1959scudetto

I'm not into drag racing, but this old gasser looks really, really good!

Wonderful Mercury in perfect period-correct color.

Thanks, Mario - you're right, reworking old models brings fun and is a rewarding experience - I intend to do this with several others of my old builds.

Well done, Rich. Your craftsmanship is truly admirable - all those pins and holes to straighten out or fixing warped body panels and base plates (like you did with your Peugeot 905)! (I had this kit too, but sold it off few years ago)

Marvellous El Camino with wonderful paint, Anders - showroom quality as usual (I should look more often into the P/U section) ! Did you use the stock wheels or are these taken from Monogram's '59 Impala?

Thanks, Patrick - if I would still build American cars, I would prefer the modern Revell version.

Thank you Carl, I would not call it impressive, but it looks o.k. from a distance (it HAS some issues!). By the way, here is my '49 Merc (posted last year):

Thank you all guys, for the compliments .

Another old build of mine - Union's IMC reissue from the 80's, I built this one about 1987, sprayed with car laquer from the can, interior trim, windshield frame and white walls are brushed with Humbol enamels (my preferred paints back then) - a simple box stock build (the unrealistic looking side trim on fenders and body was included in the kit: high-glossy self-sticking mylar stripes). Just discovered on the Scalemates site that the Testors issue shows a box model in almost the same colors. This one is still with me, the pictures show the 20 year old model in 2007. I remember a few issues with the fitment of the hood and also the doors which I glued shut (remember, this one dates back to the mid-sixties!)

Very good looking street rod, Roger - you nailed the look perfectly, with baby moons and WWs. With narrower wheels and tires, it could go for a late 50's rod. Maybe back in the day, the Ford "B" had the edge over the Chevy because it was a bit more modern looking with its body-colored grille surrounding (the hood/grille combination of the Chevy for me is like kind of "missing link" between Ford A and B model) and of course had the V8 which raised its attractivity.

Thanks, David and Gary, these were old builds from the mid-80's, when my main focus was on American trucks and cars.

Thanks, Monty - it was Humbrol # 69 Thanks, Glen - I used paints that I had in my stash - no idea if any of them was factory correct (certainly NOT!) Thanks, Bill - trim was brushpainted using Humbrol silver (no BMF on these)

Thank you Eric, James, Rusty and Gerald for your nice comments: only the yellow convertible was brushpainted.

Old and sold - the convertible was the Matchbox/amt issue from 1979 (molded in dark blue plastic), unfortunately the tree with the clear parts and the stock wheels were missing which caused me to improvise. It has been brushed twice with Humbrol yellow because the blue was shining through (see inner fenders). The coupe (amt/ERTL) was spraypainted with car laquer from the can as was the Monogram '53 Hardtop. Trim on all three is brushed Humbrol silver, ww-tires Humbrol matte white, no further detailing.

Many thanks, Dave, it looks a bit more acceptable now.

Very convincing, I'm not sure if I ever saw somebody to make look plastic like rusty metal as you do it always. I see, you have found use for the remains of the dumperbody (from the big IH dumper which got lost in the mud trap)

Very well done - your effort has paid off, Gary - looks very much like the original - this must have been really a handful to drive (heavy on the brakes, I suppose).

I thought SunStar does only 1/18 die-casts.

You're welcome, Gary - you will find lots of great pictures in color and b/w there.

Thank you all - Pierre, Michael, Bruce, Carl, Rich, Chris and Larry for your compliments: done as a quick conversion without spending money on it, the main problems of the kit can't be hidden: dimensions are wrong and the whole car is out of shape when you compare the model with the real car. (For a good-looking 908 longtail, Paul Fisher's resin kit would have been the right choice.)

Good looking musclecar, Gene! The rest of the gang too!

Recently, I unearthed my old Heller 908 only to find out that – apart from the missing rear wing – its livery was totally wrong for the 1000 kms Monza 1969 which it was supposed to be. Instead of scratchbuilding a wing, I decided to turn it into the 907 longtail which participated in Le Mans 1968: entered by the (private) Swiss Squadra Tartaruga, it was driven by Dieter Spoerry/Rico Steinemann to a surprising 2nd place behind the winning Gulf GT40. Although it was only equipped with the 2,2 ltr. engine, it beat the only surviving 908 longtail (3 ltr.) and was therefore the best placed Porsche that year (Here with the original box of my 1986 reissue) As I had also a second Heller 908 (gluebomb) at hand, I used both for this one: color was partially removed, after masking windshield and headlights, everything was oversprayed with Tamiya racing white which is not correct, but my strict rule was not to spend even a cent of money on this because it has that many faults and issues. So I used what I had on hand to turn my old ugly Heller 908 longtail into a – little less ugly - 907 longtail. Tail fins made from evergreen sheet, fine wire mesh for the grille, engine cover and side windows tinted Tamiya clear yellow, decals are from DMC, Colorado, Calle’graphe and others – the numbers have been cut into pieces and puzzled back together to come close to the real one, a few details were added using leftover parts from different kits. Before I glued everything shut, the seats were repainted dark red and the driver received seat belts. For those of you who are interested in the real car, here is a link to a French slotracing website which has 66 (!) pictures of the original car at Le Mans: https://lemans.slot-racing.fr/le-mans-1968/porsche-907-66-src.html I strongly recommend this site as a valuable source for reference reasons to all interested in Le Mans racecars (for exemple: the #7 Chaparral 2F – Phil Hill/Mike Spence from Le Mans 1967 65 pics online!): https://lemans.slot-racing.fr/marques.html text is in French, but don't let that scare you - just click on the model you are interested in and scroll down (skip the slotcar description) to the original photos !

Here you go,Scott - these are the box' contents (including decals and instructions):

Came today with the postman (partially started, but complete) - a very simple slotracing body with a few additional parts to create a curbside model. Box says FROG/amt, won this 2 days ago on ebay.

Fantastic build ot this iconic racecar which won 2 world chmpionships (1974 Emerson Fittipaldi, 1976 James Hunt) - ver nice 1/20 F1 collection!