ChrisBcritter

Nope. Much earlier. Hint: It features Benjy Benjamin and special guest star Andy Granatelli in his breakthrough role as Andy Granatelli.

Thunder and Lightning (1977)

Gee, Round2 - no April Fool gags like announcing the reissue of the '64 Cutlass, or spilling the boxes off the forklift?

How about this one? "Let's see. Two years ago at Laguna Seca you spun out and hung a beautiful Buick Special on the back fence."

Engine swap time! Or tell us what it is and maybe one of us will have it?

The recently reissued '49 Ford has a glass unit molded in red; someone here may not be using one. However, I found a possible source for lenses: The AMT 1959 Mercury. Cut where marked and you'll have a good match, right down to the six ribs. Look for junk promos; the lenses show up on eBay now and then.

OK - PM your address and I'll pass 'em along.

Picked up a few rare bits last night. NOS Revell '62-'63 Dodge wheelcovers: Much better than the flat Jo-Han ones. I also picked up these sharp 13" chrome reverses from the '71 Opel GT kit: They were the front wheels for the drag option; only made in '71. Just the ticket to brighten up a late Corvair, early Barracuda or '63 V-8 Falcon/Comet. Looking forward to casting them up! As to the odd 6-spoke/6-lug mags, well... if anyone wants 'em?

That 300 grille and the new parking lights give it an interesting look, not only like a Ghia creation but also a bit like, of all things, the mid '60s Taunus 12M. The Keystones and double-stripe whitewalls give the appearance of a car that was built in the '50s, then updated in the late '60s. Very well done!

This. Only this.

C'mon, Mr. Obsessive - show us how to make little spring-loaded latches so the skirts can be removable depending on Steve's mood! What surprises me is how well that chassis fits; I thought the '64 Dodge/Plymouth was a much smaller car than the '65?

Who issued that Peerless originally? I had one from a show vendor in CA that came in an unmarked box, his story was he bought a shipment of them as unclaimed freight and was blowing them out at $10 a pop. It was silver with maroon trim and very pretty (but got left behind in the move to IL ).

Might as well add Tom Piagari of the LMMMC - specializes in beautifully detailed stock builds with added goodies in interiors and pickup beds (look for a feature on his Subaru Brat in that other mag later this year, and some stellar builds at the Milwaukee NNL next month). He's posted a few of his builds here.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. The stock '61 front bumper/grille/rear panel can be tough to find, along with the wheelcovers; for some reason '62 parts are easier to find. You could swap those in without any trouble and build a curbside '62. As far as customizing goes, you're pretty much limited to front and rear treatments, but you could also alter the door lines to make a phantom two-door convertible (there was a prototype two-door hardtop produced by Lincoln). Take a look at the custom parts in the '64 Mercury kit for some different ideas; the Styline rear end might look good on the Lincoln. Happy modeling!

a photo finish

OK - the movie starred a Caine and an Angel, along with Harry Mudd and Winnie the Pooh.

^^^Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

My take: A thing of beauty ruined by bureaucracy and bungled greed, a young man beaten to death by thugs, and a collector intent on showing off how much he can spend to keep the sad remains out of another collector's hands. Pretty much a downer all the way around. YMMV.

Well, I went ahead and did it; used one light coat and it seemed to work as I hoped, sparkle toned down and no little bits coming loose as I took off the BMF I used to mask the console.

I just did the carpet for the '65 Nova with embossing powder; I thought it might be a good idea to spray on some Dullcote to seal it and knock down the sparkle a bit. Do any of you seal the powder?

So we hopefully get some surfboards (and maybe even a rack?) with the wagon kit, but I bet still no correct taillights - and is the Coke machine a pre-painted diecast again, or the one from the garage accessories kit?

Mopar must have kept them for the high-end cars - my '50 Plymouth had accessory turn signals; not even wired into the parking/tail lights but with separate lamps:

The jetliner is a drawing, not a photograph. I'd like to think it was bumped during pasteup... I remember seeing a similar Dauphine in '68 when I was in third grade - it was sunk into someone's backyard as a plaything for their kids. And I'm building the Hubley one for some strange reason.

#1 I'd swear is Lindberg - one of their hot rod kits; the channeled '32 pickup?