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    Went by Deerfield today - manager said they won't know till the truck comes Friday.
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    Tom P. mentioned some stuff being on sale in the new store in Niles around last Friday ('23 T panel truck IIRC). Anyone else have an update?
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    I don't have a good steering wheel but this is the dash: Test fit in a '59 DeSoto body.
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    The supercharged Y-block (from the '63 Ford pickup) showed up in perfect shape, and the correct drive belt was included. And a few minutes ago, I replaced another childhood promo, this time a red '63 Bonneville friction: Like the '67 Chrysler 300 vert, it was cheap(ish) and has some issues - in this case kit wheels/tires in the rear and a kludged left taillight. My '63 convertible kit has the same issue , so if anyone has a good rear bumper and left lens I can make a mold from...
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    Ooooeee, what a magnificent job!
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    So much effort, so well rewarded! Bravo Shawn.
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    Anyone have a builtup Italeri 275 GTB they'd like to show us?
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    Several years ago I had the idea of a sequel with Jeanne Moreau, Shirley Maclaine and Omar Sharif meeting each other years afterward at a concours where the car was displayed, or perhaps at an auction where it was to be sold; too bad two of them are gone now.
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    They did this last February - there are definitely some kits I'm hoping will be clearanced this time! Keep us posted...
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    You weren't alone with that idea - you just brought back a 50-some-year-old childhood memory of being out in the country with my dad and seeing a black-over-silver '64 Bonneville on chrome reverses, with a badly-battered driver's side quarter and OUCH spraypainted across it.
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    Bankruptcy sale bargains
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    Time to put this one to bed; kinda surprised nobody got it: Lee Marvin - Point Blank 577 (minus one) = 1967 Imperial convertible production total. If anyone wants to tackle this as a movie car build before I do, here's the license plate (visible in a couple frames on a big screen):
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    Got some very useful bits yesterday - pedals and mirrors from the Jo-Han '70 Caddy, plus all the custom/rally stuff from the AMT '64 Falcon vert: The '64 Coupe deVille project will get the mirrors.
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    I have a gluebomb '59 in the pipeline to customize; looks like the PO was thinking along those lines: I was thinking of frenching in a set of the custom taillight lenses from the old AMT '57 Chevy.
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    I didn't see him there last month but he was there last fall; I finally broke down and bought a '56 Pontiac from him - never know when it might be my last chance.
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    Got the windshield frame fixed OK; had to glue one end at a time and tape it down very carefully so it held. While doing so I also slid a piece of a clear vinyl bag over the windshield to prevent fogging. Just need to find some matching dark green stock to make the vent window posts - I'd cut a couple pieces from under the chassis like I did for another Jo-Han promo but this thing is too brittle to chance trying to get the chassis rivets out. Now to try to cast a hood ornament!
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    IMCDb page for Roma: http://imcdb.org/movie_6155172-Roma.html
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    Now let's discuss the sculpting on the quarter panel:
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    Just in case anyone can't see Ron's Photobucket image:
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    The trailer/Coronet wheel covers have the correct shape, but no center emblem (fratzog). The Jo-Han '64s have the emblem but are flat in profile (a problem they had on many kits). I ended up carving the emblems off the Jo-Han covers and adding them to the trailer ones, which is something I'd rather not do again .
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    Got my one good '36 wheel cut down to make a master of the center; now to pick up some of the pink rubber to make an undercut mold: One of these days I'll use them to make a more correct '39 Deluxe sedan.
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    Testor's has a similar set of nozzles for their paint - I've used the smallest one for painting a promo-style chassis and it's good for getting paint into tight areas without having to bathe the whole thing.
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    Thanks Bill! At least that will make the A-pillar joints a bit stronger. I'm being very careful working on this thing as I notice the plastic is brittle compared to some other promos.
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    Had a little surprise when I was repairing the windshield header on the '67 Chrysler vert a while ago. The header had a break which I drilled out and pinned to make a strong fix, and I dabbed on a small amount of Zap-A-Gap CA glue. When I was dabbing I noticed the green color of the plastic was coming off on the toothpick I was applying the CA with, and indeed the plastic melted a little bit when I put the parts together, just like regular cement does with styrene. I always thought CA didn't do that; is there something in Zap-A-Gap that affects some types of plastic? Over to the experts...
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    Tried the new HL over in Niles, IL today, and they have the '60 Chevy pickup with the go-kart. There's still one left if you're in the area.
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