ChrisBcritter

Hope there's a '65 Olds 88 hood I can snag before the site crashes!

I admit to being insufferable about the anachronisms at times - back in '81, I was watching the excellent TV movie Crisis at Central High, set in 1957 Little Rock. The cars were period-correct almost to the very last scene, when I spotted this white '66 Catalina: I'm sure it thrilled everyone else in the room when I pointed at the screen and said "A-HA! Gotcha!"

Same thing here: Wonder if the same artist did both? ETA: OK, now for sure the artist was looking at a '64 - the rear view shows '64 taillights and bumper with the backup lights below the red lenses and not in the bumper.

Yes, and if they decided to produce Patton's Caddy, with optional crash-damaged front end, we'd know for sure we were being trolled!

Dan, I don't envy you that job! Does the bottom of the '59 Chevy windshield line up with the Pontiac's cowl OK? Here's mine, someday to become a hardtop: On all these Pontiacs, the tops of the front fenders need surgery to line up with the grille. Good luck!

Got some little stuff over the weekend: The damaged '63 Olds grille will give up its center bar for the '65 Olds Jetstar I conversion I'm doing (still need '71-'74 Eldorado headlights for it!), and the '64 Falcon custom rear panel I'm going to try to fit into a '61 Galaxie (very similar to the '61 Meteor rear panel). Also, thanks to Bob Dineen of the LMMCC, I got a small box of old leftover parts including some Revell Parts Pack goodies - a Corvette chassis and parts of two chrome motorcycles: most of the Triumph minus the front forks, handlebars and front wheel, and the front wheel, forks and exhaust from the Honda. Finally, huge thanks to Tom Piagari for casting wheelcovers and taillights for my '61 Plymouth and improved wheelcovers for my Jo-Han '61 Cadillac (the custom ones from the AMT '64 Mercury with crests from the too-flat Jo-Han covers added).

I happened to catch a short scene from a South American telenovela many years ago; one character had a model of a Porsche 911. The other character, the villain of the scene, said words to the effect of "Remember how I used to break your toys when we were little?" and proceeded to stomp on the Porsche - which promptly exploded like a land mine and blew him to bits! I guess he did remember. (Tulio, do you recall seeing this?)

I believe both those kids were victims of stylists wielding cans of Gillette's The Dry Look men's hairspray (remember that slogan "The wet head is dead"?).

It's a happy surprise to see one of these built so well, from a kit that fights you every step of the way! There was one of these in my neighborhood in Yucca Valley in nice shape; some older gentleman's daily driver. Never saw it standing still long enough to get photos.

Hmm. What's the diameter of the 1/16 wheels with the tires? I'm thinking those might be just the ticket for a 1/25 scale Model T speedster. EDIT - Sorry, should have checked your site. 1.44" might be a bit too big for that.

If nothing more, the FD-100 can be used to convert the AMT '53 Ford F-100 into a good '56.

Too bad the proposed '57 Ranchero didn't make the cut; I know it was a dead issue before but I was hoping for a miracle... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Better get Chauncey some NoTox glue... ...and it looks like the AMT Kat had kittens!

Noticed last night that the Sunday Chicago Tribune did not carry the HL ad it usually does on the back of the Life & Style section (after I tossed the rest in the recycle barrel and put the barrel out). Did anyone else spot it in the Trib?

Not correct for a 300H, to be specific. And they're too flat for the non-letter 300. The Revell ones from the Newport convertible are much better. ETA: Should have mentioned the letter cars had 15" wheels - the rest had 14" with the standard wheelcovers.

Picture worth a thousand words: Not a fine texture so maybe doable?

Sweet! My dad's favorite car since he saw one on the streets of Paducah, KY 71 years ago. That kit is kind of an anomaly for AMT. I wonder if they had any other 1/12 classics planned?

Darryl Starbird put a set on this '56 Crown Victoria, "The Majestic", that looked pretty nice - the installation was written up in the November, 1968 Rod & Custom. https://www.customcarchronicle.com/custom-cars/traveled-starbird-custom/

I got a blank page too. Let's draw stuff on it!

Chris, do you think you'll be doing any other Meteor grilles? I could use a '59 insert for my Ranchero... And just maybe a correct '46 Chevy grille for the Galaxie Ltd. kits?

Beautiful work as always, Tulio! Be careful with the tires - the ones in my kit started melting the whitewall inserts very quickly (going to cast the inserts in resin when I get back to it).

The '66 Fairlane promo came today; no real bad surprises - going to dismantle it tonight and do some very careful stripping and thorough cleaning before restoring it. This will be the fourth promo I've restored lately - nice break from the rabbit holes I get into with the regular builds!

In the high-end classic world, there's no such thing as "lost" - there's only "hasn't been recreated yet."

My personal favorite: the red '64 from the Rivieras' album cover. Even made the plates for it: Maybe Missing Link could do a transkit? Did AMT use the same interior as the '64 in '65?

The kid said it was a two-kit combo - he just didn't mention which two kits . Gotta buy a Pyro, Aurora, or Lindberg hot rod for the rest of those bits, which is why the Kat looks a bit skeptical...