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  1. Very nice. Scott
  2. Two classics. Very nice. Scott
  3. Wow! Is that nice. It just looks right. And I too love those great old JoHan kits. Scott
  4. I've never really liked the looks of the '37 Fords. That said, I'm very impress with how nice your model turned out. Beautiful. Even if it doesn't turn me into a '37 Ford fan. Scott
  5. Another ugly '62 Mopar that I like. And another very nice build Ludwig. I'm impressed. Scott
  6. Ugly car. But, a very nice job on the model. Even though I think the '62 Plymouths were ugly, I'd love to get my hands on the old JoHan kit. Great job. Scott
  7. Looks good. Very nice. Scott
  8. Great looking SS. The last year Chevrolet offered a Nova SS in the real thing. Scott
  9. Very nice. Even though I'm not a big fan of vinyl roofs, it looks great. Much nicer than the '75 Matador I built last year. Good job. Scott
  10. Never seen this kit built as the cop car version. Pretty cool. And very nice job. Scott
  11. Wow! Great job. Very nice. Scott
  12. Wow 24 hours! Looks great. I've been working on mine for over a dozen years now. I need to get going. Scott
  13. Very nice. Very clean. I like it. Scott
  14. Very cool. '73 was the only year you could have gotten the SS package with the Chevelle wagon. That's the version I'd like to see offered as kit someday. But, I'm holding my breath waiting for that to happen. Scott
  15. Revell kit? If so, it again proves Revell's '67 builds into a nice model. Scott
  16. Nice stuff. Scott
  17. Very cool! I want one. I can't afford one. But I want one. Scott
  18. Not only were they not "sport sedans." They were not true sedans. They are hardtops. Sometimes called hardtop sedans. But, they will never be just "4-door sedans" to me. Sedans have "B" pillars. Hardtops do not. A true hardtop, 2-door or 4, will always look better to me than any 2-door or 4-door sedan, or coupe to for that matter, to me. Scott
  19. I just saw this on YouTube. I like it. It looks cool to me. Even though I like the '66 GT40 Mk II with the 427 V8 better. Time moves on, and this is pretty for today. Now, we're do I come up with the money to buy one? Also, I wonder how soon I can get a kit of it? Scott
  20. Sad to say, I had to drive a car from St. Paul, MN to Seattle, WA last week and saw almost nothing interesting. I know it's the wrong time of year to see many cool vehicles on the route I took. I-94 to I-90. But, the only thing I saw remotely cool was a modern Dodge Challenger going the other way in western Montana. I need to take that back somewhat. On the train ride back, I saw a few cool old cars and trucks sitting in fields near the tracks. But, other than a '60 Olds 4-door sedan, nothing too exciting. Scott
  21. Cool. I need to look into it. Scott
  22. Okay, there are a few people blogging here that do not seem to understand what a 4-door hardtop, a.k.a. "Sport Sedan" is. I assume these are younger guys, under the age of 35 or so, that were not around when this body style was being produced and popular. First the defining of a "4-door hardtop." This is a 4-door body style with no "B" pillar. So when you roll down all of the side windows, there is nothing between left between the windshield pillar ("A" pillar) and the sail panel (a.k.a. "C" pillar). There are no standing door frames or center pillars when the windows are rolled down. The '55 Buick Special and Century 4-door Riviera sedans are credited as being the first cars to popularize this style. Oldsmobile following close behind with their '55 88 and Super 88 4-door Holiday sedans. For 1956 most American car manufacturers started offering 4-door hardtops. Including Buick in their Roadmaster and Super lines, and Olds in their 98. But just as Buick called their hardtops Rivieras. And Olds called theirs Holidays. Other companies used other names. And mainly Chevrolet used the term "Sport Sedans" for their 4-door hardtops (Plymouth used it at times too). And since Chevrolet wa number 1 in sale back then, several people will end up referring to 4-door hardtops as "Sport Sedans." So this is the type of "Sport Sedans" Jon was talking about when he started with thread. Not just any 4-door. Or a "sport sedan" in the modern use of the term. I too love 4-door hardtops. Next to a "true" 4-door convertible (a 4-door folding top car with roll down side windows), it's my second favorite body style. Followed by the 2-door convertible. The hardtop wagon. 2-door hardtops. Coupes. And regular wagons, roadsters, phaetons, and sedans. Pretty much that order. As far as models go, there were several promos of 4-door hardtops offered mainly back in the 1950's. Including Chevrolet Sport Sedan promos offered by PMC for 1956, 1957, and 1958. By the way, as noted, other companies used other names used for hardtops. Originally Chevrolet called their 2-door hardtop the Bel Air. When Chevrolet turned Bel Air into a model line in '53 with other body types, they then called their 2-door hardtops "Sport Coupes." Ford dusted off the name Victoria for their early hardtops. When Mercury introduced their 4-door hardtops, they refered to them as Phaetons. Which they were not. DeSoto called their's Sportsmans. Chrysler called their's Newports, before expanding that into a model line in 1961. Dodges were Diplomats, then Lancers (though the Lancer name was also used on their convertibles at the time too). Hudson, Hollywood. Nash/Rambler, Country Club. Cadillac, DeVille. Imperial, Southampton. Plus there are others I can not remember off the top of my head right here now. Right now. This can be very confusing. But, I hope this helps clarify a few things, so we all end up to talking about the same thing here. Scott
  23. Very nice job Gaute. This is an old kit I wish Revell/Monogram would reissue. Scott
  24. Again, thanks for your condolences guys. Scott
  25. Thanks guys. Dan, it didn't take 20 years for Gus to make family. He was family right from the beginning. I hope he's now enjoying watching birds in heaven. And someday, hopefully not too soon, I'm be up there with him to give him some of his much loved ear scratches again. Already missing you Gus. Scott
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