THarrison351

I sold over 100 kits last year on eBay and listed my kits with an average of $12.00 depending on size. I would combine shipping for multi-purchases and then tell the buyer the actual cost or refund the difference through Paypal. Overall, after eBay and Paypal took their fees, I lost money on shipping and handling from all the kits sold. To this day I don't know how sellers advertise low shipping rates of less than $10.00 a kit.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I was blinded.

I did a search on Google and I've seen the links to the pictures that used to be in this topic that was deleted. It has the picture of the lady standing by the Elegant Farmer. It even has the picture showing the typical announcement flyer with release date from Round 2. I have no idea why it was deleted or who deleted it.

I have one version of all the original kits originally released, and so far have only built the Mercedes Cabriolet. This makes a lovely model, even if it is inaccurate. If I ever get my hobby room completed, I will finish all these classics. They are well executed and beautiful models when finished. Its hard to believe they were designed 50 years ago. Here's mine:

I Built a kit 20 years ago with probably the same decal makre because the same thing happened to me. Still looks good.

Don't forget to check out Randy Ayer's NASCAR modelers. Lots of great NASCAR knowledge on that site.

Rudder authority

Well, I'm no expert, but the only thing that looks like Ernest T. Bass is the brick in his hand and the vest. Ernest T. was small and wiry and usually wore a billed cap. without it, his hair was very thin to the point of being bald. Here is a link to a wiki. http://mayberry.wikia.com/wiki/Ernest_T._Bass

I built one along with the Cadillac, Thunderbird, and Impala, when Revell offered them in the mid eighties. The Retractable roof will work. I don't remember any build problems with any of the kits.

Well, not in the room technically.

So, once again I find myself in Canada for an indeterminate length of time for my aircraft company trying to get a new aircraft ready for first flight. I usually just purchase some kits and browse the hobby stores. Well, I found this interesting and really cheap diecast at Walmart that just needed some detailing to make it look a little better on the shelf. A quick trip to Michael's with a discount coupon and a deluxe box of acrylic paints made this little ute much more presentable. (Not My Picture, Something I found on the Net)(Not My Picture, Something I found on the Net) It's not prototypically correct under the hood, but, for 12 bucks, who cares? To go from a solid mass of black plastic to something that looks like a six cylinder engine was pretty easy. I also didn't realize how much more green the color was when I was trying to match the under hood color. In normal light it looks much closer to the body color. Also, a little black-wash for the grill and some silver for the back of the headlights. (Not My Picture, Something I found on the Net) Interior was also a solid black mass of plastic with a chrome steering wheel and an instrument panel sticker. Try to find an original 1960 Ranchero with this diecast's upholstery pattern on the net, or any 1960 Ranchero with an original style interior. There's one, the one the new AMT kit based on Ohio George Montgomery won years ago. It has the special branded brown material. This diecast has a pleated material which looks like that in the brochure, so that is what I painted it to look like. (Not my picture Found on the Net) The other pictures This was a fun thing to do without making a mess in my hotel room. Bare metal foil will come later, when I get home.

Sick!

Have both of them. Great books for reference.

Ha Ha! Love it! As soon as I saw the picture of the exhaust, I knew what you had done.

Love this kit. Even everything that is wrong. Built is several times in my youth. And now I have a nice one to display. Can't wait to see this one finished.

Cancer Sucks. Best of luck to Harry. Made my donation.

I usually prime and paint the hood, same color parts, and body at the same time and have them mounted on a board so I don't apply more coats to a single part. Every now an then you can get a reaction with the plastic and things go bad. I can't see your picture to well but it looks like the paint on the hood fogged from humidity or reacted with the plastic.

Hmm... Me thinks I'll be making a trip to HL whenever I come back from Toronto. If we can ever make this new plane fly, sheesh.

Good looking car, I too wish it had been done in 1/25 scale. My first car to own was a '75 4 door Ghia, white with turquoise top and interior. Good, reliable car, traded it for a new '85 Escort

Your Edsel is a very nice build. The motor is almost totally incorrect for an Edsel. Only your valve covers and air cleaner are correct for 1958. Lack of a distributor up front is the big give away. The rest of the motor is a Y-block which wouldn't be offered until 1959 as the base V-8 motor. In 1958 the base V-8 motor was the E-400 (400 Ft lbs Torque) 361 Cubic Inch FE (Ford Edsel) big block. The E-475 (475 Ft lbs Torque) was the top of the line V-8 and it was a 410 Cubic Inch MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block.

Cable prices went from ridiculous to stupid several years ago. I dropped my subscription and haven't missed any of those shows. I used to like watching the BBC's Top Gear guys before Jeremy completely lost his mind.

I never got a good outdoor picture of this due to the weather, but I was very pleased with the results.

All of my sealed Bill Elliott kits. The box has all of my un-built kits, sealed and opened. The list is the sealed kits. They won't be built by me.

Those V-6s were basically racing Chevy small blacks with the rear cylinders lopped off. That's why the right rear and left front exhaust ports are close together like the center ports on a small block Chevy. Pistons, rods, valvetrain,etc., everything but the crank, cam, heads, intake, block, etc interchange. Made pretty good power and were reasonably reliable.