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Amt's Wilson Livestock trailer:

I built this Pete in the winter of 1985/86. As I didn't like the orange stripe decals, I made my own paint scheme (similar to original Peterbilt pictures from my trucking books back then) with a lot of masking, spray-painting with 4 different dupli-color rattle-cans and drawing the black parting lines by hand. Decals came from various sources, lettering has been made with rub-on-letters on transparent decal sheet, doors have been opened, the cab got some detailing inside (coke cans, cigarettes, chewing gums and magazines) and out: bug deflector, winter-front,mudflaps, radiator mascot, wire antennas, chains and connector cables. A good friend of mine made a battery-powered (hidden in the sleeper) lighting system (head and fog lights, 5 roof markers, cab dome light and 4 rear red lights). When moving, the truck crashed to the ground and therefore cries for a restoration - several small parts went off, the front axle, the mud flaps and some other things broke - oh well! Here is it as it looked like in 1986 (bad pic qualitiy):

From my 1/16 Monogram Peterbilt: a mixture of real motor oil and graphite dust (from a pencil on sandpaper) - took several years until it became dry (more or less)

My only real snapper is JoHan's '72 Ford Gran Torino: My only real snapper is JoHan's '72 Ford Gran Torino:

Steven, excellent '59 Ford Company products you show us here - the Edsel is my favourite, but it was a tough choice!

The same for me, too - I have kept one of each kit I have built.

Very nice Peterbilt 352 - would make an excellent box art model!

C'mon guys, let's see more Coe's - have they also disappeared not only from the highways but from the modelers' tables and attics also???

Great Transtar, John! I certainly would not have the patience for such an amount of work going into one truck kit. Here is mine (pic from 1983) - will be used as a donor kit (frame, engine, transmission) for a resin cab, because the chrome parts of this one have been warped and heavily distorted (grill surrounds, handlebars, mirrors, wipers etc.) - kit got heat damage from the intense sun shining through the shop window.... As I got this one at a closeout sale, there was no way to get my money back. This was what it looked back then:

Totally amazing - as always - Steve!!! The '60 Dodge is my favourite of your quartet, but each one looks very impressive!

Well, here is another one, not quite a 59 model, but at least introduced in the fall of '59 and in my opinion one of the best looking US cars of the era: 1960 De Soto Adventurer HT from JoHan - my first rattle-can paint job in 1983...

Very nice looking models, Richard - I should have bought the Chrysler also, back then...

Great Oldsmobiles, Cliff - the red and dark grey one - is this a '56 model?

Steve, great models - the Imperial convertible as well as the Dodge HT - simply excellent !!!

Beautiful Helmut! I'm working on the '59 Plymouth as we speak, so I'll get back to you on that one. I do however, have the X-EL '59 Dodge & a Model King reissue of the '59 Imperial. I have the X-EL '59 Desoto hardtop as well that I began converting to a 2 door convertible many years ago, but due to the lack of an interior, I never finished it. Both the '59 Dodge & the Plymouth that I'm working on, have Modelhaus resin interiors. Actually pretty nice ones! Thanks Steve, but my models are actually junk compared with those of you - incredible, your Dodge with those spinner (?) hubcaps, the correct interior, the perfectly applied BMF and that gorgeous paint !!! Your late '50s models are among the most beautiful I have ever seen in the last 30 years, period. The Imperial is also in my stash (2 x), together with about 350 others that are waiting for being built - and I should restore several of my old builds, too (the 3 above, for example) - too many kits, too little time!

and finally the De Soto Fireflite 4 Door HT (# 3) Remark: License plates for all 3 are from an old 1961 auto world self-sticking license plate sheet.

The Dodge Custom Royal Lancer (#2)

As I was born in 1959, what about '59 cars, but not the always-and-everywhere present Chevys and Cadillacs, something different instead: Here are 3 former X-EL promos, repainted in the mid 80's, done "old-school" (no BMF, just silver paint), bodies with spray cans I had at hand in colors I thought that would fit for these land yachts. Therefore not strictly stock, as all three have interiors from the '60 De Soto (I didn't like missing interiors - better wrong ones than nothing at all) - so all of you nitpickers will have something to talk about. Anyway, despite several shortcomings, they make ok shelfmodels when looked at from a distance - here we go: Plymouth Fury HT

Here is another onethat is rather seldom seen: JoHan's 63 Starfire 2 door HT: Hastily built 30 years ago, it will need a restoration

My small contribution: '57 and '58 X-EL Promos repainted in the mid 80's - will get a polishing treatment and some BMF sometimes in the future.

Perfectly executed model Steve, in beautiful colors - fantastic!!!

superb built race car of my all-time F1 hero Jim clark!!!

Great Ferraris, Matt! The California Spider looks excellent - especially in that color! Unfortunately I built mine red/int. black, but have still 2 more originals in my stash: dark blue/tan int., metallic grey/red int. or black/red int. ? Now I see another color combination which pleases me! What rims and tires did you use? Spoke wheels look almost like Italeri's, tires like Protar's?

the V12 Detroit Diesel engine from Tyrone Malone's Kenworth truck...

Great trucks, Jacobus - I especially like the Diamond T and the Ford - could you show us more?