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I acquired these over the last couple of weeks to complete the Porsche set, and found a few others I liked along the way. I've bought a lot of 1/64s recently Kia Stinger, Porsche Panamera, and Porsche 918 Spider Volvo 850 Wagon, Tesla Model S, and 1970 Ford Torino GT Unfortunately, the 918 Spider's card was beaten (had to glue and tape a lot of it) so I was on the look out for a replacement and found one today. I also picked this up, NASCAR Authentics 2020 Ryan Blaney #12 Advance Auto Parts 1/64 Hauler. I need the 1/64 car now. I have a 1/24 car. I may be obsessing. Finally, this came in the mail today. Racing Champions Ralph Earnhardt #54 Ford Fastback (1964 Galaxie). https://media.fotki.com/2v2HgJSN5xAVNRq.jpg

Great looking Buick! This was was one of the first "nice" Mint cars I acquired that only needed a good cleaning and polish, no repairs! I also love the flexible mirrors and antenna!

Well, I hate to tell you, The body is going to fall apart. The Zamac is corroding

I built a bunch of aircraft back in the eighties both modern and WWII. I learned some airbrushing skills and paper masking for camo. I also got pretty good at seam filling. All my WWII aircraft (7) were hung in the shop I worked in. When the Air Force shuttered it in 1985, I gave those away to the guys I had worked with. When I got married in 1987, I stopped building airplanes and when I moved from NC to California in 1994, I gave all the ones I had built (about 20) and the ones I hadn't built (15-20) to a neighbor who was a builder. Recently, my son has given me an airplane every few years as a birthday gift. I haven't built any of them yet. I did buy a several pre-painted models from Squadron Models last year and finished them. They're hanging in my hobby room now.

Looks good! Nice rescue!

That's how they came from MotorMax.

I've been watching these for the past couple of years on eBay and there seemed to be many with broken front suspensions. None the less, I was going to get one as long as the price was right and it had all the parts. Well, I finally got my chance a couple of weeks ago and like most of them, the front suspension was broken. At least it included all of the critical parts and no one had attempted to repair it. The only part missing was one of the fake coil springs under the control arm. I knew I could make a replacement and that's what I've done. I'm really intrigued as to why the suspension breaks so often on these. It is a very heavy diecast and the front lower control arms are not very robust plastic. They always seem to be broken at the three attachment points where the screws come through. Mine had a lot of stress cracks around all three points like the screws were over-tightened. The damaged area and parts I have. Obviously, I'd already fixed the control arms when I took this photo. The lower control arm and the outboard points for the steering knuckle pins broken off and the center was cracked. The lower control arm assembly repaired. In the process of test fitting everything, I managed to drop one of the real suspension springs under my shelves or somewhere, so I'm using a ball point pen spring cut to fit. As I said before, this is missing one fake spring, so I took some .020 stainless safety wire and wrapped around a number one Philips screwdriver shank and Voilà, replacement spring Putting the parts in place and pulling the wheels up so the control arms can be glued in place. I used 5 minute epoxy and glued all three points where it was originally mounted, then I placed this cap over the control arms and taped it down so the glue could set up. All fixed! Here's what it looks like after some cleaning and polishing It has a couple more working features, but I didn't photograph them. The left tail light raises up to access the fuel cap and the rear seat armrest can be moved up and down

I've made the repairs. I still have to clean and polish the car. After further study, it looks like the lower suspension control arms are held on at three points by screws. The way this one is broken, it appears all three screws were over-tightened just a bit, putting stress fractures in the plastic. Eventually, through handling and age, these areas just broke and the lower suspension and associated parts fell off. Not sure why the king pin mounts fractured at the lower control arms.

This arrived just now! Not a holy grail, just a car I've wanted to save. Danbury Mint 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Sedan. So many of these show up on eBay with broken front suspensions. Many are "repaired" and sale for way more than I would ever pay. I've always wanted one that was complete with all the broken pieces, but not "repaired". The only piece I don't have is one of the fake coil springs. It has a working suspension and I think that's where the problem is. People put too much pressure on the front suspension and it binds and breaks the flimsy plastic pieces. Thankfully all the other parts that seem to come up missing are there too. The mirrors, hood ornament, and tail light gas cover. The best part is I only paid $23.50 plus shipping! Once I finish repairs, I'll make a separate post showing what I did to fix it.

Looks like a Highway 61 1/18 scale

Those cars are stunning!

Thanks! I like them too and they're cheap and fill holes for the plastic models that aren't available. I hate the dog legs too, but I rarely open the doors. The grill's a little better, but not perfect.

These two, Ford Fastback #54 Ralph Earnhardt and Petty Superbird Southern sponsored Plymouth.

I've had this for quite awhile. When I started to do some detailing on on it, I realized the the wheels were incorrect. The wheels on the model are correct for an EcoBoost with the Performance Package not the GT. I have a set of the correct wheels from a 2015 Maisto Mustang GT. I was going to use them, but once I started looking at what it would take, I had second thoughts and put it on the back burner. It also needed wider tires that I didn't have, the chassis would also need extensive modifications because the correct wheels were almost 1/4" wider than the existing wheels. If I'd had a set of spare tires to fit the wheels, I probably would have done this. I wasn't going to purchase another kit to finish this $10 cheapie. When I finished getting my hobby room setup, I decided to finish this Mustang as best as I could regardless of the wheels and tires. I added a couple of silver or chrome paint details to the interior bucket. The body ended up needing the most paint work. The black trim around the windows was poorly applied, so I used paint pens to cover up all the orange that was showing up between the windows and the trim. I also painted the interior ceiling and mirror which were molded clear. I painted the chassis plate's exhaust and transmission silver. The toughest part was painting the calipers through the wheel spokes. I tried twisting and prying, but the wheels felt like they were going to break the spokes before they would release from the axle. Finally, I sanded the tire treads for a proper Snake-Fu. After I've taken these photos, I realized more paint will be needed to be added to the lower grill.

These two diecasts complete sets I've been collecting since 1991. Now I haven't been trying all that hard to complete them. I just realized when I pulled what I had out of storage, there where a few cars that were missing from each series. These are Racing Champions Collector's series from 1991-1992. The white and red 1969 #61 Talladega is Hoss Ellington. One of the independent drivers from back in the day. The blue and black #30 1969 Daytona is Dave Marcis. Dave was probably one the most successful independents in NASCAR. However, he did have his best performance while driving the red #71 K&K Insurance Dodges of Nord Krauskop. Marcis was considered one of the most difficult drivers to pass. Ryan Newman enjoys that title now. The Collectors series from Racing Champions were 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbirds, Ford Fastbacks (1964 Galaxies), 1969 Dodge Charger Daytonas, 1969 Ford Talladegas, and 1968-69 Mercury Cyclones. I now have all the named drivers on the cards but two. I have my eyes on them as well. I also have a few that weren't on the backs of the cards, but found in the sports memorabilia shops over the years. I might make a separate topic for all these cars once I have the last two.

Those are nice! Wellys are surprisingly well detailed. Especially for the price.

I know about the eyesight. I use 3.5X readers and a 10X lighted magnifier when I work.

Thanks Everyone! This is a really nice Corvette and if your patient, very inexpensive on eBay. Great bang for the buck.

Man, you guys in the real world get all the good stuff. No Ollies in the land of Oz!

Unusual, but pretty cool!

That's a fine looking Fleetwood and the color is perfect!

Your body mods are pretty extensive. I like the colors. By the way, the grills on the GTO are swapped left to right.

I think the colors on this really pop!

Looks very nice!

Looks Great! I have this kit and would love to get started on it.