Peter Lombardo

Lyle, this is getting boring....another beautiful Rod from your workbench. Great execution as usual. The color suits it perfectly.

This really is a special color and build....Back in the day, Playboy magazine presented the Playmate of the Year, you know the "Cream of that years Crop" a pink car. It was a real forerunner of the Mary Kay Caddy's. I remember seeing one of these "Pink" cars back in the late 60's in our area and having an instant fantasy. Anyway, very nice redition....very clean. I am sure Hugh would approve.

Now, that's what I'm talking about. Great looking build. One of these days I will get one built too.

This what happens to all good "Glue Bombs"....they get turned into beautiful custome roadsters.....It’s a metamorphosis like a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Great job, very nice. I like it a lot.

This is the one and only Norm Grabowski. Known as the "Father of the T Bucket" and the creator of the legendary “Kookie†T Bucket from the 1960’s detective show named “77 Sunset Stripâ€. Kookie was the “crazy†hot rod Car Hop character played by Ed Burns who was known as Ed “Kookie†Burns. The famous line was “Kookie, Kookie, lend my your combâ€. :-)

lyle, great looking paint, I love that deep metallic gold flake in the red. The wheels are very cleaver. I really like the center hub, especially with that bow-tie in the middle. Very sharp and different looking street rod. Another perfectly detailed build.....nice work.

Chris, thanks for the info, I just ordered one, of course I have 32 1/20 F1's on the shelf that are in line ahead of this one. Thanks again.

Right now, there is a great selection of GREAT kits out there. If I were starting a collection of American kits to build, right now, knowing what I know now, I would be picking up…. Revell kits first, 49 Mercury coupe…58 Chevy coupe, 32 Ford, coupe, roadster and/or sedan….yes, get all three, they are great. 68 and 69 Dodge Charger coupes, either one or both. 69 Chevy Nova coupe…any and all Corvette C5 and/or C6 coupes and convertibles. Any one of the 69 Chevy Camaro kits, Z28, convertible, Yanko or Baldwin…any and all are great. Any of the new Mustang coupes, GT, Hertz. Shelby and Shelby KR. If you like street rods, there are many, but the 41 Willy’s coupe is a classic, so get one or two. AMT has a great new version of the 60 Ford, don’t miss it. The 62 T Bird roadster is very well done, the Chrysler 300C is worth a look and the newer edition of the 57 Chevy coupe is always a great build, stock or custom. Testors does a great Dodge Charger in a few versions, so look at that and Accurate Miniatures, where still available, has a great 64 Grand Sport Coupe race car in a few versions that is always a fun build. Look, I just scratched the surface here, there are so many great building kits out there that you just need to find ones that you want to build. Anything is better then nothing, so this weekend, get to your local hobby shop and get the collection started. What are you waiting for? Go help the economy and buy some kits. We all have to do our part to get things moving again, I know, I am doing my part.

Yes Dave, the pearl yellow will look great on this. Looking goooood! But that Caddy in the background with the Chezoom roof is an absolute killer. I think that car needs some tender love and......paint! Why didn't Harley Earl think of that roof on the late fifty era GM cars? Keep it up.

Mike, great job. I am not a fan big fan of Factory Stock, but this is really a good looking build. The redlines and the rally wheels look so perfectly period along with the vinyl roof. Nice clean build.

Very nice, not a car you see modelled very often because of availablity. I like the magenta color. That was a pretty hot color back in the day...great choice of wheels and stance. Cool build. I have one in the works somewhere with a new Hemi and ground effects body modifications in progress. One of these days, it will get done, but I sure like what you did there.

Well....It's about time man. Seriously though, very nice looking Chevy. You just can't go wrong building a classic like the '64. Very smooth and to the point. I have a '64 that I started somewhere around here, I need to find it and finish it after looking at yours.

Boy, it would be far easier to list the cars that were not important to me. They all are an expression of my time, effort and passion. But if I must, a few stand out a little more in my mind. Around 1962 or 63 I entered, a now long gone, but still alive in my mind, AMT 1949 Mercury coupe in a local regional Pactra (I think) contest. It had my first attempt at opening doors ( they looked pretty good for a kids effort) and used a hinge set I ordered from Auto World. The car won an award for best paint so I was pretty happy. Then after many years away from modeling, in 1979 I built a few of the 1/12 scale Tamiya F1 cars, which, unfortunately are no longer on this planet, but back then I was huge Nikki Lauda fan. I built the Ferrari 312T which just blew me away. I just loved that car. I remember that the profile of the air intake snorkel was not right and I sent a fair amount of time fixing it to get the shape right. One of these days I will get that kit again. More recently I really liked my 1999 Ford Lightning pick up with a nice custom body and the motorized retractable top, doors, hood and lights. I just love the look of my 1958 Impala with the Chezoom style roof and the remote controlled operating sunroof, my cut-away Corvette race car and of course my 1936 Auburn “Cybele†Special with the Greyhounds running alongside which is most likely my most important (personally) build since I designed the car, created the story to justify it, modeled the dogs as a tribute to Jay, my daughters late greyhound. Yeah, that is my all time favorite car on so many levels. My only complaint is that there is just not enough time to build all of the kits I currently I have and will buy in the future. So many cars, so little time. I think I need to dump my day job and work on cars and paint more.

Congratulations...very well done. I was not so sure about the color you chose for this one, but now I get it. Very clean and precise. I like the metallic flake in the paint too. That is a great thing when you can keep surpassing your last build...each one should challange your skill and push your imagination. Very nice, now go ahead and beat this one.

