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I also have an unfinished 1/8 '85 Corvette kit. I bought it with 4 other 1/8th scale kits at a long gone mall hobby shop in the late '80s for $19.99. I got all 5 1/8th kits for about $115 and still have them. I bought the Corvette, a big Golden T, a '79 Pontiac Trans Am, an '82 Corvette and a Big Deuce '32 Ford Roadster. I have since found another unbuilt '32 Deuce at a local thrift store for $20.00. Both are in black plastic and I will build one without fenders. I want to build the Corvette but will wait until I can't see or handle the small parts in the 1/25 kits anymore. Plus I have to find shelf space for these big models. Those large kits will probably be the last kits I build in my reclining years of model building. Hope I am still at home when that happens and not in a home. Wish me luck. Patrick M

I remember seeing this model in a hobby mag and thought it was one of the best "salt racer" models I ever saw. I wondered how he did the salt on the tires and body. Liked the exhaust stains on the body. Man would that be fast and a real hand-full to drive. He had the touch back then to build something completely different and well done. A blast from the hobby past for sure. Patrick M

Great find. I do believe some of these models belong in the National Model Car Museum in Salt Lake City Utah. I think Mark would love to get a few of these real survivors especially if they were built by someone that worked for AMT. Just my 2 cents. Patrick M

Boy I like what is going on here. A slammed old truck without fenders and with 6 wheels-tires. Are you going to "rust out" the body? Are you using a blown flathead? This will be cool. I have been trying to make the old '37 Chevy "Orange Blossom Special" into a slammed fender less truck like this. I have Z'ed the frame front and rear and it will be powered by a 409 with dual 4 barrels. I will try to rust it up and that will be my first attempt at doing that. Good luck on your truck and I will be watching this build. Patrick M

Good job so far Don. You are going to have a nice Pontiac when you are done. One to be proud of. The engine looks real and I like the color you picked for the body. Are you going to use the 8 lug wheels or something else? Nice work on the interior. Going to have a 4 speed or auto tranny? Those big Super Duty Ponchos were fast and could beat almost anything else on the streets or strips back then.I will watch this build to see the fine product at the end. Patrick M

Boy do I like that bead "air bag" trick. Next time my girlfriend takes me to the bead and craft section of a big box store I know what I am going to look for. Those shocks are nice too. That fine little motor is going to look great in this car. I like '32 Fords and this highboy coupe is going to be sweet. Nice color choice, not one seen much but is perfect on this build. Watching WIPs like this is why I love this forum. Thanks, Patrick M

I likes it too. Those '32 Chevy roadsters had the look of a much more expensive car, like a small Packard. Nice start there. Those wheels and tires will be perfect. And if you put a small block Chevy in it that will seem fine, like it belongs. Any color ideas yet? Keep the top too. I never had this kit and always like to see builds of it. I wish they would produce a '35 Chevy coupe. They make great street rods. Patrick M

Fine build on this little truck. I like how you left the roof height stock but channeled it deeply. The tunnel ram dual 4s will look perfect on the build. These type truck builds look best with lots of motor sticking up nearly as tall as the roof. What color(s) have you got in mind. I will watch this build. Good job on the frame holes. Those will give the truck a nice old school look. Good job on the motor. Those old trucks are fun to build in lots of ways and the new type so called "rat rods" are a perfect building style. Thanks for the post and photos. Patrick

Hey Brian, I have driven the dirt road to Crown King several times with a drum set in the back of my truck. On some of the rougher parts it sounded like a drum solo in the back of the truck. I played at the bar there lots of times and always hated the drive especially on the way home in the dark. Thanks for the memories of that "road". The tunnel always made me slow up and wait and watch and try to listen for another vehicle coming the other way. Nights it was easier because of headlights. Thanks, your fellow Valley of the Sun modeler, Patrick

It looks like his right arm is behind his neck in a "what do I do now?" gesture. Those big rocks on his passenger side are large enough to tilt that Jeep even more towards the edge. Who took the photo? Kinda reminds me of the oldest road in the USA. The Apache Trail dirt path-road in AZ. There are places on it not much wider than this road. The trail sets along a canyon wall like this. Would make a nice diorama for a wall display. Use a tunnel portal on each end with this scene in the middle. Interesting photo. The photographer must have crawled out the back and over the Jeep to take this photo. Unless he was in a vehicle in front of this Jeep. My sphincter would be grabbing some deep seat by now. LOL Patrick

My first dio was an scratchbuilt oil rig on top of a cardboard box with the sides painted to look like the layers of earth and rock under the rig. It was for an 8th grade science project and I got an A. My first car dio was a plastic Jo-Han displaycase that I white glued some HO grass and real rocks and dirt on to look like a field with my "34 Ford pick-up displayed on it with the plastic cover over it. I still have it and it is at least 38 years old. My first 34' truck and my first dio. PATRICK

I found bags of plastic animals at the 99 cent store and they looked 1/25 scale to me. I think G scale is around 1/22 scale and all 1/2 inch doll house stuff can be used in 1/25. ZEBM1,I think I bought the last case of that spray that turns colored plastic into clear plastic a few years ago after I saw the ad in a hobby mag, the April issue I think. I had to move so I could not try it out and have it in one of my storage units next to the used time machine I bought at a yard sale at H.G.Well's house years ago. If I get the time I am going to try to repair it and go looking for Yvette Mimieux and then stop and get some old kits. Wish me luck. Patrick

Totally Gnarly Dude!! Every part of this diorama is a perfect, from the cars to the people. I even noticed the white surf foam under the pier and the telescopes on the deck of the pier,the T-shirts for sale,nice touch, and the waves hitting the beach. I can almost smell the ocean and the suntan lotion looking at this diorama. Great job guys!!!!! Patrick

I was spraying some cars and parts yesterday and was using a trick my Dad showed me years ago. When you are done spraying, turn the can upside down and spray untill you see just propelent coming out, no color. This will keep the spray button clear and free of paint. No more looking for a pin or needle to clear out the hole in the button the next time you use that can. It usually just takes a quick spray to clear the hole and you have a clean nozzle to work with next time. I hope this helps, I have been doing this for years and it works for me. PATRICK

I saw the kit at my LHS but did not have the bucks to buy it after buying 4 other kits. Nice build RANDBUGEYE. Looks like what was on the streets in the late '60s. I could not believe how those tires looked like the ones that came in the first AMT kits in the late '50s. You had to really push the wheels into the tires if not pound them in. I still have 2 of the old tires and those in the kit look just like the ones I have. I've got to get me one of those kits. Thanks for the review. Patrick

Anybody out there know anything about what's going on with AMT? I have heard they are for sale and so far no one has stepped up to buy. The first kits I built in 1958 were AMT's. I have enjoyed most of their kits that interested me enough to pay for them. I would hate to think we could lose this great old company and have the molds end up who knows where in the future. PATRICK IN AZ