full detail series 57. Also shown is the modern tool AMT 56 T-Bird roof, because it also fits that body really well. Since the windshield header is different in that kit you will have to do a little work there to adapt it, but I'm sharing it just for comparison sake. left- 56, middle- Drag City Castings 57, right- AMT 57 (note the curvature of the bottom of the parts, this is the key to the better fit) Mounted to the 57 body And just for fun, mounted on the AMT 56 body SBC headers 32 Ford stock style firewalls for Revell 32 series