Karl LaFong

First off - what were they smoking at IMC when they designed this abomination?!? Lack of positive mounting holes, mounting holes that were too small, parts that didn't fit, ad. infinitum. I have seen some well done versions of this kit; in order to cover up things I botched, I went with a weathered look. With the exception of the tire rack (from one of the AMT trailer kits) and rubber mud flaps on the trailer (from a fishing lure), I built it box stock. The doors don't open and the front wheels don't steer; i had enough problems just gluing them in place. The red is Tamiya Italian Red, the black are various shades of Tamiya and Testor's blacks. I covered the wood decking of the trailer with diamond plate styrene sheet. The interior (not shown) has 1/25th scale tools and photo-reduced copies of vintage "Stock Car Racing" magazine. The rag and wrench on the trailer covers up a glue boo-boo. Definately NOT a kit for the faint-hearted!

Wow - looks like something out of '63 era "Car Modeler". Well done!!

Oh yeah!! Styline rules! Great job on getting the kustom parts to fit!

Great start! Not an easy kit to build (the chassis is a real PITA) and the tires are wrong for a dirt car, but it amazing that a company would take a chance on modeling East Coast modifieds.

WIP can be found here: Since the WIP, I added side mirrors from the AMT '63 Chevy II station wagon, and the kit license plate. All in all, a fun model - almost a snap kit!

Done! More photos in the Under Glass section.

Almost done! The interior and chassis snapped into place without needing glue. The rear window just about fits into the space - I probably should have cut a larger piece of clear styrene to fit over the opening. I do need to touch up some paint blebs. The rear gas cap was a parts box item. All roof chromw was done with a chrome Molotow pen. Next stop, under glass.

Thanks! It's Tamiya Semi-gloss Black, applied to the bare plastic - no primer.

While the exterior paint is drying, I completed the interior. With the exception of a photoreduced June 1966 Playboy, it's straight out of the box (including the excellent dash decals). Molotow chrome was used to pick out details.

I've seen several excellent builds of the Black Beauty, so I thought I would try something a bit different. I love the look of mid-60's customs, so I thought I would get rid of the Green Hornet gadgets, and go for a straight forward custom Imperial. Rght out of the box, the kit has many of the bells & whistles of a 60's custom (roll pans, custom grill, fender skirts), so it shouldn't require too much effort to go this route. I molded in the bumper and trunk rocket launchers, and inspired by the '64 Imperial box art (courtesy of Model Roundup), I went with a black roof/light blue body: The blue is some ancient Testor's "Colors by Boyd" Ice Blue, thinned with lacquer thinner and airbrushed. I think the kit mag wheels are kind of meh, so I'm going with AMT '63 'Vette wheels mounted on vintage AMT Firestone Supreme whitewalls - That's it for now!

My wallet is going to take a big hit this month...

OUTSTANDING!! Looks like something that would have graced the cover of Car Model magazine, circa 1962!

I started this one 10+ years ago; something different from what I usually build. It's based on the Donk version of the kit - the button-tufted interior seems to be unique to this version. Tires & wheels are Pegasus items. I wish I had painted the vinyl top pearl white to match the interior, but I've seen other lowriders with body-colored tops. Really a fun kit - I wish Revell would start producing it again.

Big improvement over the original!

Lookin' good!