ChrisBcritter

It's a good start; I wish some enterprising resin caster would do a full '39 conversion kit with the correct dash, seats, wheels, etc.

Don't forget the license plate; just print to scale and trim:

from Reddy Kilowatt

and chastity belts

They may have caught wind of Ford's FWD Cardinal project, later shelved for the USA but built as the Taunus 12-M in Germany.

My late father's favorite car, ever since he saw one in Paducah, KY as a boy. He built the Monogram kit back in the '60s which I still have. After all these years, I never noticed the lack of windows in the doors! Beautiful job, Jürgen. Real ventilation holes; they line up with holes on the wheels.

ANY color besides what's on there would be an improvement! I picked up a chrome tree for this kit last year to get the wire wheels; let me know if you need any bits and I'll check it.

Amazing job - I'll be taking notes on your engine wiring. How did you attach the roof? Did you use the Chevy cowl, and did you have much trouble fitting the glass?

Somebody had a body for a '61-'63 two-door wagon displayed in the Primer class at NNL Milwaukee last weekend - looked pretty good so far.

Quite doable if you lengthened the roof in the right place; I remember the Modelhaus (and possibly another caster) made a beautiful conversion body for the '50 Crestliner two-door sedan. I had a conversion started for the Turnupseed '50 coupe and can at least say everything lined up.

Yep!

Nope - think early '70s.

It was the first thing I asked Ed Sexton - it's not going to happen due to expense. I also asked if there could be a redo of the '40 Ford Pickup with custom and stock parts returned - again, nope. One ray of hope: He confirmed that YES, Atlantis got the surviving '62 Mopar molds - however incomplete they may be. I overheard him discussing the Model A hot rods but didn't hear an outcome.

"We got a little accident... would you send a tow truck please to, uh, 618 Elm Street... hold on... It's the uh, third floor, apartment 304." Hint: Starred a Popi and a Sonny.

Thanks again guys - Jeff, check out the thread under Shows; Tom P. and I had the only Caddies in the Factory Stock section - pretty much the only Caddies period.

Right up till noon Sunday, and it was "Jingle bells, jingle bells, how many days till Christmas?" again. Had a great time eyeballing hundreds of fabulous models, and even displayed one of mine for a change: Tom Piagari's two Fiats on the upper right were photographed for the other magazine; this shot includes some more of his cherry Factory Stocks:

Went to the NNL meet last weekend - first time I'd taken a model to a show since the '70s. At the swap meet next day I picked up a couple Jimmy Flintstone bodies; '58 Chevy sedan delivery and '60 Chevy wagon, plus a few good bits for other projects: '57 T-bird and Fairlane Styline front ends, '63 Plymouth rear bumper and a '61 Dodge custom grille which will most likely be going into my '53/'56 F-100 conversion (it's a rare thing: a Jo-Han custom part that's an improvement on the original )

One detail I didn't mention which might be useful if you're building any of these ''63-'64 Caddys: The taillights in the bumper are molded in; they should be sort of translucent from being ribbed on both sides. To get clear lenses, I poured a rubber mold over the bumper. When it cured, I removed the bumper, carved the molded lenses out, then put it back in the mold making sure it fit tightly. I then poured a little UV-cured clear resin into the openings and hit it with the UV light until it solidified. When I pulled it out of the mold, it had nice clear lenses that fit perfectly; I painted them white on the backsides and scraped horizontal lines through the paint to give it the factory look: Argh - crummy photo but you get the idea. More importantly, note this trick also works well for grilles with molded-in headlights. It's a bit more work but, again, the lenses will fit perfectly - just add reflectors.

Thank you guys so much!

So many well-executed details everywhere you look! An inspiration to us all, Kurt!

Body/chassis are AMT '36 Ford; note how the builder used the roadster cowl/door tops AND the coupe roof to get the unusual hardtop look. Very impressive!

A fine if somewhat fiddly kit - what markings were you thinking about? If you want something different, I have shots of some of the last survivors being used as target tugs at Las Vegas AAF during the war.

Oh, Fred, that's hilarious! That's how I got two AMT '58 Ford convertibles at the same time, minus the cocktail. Are any of your fezzes from the Medinah Temple Al-Malaikah in Chicago? I have a near-mint parade costume from there, but no fez...

A few stills from the movie:

The chassis got some simple improvements; I opened up the molded-in trailing arms, added exhaust pipes from the manifolds to the chassis and tips to the tailpipes, and extended the A-arms to add ball joints and cover the front axle (Note the A-arms aren't correct for a Caddy; wish I had an original issue chassis with the correct setup and steerable wheels, but...). Track was widened 5/16"; I used blackwall tires from the Revell '65 Impala. Finally I added 1964 Illinois plates with the correct number, a Chicago Motor Club sticker to the rear bumper, and the American flag to the back window (thanks again Tom!) Hope you guys like it. Now on to the next one...