Great looking engine and interior. I really like the shading on the seats. Very well done, and I really like the color combinations you picked for the build. Great looking build of an absolute classic car. My very good friend had a 69 Charger back in the day, and I have great memories of driving that car down to the Jersey shore on summer weekends. We used to street race 396 Chevy's and GTO's....it was a hoot! Side by side on two lane streets at night, we were out of our minds...I sure dodged some big bullets back then....anyway, great looking build so far.

Rather then respond to all the posts individually, this is a note on all the cars and all the posts. Great looking stuff. I am not a fan of the "Show Rod" kits as a rule, except for the Big Daddy stuff, but you did a great job in building and photographing the completed cars. You have a great collection there...I am very impressed by the whole series.

As always, clean and sharp. Nice tasteful mild modification. To an inexperienced viewer, it looks like a car the factory would have produced. The color, the wide "Shelby" style stripes and the stance work perfectly. Really well done.

The rule of thumb, when in doubt, prime it. I prime every body I paint regardless of the plastic color or the top coat color. I fact, I prime the body (gray primer) then lightly sand to smooth out and get any cat hairs off it (I have a long hair cat that loves to inspect everything I do) then paint the body with a thin coat of white and sand lightly again, then the top color or colors go on.

Great looking builds. Very clean and precise, I guess that is a “German†thing. I am curious though, you are like the third or fourth German modeler I have seen who likes to build big old American Iron. I mean you guys have all of those great BMW’s, Mercedes and Porsche’s to hop up. What is it about American stuff….is it just because they are different and not seen on the streets over there very much? Whatever, nice builds, I especially like the cleanliness of the extended cab truck….nice.

Obviously, the workmanship is first rate. Beautiful job putting this all together. I think I would have preferred a different color, but the green is certainly striking. If I am not crazy, didn’t Jairus do a sketchpad T Bird like this in gunmetal a few years ago? I think his had a rear mid engine layout if I am not mistaken. I liked that one so much I put aside a T bird Convertible and a Jag 220 (I think that is what he drew) for the “someday†project. Anyway, I love what you did, great job. I love the smooth look of the dashboard. Are the taillights from the old Revell parts pack? They look great, where ever they came from, on this build.

I also watch as much of B-J as I can but lets be honest here….they make it about as difficult as they can to watch it. 1. They show a car to the gavel, they step away for a commercial. 2 or 3 minutes later they come back, give you more hype about a race on Speed next month, tell you about the beautiful 1970 number matching Chevelle LS6 (or whatever) that just sold for the daily high. And move on to an Olds 54 4 door sedan from the GM collection. Then, step out for more commercials. What is that all about? 2. Then I am tired of hearing what the third digit of the VIN number of 62 Corvette means. 3. Will someone please tell Bob Varsha (spelling, I know) to take a breath now and than. 4. Will someone also please tell Bob that the world does not revolve around Amy Assitier (spelling, I know). While we are at it, I am a little tired of hearing about a grown man named “Spankly†all night long. 5. Will they please stop with all of the crazy nonsense about whether a car is a “recreationâ€, or a “resto-mod†or a “new-old-stock†or “tribute†or even a “clone-carâ€? Just get to the cars!! And lastly, 6. Can they show any more shots of that bloated over ripe arrogant Craig Jackson? Can he be any more full of himself? Will Bob V. please refrain from running his tongue up one side of him and down the other for five minutes? Don’t get me wrong, I love the cars, but the presentation stinks, in my opinion. I also agree that they do the average collector a dis-service by artificially driving the cost of these cars up. The prices are high, then the fees and other ###### tacked on certainly but all but the very lowest priced car out of the average guys league. Lets face it, the cream puffs, the best cars are being purchased by the big cash rich professional collections to be but back on display somewhere. They come from a collection and get sold to a collection. These guys could save millions if they just talked to each other now and then, swapped a few cars between themselves. Then Speed could do a nice show about each collection and I would not be subjected to watching the fat face of Craig Jackson complaining to the crowd that they are not ponying-up enough cash for the car on the block that has stalled in bidding at $50,000. He wants a bigger piece of the pie, in more ways then one. Or, maybe I am wrong or crazy and I see this whole thing with a jaundiced eye, I don’t know.

Valentine's Day present!!! You don't have much time and you most likely don't have enough putty on your work bench. And by the way.....it is too ugly for words. It should have been drowned at birth.

Dave, you are slipping up, I don't think that rear wheel is big enough! Well, maybe it is....kidding.....this will be an interesting build, I love the lower body modification so far. I am watching. Enter all of the contests you like, anyway, you are on the left coast, I am on the right coast so have fun terrorizing the northwest contests.

That pin stripe is the final little detail that really sets this car apart. Great choice of color for it. I have done the exact same thing. My brother is a sign maker and graphic artist. I have many scraps of vinyl too for strips. We also design flame and graphic pinting masks. Maybe you could ask this guy if that is something he could do with you? If he has a vinyl cutter, he must if he has vinyl, just take a photo of the car, scale it out in the computer, he should be able to do that, hit the clipart file and go to town. There are thousands of designs that can work on the cars. Once cut, you "pick" out the unused area, put on "premask" carrier and you are ready to lay it on the car and apply paint. Take off the mask as the paint is drying and you will have a perfect painted on graphic. It is easy and looks great. Anyway, great job, this is a sweet little street rod.