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Back in 1985, I bought amt's Mach 1 and turned it into some kind of low-level racer using decals from different kits. It was a real "quickie-project" - I don't think it took more than 10 or 12 hrs. - the interior and bottom got a silver spray paint using car rim silver (directly on the bare plastic - which works great), the yellow moulded body and wheels were simply clear-coated - that was it! Pic of kit found on the internet:

As several of my dream cars have become available as 1/24 die-casts within the last 10 years, there are still some gaps that I would like to see closed: USA: 60's Jeep Gladiator P/U, 1958 Ford, 1959 Pontiac UK: Ford Lotus Cortina Mk I, MGA, Triumph TR4, Austin/Morris 1100/1300 Sweden: Volvo 122 S, Volvo PV 544 Italy: Ferrari 250 GT/L (Berlinetta Lusso), Lamborghini Espada (1st series), Lancia Aurelia B 20 Coupé, Fiat Dino Spider and Coupé, Fiat 8 V and 2300 S, Alfa Romeo Junior Zagato and 1750 GTV, Maserati Ghibli, DeTomaso Mangusta Germany: Mercedes 230 SL and 220 SEb Coupé, BMW 3,0 CS All I have to do is dream...

Super, David - this is my favourite JoHan kit (has also been my first) - I have built the same back in `83 - I think it is one of the sharpest looking mopars of that era.

Thanks, Teijo! Danke sehr - I'm glad you like it, Michael! Thank you, Anders - but all my builts are far away from yours!

Thanks Jay, today this one could bring really some money if I had left it untouched, but I found the green rather ugly back then (and still do)...

Fantastic build, Steve - you are always amazing me with your attention to the finest details - I would never have the patience for this.

Thanks, Charlie!

I have a JoHan '68 Imperial promo which I got from a penpal in the U.S. I repainted it, but left the interior widely untouched: the whole model was molded in a "Popeye spinach-green (see interior color), only the vinyl part of the roof was semi-matte black.

Great looking oldie, Daniel !

Thank you Gareth, the wheels came from the parts box, and the colors were leftover rattle cans. I've been inspired for the side-stripe by the picture on the kit box - and then I used that paint for the roof also...

Thanks, David! Thanks, Josh - I like the body style of this Dodge, too.

Thanks, Bob - I wanted to keep mostly stock with a decent street machine look (wheels/tires) Thanks, Chris!

Thank you, Carl!

Thanks, Francis, every now and then you have to re-glue fallen-off pieces...

Unfortunately, the scale is indeed far off (about 1:20 to 1:21) and the proportions, too (either too wide or too short) - anyway, I bought myself one and intend to convert it into John Fitzpatrick's Broadspeed Anglia, winner of the 1966 British Touring Car Championship (dark red/marroon with silver roof) - picture found on the internet

Exactly what I thought - very nice paint on fine models !

Thanks, Rusty - yes it is the '64 Marauder from amt (mid 80's reissue) - my fist excessive use of bare-metal foil!

Thanks, Al !

Thanks, Brian!

Back in 1984, I bought a JoHan 1964 Dodge Super Stock* (picture is from the internet), but didn't want to make it a quartermile racer. So I built some sort of stock version, swapping the wheels with some found in my parts box (probably from amt) - spray-painted with leftover rattle cans - chrome trim is silver paint: Here's the class of '64:

Thank you David, it will also be a matter of (available) time (I will do nothing with it in the immediate future)...

Thanks, this will be done soon (some other trucks have suffered, too)...

Thanks, Carl - it was a lot of fun to make some detailing without spending any money - just using parts from the parts box and other available material - I didn't want to go the extramile and spend about 50 $ for spoke wheels on a cheap 15 $ model. By the way, in Oct. 2014, I took some pics of the real car in Padua/Italy on the Auto e Moto d'Epoca - one of Europ's biggest fairs of classic Cars - it came from the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese:

Thank you Steve, I will try this out someday.

thanks, Tom -when I received my 61 T-Bird, it looked very similar to your (unpainted) '60 Squarebird!