unclescott58

As said, Honey West!

Any idea what wheels come with that kit? They just say promo wheels. I'm hoping those are the 8 lug wheels.

I was lucky enough to get Shawn Carpenter's conversion kit several years back. It was some of the nicest resin stuff I ever worked with. I'd love if he could offer his stuff again.

Thank you. I too am having a hard time understanding exactly what your telling me. I think I'm getting it. But, a photo would help if you could?

Very, very nice!

Just went to Modlehaus' site to order one.

Wow! Very nice. One of the all time great classic Tom Daniel designs.

Thanks for the reminder. Just went to their site to order a '67 Grand Prix convertible. A little pricey. But, well worth I'm sure. I hope I get to order one or two more kits before they close shop.

What was the point of dragging this thread forward. Just to bad mouth AMT's '58 Plymouth again? Or tell us how every car from the 1950's, in every body style, needs to be offered in 1/25 scale? I agree with the later statement. But, I'm tired of the former. Give it a rest. We all know AMT's '58 Plymouth had problems. Just don't buy the kit if you don't like it. But to say AMT should not be allowed to release any more kits until they correct that one? Is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. If you really feel that way, don't buy any Round 2 products until they fix it. I bet you'll have a long wait. And not much fun. Round 2 is doing a great job with what they have. Do I want more and better stuff? Of coarse. But, is that going happen, or is it practical? I hope so. But, in the mean time I'll keep buying Round 2s stuff, whether they ever fix the '58 Plymouth or not. To top it off. I didn't think that '58 Plymouth was as bad as everybody made it out to be.

allis200 did you make the show too? Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you. Or did I? I talked to a lot of people I didn't know. What did you bring? Did you win anything? Did you feel welcome like Steve did? I sure hope so. Next time we'll have to figure out a way to for meet.

You quoted me? It's not my model we're talking about here. By the way, I see I made a mistake in that quote. It should read, "on any model that has not been painted yet." Rather than, "on any model that has on been painted yet." So, I guess I'm glad your quoting me. As that gives me a chance to clear that up.

Went to the NNL North model car show today. Had a great time and picked up a spare AMT '66 Wildcat for my Missing Link '65 Wildcat resin I got in the mail two days ago.

I love blue. I was think about painting my Avenger GT-12 yellow until I saw the picture you posted above. The car looks great in blue. And sitting at a reasonable level.

What is the bottom car just above? I'm sorry to say, I think the Avanger GT-12 is much better looking than that thing. But, not as nice as the two Ford GTs.

You found pictures of the kit I bought just a little over a week ago, but was unable to post pictures of my own here. An interesting kit. I spent a little over a year trying to get one, before I got mine. Who has the tooling/dies? My guess, if anybody has them it would be Round 2. They bought off Lindberg several years ago. And it seems like Lindberg has many of the IMC dies. That's where the Little Red Wagon, Dodge L-600, Mustang II and Cougar show cars came from. The best bet is Round 2 has the Avenger GT-12 kit too. Now comes Murphy's Law into play. Since I just found a copy of the model for my collection after a somewhat long search. Round 2 will announce they are reissuing the kit in the next few months! For me, I hope not. For the rest of you, I hope so. It's a cool little kit of a very cool car.

Had a lot of fun at the NNL North model car show today. More details can be found in the General area, in thread dealing with "Who is going to the NNL North?" It was another great time, at another great show!

That's the problem Snake. Other than a mounting post in milddle of the frame crossover, the part that humps up to accommidate the rear axle. Beyond that, the side rails touch nothing until you get to front of the fenders where the radiator mounts. And there is not much touching there! Talked to a few guys today at the NNL North model car show about this. None I talked to have ever built the kit. So, they had no advice or suggestions that was helpful. I'm hoping someone on this forum has built this kit, and can tell me how one mounts the body on the chassis.

Just got back from the NNL North Show. Got to meet Steve Guthmiller in person. And see some of his models. First, Steve is a very nice guy. Very friendly and personable. His models? They are better than what you can see in the pictures posted here. He is a top notch modeler. So good, he won two major awards at the show. I'll let him tell you about that. He is also very humble about model building abilities. He's a lot better modeler than he thinks he is. Everybody who saw his models were blown away. Beside meeting Steve, I had a great time at the show. Turn out was better than last year. So there were a lot of models to look at. I brought two 1/2 models. I say two and 1/2 because my '40 Willys Curly's Gasser and the trailer it sat on, we're counted as one model. Even though they were built from different kits, at different times. But, I was okay with that. The other model was a '75 AMT Ford van used as a tow vehicle. Both the van and the trailer used Three Stooges decals that came with the Stooges '40 sedan delivery. I won no awards for my models. But, I didn't expect to. My models are only okay. I like them. And so did a few other people from what I was told. And that makes me happy. So I am very please with that. I bought two kits. Nothing real special. But, I got them at very good prices. In fact I thought the vendors prices at the show were pretty reasonable. Better than what I normally see on places like eBay. But, there was nothing I really needed. So I saved a few bucks. I also bought a few raffle tickets for models that were being raffled off. I got skunked there. But again, of the models being raffled off, there was nothing I really had my heart set on. So that was okay too. So in general, I had a great time. Again, saw a lot of nice models. BS's with a lot of good friends. Hopefully made a new friend beyond blogging here, with Steve. And I'm looking forward to next year's show. What more can one ask for? Another good NNL North. I hope others out here will join us next year.

Oh! P.S. Getting in is not a problem over all. You'll have to wait in line at first. But beyond that, it's pretty easy signing up, getting in, and displaying your models. The only other advice. Bring money. There are normally some pretty good vendors there, with some fun stuff to browse and buy..

I find normally find windshield pillars a easy fix on any model that has on been painted yet. A good liquid cement, like Tamiya's and everything is good. The right cement welds styrene parts together quite well. Very cool kit by the way. Despite the broken windshield frame, a very nice find.

By the way, if you get this in time. Members of MCCM (Model a Car Club of Minnesota) are meeting at 8 am for breakfast at the Perkins restaurant on France Ave., just noth of 494, in Edina. I'm sure you'd be welcome to join us.

Ah! You stole my exact line. Other than I might have spelled COOL with a K. The old customize's way.

I'll be there Steve. I hope I finally get to meet you, and see some of your great cars in person.

I'm presently building AMT' '23 "T" Delivery Van. Not a bad little kit over all. Everything seems to be going together quite nicely, except one thing. I can't figure out how the body mounts on to the chassis? There is one mounting pin/peg right above the rear axle that seems to be designed to go into a hole/indentation in the bottom of body's floor. Beyond that, nothing. Other than that one spot, I don't see where the body really touches the chassis in a way that it can be glued down firmly? Is there anybody out there who has successfully completed this kit? And tell me what I'm missing?

Anybody know the history of the real boat this kit was based off of? I've done several different searches and can find nothing on a real boat just like that one. A searches using the word Westcraft, or West craft. or combinations with each come up with nothing on a real life that matches the AMT kit boat.