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Thank you! Thanks! It looks better assembled on the shelf without a flash from a camera. Still not as dark as I hoped Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! The intake was in the kit on the chrome tree as a part of the GMC blower and Weber carburetors. I just painted it silver. The rear panel/bumper was all chrome. I scribed a line with my scalpel were the trim should part on the trunk lid and the taillights separate from the diecast panel first. Then I used Tamiya black panel liner and after that dried I used Tamiya red clear for the taillight area Thanks! Thank you! Thanks!

Simple kit, typical AMT promo chassis, low parts tub interior, metal axles, and an engine with a hole for the front metal axle. In other words, something that looks good on the shelf. This is the second effort painting with MCW paints, but I can say I'm much happier with the results this time. The first time was over a decade ago and well I ruined four models in one day. Lousy primer I guess. Anyways, I chose their evening orchid to represent Pontiac iris mist and because the trim was already present for the vinyl top, painted it as such. I did forget the seam strips, did not realize it until after the black was sprayed and well, it's my shelf. The interior is Rustoleum 2X satin aubergine to represent a plum interior. I should have used black primer, but did not expect the color to come out so light. The cap was much darker. Some things I did change were the wheel backs, I added some material to increase the width of the track. As they are the wheel tracks are too narrow. I also deviated from the stock build with the small supercharger and twin Weber side draft carburetors. The pulleys and the drive belt are so wrong, but it looks cool under the hood of the stock appearing car. Overall, it was fun to build and looks good next to my ancient build of the AMT Prestige 1965 Bonneville from the eighties.

A green Monogram Thunder Bug. It was 1970 and I was 5. My mom has a photo of me waking my dad up to show it finished

Looks good so far. Are those the old MPC GTO graphics?

Stephen King's The Dark Half Richard Stark drove a Toronado. Timothy Hutton played him in a movie

Oooohh, Sparkly!

Thanks, I built these right after 9/11 when work was on hold and I was just going in to fill time while they tried to figure out how to schedule us. I had time to kill and built all three in around a week

Thank you!

These are the other two I completed at the time. I have all the rest to complete, with exception of the GTO due to it never being rereleased.

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I started this when it was released in 1988. I had also started another sprint car, the #11 Coors Light sprint car. I ran into problems building that one. It never was completed, due to a difficult landing after a short flight accross the room. I did keep the never installed wheels and tires and also the engine. I'm not sure if I never finished the Luna kit because the sprint cars were hard to build, or the disappointment of a Chevy small block were a Ford Cleveland should reside. Anyways, I have muddled, persevered, modified, and walked away many times this past month, but here it is. I was surprised the decals were OK, not great, but they stayed together. Paints are all Tamiya, including the wings I used piano wire to create the missing struts It sits completely flat despite the huge rear tire stagger. Those tank decals were just awful and barely responded to Walthers. All my other decal solvents were inert The Ford conversion is not perfect, but it's better than the obvious siamesed Chevy Not much room in there for a full sized adult. Steering wheels are only installed when driving and I need to add belts I did wire the magneto What was in the box save the NASCAR Ford Cleveland cylinder heads I'm mocking up Close up of the NASCAR Ford Cleveland cylinder heads that just fit. Yes the intake is wrong and the water pump, etc., but you can't see it when it's finished One of the pictures for inspiration. I can't believe they had a Coors Light car, but wouldn't put the Skoal and Copenhagen decals in the kits. They were a major sponsor for WoO at the time.

Nice Merc! I had one for a couple of years. Then I ran across a Merc woody wagon that needed love, so it went to eBay. Mine had a bit of rash too.

It says in the description BLACK General Lee. Pretty clear to me they will have a black border

Looks great! Always liked the "Sneaker" and his "Bluebird" cars!

Great job! Yep, I will agree a crappy kit and one that when I was building one almost became an aircraft multiple times.

Not sure how rare it is, but it's been in my possession the longest. I bought it in the late seventies from a toy store in Hickory, NC. I've never built it for some reason and never seen one built by anyone else. It was issued in 1971 and never rleased again

My store in Wichita has some of these kits, but they have yet to discount them. I did see a trike with torn celephane discounted to $13.?? It's like a three dollar discount.

I have a large collection of unbuilt kits I've been collecting since...well, the oldest was bought in the seventies. I thinned them a while ago by selling on eBay just before the fees went stupid. Over the years I've started many only to put them back on the shelf. Also, my son and now his wife have gifted me models. Now that I have dedicated hobby room, I'm building the gifted and started kits as quickly as I can. I just alternate gift or started ech time. Otherwise it's kind of eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Nice, clean, builds!

White was only available in '53 and the beginning of '54. They added, red, this blue, and black. In '55 copper and harvest gold were added and black was dropped. Thanks for the compliments! It was a frustrating build, but it turned out better than expected

Thanks for the compliments!

Originally released in 1977ish with a metal body, this kit was modified and rereleased in 1982 by Monogram as an all-plastic kit. This is the 2013 release with what looks like better decals than some of the others. Considered by many to be the superior of the two kits available to build a 1953 Corvette, I'd hate to build the AMT version. Maybe it's the end result. Anyways, I used Tamiya light metallic blue and light sand to represent the pennant blue exterior and beige interior. The metallic tan on the metal bits in the interior was difficult to match. I tried Tamiya's titanium gold, but it was too light and green. I ended up with a HL craft acrylic metallic bronzy color that seemed good enough. I also used Model Car Garage photo-etch parts. Be warned though, there's no guide for the pieces though most are obvious. The metal color is kind of gold even after polishing. The MCG photo-etch supplied interior and exterior mirror pieces leave a lot to be desired. The arms for the mirrors are flat and look terrible when finished. I passed on the mirrors and did not have an appropriate outside spare. Most of the fit when building the kit is pretty good even if the parting lines are a bit heavy and offset. The body was especially affected. The front headlight buckets required a lot of work and even after putty and sanding, the fit was still poor. The chrome was very shiny and complete, but at a cost. The clear they used before plating was sprayed too thick. All the sprue points on the bumpers, windshield, etc., required touchup with BMF. The end results look good to my eyes, but what a lot to get there. I also noted a couple of details in the kit were more appropriate to a modified version of a stock car. 12 volt battery and extended exhaust tips (ok for '54). The bottom of the body was raw gel coat. Sort of a dirty yellow-tan. Restoration pictures I found, showed the chassis, transmission, and exhaust to be all black. I passed on highlighting all the fasteneners. I was tired I added the missing upper radiator hoses The roadster top is a love it or hate it thing With my Danbury Mint 1953 Corvette Trying to make the headlight buckets better. No, the hood was not wavy. That's a reflection of the shrink wrap on the box

Looks, good! I finished the Cabriolet last month, so I know your pain of building one of these kits.

Looks sharp!

Thanks everyone! I have the Predicta too and plan to finish it in the metallic red paint that the model design represents. Not thhe original blue or later blue restoration.