THarrison351

Does anyone know of a good source of wheels for these cars? The kit wheels are way too shallow. PPP wheels for 60-70s Holman Moody wheels look close, but if there is a better source let me know.

Reminds me of some of the Bugattis they stopped making them. Very nice!

I can tell by the backward slanted 340 it's the AMT Pro Shop Duster pre painted kit body that came out several years ago. What are you using for the chassis? Did you cut off the front clip or is it broken off? The reason I ask, is the cut/break doesn't follow the fender where it meets the door.

This is my version of a Ford F-150 Raptor. My hobby room is still not ready to build in so I have a board I can set on a kitchen table. This way I can put it away so my wife isn't upset. I haven't built anything plastic in a couple of years. My slump buster. It's a nicely detailed snap kit as everyone knows. Some let downs are the tail lights and stickers instead of decals, but it's mean't for beginning builders. I used Testors One Coat Lacquer Flaming Orange, Duplicolor Fabric and Vinyl Charcoal Grey and Testors Flat Black. The rest is just detailed using bottle paint. My picture skills are poor, but it's great to build again.

100%, I recognized a lot from collecting diecasts and building models

So, I haven't built a Motorcycle since I was a kid and usually made a mess of them. This is an out of production Testors Lincoln Mint Ultra Metal Series 1/6 2004 Harley Davidson Road King FLHRI. This thing is large and heavy. It was used and opened when I won it at auction, but I got it cheap and it was complete. Overall it was straight built from the box. Some holes had to be enlarged and some were off center. For some reason, the front fender marker lens was tinted red. I stripped it with alcohol and re-stained. The Instructions were vague and I had to look at on line pics to determine build sequence. Here it is, pictures aren't great, but you c see it.

I drove a real one when I was 16 and it scared the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH out of me. Your's looks great.

Don't they do something like this down under?

What about the AMT (MPC) 1976 Plymouth Duster er Dodge Dart. You can even read Dodge on the front of the display model.

I think they are all 2244

Wow, I built the 2+2 kit back in the 90's because it was an interesting looking kit. I had know idea the kit was wrong (no internet) Painted it bright yellow, which is probably wrong too. I wasn't a big Pontiac fan (still not), but it was an easy and fun build. I usually don't build for absolute accuracy, I just like to build.

Some comparative pictures, there were 4 different versions of the box top for the Monogram Coors Thunderbird. Two Superspeedway and two Grand National. One Superspeedway has Melling on the box. There are three different pictures of Bill Elliott, one is shared on a Superspeedway and a Grand National box. I have all four in a box somewhere and only one is sealed and they are worth considerably less than what I paid for them. Also, there may be other tops, but these were the only ones I was aware of.

Here is one on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEALED-ULTIMATE-SOLDIER-WWII-German-Army-Motorcycle-Sidecar-12-figures-/251454342524?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8bd8c57c My son has the Steve McQueen version without sidecar from The Great Escape

Saw it last week. A don't miss movie for music fans

It was built for static display. I could have built it to fly, but most builders opinions on this kit is it too heavy and flies poorly. So, in order not to accidentally wreck it, I chose to display the plane.

Could they possibly make the side windows smaller? I don't like the style of new cars with the high window sills. I like to roll the windows down and rest my arm on the window sill. I'm tall and the armrests are way to low. And finally the new Mustangs (the lightest and still too heavy), Challengers and Camaros are all too big and heavy. The interior size is OK, but the rest is too big, 2 tons+ for a "sports car", sheesh!

OK, it's done. Thanks to Guillow's forum, this turned out even better than I hoped. The tissue paper was a bit frustrating, but I read enough tutorials and followed the instructions, and things turned out OK. It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy.

Between work, home repairs and weather, I finally painted and decaled it. It is only mocked up, I still need to cut the window openings, clear everything and final assembly. I'm very happy with the results. Thanks for the positive comments, almost there.

In 1982 fresh out of Air Force basic training and tech school, I returned home for Christmas to find my dad had acquired a car for me (called from tech school for him to find me a car). For $500 he found a 1975 Ford Granada Ghia 4 door, 302 V-8, auto, PS, PB, am/fm stereo, white with aqua interior, vinyl top and trim. It was just under 100K miles, needed a new top and I loved it for about 3 years before I traded it and got a 1000 bucks toward a new red 1985 Ford Escort that I kept for 10 years.

Only one built and this is the only picture I have. Monogram 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville. Built in the early '90s. Great kit, lots of foil.

Is this the yellow plastic Cansian Mist promo kit? If it is, you did a fantastic job repainting and decaling it. I noticed the promo has no windows. Did you open them up or use the black decals?

Thanks, that table is part of a 3 piece set from Ashley furniture. I like them too. Strange you mentioned the FW 190. When I was a kid, my dad bought the FW 190, but he never had time to work on it. I tried to put some of the parts together, but just made a mess of it. That is what led me to this build. I had planned to build the 190, but couldn't find a kit at my LHS. I bought this instead becuase I work for Bombardier who owns de Haviland Canada, the company that built DHC-2 Beavers and still buillds the DHC-8 or Dash 8.

To build this balsa plane, I purchased a large corkboard. Eveything I needed to build fit on the top of the corkboard and I had a nice flat place to pin the plans to build the kit. It's portable and I carry it to an old dining room table in the family room when I was building the plane. After working, I could return the whole set up to my storage room and the family room stayed neat.The only tools needed were super glue, a razor knife, swiss files and sandpaper. No paint, which where I previously resided, took up several drawers in a table, an old wardrobe, and the bottles sat in the top of my tackle box converted into a model tools box. The unfinished room I plan to turn into a hobby/display area is filled with boxes of builts and kits. My old computer desk where I used to build, is covered with boxes too. Finally this keeps my wife happy because she doesn't have to see the mess of building a model.

Thanks for the great words. I have the plane covered with tissue paper, doped to shrink the paper and sealed with Krylon prior to painting. I'll paint when the weather gets better. more to come.

I've built it a couple of times and like several AMT kits from the 60's (I think the chassis is from the 1967 Cougar), bodies and sometimes interiors were updated, but the engines and chassis were neglected. I think when chassis was released on the '67 it was a welcome change to the typical promo chassis with everything molded in and wire axles through the engine block. These kits were mean't for kids and kids wanted to roll them around on the floor. It's not a great kit, but can be finessed into something nice.